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authorIntiyaz Basha <intiyaz.basha@cavium.com>2017-10-26 16:18:20 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-10-28 00:35:23 +0900
commitc859e21a35ce5604dde0b618169680aa3c7e3bdb (patch)
tree8361ee7294804a95c28f7b386c03073901fa1146 /drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
parentMerge branch 'ibmvnic-Tunable-parameter-support' (diff)
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liquidio: xmit_more support
Defer ringing the Tx doorbell if skb->xmit_more is set unless the Tx queue is full or stopped. To keep latency low, use a deferral limit of 8 packets. We chose 8 because Octeon can fetch at most 8 packets in a single PCI read, and our tests show that 8 results in low latency. Signed-off-by: Intiyaz Basha <intiyaz.basha@cavium.com> Signed-off-by: Satanand Burla <satananda.burla@cavium.com> Signed-off-by: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@cavium.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index 4c3b5688529b..00c19306ecee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -1690,7 +1690,8 @@ static void handle_timestamp(struct octeon_device *oct, u32 status, void *buf)
*/
static int send_nic_timestamp_pkt(struct octeon_device *oct,
struct octnic_data_pkt *ndata,
- struct octnet_buf_free_info *finfo)
+ struct octnet_buf_free_info *finfo,
+ int xmit_more)
{
struct octeon_soft_command *sc;
int ring_doorbell;
@@ -1720,7 +1721,7 @@ static int send_nic_timestamp_pkt(struct octeon_device *oct,
len = (u32)((struct octeon_instr_ih3 *)(&sc->cmd.cmd3.ih3))->dlengsz;
- ring_doorbell = 1;
+ ring_doorbell = !xmit_more;
retval = octeon_send_command(oct, sc->iq_no, ring_doorbell, &sc->cmd,
sc, len, ndata->reqtype);
@@ -1752,6 +1753,7 @@ static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
struct octeon_device *oct;
int q_idx = 0, iq_no = 0;
union tx_info *tx_info;
+ int xmit_more = 0;
struct lio *lio;
int status = 0;
u64 dptr = 0;
@@ -1940,10 +1942,12 @@ static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
irh->vlan = skb_vlan_tag_get(skb) & VLAN_VID_MASK;
}
+ xmit_more = skb->xmit_more;
+
if (unlikely(cmdsetup.s.timestamp))
- status = send_nic_timestamp_pkt(oct, &ndata, finfo);
+ status = send_nic_timestamp_pkt(oct, &ndata, finfo, xmit_more);
else
- status = octnet_send_nic_data_pkt(oct, &ndata);
+ status = octnet_send_nic_data_pkt(oct, &ndata, xmit_more);
if (status == IQ_SEND_FAILED)
goto lio_xmit_failed;
@@ -1952,7 +1956,7 @@ static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
if (status == IQ_SEND_STOP) {
dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "Rcvd IQ_SEND_STOP signal; stopping IQ-%d\n",
iq_no);
- stop_q(lio->netdev, q_idx);
+ stop_q(netdev, q_idx);
}
netif_trans_update(netdev);
@@ -1972,6 +1976,9 @@ lio_xmit_failed:
if (dptr)
dma_unmap_single(&oct->pci_dev->dev, dptr,
ndata.datasize, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
+ octeon_ring_doorbell_locked(oct, iq_no);
+
tx_buffer_free(skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}