Merge tag 'mlx5-updates-2023-03-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel...

Merge tag 'mlx5-updates-2023-03-28' of git://git./linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux

Saeed Mahameed says:

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mlx5-updates-2023-03-28

Dragos Tatulea says:
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net/mlx5e: RX, Drop page_cache and fully use page_pool

For page allocation on the rx path, the mlx5e driver has been using an
internal page cache in tandem with the page pool. The internal page
cache uses a queue for page recycling which has the issue of head of
queue blocking.

This patch series drops the internal page_cache altogether and uses the
page_pool to implement everything that was done by the page_cache
before:
* Let the page_pool handle dma mapping and unmapping.
* Use fragmented pages with fragment counter instead of tracking via
  page ref.
* Enable skb recycling.

The patch series has the following effects on the rx path:

* Improved performance for the cases when there was low page recycling
  due to head of queue blocking in the internal page_cache. The test
  for this was running a single iperf TCP stream to a rx queue
  which is bound on the same cpu as the application.

  |-------------+--------+--------+------+---------|
  | rq type     | before | after  | unit |   diff  |
  |-------------+--------+--------+------+---------|
  | striding rq |  30.1  |  31.4  | Gbps |  4.14 % |
  | legacy rq   |  30.2  |  33.0  | Gbps |  8.48 % |
  |-------------+--------+--------+------+---------|

* Small XDP performance degradation. The test was is XDP drop
  program running on a single rx queue with small packets incoming
  it looks like this:

  |-------------+----------+----------+------+---------|
  | rq type     | before   | after    | unit |   diff  |
  |-------------+----------+----------+------+---------|
  | striding rq | 19725449 | 18544617 | pps  | -6.37 % |
  | legacy rq   | 19879931 | 18631841 | pps  | -6.70 % |
  |-------------+----------+----------+------+---------|

  This will be handled in a different patch series by adding support for
  multi-packet per page.

* For other cases the performance is roughly the same.

The above numbers were obtained on the following system:
  24 core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8380 CPU @ 2.30GHz
  32 GB RAM
  ConnectX-7 single port

The breakdown on the patch series is the following:
* Preparations for introducing the mlx5e_frag_page struct.
* Delete the mlx5e_page_cache struct.
* Enable dma mapping from page_pool.
* Enable skb recycling and fragment counting.
* Do deferred release of pages (just before alloc) to ensure better
  page_pool cache utilization.

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* tag 'mlx5-updates-2023-03-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux:
  net/mlx5e: RX, Remove unnecessary recycle parameter and page_cache stats
  net/mlx5e: RX, Break the wqe bulk refill in smaller chunks
  net/mlx5e: RX, Increase WQE bulk size for legacy rq
  net/mlx5e: RX, Split off release path for xsk buffers for legacy rq
  net/mlx5e: RX, Defer page release in legacy rq for better recycling
  net/mlx5e: RX, Change wqe last_in_page field from bool to bit flags
  net/mlx5e: RX, Defer page release in striding rq for better recycling
  net/mlx5e: RX, Rename xdp_xmit_bitmap to a more generic name
  net/mlx5e: RX, Enable skb page recycling through the page_pool
  net/mlx5e: RX, Enable dma map and sync from page_pool allocator
  net/mlx5e: RX, Remove internal page_cache
  net/mlx5e: RX, Store SHAMPO header pages in array
  net/mlx5e: RX, Remove alloc unit layout constraint for striding rq
  net/mlx5e: RX, Remove alloc unit layout constraint for legacy rq
  net/mlx5e: RX, Remove mlx5e_alloc_unit argument in page allocation
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Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230328205623.142075-1-saeed@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>