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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: alexander.h.duyck@intel.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org,
	brouer@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH RFC 19/26] arch/sparc: Add option to skip DMA sync as a part of map and unmap
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:27:30 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161024.142730.1316656811538193943.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161024120607.16276.5989.stgit@ahduyck-blue-test.jf.intel.com>

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:06:07 -0400

> This change allows us to pass DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC which allows us to
> avoid invoking cache line invalidation if the driver will just handle it
> via a sync_for_cpu or sync_for_device call.
> 
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>

This is fine for avoiding the flush for performance reasons, but the
chip isn't going to write anything back unless the device wrote into
the area.

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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: alexander.h.duyck@intel.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org,
	brouer@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH RFC 19/26] arch/sparc: Add option to skip DMA sync as a part of map and unmap
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:27:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161024.142730.1316656811538193943.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161024120607.16276.5989.stgit@ahduyck-blue-test.jf.intel.com>

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:06:07 -0400

> This change allows us to pass DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC which allows us to
> avoid invoking cache line invalidation if the driver will just handle it
> via a sync_for_cpu or sync_for_device call.
> 
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>

This is fine for avoiding the flush for performance reasons, but the
chip isn't going to write anything back unless the device wrote into
the area.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: alexander.h.duyck@intel.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org,
	brouer@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH RFC 19/26] arch/sparc: Add option to skip DMA sync as a part of map and unmap
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:27:30 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161024.142730.1316656811538193943.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161024120607.16276.5989.stgit@ahduyck-blue-test.jf.intel.com>

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:06:07 -0400

> This change allows us to pass DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC which allows us to
> avoid invoking cache line invalidation if the driver will just handle it
> via a sync_for_cpu or sync_for_device call.
> 
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>

This is fine for avoiding the flush for performance reasons, but the
chip isn't going to write anything back unless the device wrote into
the area.

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  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-24 18:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-24 12:04 [net-next PATCH RFC 00/26] Add support for DMA writable pages being writable by the network stack Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04 ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 01/26] swiotlb: Drop unused function swiotlb_map_sg Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 18:10   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-10-24 18:10     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-10-24 12:04 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 02/26] swiotlb: Add support for DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 18:09   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-10-24 18:09     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-10-24 19:16     ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 19:16       ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-25  1:22       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-10-24 12:04 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 03/26] arch/arc: Add option to skip sync on DMA mapping Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 04/26] arch/arm: Add option to skip sync on DMA map and unmap Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-31 10:20   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-10-31 10:20     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-10-31 15:26     ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-31 15:26       ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 05/26] arch/avr32: Add option to skip sync on DMA map Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 18:27   ` Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt
2016-10-24 18:27     ` Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt
2016-10-24 12:04 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 06/26] arch/blackfin: " Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:04   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 07/26] arch/c6x: Add option to skip sync on DMA map and unmap Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-28 14:59   ` Mark Salter
2016-10-28 14:59     ` Mark Salter
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 08/26] arch/frv: Add option to skip sync on DMA map Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 09/26] arch/hexagon: Add option to skip DMA sync as a part of mapping Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 10/26] arch/m68k: " Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 11/26] arch/metag: Add option to skip DMA sync as a part of map and unmap Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 12/26] arch/microblaze: " Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 13/26] arch/mips: " Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 14/26] arch/nios2: " Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 15/26] arch/openrisc: Add option to skip DMA sync as a part of mapping Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 16/26] arch/parisc: Add option to skip DMA sync as a part of map and unmap Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 17/26] arch/powerpc: Add option to skip DMA sync as a part of mapping Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:05   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 18/26] arch/sh: " Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 19/26] arch/sparc: Add option to skip DMA sync as a part of map and unmap Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 18:27   ` David Miller [this message]
2016-10-24 18:27     ` David Miller
2016-10-24 18:27     ` David Miller
2016-10-24 19:24     ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 19:24       ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 19:24       ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 20/26] arch/tile: " Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 21/26] arch/xtensa: Add option to skip DMA sync as a part of mapping Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 22/26] dma: Add calls for dma_map_page_attrs and dma_unmap_page_attrs Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 23/26] mm: Add support for releasing multiple instances of a page Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 24/26] igb: Update driver to make use of DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 25/26] igb: Update code to better handle incrementing page count Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06 ` [net-next PATCH RFC 26/26] igb: Revert "igb: Revert support for build_skb in igb" Alexander Duyck
2016-10-24 12:06   ` Alexander Duyck

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