[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] event/octeontx2: use wfe while waiting for head

[Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula]

Hi Gavin,

>-----Original Message-----
>From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Gavin Hu (Arm
>Technology China)
>Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 9:23 PM
>To: Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>; Jerin
>Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj at marvell.com>
>Cc: dev at dpdk.org; nd <nd at arm.com>
>Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] event/octeontx2: use wfe while
>waiting for head
>
>Hi Pavan,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pbhagavatula at marvell.com <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 12:13 AM
>> To: Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China) <Gavin.Hu at arm.com>;
>> jerinj at marvell.com; Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
>> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] event/octeontx2: use wfe while waiting
>for
>> head
>>
>> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
>>
>> Use wfe to save power while waiting for tag to become head.
>>
>> SSO signals EVENTI to allow cores to exit from wfe when they
>> are waiting for specific operations in which one of them is
>> setting HEAD bit in GWS_TAG.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/event/octeontx2/otx2_worker.h | 30
>++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> -
>>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/event/octeontx2/otx2_worker.h
>> b/drivers/event/octeontx2/otx2_worker.h
>> index 4e971f27c..7a55caca5 100644
>> --- a/drivers/event/octeontx2/otx2_worker.h
>> +++ b/drivers/event/octeontx2/otx2_worker.h
>> @@ -226,10 +226,34 @@ otx2_ssogws_swtag_wait(struct
>otx2_ssogws *ws)
>>  }
>>
>>  static __rte_always_inline void
>> -otx2_ssogws_head_wait(struct otx2_ssogws *ws, const uint8_t
>wait_flag)
>> +otx2_ssogws_head_wait(struct otx2_ssogws *ws)
>>  {
>> -	while (wait_flag && !(otx2_read64(ws->tag_op) &
>BIT_ULL(35)))
>> +#ifdef RTE_ARCH_ARM64
>> +	uint64_t tag;
>> +
>> +	asm volatile (
>> +			"	ldr %[tag], [%[tag_op]]		\n"
>"ldxr" should be used, exclusive-load is required to "monitor" the
>location, then a write to the location will cause clear of the exclusive
>monitor, thus a wake up event is generated implicitly.

As I have mentioned in the commit log:
"SSO signals EVENTI to allow cores to exit from wfe when they
are waiting for specific operations in which one of them is
setting HEAD bit in GWS_TAG."

The address need not be tracked by the global monitor.

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>/Gavin
>> +			"	tbnz %[tag], 35, done%=
>	\n"
>> +			"	sevl				\n"
>> +			"rty%=:	wfe				\n"
>> +			"	ldr %[tag], [%[tag_op]]		\n"
>> +			"	tbz %[tag], 35, rty%=		\n"
>> +			"done%=:				\n"
>> +			: [tag] "=&r" (tag)
>> +			: [tag_op] "r" (ws->tag_op)
>> +			);
>> +#else
>> +	/* Wait for the HEAD to be set */
>> +	while (!(otx2_read64(ws->tag_op) & BIT_ULL(35)))
>>  		;
>> +#endif
>> +}
>> +
>> +static __rte_always_inline void
>> +otx2_ssogws_order(struct otx2_ssogws *ws, const uint8_t
>wait_flag)
>> +{
>> +	if (wait_flag)
>> +		otx2_ssogws_head_wait(ws);
>>
>>  	rte_cio_wmb();
>What ordering does this barrier try to keep?  If there is a write then wait
>for kind of response, should this barrier move before
>otx2_ssogws_head_wait?

The barrier is used to flush out write buffer to LLC (octeontx2 point of coherence) so
that NIX Tx picks up all the modifications done to the packet. 

>/Gavin
>>  }
>> @@ -258,7 +282,7 @@ otx2_ssogws_event_tx(struct otx2_ssogws
>*ws,
>> struct rte_event ev[],
>>
>>  	/* Perform header writes before barrier for TSO */
>>  	otx2_nix_xmit_prepare_tso(m, flags);
>> -	otx2_ssogws_head_wait(ws, !ev->sched_type);
>> +	otx2_ssogws_order(ws, !ev->sched_type);
>>  	otx2_ssogws_prepare_pkt(txq, m, cmd, flags);
>>
>>  	if (flags & NIX_TX_MULTI_SEG_F) {
>> --
>> 2.17.1