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Message-ID: <20070607195508.GO16077@austin.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:55:08 -0500
From: linas@...tin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Cc: cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 15/18] spidernet: minor RX optimization
A minor optimization on the RX side is that the hardware does
not need to be kicked if space did not open up in the RX ring.
Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@...tin.ibm.com>
----
drivers/net/spider_net.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6.22-rc1/drivers/net/spider_net.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22-rc1.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.c 2007-06-07 11:56:10.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc1/drivers/net/spider_net.c 2007-06-07 11:56:23.000000000 -0500
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ spider_net_refill_rx_chain(struct spider
{
struct spider_net_descr_chain *chain = &card->rx_chain;
unsigned long flags;
+ int cnt = 0;
/* one context doing the refill (and a second context seeing that
* and omitting it) is ok. If called by NAPI, we'll be called again
@@ -538,9 +539,13 @@ spider_net_refill_rx_chain(struct spider
if (spider_net_prepare_rx_descr(card, chain->head))
break;
chain->head = chain->head->next;
+ cnt ++;
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chain->lock, flags);
+
+ if (cnt)
+ spider_net_enable_rxdmac(card);
}
/**
@@ -573,7 +578,6 @@ spider_net_alloc_rx_skbs(struct spider_n
/* This will allocate the rest of the rx buffers;
* if not, it's business as usual later on. */
spider_net_refill_rx_chain(card);
- spider_net_enable_rxdmac(card);
return 0;
error:
@@ -1305,7 +1309,6 @@ spider_net_poll(struct net_device *netde
netdev->quota -= packets_done;
*budget -= packets_done;
spider_net_refill_rx_chain(card);
- spider_net_enable_rxdmac(card);
spider_net_cleanup_tx_ring(card);
@@ -1590,7 +1593,6 @@ spider_net_handle_error_irq(struct spide
card->ignore_rx_ramfull = 1;
spider_net_resync_head_ptr(card);
spider_net_refill_rx_chain(card);
- spider_net_enable_rxdmac(card);
card->num_rx_ints ++;
netif_rx_schedule(card->netdev);
}
@@ -1611,7 +1613,6 @@ spider_net_handle_error_irq(struct spide
/* Could happen when rx chain is full */
spider_net_resync_head_ptr(card);
spider_net_refill_rx_chain(card);
- spider_net_enable_rxdmac(card);
card->num_rx_ints ++;
netif_rx_schedule(card->netdev);
show_error = 0;
@@ -1625,7 +1626,6 @@ spider_net_handle_error_irq(struct spide
/* Could happen when rx chain is full */
spider_net_resync_head_ptr(card);
spider_net_refill_rx_chain(card);
- spider_net_enable_rxdmac(card);
card->num_rx_ints ++;
netif_rx_schedule(card->netdev);
show_error = 0;
-
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