linux-kernel - [PATCH 19/29] ioat1: trim ioat_dma_desc

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Message-ID: <20090904023206.32667.35974.stgit@dwillia2-linux.ch.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:32:06 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	maciej.sosnowski@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH 19/29] ioat1: trim ioat_dma_desc_sw

Save 4 bytes per software descriptor by transmitting tx_cnt in an unused
portion of the hardware descriptor.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
---
 drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c |    4 ++--
 drivers/dma/ioat/dma.h |    2 --
 drivers/dma/ioat/hw.h  |    6 +++++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c
index abc96c4..f59b6f4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static dma_cookie_t ioat1_tx_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
 	dump_desc_dbg(ioat, chain_tail);
 	dump_desc_dbg(ioat, first);
 
-	ioat->pending += desc->tx_cnt;
+	ioat->pending += desc->hw->tx_cnt;
 	if (ioat->pending >= ioat_pending_level)
 		__ioat1_dma_memcpy_issue_pending(ioat);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&ioat->desc_lock);
@@ -655,11 +655,11 @@ ioat1_dma_prep_memcpy(struct dma_chan *c, dma_addr_t dma_dest,
 	spin_unlock_bh(&ioat->desc_lock);
 
 	desc->txd.flags = flags;
-	desc->tx_cnt = tx_cnt;
 	desc->len = total_len;
 	list_splice(&chain, &desc->txd.tx_list);
 	hw->ctl_f.int_en = !!(flags & DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT);
 	hw->ctl_f.compl_write = 1;
+	hw->tx_cnt = tx_cnt;
 	dump_desc_dbg(ioat, desc);
 
 	return &desc->txd;
diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.h b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.h
index e47083b..ec851cf 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.h
@@ -165,14 +165,12 @@ ioat_is_complete(struct dma_chan *c, dma_cookie_t cookie,
  * @hw: hardware DMA descriptor
  * @node: this descriptor will either be on the free list,
  *     or attached to a transaction list (async_tx.tx_list)
- * @tx_cnt: number of descriptors required to complete the transaction
  * @txd: the generic software descriptor for all engines
  * @id: identifier for debug
  */
 struct ioat_desc_sw {
 	struct ioat_dma_descriptor *hw;
 	struct list_head node;
-	int tx_cnt;
 	size_t len;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor txd;
 	#ifdef DEBUG
diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/hw.h b/drivers/dma/ioat/hw.h
index e13f3ed..7481fb1 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ioat/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/hw.h
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ struct ioat_dma_descriptor {
 	uint64_t	next;
 	uint64_t	rsv1;
 	uint64_t	rsv2;
-	uint64_t	user1;
+	/* store some driver data in an unused portion of the descriptor */
+	union {
+		uint64_t	user1;
+		uint64_t	tx_cnt;
+	};
 	uint64_t	user2;
 };
 #endif

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