netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 05/10] net: hns3: using modulo for cyclic counters in hclge_cmd

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Date:   Sat, 30 Jun 2018 21:03:42 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lipeng321@...wei.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxarm@...wei.com, yisen.zhuang@...wei.com,
        salil.mehta@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 05/10] net: hns3: using modulo for cyclic
 counters in hclge_cmd_send

From: Peng Li <lipeng321@...wei.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 19:23:00 +0800

> @@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ int hclge_cmd_send(struct hclge_hw *hw, struct hclge_desc *desc, int num)
>  		desc_to_use = &hw->cmq.csq.desc[hw->cmq.csq.next_to_use];
>  		*desc_to_use = desc[handle];
>  		(hw->cmq.csq.next_to_use)++;
> -		if (hw->cmq.csq.next_to_use == hw->cmq.csq.desc_num)
> -			hw->cmq.csq.next_to_use = 0;
> +		hw->cmq.csq.next_to_use %= hw->cmq.csq.desc_num;
>  		handle++;

I would advise against this.

The "%" modulus operation takes many cpu cycles, and the current code
is thus much faster.