[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] eal: make base address hint OS-specific
David Marchand
david.marchand at redhat.com
Wed Oct 2 13:41:30 CEST 2019
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:47 PM Anatoly Burakov
<anatoly.burakov at intel.com> wrote:
>
> Not all OS's follow Linux's memory layout, which may lead to
> problems following the suggested common address hint absent
> of a base-virtaddr flag. Make this address hint OS-specific.
>
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
Missing Fixes: ?
>
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> ---
> lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c | 19 +------------------
> lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h | 6 ++++++
> lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal/eal_memory.c | 10 ++++++++++
> lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_memory.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c
> index 19ea47570..4a9cc1f19 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c
> @@ -40,23 +40,6 @@
> static void *next_baseaddr;
> static uint64_t system_page_sz;
>
> -#ifdef RTE_ARCH_64
> -/*
> - * Linux kernel uses a really high address as starting address for serving
> - * mmaps calls. If there exists addressing limitations and IOVA mode is VA,
> - * this starting address is likely too high for those devices. However, it
> - * is possible to use a lower address in the process virtual address space
> - * as with 64 bits there is a lot of available space.
> - *
> - * Current known limitations are 39 or 40 bits. Setting the starting address
> - * at 4GB implies there are 508GB or 1020GB for mapping the available
> - * hugepages. This is likely enough for most systems, although a device with
> - * addressing limitations should call rte_mem_check_dma_mask for ensuring all
> - * memory is within supported range.
> - */
> -static uint64_t baseaddr = 0x100000000;
> -#endif
> -
> #define MAX_MMAP_WITH_DEFINED_ADDR_TRIES 5
> void *
> eal_get_virtual_area(void *requested_addr, size_t *size,
> @@ -85,7 +68,7 @@ eal_get_virtual_area(void *requested_addr, size_t *size,
> #ifdef RTE_ARCH_64
> if (next_baseaddr == NULL && internal_config.base_virtaddr == 0 &&
> rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
> - next_baseaddr = (void *) baseaddr;
> + next_baseaddr = (void *) eal_get_baseaddr();
> #endif
> if (requested_addr == NULL && next_baseaddr != NULL) {
> requested_addr = next_baseaddr;
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
> index 798ede553..31eae2278 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
> @@ -381,4 +381,10 @@ rte_option_init(void);
> void
> rte_option_usage(void);
>
> +/**
> + * Get OS-specific EAL mapping base address.
> + */
> +uint64_t
> +eal_get_baseaddr(void);
> +
> #endif /* _EAL_PRIVATE_H_ */
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal/eal_memory.c
> index 9b9a0577a..1bfdb52fb 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal/eal_memory.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal/eal_memory.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,16 @@
>
> #define EAL_PAGE_SIZE (sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE))
>
> +uint64_t eal_get_baseaddr(void)
> +{
> + /*
> + * FreeBSD may allocate something in the space we will be mapping things
> + * before we get a chance to do that, so use a base address that's far
> + * away from where malloc() et al usually map things.
> + */
> + return 0x1000000000;
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Get physical address of any mapped virtual address in the current process.
> */
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_memory.c
> index 1c089a1ef..8516f0d35 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_memory.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_memory.c
> @@ -70,6 +70,26 @@ static int phys_addrs_available = -1;
>
> #define RANDOMIZE_VA_SPACE_FILE "/proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space"
>
> +uint64_t eal_get_baseaddr(void)
> +{
> + /*
> + * Linux kernel uses a really high address as starting address for
> + * serving mmaps calls. If there exists addressing limitations and IOVA
> + * mode is VA, this starting address is likely too high for those
> + * devices. However, it is possible to use a lower address in the
> + * process virtual address space as with 64 bits there is a lot of
> + * available space.
> + *
> + * Current known limitations are 39 or 40 bits. Setting the starting
> + * address at 4GB implies there are 508GB or 1020GB for mapping the
> + * available hugepages. This is likely enough for most systems, although
> + * a device with addressing limitations should call
> + * rte_mem_check_dma_mask for ensuring all memory is within supported
> + * range.
> + */
> + return 0x100000000;
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Get physical address of any mapped virtual address in the current process.
> */
> --
> 2.17.1
What about windows port?
--
David Marchand
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