From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D915BA034F; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:52:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57B4040692; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:52:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8243D4067B for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:52:16 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1614246735; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=S0Aer1rHITbaAiArqOIR6KYoPpPzHXJwVTLWlMYIJzA=; b=BkgpaTKbhzWYT50yZS9Qn/g0MbRlNG0frHvv6zYliHipCma8iE7X6jHV0gDSnu2uKM+/Ev zYAFHA+fOKVD8r5aS+wG2ZsgvRsrkx6SO5j7gJ/aFY6tS0+JrV++kv2G3oAJ8zaH4/Nan3 Kz3dGiCuPxwv3HTZXmz9Y6VK9S3epuI= Received: from mail-vk1-f197.google.com (mail-vk1-f197.google.com [209.85.221.197]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-58-hYUnSwihNNeqQO-HF5ldVQ-1; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 04:52:13 -0500 X-MC-Unique: hYUnSwihNNeqQO-HF5ldVQ-1 Received: by mail-vk1-f197.google.com with SMTP id 21so846036vkj.9 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 01:52:13 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=S0Aer1rHITbaAiArqOIR6KYoPpPzHXJwVTLWlMYIJzA=; b=F1uqNRlBAJ6OumT0WLX4J6jHiSn5XRCndQAUl8BXAP7ixCnoLBWpzOnXTvg3C2vtOy rL5Ltg+t+gCROPkBSLXK9tlu269CcGJP6lcMydPwnQZoaBQ5H9xHjl1a5gHtqYYHwhLV vJgAIWjQb/BKPKrVEzUb9V/EGy0nj7pChpzdQfh6fbb617FUPURZ7OJxZ7sNOQvl9XJp zp5u9oEoBwoG9920kO/bD6yantXLtkFppvcUaQN7AzeI+52e2Tm0AHrg+qLD0HLkG21e SAVvavFGQtrZ+cQ7KeVhzp2KK+zu7eMja6TUIWvyOWpB88BwXHbe0LSjBJynfyzHTd4s /MEA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531vR40+bKek8yKljiDHy1zCBUkKdW9fZomOyZvTFhJzn1taIA+B Pk0rBsvJuV2tPTezk0Pyl+SdUDYU9h08YH5KxmLkXY1Qvh46gp/enXWk73fuMqI4NaqlrOspotZ wBCNa3dhR3QRi1jQTRAY= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:1849:: with SMTP id j9mr974278uag.41.1614246733314; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 01:52:13 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzLwCm8ccSqLZ7Vu5NbsAVX5dXAOi7yMj3QAOZMo31QrWfcfJoz22LnehGowgBcyrj6ajfM2M7snJTEXhlv51k= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:1849:: with SMTP id j9mr974273uag.41.1614246733144; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 01:52:13 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1611890309-99135-1-git-send-email-huawei.xhw@alibaba-inc.com> <1614014118-91150-1-git-send-email-huawei.xhw@alibaba-inc.com> <1614014118-91150-3-git-send-email-huawei.xhw@alibaba-inc.com> <08e5172f-36ce-13d9-5c96-9d6d1e71153a@intel.com> <967cfffb-1955-afc2-8479-0afa255b317f@alibaba-inc.com> In-Reply-To: <967cfffb-1955-afc2-8479-0afa255b317f@alibaba-inc.com> From: David Marchand Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:52:02 +0100 Message-ID: To: =?UTF-8?B?6LCi5Y2O5LyfKOatpOaXtuatpOWIu++8iQ==?= Cc: Ferruh Yigit , Maxime Coquelin , dev , "Burakov, Anatoly" , xuemingl@nvidia.com, Gaetan Rivet , "Xia, Chenbo" Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=dmarchan@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/2] bus/pci: support MMIO in PCI ioport accessors X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 5:00 AM =E8=B0=A2=E5=8D=8E=E4=BC=9F(=E6=AD=A4=E6=97= =B6=E6=AD=A4=E5=88=BB=EF=BC=89 wrote: > >>> Is the 'outb_p' to 'outb' conversion intentional? And if so why? > >>> > >>> Same of the all 'outb_p', 'outw_p', 'outl_p'. > >> > >> There is no need to delay for virtio device, as we can see in virtio > >> legacy driver. > >> > >> IMO, the delay is for ugly old device. The device itself should > >> assure the previous IO completes when the subsequent IO instruction > >> arrives. > >> > > > > Can there be any virtio legacy device needing this? > > The pause version delays sometime by writing to 0x80 debug port. virtio > doesn't need this. virtio legacy PMD driver doens't use this. > > Any device relying on this i think is buggy. How could the device rely > on some uncertain cpu cycles to behave correct? > > > > > What is the downside of using "pause until the I/O completes" versions? > > The downside in virtio PMD is a small performance penalty when we use it > to notify backend. CPU executes unnecessary serializing IO instruction. > > I check kernel code, io wrapper for in/out doesn't use p version. This change is a fix/optimisation. This is a separate topic from adding MMIO support with x86 ioport. I would split as a separate patch. --=20 David Marchand