/* * Copyright 2009 Johannes Berg * Copyright 2010 Luis R. Rodriguez * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. * * * Compile simply with: * cc -o cpudmalatency cpudmalatency.c * * Some unpatched buggy BIOSes create excessive C-state transition latencies * which can affect DMA on some devices. Instead of patching each and every * Linux kernel driver to account for these inefficiencies - lets punt these * work arounds to userspace. Linux distributions will hopefully have a way * to automatically detect these buggy platforms and call this. Note that * this app will hold the file open. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include int main(int argc, char **argv) { int32_t v; int fd; if (argc != 2) { fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s \n", argv[0]); fprintf(stderr, "\n"); fprintf(stderr, " latency: the maximum tolerable CPU DMA you\n"); fprintf(stderr, " are willing to put up with [in microseconds]\n"); fprintf(stderr, "\n"); fprintf(stderr, "This program will block until you hit Ctrl-C, at which point\n"); fprintf(stderr, "the file descriptor is closed and the latency requirement is\n"); fprintf(stderr, "unregistered again.\n"); fprintf(stderr, "Hint: if you have an platform with a buggy BIOS that has\n"); fprintf(stderr, "issues with excessive C-state transition latencies try value 55\n"); return 2; } v = atoi(argv[1]); printf("setting latency to %d.%.6d seconds\n", v/1000000, v % 1000000); fd = open("/dev/cpu_dma_latency", O_WRONLY); if (fd < 0) { perror("open /dev/cpu_dma_latency"); return 1; } if (write(fd, &v, sizeof(v)) != sizeof(v)) { perror("write to /dev/cpu_dma_latency"); return 1; } while (1) sleep(10); return 0; }