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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 02:08:25 -0700 From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> To: davem@...emloft.net Cc: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com, jogreene@...hat.com, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> Subject: [net-next 04/16] i40e/i40evf: improve Tx performance with a small tweak From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com> Add a prefetch for the next Tx descriptor to be used when we know there are more coming. Change-ID: Ibb9acab11d508eec2db7da795df74debc16eeacb Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com> Tested-by: Jim Young <james.m.young@...el.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c | 2 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c index 9a4f2bc..1fe230d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c @@ -2616,6 +2616,8 @@ static inline void i40e_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb, netif_xmit_stopped(netdev_get_tx_queue(tx_ring->netdev, tx_ring->queue_index))) writel(i, tx_ring->tail); + else + prefetchw(tx_desc + 1); return; diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c index 395f32f..0f0e185 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c @@ -1841,6 +1841,8 @@ static inline void i40evf_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb, netif_xmit_stopped(netdev_get_tx_queue(tx_ring->netdev, tx_ring->queue_index))) writel(i, tx_ring->tail); + else + prefetchw(tx_desc + 1); return; -- 2.4.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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