octeontx2 driver calls page_pool_create() during driver probe()
and fails if queue size > 32k. Page pool infra uses these buffers
as shock absorbers for burst traffic. These pages are pinned down
over time as working sets varies, due to the recycling nature
of page pool, given page pool (currently) don't have a shrinker
mechanism, the pages remain pinned down in ptr_ring.
Instead of clamping page_pool size to 32k at
most, limit it even more to 2k to avoid wasting memory.

This have been tested on octeontx2 CN10KA hardware.
TCP and UDP tests using iperf shows not performance regressions.

Fixes: b2e3406a38f0 ("octeontx2-pf: Add support for page pool")
Suggested-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
---

ChangeLogs:

vi->v2: Commit message changes and typo fixes
v0->v1: Commit message changes.
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c | 2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
index 77c8f650f7ac..fc8a1220eb39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ int otx2_pool_init(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, u16 pool_id,
 	}
 
 	pp_params.flags = PP_FLAG_PAGE_FRAG | PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP;
-	pp_params.pool_size = numptrs;
+	pp_params.pool_size = OTX2_PAGE_POOL_SZ;
 	pp_params.nid = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 	pp_params.dev = pfvf->dev;
 	pp_params.dma_dir = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
index ba8091131ec0..f6fea43617ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <rvu_trace.h>
 #include "qos.h"
 
+#define OTX2_PAGE_POOL_SZ 2048
+
 /* IPv4 flag more fragment bit */
 #define IPV4_FLAG_MORE				0x20
 
-- 
2.25.1

From: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:37:18 +0530

> octeontx2 driver calls page_pool_create() during driver probe()
> and fails if queue size > 32k. Page pool infra uses these buffers
> as shock absorbers for burst traffic. These pages are pinned down
> over time as working sets varies, due to the recycling nature
> of page pool, given page pool (currently) don't have a shrinker
> mechanism, the pages remain pinned down in ptr_ring.
> Instead of clamping page_pool size to 32k at
> most, limit it even more to 2k to avoid wasting memory.
> 
> This have been tested on octeontx2 CN10KA hardware.
> TCP and UDP tests using iperf shows not performance regressions.
> 
> Fixes: b2e3406a38f0 ("octeontx2-pf: Add support for page pool")
> Suggested-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
> ---
> 
> ChangeLogs:
> 
> vi->v2: Commit message changes and typo fixes
> v0->v1: Commit message changes.
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
> index 77c8f650f7ac..fc8a1220eb39 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
> @@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ int otx2_pool_init(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, u16 pool_id,
>  	}
>  
>  	pp_params.flags = PP_FLAG_PAGE_FRAG | PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP;
> -	pp_params.pool_size = numptrs;
> +	pp_params.pool_size = OTX2_PAGE_POOL_SZ;

You still didn't respond to my previous message or maybe I missed the
reply somewhere: why not min(numptrs, OTX2_PAGE_POOL_SZ)? Why create
page_pool with 2k elements for rings with 128 descriptors?

>  	pp_params.nid = NUMA_NO_NODE;
>  	pp_params.dev = pfvf->dev;
>  	pp_params.dma_dir = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
> index ba8091131ec0..f6fea43617ff 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
> @@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
>  #include <rvu_trace.h>
>  #include "qos.h"
>  
> +#define OTX2_PAGE_POOL_SZ 2048
> +
>  /* IPv4 flag more fragment bit */
>  #define IPV4_FLAG_MORE				0x20
>  

Thanks,
Olek

> From: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 net] octeontx2-pf: fix page_pool creation fail
> for rings > 32k


> You still didn't respond to my previous message or maybe I missed the reply
> somewhere: why not min(numptrs, OTX2_PAGE_POOL_SZ)? Why create
> page_pool with 2k elements for rings with 128 descriptors?
ACK. Sorry.  I missed it.