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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2021 13:47:39 +0000
From: "Jankowski, Konrad0" <konrad0.jankowski@...el.com>
To: "Lobakin, Alexandr" <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>,
"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>
CC: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 9/9] ixgbevf: switch to
napi_build_skb()
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org> On Behalf Of
> Alexander Lobakin
> Sent: wtorek, 23 listopada 2021 18:19
> To: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Jakub Kicinski
> <kuba@...nel.org>; David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 9/9] ixgbevf: 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.
> ixgbevf 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/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
> index b1dfbaff8b31..ea73fb3026bc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
> @@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ixgbevf_build_skb(struct
Tested-by: Konrad Jankowski <konrad0.jankowski@...el.com>
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