netdev - Re: [net-next v2 02/19] i40e: simplify txd use count calculation

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Date:   Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:03:32 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     "Duyck, Alexander H" <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Cc:     "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Williams, Mitch A" <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "nhorman@...hat.com" <nhorman@...hat.com>,
        "sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>,
        "jogreene@...hat.com" <jogreene@...hat.com>,
        "guru.anbalagane@...cle.com" <guru.anbalagane@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next v2 02/19] i40e: simplify txd use count calculation

On Thu, 2016-12-08 at 00:35 +0000, Duyck, Alexander H wrote:

> Well there ends up being a few aspects to it.  First we don't need the
> precision of a full 64b inverse multiplication, that is why we can get
> away with multiple by 85 and shift.  The assumption is we should never
> see a buffer larger than 64K for a TSO frame.  That being the case we
> can do the same thing without having to use a 64b value which isn't an
> option on 32b architectures.
> 
> So basically what it comes down to is dealing with the "optimized for
> size" kernel option, and 32b architectures not being able to do this.
> Arguably both are corner cases but better to deal with them than take
> a performance hit we don't have to.

ok ok ;)

Too bad the 65536 value is accepted, (is it ?) otherwise

unsigned int foo(unsigned short size)
{
	return size / 0x3000;
}

-> generates the same kind of instructions, with maybe a better
precision.

foo:
	movzwl	%di, %eax
	imull	$43691, %eax, %eax
	shrl	$29, %eax
	ret