* Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch V2] MdePkg: Code optimization to SMM InternalAllocateAlignedPages
2023-06-14 9:40 ` [edk2-devel] [Patch V2] MdePkg: Code optimization to SMM InternalAllocateAlignedPages duntan
@ 2023-06-14 22:27 ` Michael D Kinney
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From: Michael D Kinney @ 2023-06-14 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tan, Dun, devel@edk2.groups.io
Cc: Ni, Ray, Gao, Liming, Liu, Zhiguang, Kinney, Michael D
Reviewed-by: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tan, Dun <dun.tan@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 2:41 AM
> To: devel@edk2.groups.io; Tan, Dun <dun.tan@intel.com>
> Cc: Ni, Ray <ray.ni@intel.com>; Kinney, Michael D
> <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Gao, Liming <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn>; Liu,
> Zhiguang <zhiguang.liu@intel.com>
> Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [Patch V2] MdePkg: Code optimization to SMM
> InternalAllocateAlignedPages
>
> Hi Mike and Liming,
>
> Could you please help to review this patch?
>
> Thanks,
> Dun
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of duntan
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2023 3:31 PM
> To: devel@edk2.groups.io
> Cc: Ni, Ray <ray.ni@intel.com>; Kinney, Michael D
> <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Gao, Liming <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn>; Liu,
> Zhiguang <zhiguang.liu@intel.com>
> Subject: [edk2-devel] [Patch V2] MdePkg: Code optimization to SMM
> InternalAllocateAlignedPages
>
> This commit is code optimization to InternalAllocateAlignedPages of
> SmmMemoryAllocationLib which can reduce free memory fragments. Also it can
> reduce one pre-allocation page.
>
> Let's take a simple example:
> The expected pages size is 8KB, Alignment value is 8KB.
>
> In original InternalAllocateAlignedPages(), the first step is to allocate 4
> pages and then find the first 8KB-aligned address in allocated 4 pages. If
> the upper limit address of allocated 4 pages is already 8KB aligned, then
> the allocated 4 pages contains two 8KB-aligned 8KB ranges. The lower 2
> pages will be selected and removed from free pages. Then the higher 2 pages
> will be free.
> Since the whole memory allocation is from high address to low address, then
> the higher 2 pages cann't be merged with other free pages, causing the free
> memory fragments.
>
> However, when only allocate 3(2+2-1) pages, we can avoid the free memory
> fragments in specific case. Also 3 pages must contain a 8KB-aligned 8KB
> range, which meets the requirement. If the upper limit address of allocated
> 3 pages is 8KB-aligned, then the higher
> 2 pages range of allocated 3 pages is 8KB-aligned and will be selected and
> removed from free pages. The remaining lower one page of allocated 3 pages
> will be free and merged with left lower free memory. This can reduce free
> memory fragments in smm.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dun Tan <dun.tan@intel.com>
> Cc: Ray Ni <ray.ni@intel.com>
> Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Cc: Liming Gao <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn>
> Cc: Zhiguang Liu <zhiguang.liu@intel.com>
> ---
> MdePkg/Library/SmmMemoryAllocationLib/MemoryAllocationLib.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/MdePkg/Library/SmmMemoryAllocationLib/MemoryAllocationLib.c
> b/MdePkg/Library/SmmMemoryAllocationLib/MemoryAllocationLib.c
> index 3ab2c1ebfd..99a8259325 100644
> --- a/MdePkg/Library/SmmMemoryAllocationLib/MemoryAllocationLib.c
> +++ b/MdePkg/Library/SmmMemoryAllocationLib/MemoryAllocationLib.c
> @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ InternalAllocateAlignedPages (
> // Calculate the total number of pages since alignment is larger than
> page size.
> //
> AlignmentMask = Alignment - 1;
> - RealPages = Pages + EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (Alignment);
> + RealPages = Pages + EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (Alignment) - 1;
> //
> // Make sure that Pages plus EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (Alignment) does not
> overflow.
> //
> --
> 2.31.1.windows.1
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