Some Nubus card ROMs contain many slot resources. A single Radius video
card produced well over a thousand entries under /proc/bus/nubus/.
Populating /proc/bus/nubus/ on a slow machine with several such cards
installed takes long enough that the user may think that the system is
wedged. All those procfs entries also consume significant RAM though
they are not normally needed (except by developers).
Omit these resources from /proc/bus/nubus/ by default and add a kernel
parameter to enable them when needed.
On the test machine, this saved 300 kB and 10 seconds.
Cc: Brad Boyer <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Stan Johnson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <[email protected]>
---
Changed since v3:
- Better commentary.
Changed since v2:
- Added commentary.
- Moved declaration to nubus.h.
Changed since v1:
- Expanded to cover all slot resources in procfs.
---
drivers/nubus/nubus.c | 13 ++++++++++---
drivers/nubus/proc.c | 8 ++++----
include/linux/nubus.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nubus/nubus.c b/drivers/nubus/nubus.c
index f70ba58dbc55..f0c24d39f837 100644
--- a/drivers/nubus/nubus.c
+++ b/drivers/nubus/nubus.c
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
/* Globals */
+/* The "nubus.populate_procfs" parameter makes slot resources available in
+ * procfs. It's deprecated and disabled by default because procfs is no longer
+ * thought to be suitable for that and some board ROMs make it too expensive.
+ */
+bool populate_procfs;
+module_param(populate_procfs, bool, 0);
+
LIST_HEAD(nubus_func_rsrcs);
/* Meaning of "bytelanes":
@@ -572,9 +579,9 @@ nubus_get_functional_resource(struct nubus_board *board, int slot,
nubus_proc_add_rsrc(dir.procdir, &ent);
break;
default:
- /* Local/Private resources have their own
- function */
- nubus_get_private_resource(fres, dir.procdir, &ent);
+ if (populate_procfs)
+ nubus_get_private_resource(fres, dir.procdir,
+ &ent);
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/nubus/proc.c b/drivers/nubus/proc.c
index 2c320a84fd72..1808accb8214 100644
--- a/drivers/nubus/proc.c
+++ b/drivers/nubus/proc.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *nubus_proc_add_board(struct nubus_board *board)
{
char name[2];
- if (!proc_bus_nubus_dir)
+ if (!proc_bus_nubus_dir || !populate_procfs)
return NULL;
snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%x", board->slot);
return proc_mkdir(name, proc_bus_nubus_dir);
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *nubus_proc_add_rsrc_dir(struct proc_dir_entry *procdir,
char name[9];
int lanes = board->lanes;
- if (!procdir)
+ if (!procdir || !populate_procfs)
return NULL;
snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%x", ent->type);
remove_proc_subtree(name, procdir);
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void nubus_proc_add_rsrc_mem(struct proc_dir_entry *procdir,
char name[9];
struct nubus_proc_pde_data *pded;
- if (!procdir)
+ if (!procdir || !populate_procfs)
return;
snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%x", ent->type);
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ void nubus_proc_add_rsrc(struct proc_dir_entry *procdir,
char name[9];
unsigned char *data = (unsigned char *)ent->data;
- if (!procdir)
+ if (!procdir || !populate_procfs)
return;
snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%x", ent->type);
diff --git a/include/linux/nubus.h b/include/linux/nubus.h
index 392fc6c53e96..50c9145808d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/nubus.h
+++ b/include/linux/nubus.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ extern struct bus_type nubus_bus_type;
/* Generic NuBus interface functions, modelled after the PCI interface */
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+extern bool populate_procfs;
void nubus_proc_init(void);
struct proc_dir_entry *nubus_proc_add_board(struct nubus_board *board);
struct proc_dir_entry *nubus_proc_add_rsrc_dir(struct proc_dir_entry *procdir,
--
2.37.5
On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 02:12:13PM +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
> Some Nubus card ROMs contain many slot resources. A single Radius video
> card produced well over a thousand entries under /proc/bus/nubus/.
> Populating /proc/bus/nubus/ on a slow machine with several such cards
> installed takes long enough that the user may think that the system is
> wedged. All those procfs entries also consume significant RAM though
> they are not normally needed (except by developers).
> Omit these resources from /proc/bus/nubus/ by default and add a kernel
> parameter to enable them when needed.
> On the test machine, this saved 300 kB and 10 seconds.
>
> Cc: Brad Boyer <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Brad Boyer <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Stan Johnson <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changed since v3:
> - Better commentary.
> Changed since v2:
> - Added commentary.
> - Moved declaration to nubus.h.
> Changed since v1:
> - Expanded to cover all slot resources in procfs.
> ---
> drivers/nubus/nubus.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> drivers/nubus/proc.c | 8 ++++----
> include/linux/nubus.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nubus/nubus.c b/drivers/nubus/nubus.c
> index f70ba58dbc55..f0c24d39f837 100644
> --- a/drivers/nubus/nubus.c
> +++ b/drivers/nubus/nubus.c
> @@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
>
> /* Globals */
>
> +/* The "nubus.populate_procfs" parameter makes slot resources available in
> + * procfs. It's deprecated and disabled by default because procfs is no longer
> + * thought to be suitable for that and some board ROMs make it too expensive.
> + */
> +bool populate_procfs;
> +module_param(populate_procfs, bool, 0);
> +
> LIST_HEAD(nubus_func_rsrcs);
>
> /* Meaning of "bytelanes":
> @@ -572,9 +579,9 @@ nubus_get_functional_resource(struct nubus_board *board, int slot,
> nubus_proc_add_rsrc(dir.procdir, &ent);
> break;
> default:
> - /* Local/Private resources have their own
> - function */
> - nubus_get_private_resource(fres, dir.procdir, &ent);
> + if (populate_procfs)
> + nubus_get_private_resource(fres, dir.procdir,
> + &ent);
> }
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nubus/proc.c b/drivers/nubus/proc.c
> index 2c320a84fd72..1808accb8214 100644
> --- a/drivers/nubus/proc.c
> +++ b/drivers/nubus/proc.c
> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *nubus_proc_add_board(struct nubus_board *board)
> {
> char name[2];
>
> - if (!proc_bus_nubus_dir)
> + if (!proc_bus_nubus_dir || !populate_procfs)
> return NULL;
> snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%x", board->slot);
> return proc_mkdir(name, proc_bus_nubus_dir);
> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *nubus_proc_add_rsrc_dir(struct proc_dir_entry *procdir,
> char name[9];
> int lanes = board->lanes;
>
> - if (!procdir)
> + if (!procdir || !populate_procfs)
> return NULL;
> snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%x", ent->type);
> remove_proc_subtree(name, procdir);
> @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void nubus_proc_add_rsrc_mem(struct proc_dir_entry *procdir,
> char name[9];
> struct nubus_proc_pde_data *pded;
>
> - if (!procdir)
> + if (!procdir || !populate_procfs)
> return;
>
> snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%x", ent->type);
> @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ void nubus_proc_add_rsrc(struct proc_dir_entry *procdir,
> char name[9];
> unsigned char *data = (unsigned char *)ent->data;
>
> - if (!procdir)
> + if (!procdir || !populate_procfs)
> return;
>
> snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%x", ent->type);
> diff --git a/include/linux/nubus.h b/include/linux/nubus.h
> index 392fc6c53e96..50c9145808d1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/nubus.h
> +++ b/include/linux/nubus.h
> @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ extern struct bus_type nubus_bus_type;
>
> /* Generic NuBus interface functions, modelled after the PCI interface */
> #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
> +extern bool populate_procfs;
> void nubus_proc_init(void);
> struct proc_dir_entry *nubus_proc_add_board(struct nubus_board *board);
> struct proc_dir_entry *nubus_proc_add_rsrc_dir(struct proc_dir_entry *procdir,
> --
> 2.37.5
>
On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 6:19 AM Finn Thain <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some Nubus card ROMs contain many slot resources. A single Radius video
> card produced well over a thousand entries under /proc/bus/nubus/.
> Populating /proc/bus/nubus/ on a slow machine with several such cards
> installed takes long enough that the user may think that the system is
> wedged. All those procfs entries also consume significant RAM though
> they are not normally needed (except by developers).
> Omit these resources from /proc/bus/nubus/ by default and add a kernel
> parameter to enable them when needed.
> On the test machine, this saved 300 kB and 10 seconds.
>
> Cc: Brad Boyer <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Stan Johnson <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changed since v3:
> - Better commentary.
> Changed since v2:
> - Added commentary.
> - Moved declaration to nubus.h.
> Changed since v1:
> - Expanded to cover all slot resources in procfs.
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v6.5 branch.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected]
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
Hi Finn,
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 11:44 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 6:19 AM Finn Thain <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Some Nubus card ROMs contain many slot resources. A single Radius video
> > card produced well over a thousand entries under /proc/bus/nubus/.
> > Populating /proc/bus/nubus/ on a slow machine with several such cards
> > installed takes long enough that the user may think that the system is
> > wedged. All those procfs entries also consume significant RAM though
> > they are not normally needed (except by developers).
> > Omit these resources from /proc/bus/nubus/ by default and add a kernel
> > parameter to enable them when needed.
> > On the test machine, this saved 300 kB and 10 seconds.
> >
> > Cc: Brad Boyer <[email protected]>
> > Tested-by: Stan Johnson <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > Changed since v3:
> > - Better commentary.
> > Changed since v2:
> > - Added commentary.
> > - Moved declaration to nubus.h.
> > Changed since v1:
> > - Expanded to cover all slot resources in procfs.
>
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
> i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v6.5 branch.
Upon second look, "populate_procfs" is too generic for a global
variable. Please add a "nubus_"-prefix, and use module_param_named()
instead.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected]
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds