liquidio: improve UDP TX performance

Improve UDP TX performance by:
* reducing the ring size from 2K to 512
* replacing the numerous streaming DMA allocations for info buffers and
  gather lists with one large consistent DMA allocation per ring

BQL is not effective here.  We reduced the ring size because there is heavy
overhead with dma_map_single every so often.  With iommu=on, dma_map_single
in PF Tx data path was taking longer time (~700usec) for every ~250
packets.  Debugged intel_iommu code, and found that PF driver is utilizing
too many static IO virtual address mapping entries (for gather list entries
and info buffers): about 100K entries for two PF's each using 8 rings.
Also, finding an empty entry (in rbtree of device domain's iova mapping in
kernel) during Tx path becomes a bottleneck every so often; the loop to
find the empty entry goes through over 40K iterations; this is too costly
and was the major overhead.  Overhead is low when this loop quits quickly.

Netperf benchmark numbers before and after patch:

PF UDP TX
+--------+--------+------------+------------+---------+
|        |        |  Before    |  After     |         |
| Number |        |  Patch     |  Patch     |         |
|  of    | Packet | Throughput | Throughput | Percent |
| Flows  |  Size  |  (Gbps)    |  (Gbps)    | Change  |
+--------+--------+------------+------------+---------+
|        |   360  |   0.52     |   0.93     |  +78.9  |
|   1    |  1024  |   1.62     |   2.84     |  +75.3  |
|        |  1518  |   2.44     |   4.21     |  +72.5  |
+--------+--------+------------+------------+---------+
|        |   360  |   0.45     |   1.59     | +253.3  |
|   4    |  1024  |   1.34     |   5.48     | +308.9  |
|        |  1518  |   2.27     |   8.31     | +266.1  |
+--------+--------+------------+------------+---------+
|        |   360  |   0.40     |   1.61     | +302.5  |
|   8    |  1024  |   1.64     |   4.24     | +158.5  |
|        |  1518  |   2.87     |   6.52     | +127.2  |
+--------+--------+------------+------------+---------+

VF UDP TX
+--------+--------+------------+------------+---------+
|        |        |  Before    |  After     |         |
| Number |        |  Patch     |  Patch     |         |
|  of    | Packet | Throughput | Throughput | Percent |
| Flows  |  Size  |  (Gbps)    |  (Gbps)    | Change  |
+--------+--------+------------+------------+---------+
|        |   360  |   1.28     |   1.49     |  +16.4  |
|   1    |  1024  |   4.44     |   4.39     |   -1.1  |
|        |  1518  |   6.08     |   6.51     |   +7.1  |
+--------+--------+------------+------------+---------+
|        |   360  |   2.35     |   2.35     |    0.0  |
|   4    |  1024  |   6.41     |   8.07     |  +25.9  |
|        |  1518  |   9.56     |   9.54     |   -0.2  |
+--------+--------+------------+------------+---------+
|        |   360  |   3.41     |   3.65     |   +7.0  |
|   8    |  1024  |   9.35     |   9.34     |   -0.1  |
|        |  1518  |   9.56     |   9.57     |   +0.1  |
+--------+--------+------------+------------+---------+

Signed-off-by: VSR Burru <veerasenareddy.burru@cavium.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@cavium.com>
Signed-off-by: Derek Chickles <derek.chickles@cavium.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghu Vatsavayi <raghu.vatsavayi@cavium.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

7 files changed, 144 insertions, 182 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index be9c0e3f5ade..92f46b1375c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ struct octnic_gather {
 	 */
 	struct octeon_sg_entry *sg;
 
-	u64 sg_dma_ptr;
+	dma_addr_t sg_dma_ptr;
 };
 
 struct handshake {
@@ -734,6 +734,9 @@ static void delete_glists(struct lio *lio)
 	struct octnic_gather *g;
 	int i;
 
+	kfree(lio->glist_lock);
+	lio->glist_lock = NULL;
+
 	if (!lio->glist)
 		return;
 
@@ -741,23 +744,26 @@ static void delete_glists(struct lio *lio)
 		do {
 			g = (struct octnic_gather *)
 				list_delete_head(&lio->glist[i]);
-			if (g) {
-				if (g->sg) {
-					dma_unmap_single(&lio->oct_dev->
-							 pci_dev->dev,
-							 g->sg_dma_ptr,
-							 g->sg_size,
-							 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-					kfree((void *)((unsigned long)g->sg -
-						       g->adjust));
-				}
+			if (g)
 				kfree(g);
-			}
 		} while (g);
+
+		if (lio->glists_virt_base && lio->glists_virt_base[i]) {
+			lio_dma_free(lio->oct_dev,
+				     lio->glist_entry_size * lio->tx_qsize,
+				     lio->glists_virt_base[i],
+				     lio->glists_dma_base[i]);
+		}
 	}
 
-	kfree((void *)lio->glist);
-	kfree((void *)lio->glist_lock);
+	kfree(lio->glists_virt_base);
+	lio->glists_virt_base = NULL;
+
+	kfree(lio->glists_dma_base);
+	lio->glists_dma_base = NULL;
+
+	kfree(lio->glist);
+	lio->glist = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -772,13 +778,30 @@ static int setup_glists(struct octeon_device *oct, struct lio *lio, int num_iqs)
 	lio->glist_lock = kcalloc(num_iqs, sizeof(*lio->glist_lock),
 				  GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lio->glist_lock)
-		return 1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	lio->glist = kcalloc(num_iqs, sizeof(*lio->glist),
 			     GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lio->glist) {
-		kfree((void *)lio->glist_lock);
-		return 1;
+		kfree(lio->glist_lock);
+		lio->glist_lock = NULL;
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	lio->glist_entry_size =
+		ROUNDUP8((ROUNDUP4(OCTNIC_MAX_SG) >> 2) * OCT_SG_ENTRY_SIZE);
+
+	/* allocate memory to store virtual and dma base address of
+	 * per glist consistent memory
+	 */
+	lio->glists_virt_base = kcalloc(num_iqs, sizeof(*lio->glists_virt_base),
+					GFP_KERNEL);
+	lio->glists_dma_base = kcalloc(num_iqs, sizeof(*lio->glists_dma_base),
+				       GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!lio->glists_virt_base || !lio->glists_dma_base) {
+		delete_glists(lio);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_iqs; i++) {
@@ -788,6 +811,16 @@ static int setup_glists(struct octeon_device *oct, struct lio *lio, int num_iqs)
 
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lio->glist[i]);
 
+		lio->glists_virt_base[i] =
+			lio_dma_alloc(oct,
+				      lio->glist_entry_size * lio->tx_qsize,
+				      &lio->glists_dma_base[i]);
+
+		if (!lio->glists_virt_base[i]) {
+			delete_glists(lio);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
 		for (j = 0; j < lio->tx_qsize; j++) {
 			g = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*g), GFP_KERNEL,
 					 numa_node);
@@ -796,43 +829,18 @@ static int setup_glists(struct octeon_device *oct, struct lio *lio, int num_iqs)
 			if (!g)
 				break;
 
-			g->sg_size = ((ROUNDUP4(OCTNIC_MAX_SG) >> 2) *
-				      OCT_SG_ENTRY_SIZE);
+			g->sg = lio->glists_virt_base[i] +
+				(j * lio->glist_entry_size);
 
-			g->sg = kmalloc_node(g->sg_size + 8,
-					     GFP_KERNEL, numa_node);
-			if (!g->sg)
-				g->sg = kmalloc(g->sg_size + 8, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!g->sg) {
-				kfree(g);
-				break;
-			}
-
-			/* The gather component should be aligned on 64-bit
-			 * boundary
-			 */
-			if (((unsigned long)g->sg) & 7) {
-				g->adjust = 8 - (((unsigned long)g->sg) & 7);
-				g->sg = (struct octeon_sg_entry *)
-					((unsigned long)g->sg + g->adjust);
-			}
-			g->sg_dma_ptr = dma_map_single(&oct->pci_dev->dev,
-						       g->sg, g->sg_size,
-						       DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-			if (dma_mapping_error(&oct->pci_dev->dev,
-					      g->sg_dma_ptr)) {
-				kfree((void *)((unsigned long)g->sg -
-					       g->adjust));
-				kfree(g);
-				break;
-			}
+			g->sg_dma_ptr = lio->glists_dma_base[i] +
+					(j * lio->glist_entry_size);
 
 			list_add_tail(&g->list, &lio->glist[i]);
 		}
 
 		if (j != lio->tx_qsize) {
 			delete_glists(lio);
-			return 1;
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1885,9 +1893,6 @@ static void free_netsgbuf(void *buf)
 		i++;
 	}
 
-	dma_sync_single_for_cpu(&lio->oct_dev->pci_dev->dev,
-				g->sg_dma_ptr, g->sg_size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-
 	iq = skb_iq(lio, skb);
 	spin_lock(&lio->glist_lock[iq]);
 	list_add_tail(&g->list, &lio->glist[iq]);
@@ -1933,9 +1938,6 @@ static void free_netsgbuf_with_resp(void *buf)
 		i++;
 	}
 
-	dma_sync_single_for_cpu(&lio->oct_dev->pci_dev->dev,
-				g->sg_dma_ptr, g->sg_size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-
 	iq = skb_iq(lio, skb);
 
 	spin_lock(&lio->glist_lock[iq]);
@@ -3273,8 +3275,6 @@ static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 			i++;
 		}
 
-		dma_sync_single_for_device(&oct->pci_dev->dev, g->sg_dma_ptr,
-					   g->sg_size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		dptr = g->sg_dma_ptr;
 
 		if (OCTEON_CN23XX_PF(oct))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index 9d5e03502c76..7b83be4ce1fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ struct octnic_gather {
 	 * received from the IP layer.
 	 */
 	struct octeon_sg_entry *sg;
+
+	dma_addr_t sg_dma_ptr;
 };
 
 struct octeon_device_priv {
@@ -490,6 +492,9 @@ static void delete_glists(struct lio *lio)
 	struct octnic_gather *g;
 	int i;
 
+	kfree(lio->glist_lock);
+	lio->glist_lock = NULL;
+
 	if (!lio->glist)
 		return;
 
@@ -497,17 +502,26 @@ static void delete_glists(struct lio *lio)
 		do {
 			g = (struct octnic_gather *)
 			    list_delete_head(&lio->glist[i]);
-			if (g) {
-				if (g->sg)
-					kfree((void *)((unsigned long)g->sg -
-							g->adjust));
+			if (g)
 				kfree(g);
-			}
 		} while (g);
+
+		if (lio->glists_virt_base && lio->glists_virt_base[i]) {
+			lio_dma_free(lio->oct_dev,
+				     lio->glist_entry_size * lio->tx_qsize,
+				     lio->glists_virt_base[i],
+				     lio->glists_dma_base[i]);
+		}
 	}
 
+	kfree(lio->glists_virt_base);
+	lio->glists_virt_base = NULL;
+
+	kfree(lio->glists_dma_base);
+	lio->glists_dma_base = NULL;
+
 	kfree(lio->glist);
-	kfree(lio->glist_lock);
+	lio->glist = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -522,13 +536,30 @@ static int setup_glists(struct lio *lio, int num_iqs)
 	lio->glist_lock =
 	    kzalloc(sizeof(*lio->glist_lock) * num_iqs, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lio->glist_lock)
-		return 1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	lio->glist =
 	    kzalloc(sizeof(*lio->glist) * num_iqs, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lio->glist) {
 		kfree(lio->glist_lock);
-		return 1;
+		lio->glist_lock = NULL;
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	lio->glist_entry_size =
+		ROUNDUP8((ROUNDUP4(OCTNIC_MAX_SG) >> 2) * OCT_SG_ENTRY_SIZE);
+
+	/* allocate memory to store virtual and dma base address of
+	 * per glist consistent memory
+	 */
+	lio->glists_virt_base = kcalloc(num_iqs, sizeof(*lio->glists_virt_base),
+					GFP_KERNEL);
+	lio->glists_dma_base = kcalloc(num_iqs, sizeof(*lio->glists_dma_base),
+				       GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!lio->glists_virt_base || !lio->glists_dma_base) {
+		delete_glists(lio);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_iqs; i++) {
@@ -536,34 +567,33 @@ static int setup_glists(struct lio *lio, int num_iqs)
 
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lio->glist[i]);
 
+		lio->glists_virt_base[i] =
+			lio_dma_alloc(lio->oct_dev,
+				      lio->glist_entry_size * lio->tx_qsize,
+				      &lio->glists_dma_base[i]);
+
+		if (!lio->glists_virt_base[i]) {
+			delete_glists(lio);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
 		for (j = 0; j < lio->tx_qsize; j++) {
 			g = kzalloc(sizeof(*g), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!g)
 				break;
 
-			g->sg_size = ((ROUNDUP4(OCTNIC_MAX_SG) >> 2) *
-				      OCT_SG_ENTRY_SIZE);
+			g->sg = lio->glists_virt_base[i] +
+				(j * lio->glist_entry_size);
 
-			g->sg = kmalloc(g->sg_size + 8, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!g->sg) {
-				kfree(g);
-				break;
-			}
+			g->sg_dma_ptr = lio->glists_dma_base[i] +
+					(j * lio->glist_entry_size);
 
-			/* The gather component should be aligned on 64-bit
-			 * boundary
-			 */
-			if (((unsigned long)g->sg) & 7) {
-				g->adjust = 8 - (((unsigned long)g->sg) & 7);
-				g->sg = (struct octeon_sg_entry *)
-					((unsigned long)g->sg + g->adjust);
-			}
 			list_add_tail(&g->list, &lio->glist[i]);
 		}
 
 		if (j != lio->tx_qsize) {
 			delete_glists(lio);
-			return 1;
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1324,10 +1354,6 @@ static void free_netsgbuf(void *buf)
 		i++;
 	}
 
-	dma_unmap_single(&lio->oct_dev->pci_dev->dev,
-			 finfo->dptr, g->sg_size,
-			 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-
 	iq = skb_iq(lio, skb);
 
 	spin_lock(&lio->glist_lock[iq]);
@@ -1374,10 +1400,6 @@ static void free_netsgbuf_with_resp(void *buf)
 		i++;
 	}
 
-	dma_unmap_single(&lio->oct_dev->pci_dev->dev,
-			 finfo->dptr, g->sg_size,
-			 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-
 	iq = skb_iq(lio, skb);
 
 	spin_lock(&lio->glist_lock[iq]);
@@ -2382,23 +2404,7 @@ static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 			i++;
 		}
 
-		dptr = dma_map_single(&oct->pci_dev->dev,
-				      g->sg, g->sg_size,
-				      DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-		if (dma_mapping_error(&oct->pci_dev->dev, dptr)) {
-			dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "%s DMA mapping error 4\n",
-				__func__);
-			dma_unmap_single(&oct->pci_dev->dev, g->sg[0].ptr[0],
-					 skb->len - skb->data_len,
-					 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-			for (j = 1; j <= frags; j++) {
-				frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[j - 1];
-				dma_unmap_page(&oct->pci_dev->dev,
-					       g->sg[j >> 2].ptr[j & 3],
-					       frag->size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-			}
-			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
-		}
+		dptr = g->sg_dma_ptr;
 
 		ndata.cmd.cmd3.dptr = dptr;
 		finfo->dptr = dptr;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_config.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_config.h
index b3dc2e9651a8..d29ebc531151 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_config.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_config.h
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@
 #define   CN23XX_MAX_RINGS_PER_VF          8
 
 #define   CN23XX_MAX_INPUT_QUEUES	CN23XX_MAX_RINGS_PER_PF
-#define   CN23XX_MAX_IQ_DESCRIPTORS	2048
+#define   CN23XX_MAX_IQ_DESCRIPTORS	512
 #define   CN23XX_DB_MIN                 1
 #define   CN23XX_DB_MAX                 8
 #define   CN23XX_DB_TIMEOUT             1
 
 #define   CN23XX_MAX_OUTPUT_QUEUES	CN23XX_MAX_RINGS_PER_PF
-#define   CN23XX_MAX_OQ_DESCRIPTORS	2048
+#define   CN23XX_MAX_OQ_DESCRIPTORS	512
 #define   CN23XX_OQ_BUF_SIZE		1536
 #define   CN23XX_OQ_PKTSPER_INTR	128
 /*#define CAVIUM_ONLY_CN23XX_RX_PERF*/
-#define   CN23XX_OQ_REFIL_THRESHOLD	128
+#define   CN23XX_OQ_REFIL_THRESHOLD	16
 
 #define   CN23XX_OQ_INTR_PKT		64
 #define   CN23XX_OQ_INTR_TIME		100
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
index 0be87d119a97..79f809479af6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
@@ -155,11 +155,6 @@ octeon_droq_destroy_ring_buffers(struct octeon_device *oct,
 			recv_buffer_destroy(droq->recv_buf_list[i].buffer,
 					    pg_info);
 
-		if (droq->desc_ring && droq->desc_ring[i].info_ptr)
-			lio_unmap_ring_info(oct->pci_dev,
-					    (u64)droq->
-					    desc_ring[i].info_ptr,
-					    OCT_DROQ_INFO_SIZE);
 		droq->recv_buf_list[i].buffer = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -211,10 +206,7 @@ int octeon_delete_droq(struct octeon_device *oct, u32 q_no)
 	vfree(droq->recv_buf_list);
 
 	if (droq->info_base_addr)
-		cnnic_free_aligned_dma(oct->pci_dev, droq->info_list,
-				       droq->info_alloc_size,
-				       droq->info_base_addr,
-				       droq->info_list_dma);
+		lio_free_info_buffer(oct, droq);
 
 	if (droq->desc_ring)
 		lio_dma_free(oct, (droq->max_count * OCT_DROQ_DESC_SIZE),
@@ -294,12 +286,7 @@ int octeon_init_droq(struct octeon_device *oct,
 	dev_dbg(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "droq[%d]: num_desc: %d\n", q_no,
 		droq->max_count);
 
-	droq->info_list =
-		cnnic_numa_alloc_aligned_dma((droq->max_count *
-					      OCT_DROQ_INFO_SIZE),
-					     &droq->info_alloc_size,
-					     &droq->info_base_addr,
-					     numa_node);
+	droq->info_list = lio_alloc_info_buffer(oct, droq);
 	if (!droq->info_list) {
 		dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "Cannot allocate memory for info list.\n");
 		lio_dma_free(oct, (droq->max_count * OCT_DROQ_DESC_SIZE),
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.h
index e62074090681..6982c0af5ecc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.h
@@ -325,10 +325,10 @@ struct octeon_droq {
 	size_t desc_ring_dma;
 
 	/** Info ptr list are allocated at this virtual address. */
-	size_t info_base_addr;
+	void *info_base_addr;
 
 	/** DMA mapped address of the info list */
-	size_t info_list_dma;
+	dma_addr_t info_list_dma;
 
 	/** Allocated size of info list. */
 	u32 info_alloc_size;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_main.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_main.h
index aa36e9ae7676..bed9ef17bc26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_main.h
@@ -140,48 +140,6 @@ err_release_region:
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static inline void *
-cnnic_numa_alloc_aligned_dma(u32 size,
-			     u32 *alloc_size,
-			     size_t *orig_ptr,
-			     int numa_node)
-{
-	int retries = 0;
-	void *ptr = NULL;
-
-#define OCTEON_MAX_ALLOC_RETRIES     1
-	do {
-		struct page *page = NULL;
-
-		page = alloc_pages_node(numa_node,
-					GFP_KERNEL,
-					get_order(size));
-		if (!page)
-			page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
-					   get_order(size));
-		ptr = (void *)page_address(page);
-		if ((unsigned long)ptr & 0x07) {
-			__free_pages(page, get_order(size));
-			ptr = NULL;
-			/* Increment the size required if the first
-			 * attempt failed.
-			 */
-			if (!retries)
-				size += 7;
-		}
-		retries++;
-	} while ((retries <= OCTEON_MAX_ALLOC_RETRIES) && !ptr);
-
-	*alloc_size = size;
-	*orig_ptr = (unsigned long)ptr;
-	if ((unsigned long)ptr & 0x07)
-		ptr = (void *)(((unsigned long)ptr + 7) & ~(7UL));
-	return ptr;
-}
-
-#define cnnic_free_aligned_dma(pci_dev, ptr, size, orig_ptr, dma_addr) \
-		free_pages(orig_ptr, get_order(size))
-
 static inline int
 sleep_cond(wait_queue_head_t *wait_queue, int *condition)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
index 6bb89419006e..eef2a1e8a7e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ struct lio {
 
 	/** Array of gather component linked lists */
 	struct list_head *glist;
+	void **glists_virt_base;
+	dma_addr_t *glists_dma_base;
+	u32 glist_entry_size;
 
 	/** Pointer to the NIC properties for the Octeon device this network
 	 *  interface is associated with.
@@ -344,6 +347,29 @@ static inline void tx_buffer_free(void *buffer)
 #define lio_dma_free(oct, size, virt_addr, dma_addr) \
 	dma_free_coherent(&(oct)->pci_dev->dev, size, virt_addr, dma_addr)
 
+static inline void *
+lio_alloc_info_buffer(struct octeon_device *oct,
+		      struct octeon_droq *droq)
+{
+	void *virt_ptr;
+
+	virt_ptr = lio_dma_alloc(oct, (droq->max_count * OCT_DROQ_INFO_SIZE),
+				 &droq->info_list_dma);
+	if (virt_ptr) {
+		droq->info_alloc_size = droq->max_count * OCT_DROQ_INFO_SIZE;
+		droq->info_base_addr = virt_ptr;
+	}
+
+	return virt_ptr;
+}
+
+static inline void lio_free_info_buffer(struct octeon_device *oct,
+					struct octeon_droq *droq)
+{
+	lio_dma_free(oct, droq->info_alloc_size, droq->info_base_addr,
+		     droq->info_list_dma);
+}
+
 static inline
 void *get_rbd(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
@@ -359,22 +385,7 @@ void *get_rbd(struct sk_buff *skb)
 static inline u64
 lio_map_ring_info(struct octeon_droq *droq, u32 i)
 {
-	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
-	struct octeon_device *oct = droq->oct_dev;
-
-	dma_addr = dma_map_single(&oct->pci_dev->dev, &droq->info_list[i],
-				  OCT_DROQ_INFO_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-
-	WARN_ON(dma_mapping_error(&oct->pci_dev->dev, dma_addr));
-
-	return (u64)dma_addr;
-}
-
-static inline void
-lio_unmap_ring_info(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
-		    u64 info_ptr, u32 size)
-{
-	dma_unmap_single(&pci_dev->dev, info_ptr, size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+	return droq->info_list_dma + (i * sizeof(struct octeon_droq_info));
 }
 
 static inline u64