From 5804283d7cb1da46485950d545dd7869137dcda5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 07:17:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mlx4: exploit skb->xmit_more to conditionally send doorbell skb->xmit_more tells us if another skb is coming next. We need to send doorbell when : xmit_more is not set, or txqueue is stopped (preventing next skb to come immediately) Tested with a modified pktgen version, I got a 40% increase of throughput. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c | 23 +++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c index c44f4237b9be..adedc47e947d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c @@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) int lso_header_size; void *fragptr; bool bounce = false; + bool send_doorbell; if (!priv->port_up) goto tx_drop; @@ -878,12 +879,16 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) skb_tx_timestamp(skb); - if (ring->bf_enabled && desc_size <= MAX_BF && !bounce && !vlan_tx_tag_present(skb)) { + send_doorbell = !skb->xmit_more || netif_xmit_stopped(ring->tx_queue); + + if (ring->bf_enabled && desc_size <= MAX_BF && !bounce && + !vlan_tx_tag_present(skb) && send_doorbell) { tx_desc->ctrl.bf_qpn |= cpu_to_be32(ring->doorbell_qpn); op_own |= htonl((bf_index & 0xffff) << 8); - /* Ensure new descirptor hits memory - * before setting ownership of this descriptor to HW */ + /* Ensure new descriptor hits memory + * before setting ownership of this descriptor to HW + */ wmb(); tx_desc->ctrl.owner_opcode = op_own; @@ -896,12 +901,16 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) ring->bf.offset ^= ring->bf.buf_size; } else { - /* Ensure new descirptor hits memory - * before setting ownership of this descriptor to HW */ + /* Ensure new descriptor hits memory + * before setting ownership of this descriptor to HW + */ wmb(); tx_desc->ctrl.owner_opcode = op_own; - wmb(); - iowrite32be(ring->doorbell_qpn, ring->bf.uar->map + MLX4_SEND_DOORBELL); + if (send_doorbell) { + wmb(); + iowrite32be(ring->doorbell_qpn, + ring->bf.uar->map + MLX4_SEND_DOORBELL); + } } return NETDEV_TX_OK;