linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/12] ipwireless: Preallocate received packet buffers with MRU size

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Message-ID: <20080718221155.19195.71684.stgit@ds.suse.cz>
Date:	Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:11:55 +0200
From:	David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dsterba@...e.cz, jkosina@...e.cz
Subject: [PATCH 12/12] ipwireless: Preallocate received packet buffers with
	MRU size

Packets are assembled from link size (~300 bytes) up to PPP MRU
(1500 by default). Try to preallocate full size rather than
repeatedly advance buffer size by 256 bytes.

Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
---

 drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c |    3 ++-
 drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.c  |    5 +++++
 drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.h  |    1 +
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c
index d1e69de..7d500f8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c
@@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ static struct ipw_rx_packet *pool_allocate(struct ipw_hardware *hw,
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hw->lock, flags);
 			list_del(&packet->queue);
 		} else {
-			static int min_capacity = 256;
+			const int min_capacity =
+				ipwireless_ppp_mru(hw->network + 2);
 			int new_capacity;
 
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hw->lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.c
index 2b07af0..590762a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.c
@@ -499,3 +499,8 @@ int ipwireless_ppp_unit_number(struct ipw_network *network)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int ipwireless_ppp_mru(const struct ipw_network *network)
+{
+	return network->mru;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.h b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.h
index ccacd26..561f765 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.h
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.h
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ void ipwireless_ppp_open(struct ipw_network *net);
 void ipwireless_ppp_close(struct ipw_network *net);
 int ipwireless_ppp_channel_index(struct ipw_network *net);
 int ipwireless_ppp_unit_number(struct ipw_network *net);
+int ipwireless_ppp_mru(const struct ipw_network *net);
 
 #endif

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