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authorFrank Pavlic <fpavlic@de.ibm.com>2006-02-07 17:04:36 +0100
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>2006-02-17 16:16:39 -0500
commit0d613a27cc753bfacd20e6eaa2183bb7fef4c76e (patch)
tree670fc8e8a703874c2c7b8626fb646679389fce1b
parent[PATCH] smctr warning fix (diff)
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[PATCH] s390: lcs performance enhancements
[patch 1/2] s390: lcs performance enhancements From: Klaus Wacker <kdwacker@de.ibm.com> - When flood pinging (with large packet size) an LCS device, about 90 % of all packets are dropped by driver. - increased number of lcs IO buffers to 32. - use netif_stop_queue/netif_wake_queue in lcs_start_xmit routine - don't lock the whole xmit routine but just the piece of code where tx_buffer is touched. Signed-off-by: Frank Pavlic <fpavlic@de.ibm.com> diffstat: lcs.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++-------------- lcs.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/net/lcs.c31
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/net/lcs.h2
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
index 6229ba4995ad..9cf88d7201d3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ lcs_register_debug_facility(void)
return -ENOMEM;
}
debug_register_view(lcs_dbf_setup, &debug_hex_ascii_view);
- debug_set_level(lcs_dbf_setup, 4);
+ debug_set_level(lcs_dbf_setup, 2);
debug_register_view(lcs_dbf_trace, &debug_hex_ascii_view);
- debug_set_level(lcs_dbf_trace, 4);
+ debug_set_level(lcs_dbf_trace, 2);
return 0;
}
@@ -1292,9 +1292,8 @@ lcs_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
LCS_DBF_TEXT(4, trace, "setmulti");
card = (struct lcs_card *) dev->priv;
- if (!lcs_set_thread_start_bit(card, LCS_SET_MC_THREAD)) {
+ if (!lcs_set_thread_start_bit(card, LCS_SET_MC_THREAD))
schedule_work(&card->kernel_thread_starter);
- }
}
#endif /* CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST */
@@ -1459,6 +1458,8 @@ lcs_txbuffer_cb(struct lcs_channel *channel, struct lcs_buffer *buffer)
lcs_release_buffer(channel, buffer);
card = (struct lcs_card *)
((char *) channel - offsetof(struct lcs_card, write));
+ if (netif_queue_stopped(card->dev))
+ netif_wake_queue(card->dev);
spin_lock(&card->lock);
card->tx_emitted--;
if (card->tx_emitted <= 0 && card->tx_buffer != NULL)
@@ -1478,6 +1479,7 @@ __lcs_start_xmit(struct lcs_card *card, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev)
{
struct lcs_header *header;
+ int rc = 0;
LCS_DBF_TEXT(5, trace, "hardxmit");
if (skb == NULL) {
@@ -1492,10 +1494,8 @@ __lcs_start_xmit(struct lcs_card *card, struct sk_buff *skb,
card->stats.tx_carrier_errors++;
return 0;
}
- if (netif_queue_stopped(dev) ) {
- card->stats.tx_dropped++;
- return -EBUSY;
- }
+ netif_stop_queue(card->dev);
+ spin_lock(&card->lock);
if (card->tx_buffer != NULL &&
card->tx_buffer->count + sizeof(struct lcs_header) +
skb->len + sizeof(u16) > LCS_IOBUFFERSIZE)
@@ -1506,7 +1506,8 @@ __lcs_start_xmit(struct lcs_card *card, struct sk_buff *skb,
card->tx_buffer = lcs_get_buffer(&card->write);
if (card->tx_buffer == NULL) {
card->stats.tx_dropped++;
- return -EBUSY;
+ rc = -EBUSY;
+ goto out;
}
card->tx_buffer->callback = lcs_txbuffer_cb;
card->tx_buffer->count = 0;
@@ -1518,13 +1519,18 @@ __lcs_start_xmit(struct lcs_card *card, struct sk_buff *skb,
header->type = card->lan_type;
header->slot = card->portno;
memcpy(header + 1, skb->data, skb->len);
+ spin_unlock(&card->lock);
card->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
card->stats.tx_packets++;
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
- if (card->tx_emitted <= 0)
+ netif_wake_queue(card->dev);
+ spin_lock(&card->lock);
+ if (card->tx_emitted <= 0 && card->tx_buffer != NULL)
/* If this is the first tx buffer emit it immediately. */
__lcs_emit_txbuffer(card);
- return 0;
+out:
+ spin_unlock(&card->lock);
+ return rc;
}
static int
@@ -1535,9 +1541,7 @@ lcs_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
LCS_DBF_TEXT(5, trace, "pktxmit");
card = (struct lcs_card *) dev->priv;
- spin_lock(&card->lock);
rc = __lcs_start_xmit(card, skb, dev);
- spin_unlock(&card->lock);
return rc;
}
@@ -2319,7 +2323,6 @@ __init lcs_init_module(void)
PRINT_ERR("Initialization failed\n");
return rc;
}
-
return 0;
}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h
index 08e60ad43916..2fad5e40c2e4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ do { \
*/
#define LCS_ILLEGAL_OFFSET 0xffff
#define LCS_IOBUFFERSIZE 0x5000
-#define LCS_NUM_BUFFS 8 /* needs to be power of 2 */
+#define LCS_NUM_BUFFS 32 /* needs to be power of 2 */
#define LCS_MAC_LENGTH 6
#define LCS_INVALID_PORT_NO -1
#define LCS_LANCMD_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT 5