netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 08/10] net: mvneta: bm: add support for hardware buffer management

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:57:14 +0100
From:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:	Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	brouer@...hat.com, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Lior Amsalem <alior@...vell.com>,
	Nadav Haklai <nadavh@...vell.com>,
	Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>,
	Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@...uanux.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Timor Kardashov <timork@...vell.com>,
	Dmitri Epshtein <dima@...vell.com>,
	Sebastian Careba <nitroshift@...oo.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 08/10] net: mvneta: bm: add support for
 hardware buffer management


On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 09:39:03 +0100 Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> index b0ae69f84493..2847c0c291de 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
[...]
> -static void *mvneta_frag_alloc(const struct mvneta_port *pp)
> +void *mvneta_frag_alloc(unsigned int frag_size)
>  {
> -	if (likely(pp->frag_size <= PAGE_SIZE))
> -		return netdev_alloc_frag(pp->frag_size);
> +	if (likely(frag_size <= PAGE_SIZE))
> +		return netdev_alloc_frag(frag_size);

(I know you are modifying existing code here.)

Be aware that there is a significant performance advantage of using
napi_alloc_frag() over netdev_alloc_frag().  You obviously can only use
the NAPI call, if you indeed are running in NAPI/BH context.

>  	else
> -		return kmalloc(pp->frag_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +		return kmalloc(frag_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mvneta_frag_alloc);
  


-- 
Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
  Author of http://www.iptv-analyzer.org
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer