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From: "Marek Marczykowski-Górecki" <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org,
	"Marek Marczykowski-Górecki" <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Subject: [PATCH] i386: load kernel on xen using DMA
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 05:47:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210426034709.595432-1-marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com> (raw)

Kernel on Xen is loaded via fw_cfg. Previously it used non-DMA version,
which loaded the kernel (and initramfs) byte by byte. Change this
to DMA, to load in bigger chunks.
This change alone reduces load time of a (big) kernel+initramfs from
~10s down to below 1s.

This change was suggested initially here:
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20180216204031.000052e9@gmail.com/
Apparently this alone is already enough to get massive speedup.

Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
---
 hw/i386/pc.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 8a84b25a03..14e43d4da4 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -839,7 +839,8 @@ void xen_load_linux(PCMachineState *pcms)
 
     assert(MACHINE(pcms)->kernel_filename != NULL);
 
-    fw_cfg = fw_cfg_init_io(FW_CFG_IO_BASE);
+    fw_cfg = fw_cfg_init_io_dma(FW_CFG_IO_BASE, FW_CFG_IO_BASE + 4,
+                                &address_space_memory);
     fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_NB_CPUS, x86ms->boot_cpus);
     rom_set_fw(fw_cfg);
 
-- 
2.26.3



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From: "Marek Marczykowski-Górecki" <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Marek Marczykowski-Górecki" <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>,
	xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Subject: [PATCH] i386: load kernel on xen using DMA
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 05:47:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210426034709.595432-1-marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com> (raw)

Kernel on Xen is loaded via fw_cfg. Previously it used non-DMA version,
which loaded the kernel (and initramfs) byte by byte. Change this
to DMA, to load in bigger chunks.
This change alone reduces load time of a (big) kernel+initramfs from
~10s down to below 1s.

This change was suggested initially here:
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20180216204031.000052e9@gmail.com/
Apparently this alone is already enough to get massive speedup.

Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
---
 hw/i386/pc.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 8a84b25a03..14e43d4da4 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -839,7 +839,8 @@ void xen_load_linux(PCMachineState *pcms)
 
     assert(MACHINE(pcms)->kernel_filename != NULL);
 
-    fw_cfg = fw_cfg_init_io(FW_CFG_IO_BASE);
+    fw_cfg = fw_cfg_init_io_dma(FW_CFG_IO_BASE, FW_CFG_IO_BASE + 4,
+                                &address_space_memory);
     fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_NB_CPUS, x86ms->boot_cpus);
     rom_set_fw(fw_cfg);
 
-- 
2.26.3



             reply	other threads:[~2021-04-26  3:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-26  3:47 Marek Marczykowski-Górecki [this message]
2021-04-26  3:47 ` [PATCH] i386: load kernel on xen using DMA Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
2021-06-18  8:54 ` Alex Bennée
2024-02-17  3:22   ` Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
2024-03-08 17:17   ` Anthony PERARD

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