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Date:   Tue, 4 Oct 2016 10:29:16 +0100
From:   Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
CC:     David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
        Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 net-next 5/7] xen-netback: process guest rx packets in batches

From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>

Instead of only placing one skb on the guest rx ring at a time, process
a batch of up-to 64.  This improves performance by ~10% in some tests.

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
[re-based]
Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
---
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/rx.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/rx.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/rx.c
index 9548709..ae822b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/rx.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static void xenvif_rx_extra_slot(struct xenvif_queue *queue,
 	BUG();
 }
 
-void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+void xenvif_rx_skb(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 {
 	struct xenvif_pkt_state pkt;
 
@@ -425,6 +425,19 @@ void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 	xenvif_rx_complete(queue, &pkt);
 }
 
+#define RX_BATCH_SIZE 64
+
+void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+{
+	unsigned int work_done = 0;
+
+	while (xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available(queue) &&
+	       work_done < RX_BATCH_SIZE) {
+		xenvif_rx_skb(queue);
+		work_done++;
+	}
+}
+
 static bool xenvif_rx_queue_stalled(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 {
 	RING_IDX prod, cons;
-- 
2.1.4

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