Re: [PATCH v8 0/5] Re-introduce TX FIFO resize for larger EP bursting

[Wesley Cheng <wcheng@codeaurora.org>]

Hi Felipe,

Sorry for the ping, but was just wondering if you had any feedback on
the latest txfifo resize patch series?  I think I addressed the concerns
you had about making sure we had enough FIFO size for a composition
before allowing the configuration to bind with the check_config() API.
It would ensure at least enough room for 1 max packet size for each EP
in a configuration before allowing the bind to complete.

That way we'd avoid being enumerated w/ the host, and having
non-functioning endpoints.  We've been testing these changes internally,
and they are providing a pretty significant boost to our USB throughput
numbers.

Thanks
Wesley Cheng

On 5/19/2021 12:43 AM, Wesley Cheng wrote:
> Changes in V8:
>  - Rebased to usb-testing
>  - Using devm_kzalloc for adding txfifo property in dwc3-qcom
>  - Removed DWC3 QCOM ACPI property for enabling the txfifo resize
> 
> Changes in V7:
>  - Added a new property tx-fifo-max-num for limiting how much fifo space the
>    resizing logic can allocate for endpoints with large burst values.  This
>    can differ across platforms, and tie in closely with overall system latency.
>  - Added recommended checks for DWC32.
>  - Added changes to set the tx-fifo-resize property from dwc3-qcom by default
>    instead of modifying the current DTSI files.
>  - Added comments on all APIs/variables introduced.
>  - Updated the DWC3 YAML to include a better description of the tx-fifo-resize
>    property and added an entry for tx-fifo-max-num.
> 
> Changes in V6:
>  - Rebased patches to usb-testing.
>  - Renamed to PATCH series instead of RFC.
>  - Checking for fs_descriptors instead of ss_descriptors for determining the
>    endpoint count for a particular configuration.
>  - Re-ordered patch series to fix patch dependencies.
> 
> Changes in V5:
>  - Added check_config() logic, which is used to communicate the number of EPs
>    used in a particular configuration.  Based on this, the DWC3 gadget driver
>    has the ability to know the maximum number of eps utilized in all configs.
>    This helps reduce unnecessary allocation to unused eps, and will catch fifo
>    allocation issues at bind() time.
>  - Fixed variable declaration to single line per variable, and reverse xmas.
>  - Created a helper for fifo clearing, which is used by ep0.c
> 
> Changes in V4:
>  - Removed struct dwc3* as an argument for dwc3_gadget_resize_tx_fifos()
>  - Removed WARN_ON(1) in case we run out of fifo space
>  
> Changes in V3:
>  - Removed "Reviewed-by" tags
>  - Renamed series back to RFC
>  - Modified logic to ensure that fifo_size is reset if we pass the minimum
>    threshold.  Tested with binding multiple FDs requesting 6 FIFOs.
> 
> Changes in V2:
>  - Modified TXFIFO resizing logic to ensure that each EP is reserved a
>    FIFO.
>  - Removed dev_dbg() prints and fixed typos from patches
>  - Added some more description on the dt-bindings commit message
> 
> Currently, there is no functionality to allow for resizing the TXFIFOs, and
> relying on the HW default setting for the TXFIFO depth.  In most cases, the
> HW default is probably sufficient, but for USB compositions that contain
> multiple functions that require EP bursting, the default settings
> might not be enough.  Also to note, the current SW will assign an EP to a
> function driver w/o checking to see if the TXFIFO size for that particular
> EP is large enough. (this is a problem if there are multiple HW defined
> values for the TXFIFO size)
> 
> It is mentioned in the SNPS databook that a minimum of TX FIFO depth = 3
> is required for an EP that supports bursting.  Otherwise, there may be
> frequent occurences of bursts ending.  For high bandwidth functions,
> such as data tethering (protocols that support data aggregation), mass
> storage, and media transfer protocol (over FFS), the bMaxBurst value can be
> large, and a bigger TXFIFO depth may prove to be beneficial in terms of USB
> throughput. (which can be associated to system access latency, etc...)  It
> allows for a more consistent burst of traffic, w/o any interruptions, as
> data is readily available in the FIFO.
> 
> With testing done using the mass storage function driver, the results show
> that with a larger TXFIFO depth, the bandwidth increased significantly.
> 
> Test Parameters:
>  - Platform: Qualcomm SM8150
>  - bMaxBurst = 6
>  - USB req size = 256kB
>  - Num of USB reqs = 16
>  - USB Speed = Super-Speed
>  - Function Driver: Mass Storage (w/ ramdisk)
>  - Test Application: CrystalDiskMark
> 
> Results:
> 
> TXFIFO Depth = 3 max packets
> 
> Test Case | Data Size | AVG tput (in MB/s)
> -------------------------------------------
> Sequential|1 GB x     | 
> Read      |9 loops    | 193.60
> 	  |           | 195.86
>           |           | 184.77
>           |           | 193.60
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> TXFIFO Depth = 6 max packets
> 
> Test Case | Data Size | AVG tput (in MB/s)
> -------------------------------------------
> Sequential|1 GB x     | 
> Read      |9 loops    | 287.35
> 	  |           | 304.94
>           |           | 289.64
>           |           | 293.61
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> Wesley Cheng (5):
>   usb: gadget: udc: core: Introduce check_config to verify USB
>     configuration
>   usb: gadget: configfs: Check USB configuration before adding
>   usb: dwc3: Resize TX FIFOs to meet EP bursting requirements
>   usb: dwc3: dwc3-qcom: Enable tx-fifo-resize property by default
>   arm64: boot: dts: qcom: sm8150: Enable dynamic TX FIFO resize logic
> 
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8150.dtsi |   1 +
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c              |   9 ++
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/core.h              |  15 +++
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c         |   9 ++
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/ep0.c               |   2 +
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c            | 212 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c        |  22 ++++
>  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c        |  25 +++++
>  include/linux/usb/gadget.h           |   5 +
>  9 files changed, 300 insertions(+)
> 

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