netdev - [net-next 5/8] e1000e: Alert the user that C-states will be disabled by enabling jumbo frames

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:55:17 -0800
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     Matt Turner <matt.turner@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com, jogreene@...hat.com,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next 5/8] e1000e: Alert the user that C-states will be disabled by enabling jumbo frames

From: Matt Turner <matt.turner@...el.com>

I personally spent a long time trying to decypher why my CPU would not
reach deeper C-states. Let's just tell the next user what's going on.

Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <matt.turner@...el.com>
Acked-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...cle.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 5af93ce5acc6..1298b69f990b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -3306,6 +3306,8 @@ static void e1000_configure_rx(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 			ew32(RXDCTL(0), rxdctl | 0x3 | BIT(8));
 		}
 
+		dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+			 "Some CPU C-states have been disabled in order to enable jumbo frames\n");
 		pm_qos_update_request(&adapter->pm_qos_req, lat);
 	} else {
 		pm_qos_update_request(&adapter->pm_qos_req,
-- 
2.14.3