[PATCH v26 19/26] dma/dpaa: add devargs for SG and errata workaround

Hemant Agrawal hemant.agrawal at nxp.com
Thu Oct 15 16:11:37 CEST 2026


Scatter-gather batching, the data validation helper and the ERR050757
workaround already exist in the driver; make them selectable at runtime
with three device arguments:

  dpaa_dma_sg_disable       submit each descriptor on its own instead of
                            grouping them into one SG command
  dpaa_dma_data_validation  enable the read-back-and-compare helper,
                            for debugging only
  dpaa_dma_pci_read_disable skip the ERR050757 source descriptor
                            programming, only with
                            RTE_DMA_DPAA_ERRATA_ERR050757

Also update the dmadev documentation.

Signed-off-by: Gagandeep Singh <g.singh at nxp.com>
---
 doc/guides/dmadevs/dpaa.rst  |  30 +++++++++-
 drivers/dma/dpaa/dpaa_qdma.c | 108 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/dmadevs/dpaa.rst b/doc/guides/dmadevs/dpaa.rst
index 01104d7f1e..17aac5208c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/dmadevs/dpaa.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/dmadevs/dpaa.rst
@@ -76,5 +76,31 @@ Device Arguments
 ----------------
 
 ``dpaa_dma_err_check=1``
-  Check DMA errors at driver level.
-  Usage example: ``dpaa_bus:dpaa_qdma-1,dpaa_dma_err_check=1``
+  Enable DMA error checking at driver level. When set, the driver reads
+  the hardware error detect register after each dequeue and increments
+  the error statistics counter on any reported error.
+  Usage example: ``-a dpaa_bus:dpaa_qdma-1,dpaa_dma_err_check=1``
+
+``dpaa_dma_sg_disable=1``
+  Disable scatter-gather (SG) batching. By default the driver groups
+  multiple pending descriptors into a single SG command to reduce
+  doorbell overhead. Setting this devarg forces each descriptor to be
+  submitted as an individual single-entry transfer. Useful for latency
+  benchmarking or debugging.
+  Usage example: ``-a dpaa_bus:dpaa_qdma-1,dpaa_dma_sg_disable=1``
+
+``dpaa_dma_data_validation=1``
+  Enable post-DMA data validation. After each completed transfer the
+  driver reads back source and destination buffers and compares them
+  byte by byte, logging any mismatch. This has significant performance
+  impact and is intended for debugging only.
+  Usage example: ``-a dpaa_bus:dpaa_qdma-1,dpaa_dma_data_validation=1``
+
+``dpaa_dma_pci_read_disable=1``
+  Disable the ERR050757 workaround programming. The workaround sets the
+  read transaction type on the source frame descriptor and, for transfers
+  longer than the errata safe length, programs the source stride so that
+  read transactions stay within that limit. Only available when the driver
+  is built with ``RTE_DMA_DPAA_ERRATA_ERR050757`` enabled. Disabling it may
+  improve throughput on platforms not affected by the erratum.
+  Usage example: ``-a dpaa_bus:dpaa_qdma-1,dpaa_dma_pci_read_disable=1``
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dpaa/dpaa_qdma.c b/drivers/dma/dpaa/dpaa_qdma.c
index 4701432d09..d8bece700a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dpaa/dpaa_qdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dpaa/dpaa_qdma.c
@@ -12,8 +12,20 @@
 static uint32_t s_sg_max_entry_sz = 2000;
 static bool s_hw_err_check;
 static bool s_data_validation;
+static bool s_sg_enable = true;
+#ifdef RTE_DMA_DPAA_ERRATA_ERR050757
+static bool s_pci_read = true;
+#endif
 
-#define DPAA_DMA_ERROR_CHECK "dpaa_dma_err_check"
+#define DPAA_DMA_ERROR_CHECK		"dpaa_dma_err_check"
+#define DPAA_DMA_SG_DISABLE		"dpaa_dma_sg_disable"
+#define DPAA_DMA_DATA_VALID		"dpaa_dma_data_validation"
+#ifdef RTE_DMA_DPAA_ERRATA_ERR050757
+#define DPAA_DMA_PCI_READ_DISABLE	"dpaa_dma_pci_read_disable"
+#define DPAA_DMA_ERRATA_PARAMS		DPAA_DMA_PCI_READ_DISABLE "=<int>"
+#else
+#define DPAA_DMA_ERRATA_PARAMS		""
+#endif
 
 static inline void
 qdma_desc_addr_set64(struct fsl_qdma_comp_cmd_desc *ccdf, u64 addr)
@@ -396,7 +408,6 @@ fsl_qdma_data_validation(struct fsl_qdma_desc *desc[],
 	if (likely(!s_data_validation))
 		return;
 
-
 	offset = sprintf(err_msg, "Fatal TC%d/queue%d: ",
 		fsl_queue->block_id,
 		fsl_queue->queue_id);
@@ -720,19 +731,21 @@ fsl_qdma_enqueue_desc_single(struct fsl_qdma_queue *fsl_queue,
 	ft = fsl_queue->ft[fsl_queue->ci];
 
 #ifdef RTE_DMA_DPAA_ERRATA_ERR050757
-	sdf = &ft->df.sdf;
-	sdf->srttype = FSL_QDMA_CMD_RWTTYPE;
+	if (s_pci_read) {
+		sdf = &ft->df.sdf;
+		sdf->srttype = FSL_QDMA_CMD_RWTTYPE;
 #ifdef RTE_DMA_DPAA_ERRATA_ERR050265
-	sdf->prefetch = 1;
+		sdf->prefetch = 1;
 #endif
-	if (len > FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN) {
-		sdf->ssen = 1;
-		sdf->sss = FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN;
-		sdf->ssd = FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN;
-	} else {
-		sdf->ssen = 0;
-		sdf->sss = 0;
-		sdf->ssd = 0;
+		if (len > FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN) {
+			sdf->ssen = 1;
+			sdf->sss = FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN;
+			sdf->ssd = FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN;
+		} else {
+			sdf->ssen = 0;
+			sdf->sss = 0;
+			sdf->ssd = 0;
+		}
 	}
 #endif
 	csgf_src = &ft->desc_sbuf;
@@ -841,19 +854,21 @@ fsl_qdma_enqueue_desc_sg(struct fsl_qdma_queue *fsl_queue)
 	csgf_src->length = total_len;
 	csgf_dest->length = total_len;
 #ifdef RTE_DMA_DPAA_ERRATA_ERR050757
-	sdf = &ft->df.sdf;
-	sdf->srttype = FSL_QDMA_CMD_RWTTYPE;
+	if (s_pci_read) {
+		sdf = &ft->df.sdf;
+		sdf->srttype = FSL_QDMA_CMD_RWTTYPE;
 #ifdef RTE_DMA_DPAA_ERRATA_ERR050265
-	sdf->prefetch = 1;
+		sdf->prefetch = 1;
 #endif
-	if (total_len > FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN) {
-		sdf->ssen = 1;
-		sdf->sss = FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN;
-		sdf->ssd = FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN;
-	} else {
-		sdf->ssen = 0;
-		sdf->sss = 0;
-		sdf->ssd = 0;
+		if (total_len > FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN) {
+			sdf->ssen = 1;
+			sdf->sss = FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN;
+			sdf->ssd = FSL_QDMA_CMD_SS_ERR050757_LEN;
+		} else {
+			sdf->ssen = 0;
+			sdf->sss = 0;
+			sdf->ssd = 0;
+		}
 	}
 #endif
 	ret = fsl_qdma_enqueue_desc_to_ring(fsl_queue, num);
@@ -892,6 +907,24 @@ fsl_qdma_enqueue_desc(struct fsl_qdma_queue *fsl_queue)
 			fsl_queue->pending_num = 0;
 		}
 		return ret;
+	} else if (!s_sg_enable) {
+		while (fsl_queue->pending_num > 0) {
+			ret = fsl_qdma_enqueue_desc_single(fsl_queue,
+				fsl_queue->pending_desc[start].dst,
+				fsl_queue->pending_desc[start].src,
+				fsl_queue->pending_desc[start].len);
+			if (!ret) {
+				start = (start + 1) &
+					(fsl_queue->pending_max - 1);
+				fsl_queue->pending_start = start;
+				fsl_queue->pending_num--;
+			} else {
+				/* Transient on a full ring; caller retries. */
+				return ret;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	return fsl_qdma_enqueue_desc_sg(fsl_queue);
@@ -1359,6 +1392,20 @@ dpaa_qdma_init(struct rte_dma_dev *dmadev)
 		s_hw_err_check = true;
 		DPAA_QDMA_INFO("Enable DMA error checks");
 	}
+	if (dpaa_get_devargs(dmadev->device->devargs, DPAA_DMA_SG_DISABLE)) {
+		s_sg_enable = false;
+		DPAA_QDMA_INFO("SG mode disabled via devarg");
+	}
+	if (dpaa_get_devargs(dmadev->device->devargs, DPAA_DMA_DATA_VALID)) {
+		s_data_validation = true;
+		DPAA_QDMA_INFO("Data validation enabled via devarg");
+	}
+#ifdef RTE_DMA_DPAA_ERRATA_ERR050757
+	if (dpaa_get_devargs(dmadev->device->devargs, DPAA_DMA_PCI_READ_DISABLE)) {
+		s_pci_read = false;
+		DPAA_QDMA_INFO("ERR050757 PCI read workaround disabled via devarg");
+	}
+#endif
 
 	fsl_qdma->n_queues = QDMA_QUEUES * QDMA_BLOCKS;
 	fsl_qdma->num_blocks = QDMA_BLOCKS;
@@ -1446,9 +1493,10 @@ dpaa_qdma_probe(__rte_unused struct rte_dpaa_driver *dpaa_drv,
 	 * process.
 	 */
 	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
-		DPAA_QDMA_WARN("%s: not supported in secondary process",
+		DPAA_QDMA_DEBUG("%s: skipped in secondary process",
 			dpaa_dev->device.name);
-		return -ENOTSUP;
+		/* Positive: leave unclaimed, not a probe failure. */
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	dmadev = rte_dma_pmd_allocate(dpaa_dev->device.name,
@@ -1489,8 +1537,6 @@ dpaa_qdma_remove(struct rte_dpaa_device *dpaa_dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct rte_dpaa_driver rte_dpaa_qdma_pmd;
-
 static struct rte_dpaa_driver rte_dpaa_qdma_pmd = {
 	.drv_type = FSL_DPAA_QDMA,
 	.probe = dpaa_qdma_probe,
@@ -1498,5 +1544,9 @@ static struct rte_dpaa_driver rte_dpaa_qdma_pmd = {
 };
 
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_DPAA(dpaa_qdma, rte_dpaa_qdma_pmd);
-RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(dpaa_qdma, DPAA_DMA_ERROR_CHECK "=<int>");
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(dpaa_qdma,
+	DPAA_DMA_ERROR_CHECK "=<int> "
+	DPAA_DMA_SG_DISABLE "=<int> "
+	DPAA_DMA_DATA_VALID "=<int> "
+	DPAA_DMA_ERRATA_PARAMS);
 RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(dpaa_qdma_logtype, INFO);
-- 
2.25.1



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