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From:   Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:32:49 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] OP-TEE RPC argument cache
To:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, op-tee@lists.trustedfirmware.org
Cc:     Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@linaro.org>
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On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:44 AM Jens Wiklander
<jens.wiklander@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> This patchset optimizes handling of the argument struct passed to
> call_with_arg when doing a yielding call to OP-TEE.
>
> Prior to this was this struct allocated before the yielding call and
> then freed after it had returned. In case many calls are made in succession
> this results in quite a bit of unnecessary allocte/free and possibly also
> switching back and forth to secure work in order to register if needed.
>
> Another optimization handles the way the argument struct needed to do RPC
> is passed. Please see the patch "optee: add OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_RPC_ARG and
> OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_REGD_ARG" for details.
>
> Thanks,
> Jens
>
> v1->v2:
> * Split out a separate commit "optee: rename rpc_arg_count to
>   rpc_param_count"
> * Check optee->rpc_param_count before calling optee_disable_shm_cache().
> * Mention OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_REGD_ARG in commit message.
>
> v2->v3:
> * Applied Sumit's R-B to "optee: rename rpc_arg_count to rpc_param_count"
>   and "optee: add OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_RPC_ARG and OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_REGD_ARG"
> * Fixed some review comments to "optee: add OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_RPC_ARG and
>   OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_REGD_ARG"
> * Rebased on v5.18-rc1
>
>
> Jens Wiklander (4):
>   optee: rename rpc_arg_count to rpc_param_count
>   optee: add OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_RPC_ARG and
>     OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_REGD_ARG
>   optee: add FF-A capability OPTEE_FFA_SEC_CAP_ARG_OFFSET
>   optee: cache argument shared memory structs
>
>  drivers/tee/optee/call.c          | 238 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  drivers/tee/optee/core.c          |   1 +
>  drivers/tee/optee/ffa_abi.c       |  36 +++--
>  drivers/tee/optee/optee_ffa.h     |  12 +-
>  drivers/tee/optee/optee_private.h |  31 +++-
>  drivers/tee/optee/optee_smc.h     |  48 +++++-
>  drivers/tee/optee/smc_abi.c       | 162 +++++++++++++++-----
>  7 files changed, 428 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)

I'm going to pick up this if there are no further comments.

Thanks,
Jens

>
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> 2.31.1
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