netdev - [PATCH net-next V2 10/11] net/mlx5e: Delay skb->data access

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Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2016 00:32:04 +0300
From:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Tal Alon <talal@...lanox.com>,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
	Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next V2 10/11] net/mlx5e: Delay skb->data access

Move mlx5e_handle_csum and eth_type_trans to the end of
mlx5e_build_rx_skb to gain some more time before accessing
skb->data, to reduce cache misses.

Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c |    7 +++----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
index ea90e6f..ade858b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
@@ -455,10 +455,6 @@ static inline void mlx5e_build_rx_skb(struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe,
 	if (unlikely(mlx5e_rx_hw_stamp(tstamp)))
 		mlx5e_fill_hwstamp(tstamp, get_cqe_ts(cqe), skb_hwtstamps(skb));
 
-	mlx5e_handle_csum(netdev, cqe, rq, skb, !!lro_num_seg);
-
-	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
-
 	skb_record_rx_queue(skb, rq->ix);
 
 	if (likely(netdev->features & NETIF_F_RXHASH))
@@ -469,6 +465,9 @@ static inline void mlx5e_build_rx_skb(struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe,
 				       be16_to_cpu(cqe->vlan_info));
 
 	skb->mark = be32_to_cpu(cqe->sop_drop_qpn) & MLX5E_TC_FLOW_ID_MASK;
+
+	mlx5e_handle_csum(netdev, cqe, rq, skb, !!lro_num_seg);
+	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
 }
 
 static inline void mlx5e_complete_rx_cqe(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
-- 
1.7.1