Re: [PATCH] swiotlb: set IO TLB segment size via cmdline

Hi Stefano,

Also, Option 1 listed in the webpage seems to be a lot better. Any
reason you can't do that? Because that option both solves the problem
and increases performance.

Yes, Option 1 is probably more efficient.
But I use another platform under Xen without DMA adjustment functionality.
I pinned this webpage only for example to describe the similar problem I had.

Cheers,
Roman

ср, 15 сент. 2021 г. в 04:51, Stefano Stabellini [off-list ref]:

On Tue, 14 Sep 2021, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

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On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 05:29:07PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:

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I'm not convinced the swiotlb use describe there falls under "intended
use" - mapping a 1280x720 framebuffer in a single chunk? (As an aside,
the bottom of this page is also confusing, as following "Then we can
confirm the modified swiotlb size in the boot log:" there is a log
fragment showing the same original size of 64Mb.

It doesn't.  We also do not add hacks to the kernel for whacky out
of tree modules.

Also, Option 1 listed in the webpage seems to be a lot better. Any
reason you can't do that? Because that option both solves the problem
and increases performance.

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Best Regards, Roman.