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authorJack Morgenstein <jackm@mellanox.co.il>2006-03-03 21:54:13 -0800
committerRoland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>2006-03-20 10:08:23 -0800
commitf36e1793e25513380cae5958a9164d4cc4458ad0 (patch)
treeaa31d34ee07971645af6f21068709166420caee2 /include/rdma
parent6ecb0c849625e830ab96495d473bb704812c30e1 (diff)
IB/umad: Add support for large RMPP transfers
Add support for sending and receiving large RMPP transfers. The old code supports transfers only as large as a single contiguous kernel memory allocation. This patch uses linked list of memory buffers when sending and receiving data to avoid needing contiguous pages for larger transfers. Receive side: copy the arriving MADs in chunks instead of coalescing to one large buffer in kernel space. Send side: split a multipacket MAD buffer to a list of segments, (multipacket_list) and send these using a gather list of size 2. Also, save pointer to last sent segment, and retrieve requested segments by walking list starting at last sent segment. Finally, save pointer to last-acked segment. When retrying, retrieve segments for resending relative to this pointer. When updating last ack, start at this pointer. Signed-off-by: Jack Morgenstein <jackm@mellanox.co.il> Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/rdma')
-rw-r--r--include/rdma/ib_mad.h48
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_mad.h b/include/rdma/ib_mad.h
index 2c133506742b..51ab8eddb295 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_mad.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_mad.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
* CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
* SOFTWARE.
*
- * $Id: ib_mad.h 2775 2005-07-02 13:42:12Z halr $
+ * $Id: ib_mad.h 5596 2006-03-03 01:00:07Z sean.hefty $
*/
#if !defined( IB_MAD_H )
@@ -208,15 +208,23 @@ struct ib_class_port_info
/**
* ib_mad_send_buf - MAD data buffer and work request for sends.
* @next: A pointer used to chain together MADs for posting.
- * @mad: References an allocated MAD data buffer.
+ * @mad: References an allocated MAD data buffer for MADs that do not have
+ * RMPP active. For MADs using RMPP, references the common and management
+ * class specific headers.
* @mad_agent: MAD agent that allocated the buffer.
* @ah: The address handle to use when sending the MAD.
* @context: User-controlled context fields.
+ * @hdr_len: Indicates the size of the data header of the MAD. This length
+ * includes the common MAD, RMPP, and class specific headers.
+ * @data_len: Indicates the total size of user-transferred data.
+ * @seg_count: The number of RMPP segments allocated for this send.
+ * @seg_size: Size of each RMPP segment.
* @timeout_ms: Time to wait for a response.
* @retries: Number of times to retry a request for a response.
*
* Users are responsible for initializing the MAD buffer itself, with the
- * exception of specifying the payload length field in any RMPP MAD.
+ * exception of any RMPP header. Additional segment buffer space allocated
+ * beyond data_len is padding.
*/
struct ib_mad_send_buf {
struct ib_mad_send_buf *next;
@@ -224,6 +232,10 @@ struct ib_mad_send_buf {
struct ib_mad_agent *mad_agent;
struct ib_ah *ah;
void *context[2];
+ int hdr_len;
+ int data_len;
+ int seg_count;
+ int seg_size;
int timeout_ms;
int retries;
};
@@ -299,7 +311,7 @@ typedef void (*ib_mad_snoop_handler)(struct ib_mad_agent *mad_agent,
* @mad_recv_wc: Received work completion information on the received MAD.
*
* MADs received in response to a send request operation will be handed to
- * the user after the send operation completes. All data buffers given
+ * the user before the send operation completes. All data buffers given
* to registered agents through this routine are owned by the receiving
* client, except for snooping agents. Clients snooping MADs should not
* modify the data referenced by @mad_recv_wc.
@@ -485,17 +497,6 @@ int ib_unregister_mad_agent(struct ib_mad_agent *mad_agent);
int ib_post_send_mad(struct ib_mad_send_buf *send_buf,
struct ib_mad_send_buf **bad_send_buf);
-/**
- * ib_coalesce_recv_mad - Coalesces received MAD data into a single buffer.
- * @mad_recv_wc: Work completion information for a received MAD.
- * @buf: User-provided data buffer to receive the coalesced buffers. The
- * referenced buffer should be at least the size of the mad_len specified
- * by @mad_recv_wc.
- *
- * This call copies a chain of received MAD segments into a single data buffer,
- * removing duplicated headers.
- */
-void ib_coalesce_recv_mad(struct ib_mad_recv_wc *mad_recv_wc, void *buf);
/**
* ib_free_recv_mad - Returns data buffers used to receive a MAD.
@@ -590,9 +591,10 @@ int ib_process_mad_wc(struct ib_mad_agent *mad_agent,
* with an initialized work request structure. Users may modify the returned
* MAD data buffer before posting the send.
*
- * The returned data buffer will be cleared. Users are responsible for
- * initializing the common MAD and any class specific headers. If @rmpp_active
- * is set, the RMPP header will be initialized for sending.
+ * The returned MAD header, class specific headers, and any padding will be
+ * cleared. Users are responsible for initializing the common MAD header,
+ * any class specific header, and MAD data area.
+ * If @rmpp_active is set, the RMPP header will be initialized for sending.
*/
struct ib_mad_send_buf * ib_create_send_mad(struct ib_mad_agent *mad_agent,
u32 remote_qpn, u16 pkey_index,
@@ -601,6 +603,16 @@ struct ib_mad_send_buf * ib_create_send_mad(struct ib_mad_agent *mad_agent,
gfp_t gfp_mask);
/**
+ * ib_get_rmpp_segment - returns the data buffer for a given RMPP segment.
+ * @send_buf: Previously allocated send data buffer.
+ * @seg_num: number of segment to return
+ *
+ * This routine returns a pointer to the data buffer of an RMPP MAD.
+ * Users must provide synchronization to @send_buf around this call.
+ */
+void *ib_get_rmpp_segment(struct ib_mad_send_buf *send_buf, int seg_num);
+
+/**
* ib_free_send_mad - Returns data buffers used to send a MAD.
* @send_buf: Previously allocated send data buffer.
*/