netdev - [PATCH net-next-2.6 4/5] sfc: Limit filter search depth further for performance hints (i.e. RFS)

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Message-ID: <1295471166.11126.89.camel@bwh-desktop>
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:06:06 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next-2.6 4/5] sfc: Limit filter search depth further
 for performance hints (i.e. RFS)

---
I consider this experimental still; so it's not signed-off.

Ben.

 drivers/net/sfc/filter.c |   13 +++++++++----
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/filter.c b/drivers/net/sfc/filter.c
index d4722c4..47a1b79 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/filter.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
  */
 #define FILTER_CTL_SRCH_MAX 200
 
+/* Don't try very hard to find space for performance hints, as this is
+ * counter-productive. */
+#define FILTER_CTL_SRCH_HINT_MAX 5
+
 enum efx_filter_table_id {
 	EFX_FILTER_TABLE_RX_IP = 0,
 	EFX_FILTER_TABLE_RX_MAC,
@@ -325,15 +329,16 @@ static int efx_filter_search(struct efx_filter_table *table,
 			     struct efx_filter_spec *spec, u32 key,
 			     bool for_insert, int *depth_required)
 {
-	unsigned hash, incr, filter_idx, depth;
+	unsigned hash, incr, filter_idx, depth, depth_max;
 	struct efx_filter_spec *cmp;
 
 	hash = efx_filter_hash(key);
 	incr = efx_filter_increment(key);
+	depth_max = (spec->priority <= EFX_FILTER_PRI_HINT ?
+		     FILTER_CTL_SRCH_HINT_MAX : FILTER_CTL_SRCH_MAX);
 
 	for (depth = 1, filter_idx = hash & (table->size - 1);
-	     depth <= FILTER_CTL_SRCH_MAX &&
-		     test_bit(filter_idx, table->used_bitmap);
+	     depth <= depth_max && test_bit(filter_idx, table->used_bitmap);
 	     ++depth) {
 		cmp = &table->spec[filter_idx];
 		if (efx_filter_equal(spec, cmp))
@@ -342,7 +347,7 @@ static int efx_filter_search(struct efx_filter_table *table,
 	}
 	if (!for_insert)
 		return -ENOENT;
-	if (depth > FILTER_CTL_SRCH_MAX)
+	if (depth > depth_max)
 		return -EBUSY;
 found:
 	*depth_required = depth;
-- 
1.7.3.4



-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.

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