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Message-Id: <20211123171840.157471-6-alexandr.lobakin@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:18:36 +0100
From:   Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>
To:     intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Cc:     Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>,
        Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 5/9] ice: switch to napi_build_skb()

napi_build_skb() reuses per-cpu NAPI skbuff_head cache in order
to save some cycles on freeing/allocating skbuff_heads on every
new Rx or completed Tx.
ice driver runs Tx completion polling cycle right before the Rx
one and uses napi_consume_skb() to feed the cache with skbuff_heads
of completed entries, so it's never empty and always warm at that
moment. Switch to the napi_build_skb() to relax mm pressure on
heavy Rx.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
index bc3ba19dc88f..b7be441efe54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ ice_build_skb(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, struct ice_rx_buf *rx_buf,
 	 */
 	net_prefetch(xdp->data_meta);
 	/* build an skb around the page buffer */
-	skb = build_skb(xdp->data_hard_start, truesize);
+	skb = napi_build_skb(xdp->data_hard_start, truesize);
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return NULL;

--
2.33.1

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