[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] net: Improve the speed of netconsole
Stefano Babic
sbabic at denx.de
Fri Aug 10 18:22:42 CEST 2012
On 03/08/2012 22:59, Joe Hershberger wrote:
> Previously u-boot would initialize the network interface for every
> network operation and then shut it down again. This makes sense for
> most operations where the network in not known to be needed soon after
> the operation is complete. In the case of netconsole, it will use the
> network for every interaction with the shell or every printf. This
> means that the network is being reinitialized very often. On many
> devices, this intialization is very slow.
>
> This patch checks for consecutive netconsole actions and leaves the
> ethernet hardware initialized between them. It will still behave the
> same old way for all other network operations and any time another
> network operation happens between netconsole operations.
>
Hi Joe,
> Signed-off-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>
> Cc: Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de>
> ---
> common/cmd_bootm.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/netconsole.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
> include/net.h | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> net/eth.c | 8 ++------
> net/net.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
> 5 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/common/cmd_bootm.c b/common/cmd_bootm.c
> index 45e726a..83fa5d7 100644
> --- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
> +++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
> @@ -564,6 +564,13 @@ int do_bootm_subcommand(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
> break;
> case BOOTM_STATE_OS_GO:
> disable_interrupts();
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE
> + /*
> + * Stop the ethernet stack if NetConsole could have
> + * left it up
> + */
> + eth_halt();
> +#endif
> arch_preboot_os();
> boot_fn(BOOTM_STATE_OS_GO, argc, argv, &images);
> break;
> @@ -622,6 +629,11 @@ int do_bootm(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
> */
> iflag = disable_interrupts();
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE
> + /* Stop the ethernet stack if NetConsole could have left it up */
> + eth_halt();
> +#endif
> +
> #if defined(CONFIG_CMD_USB)
> /*
> * turn off USB to prevent the host controller from writing to the
> @@ -1599,6 +1611,11 @@ static int do_bootz(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
> */
> disable_interrupts();
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE
> + /* Stop the ethernet stack if NetConsole could have left it up */
> + eth_halt();
> +#endif
> +
> #if defined(CONFIG_CMD_USB)
> /*
> * turn off USB to prevent the host controller from writing to the
> diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> index 14243b8..069ad87 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ static IPaddr_t nc_ip; /* server ip */
> static short nc_port; /* source/target port */
> static const char *output_packet; /* used by first send udp */
> static int output_packet_len;
> +/*
> + * Start with a default last protocol.
> + * We are only interested in NETCONS or not.
> + */
> +enum proto_t net_loop_last_protocol = BOOTP;
>
> static void nc_wait_arp_handler(uchar *pkt, unsigned dest,
> IPaddr_t sip, unsigned src,
> @@ -131,8 +136,13 @@ static void nc_send_packet(const char *buf, int len)
> }
>
> if (eth->state != ETH_STATE_ACTIVE) {
> - if (eth_init(gd->bd) < 0)
> - return;
> + if (eth_is_on_demand_init()) {
> + if (eth_init(gd->bd) < 0)
> + return;
> + eth_set_last_protocol(NETCONS);
> + } else
> + eth_init_state_only(gd->bd);
> +
> inited = 1;
> }
> pkt = (uchar *)NetTxPacket + NetEthHdrSize() + IP_UDP_HDR_SIZE;
> @@ -141,8 +151,12 @@ static void nc_send_packet(const char *buf, int len)
> ip = nc_ip;
> NetSendUDPPacket(ether, ip, nc_port, nc_port, len);
>
> - if (inited)
> - eth_halt();
> + if (inited) {
> + if (eth_is_on_demand_init())
> + eth_halt();
> + else
> + eth_halt_state_only();
> + }
> }
>
> static int nc_start(void)
> diff --git a/include/net.h b/include/net.h
> index 6d2d6cd..e193b7b 100644
> --- a/include/net.h
> +++ b/include/net.h
> @@ -102,7 +102,14 @@ extern int eth_register(struct eth_device* dev);/* Register network device */
> extern int eth_unregister(struct eth_device *dev);/* Remove network device */
> extern void eth_try_another(int first_restart); /* Change the device */
> extern void eth_set_current(void); /* set nterface to ethcur var */
> -extern struct eth_device *eth_get_dev(void); /* get the current device MAC */
> +/* get the current device MAC */
> +static inline __attribute__((always_inline))
> +struct eth_device *eth_get_dev(void)
> +{
> + extern struct eth_device *eth_current;
> +
> + return eth_current;
> +}
> extern struct eth_device *eth_get_dev_by_name(const char *devname);
> extern struct eth_device *eth_get_dev_by_index(int index); /* get dev @ index */
> extern int eth_get_dev_index(void); /* get the device index */
> @@ -151,6 +158,19 @@ extern int eth_rx(void); /* Check for received packets */
> extern void eth_halt(void); /* stop SCC */
> extern char *eth_get_name(void); /* get name of current device */
>
> +/* Set active state */
> +static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) int eth_init_state_only(bd_t *bis)
> +{
> + eth_get_dev()->state = ETH_STATE_ACTIVE;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +/* Set passive state */
> +static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void eth_halt_state_only(void)
> +{
> + eth_get_dev()->state = ETH_STATE_PASSIVE;
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Set the hardware address for an ethernet interface based on 'eth%daddr'
> * environment variable (or just 'ethaddr' if eth_number is 0).
> @@ -532,6 +552,26 @@ void NcStart(void);
> int nc_input_packet(uchar *pkt, unsigned dest, unsigned src, unsigned len);
> #endif
>
> +static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) int eth_is_on_demand_init(void)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE
> + extern enum proto_t net_loop_last_protocol;
> +
> + return net_loop_last_protocol != NETCONS;
> +#else
> + return 1;
> +#endif
> +}
> +
> +static inline void eth_set_last_protocol(int protocol)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE
> + extern enum proto_t net_loop_last_protocol;
> +
> + net_loop_last_protocol = protocol;
> +#endif
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Check if autoload is enabled. If so, use either NFS or TFTP to download
> * the boot file.
> diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
> index 1a11ce1..66295b6 100644
> --- a/net/eth.c
> +++ b/net/eth.c
> @@ -121,12 +121,8 @@ static struct {
> static unsigned int eth_rcv_current, eth_rcv_last;
> #endif
>
> -static struct eth_device *eth_devices, *eth_current;
> -
> -struct eth_device *eth_get_dev(void)
> -{
> - return eth_current;
> -}
> +static struct eth_device *eth_devices;
> +struct eth_device *eth_current;
>
> struct eth_device *eth_get_dev_by_name(const char *devname)
> {
> diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
> index e8ff066..f002cda 100644
> --- a/net/net.c
> +++ b/net/net.c
> @@ -315,12 +315,15 @@ int NetLoop(enum proto_t protocol)
>
> bootstage_mark_name(BOOTSTAGE_ID_ETH_START, "eth_start");
> net_init();
> - eth_halt();
> - eth_set_current();
> - if (eth_init(bd) < 0) {
> + if (eth_is_on_demand_init() || protocol != NETCONS) {
> eth_halt();
> - return -1;
> - }
> + eth_set_current();
> + if (eth_init(bd) < 0) {
> + eth_halt();
> + return -1;
> + }
> + } else
> + eth_init_state_only(bd);
>
> restart:
> net_set_state(NETLOOP_CONTINUE);
> @@ -460,6 +463,9 @@ restart:
>
> net_cleanup_loop();
> eth_halt();
> + /* Invalidate the last protocol */
> + eth_set_last_protocol(BOOTP);
> +
> puts("\nAbort\n");
> /* include a debug print as well incase the debug
> messages are directed to stderr */
> @@ -517,13 +523,21 @@ restart:
> sprintf(buf, "%lX", (unsigned long)load_addr);
> setenv("fileaddr", buf);
> }
> - eth_halt();
> + if (protocol != NETCONS)
> + eth_halt();
> + else
> + eth_halt_state_only();
> +
> + eth_set_last_protocol(protocol);
> +
> ret = NetBootFileXferSize;
> debug_cond(DEBUG_INT_STATE, "--- NetLoop Success!\n");
> goto done;
>
> case NETLOOP_FAIL:
> net_cleanup_loop();
> + /* Invalidate the last protocol */
> + eth_set_last_protocol(BOOTP);
> debug_cond(DEBUG_INT_STATE, "--- NetLoop Fail!\n");
> goto done;
>
>
Acked-by: Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de>
Best regards,
Stefano
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