From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18A5BC432BE for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 00:09:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8A656102A for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 00:09:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S245261AbhIAAKw (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:10:52 -0400 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:3166 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S243304AbhIAAJN (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:09:13 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098420.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.43/8.16.0.43) with SMTP id 18104OF7160689 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:08:17 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ibm.com; h=from : to : cc : subject : date : message-id : mime-version : content-transfer-encoding; s=pp1; bh=AHv6sVqRAYmxLti/u194BDmBrG5u+VZ56qtGbA30CIE=; b=DwynicHmbCHpz3AudL4oHgv62l3gzXJGnNr5fK4rhUV4f2JnJT3D7d05IKEribU7tW3M GQe4axNlP5ExqLyRyyyOabb65lLQgqX7Uka2MB+LuGyd1dn8Ew1Wg3s8Q6P7ahfYai+8 IhKToD0+uTgfRTq7/+ZTV968wK2HNQ0aSMhIx3E0VIOVbuStY9y3KPsqePyDEywOdch2 csaM5LRSwZ0Vul5UCf76gyzmgotIt2nthhvG0nLxOxrL+GpRSSRuPxXbURMds5or+v71 sSh+w66qKS4diKJ2JGJfXSOd+D/IyPLRYQF6H+fyEJA1DxMIXPIgrED4wFZJxHvcO/yJ yw== Received: from ppma02wdc.us.ibm.com (aa.5b.37a9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com [169.55.91.170]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 3asuk9v3cj-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:08:17 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (ppma02wdc.us.ibm.com [127.0.0.1]) by ppma02wdc.us.ibm.com (8.16.1.2/8.16.1.2) with SMTP id 17VNue5M022830 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 00:08:16 GMT Received: from b03cxnp07028.gho.boulder.ibm.com (b03cxnp07028.gho.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.130.15]) by ppma02wdc.us.ibm.com with ESMTP id 3aqcscj36n-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:08:16 +0000 Received: from b03ledav004.gho.boulder.ibm.com (b03ledav004.gho.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.130.235]) by b03cxnp07028.gho.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id 18108Fg147513992 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 1 Sep 2021 00:08:15 GMT Received: from b03ledav004.gho.boulder.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40ECD7806B; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 00:08:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from b03ledav004.gho.boulder.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id E321B78067; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 00:08:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from suka-w540.ibmuc.com (unknown [9.65.237.107]) by b03ledav004.gho.boulder.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 00:08:13 +0000 (GMT) From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: Brian King , cforno12@linux.ibm.com, Dany Madden , Rick Lindsley Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/9] ibmvnic: Reuse ltb, rx, tx pools Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:08:03 -0700 Message-Id: <20210901000812.120968-1-sukadev@linux.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.31.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-GUID: h7pbN1VTS7VrOa1b3JgMtttT9to3X5Gh X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: h7pbN1VTS7VrOa1b3JgMtttT9to3X5Gh X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.391,18.0.790 definitions=2021-08-31_10:2021-08-31,2021-08-31 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 adultscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 impostorscore=0 mlxscore=0 phishscore=0 lowpriorityscore=5 malwarescore=0 bulkscore=5 suspectscore=0 clxscore=1011 spamscore=0 priorityscore=1501 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2107140000 definitions=main-2108310133 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org It can take a long time to free and reallocate rx and tx pools and long term buffer (LTB) during each reset of the VNIC. This is specially true when the partition (LPAR) is heavily loaded and going through a Logical Partition Migration (LPM). The long drawn reset causes the LPAR to lose connectivity for extended periods of time and results in "RMC connection" errors and the LPM failing. What is worse is that during the LPM we could get a failover because of the lost connectivity. At that point, the vnic driver releases even the resources it has already allocated and starts over. As long as the resources we have already allocated are valid/applicable, we might as well hold on to them while trying to allocate the remaining resources. This patch set attempts to reuse the resources previously allocated as long as they are valid. It seems to vastly improve the time taken for the vnic reset. We have also not seen any RMC connection issues during our testing with this patch set. If the backing devices for a vnic adapter are not "matched" (see "pool parameters" in patches 8 and 9) it is possible that we will still free all the resources and allocate them. If that becomes a common problem, we have to address it separately. Thanks to input and extensive testing from Brian King, Cris Forno, Dany Madden, Rick Lindsley. Sukadev Bhattiprolu (9): ibmvnic: consolidate related code in replenish_rx_pool() ibmvnic: Fix up some comments and messages ibmvnic: Use/rename local vars in init_rx_pools ibmvnic: Use/rename local vars in init_tx_pools ibmvnic: init_tx_pools move loop-invariant code out ibmvnic: use bitmap for LTB map_ids ibmvnic: Reuse LTB when possible ibmvnic: Reuse rx pools when possible ibmvnic: Reuse tx pools when possible drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 592 ++++++++++++++++++----------- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h | 10 +- 2 files changed, 379 insertions(+), 223 deletions(-) -- 2.31.1