Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] scsi: ufs: UFS Host Performance Booster(HPB) driver

[Bean Huo <huobean@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 2020-04-28 at 08:14 +0000, Avri Altman wrote:
> > 
> > On 2020-04-26 23:13, Avri Altman wrote:
> > > > On 2020-04-25 01:59, Avri Altman wrote:
> > > 
> > > HPB support is comprised of 4 main duties:
> > > 1) Read the device HPB configuration
> > > 2) Attend the device's recommendations that are embedded in the
> > > sense
> > 
> > buffer
> > > 3) L2P cache management - This entails sending 2 new scsi
> > > commands
> > 
> > (opcodes were taken from the vendor pool):
> > >       a. HPB-READ-BUFFER - read L2P physical addresses for a
> > > subregion
> > >       b. HPB-WRITE-BUFFER - notify the device that a region is
> > > inactive (in
> > 
> > host-managed mode)
> > > 4) Use HPB-READ: a 3rd new scsi command (again - uses the vendor
> > > pool)
> > 
> > to perform read operation instead of READ10.  HPB-READ carries both
> > the
> > logical and the physical addresses.
> > > 
> > > I will let Bean defend the Samsung approach of using a single LLD
> > > to attend
> > 
> > all 4 duties.
> > > 
> > > Another approach might be to split those duties between 2
> > > modules:
> > >  - A LLD that will perform the first 2 - those can be done only
> > > using ufs
> > 
> > privet stuff, and
> > >  - another module in scsi mid-layer that will be responsible of
> > > L2P cache
> > 
> > management,
> > >   and HPB-READ command setup.
> > > A framework to host the scsi mid-layer module can be the scsi
> > > device
> > 
> > handler.
> > > 
> > > The scsi-device-handler infrastructure was added to the kernel
> > > mainly to
> > 
> > facilitate multiple paths for storage devices.
> > > The HPB framework, although far from the original intention of
> > > the
> > 
> > authors, might as well fit in.
> > > In that sense, using READs and HPB_READs intermittently, can be
> > > perceived
> > 
> > as a multi-path.
> > > 
> > > Scsi device handlers are also attached to a specific scsi_device
> > > (lun).
> > > This can serve as the glue linking between the ufs LLD and the
> > > device
> > 
> > handler which resides in the scsi level.
> > > 
> > > Device handlers comes with a rich and handy set of APIs & ops,
> > > which we
> > 
> > can use to support HPB.
> > > Specifically we can use it to attach & activate the device
> > > handler,
> > > only after the ufs driver verified that HPB is supported by both
> > > the platform
> > 
> > and the device.
> > > 
> > > The 2 modules can communicate using the handler_data opaque
> > > pointer,
> > > and the handler’s set_params op-mode: which is an open protocol
> > 
> > essentially,
> > > and we can use it to pass the sense buffer in its full or just a
> > > parsed version.
> > > 
> > > Being a scsi mid-layer module, it will not break anything while
> > > sending
> > > HPB-READ-BUFFER and HPB-WRITE-BUFFER as part of the L2P cache
> > 
> > management duties.
> > > 
> > > Last but not least, the device handler is already hooked in the
> > > scsi
> > 
> > command setup flow - scsi_setup_fs_cmnd(),
> > > So we get the hook into HPB-READ prep_fn for free.
> > > 
> > > Later on, we might want to export the L2P cache management logic
> > > to
> > 
> > user-space.
> > > Locating the L2P cache management in scsi mid-layer will enable
> > > us to do
> > 
> > so, using the scsi-netlink or some other means.
> > 
> > Hi Avri,
> > 
> > I'm not sure that I agree that HPB can be perceived as multi-path.
> > Anyway, the above approach sounds interesting to me. A few
> > questions
> > though:
> > - The only in-tree caller of scsi_dh_attach() I am aware of exists
> > in
> >   the dm-mpath driver. I think that call is triggered by
> > multipathd.
> >   I don't think that it is acceptable to require that multipathd is
> >   running to use the UFS HPB functionality. What is the plan for
> >   attaching the UFS device handler to UFS devices?
> 
> Right.
> Device handlers are meant to be called as part of the device mapper
> multi-path code.  We can’t do that – we need to attach & activate the
> device handler manually, only after the ufs driver verified that HPB
> is
> supported by both the platform and the device.
> 
> I was thinking to rely on the ufs's 2-phase boot:
> The ufs boot process is essentially comprised of 2 parts: first
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> handshake with the device, and then, scsi scans and assign a scsi
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> to each lun.  The latter, although running a-synchronically,
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> happening right after reading the device configuration - lun by
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> By now we've read the device HPB configuration, and we are ready  to
> attach a scsi device to our HPB luns.  A perfect timing might be
> while
> scsi is performing its .slave_alloc() or .slave_configure().
> 

hi, Avri
That means HPB memory allocation done in .scan_finished() ?
and sd_init_command() needs to change as well, add a new request
type REQ_OP_HPB_READ?


Bean