netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 6/7] net: mvneta: Don't use GRO on Armada 3720

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Date:   Wed, 8 Aug 2018 18:58:46 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Marek Behún <marek.behun@....cz>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
        Tomas Hlavacek <tomas.hlavacek@....cz>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 6/7] net: mvneta: Don't use GRO on Armada 3720

On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 05:27:05PM +0200, Marek Behún wrote:
> For some reason on Armada 3720 boards (EspressoBin and Turris Mox) the
> networking driver behaves weirdly when using napi_gro_receive.
> 
> For example downloading a big file from a local network (low ping) is
> fast, but when downloading from a remote server (higher ping), the
> download speed is at first high but drops rapidly to almost nothing or
> absolutely nothing.
> 
> This is fixed when using netif_receive_skb instead of napi_gro_receive.

Before doing this, we should really understand what is going on. It is
probably just a driver bug which needs fixing. And GRO should be good
for performance, so we do want to use it, if possible.

    Andrew