netdev - [net-next, PATCH 1/2] net: socionext: Use descriptor info instead of MMIO reads on Rx

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Message-Id: <1533801739-15312-1-git-send-email-ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu,  9 Aug 2018 11:02:18 +0300
From:   Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jaswinder.singh@...aro.org
Cc:     arnd@...db.de, Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>
Subject: [net-next, PATCH 1/2] net: socionext: Use descriptor info instead of MMIO reads on Rx

MMIO reads for remaining packets in queue occur (at least)twice per
invocation of netsec_process_rx(). We can use the packet descriptor to
identify if it's owned by the hardware and break out, avoiding the more
expensive MMIO read operations. This has a ~2% increase on the pps of the
Rx path when tested with 64byte packets

Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c | 19 +++++--------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c
index 01589b6..ae32909 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c
@@ -657,8 +657,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *netsec_get_rx_pkt_data(struct netsec_priv *priv,
 	/* move tail ahead */
 	dring->tail = (dring->tail + 1) % DESC_NUM;
 
-	dring->pkt_cnt--;
-
 	return skb;
 }
 
@@ -731,25 +729,18 @@ static int netsec_process_rx(struct netsec_priv *priv, int budget)
 	struct netsec_desc_ring *dring = &priv->desc_ring[NETSEC_RING_RX];
 	struct net_device *ndev = priv->ndev;
 	struct netsec_rx_pkt_info rx_info;
-	int done = 0, rx_num = 0;
+	int done = 0;
 	struct netsec_desc desc;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	u16 len;
 
 	while (done < budget) {
-		if (!rx_num) {
-			rx_num = netsec_read(priv, NETSEC_REG_NRM_RX_PKTCNT);
-			dring->pkt_cnt += rx_num;
-
-			/* move head 'rx_num' */
-			dring->head = (dring->head + rx_num) % DESC_NUM;
+		u16 idx = dring->tail;
+		struct netsec_de *de = dring->vaddr + (DESC_SZ * idx);
 
-			rx_num = dring->pkt_cnt;
-			if (!rx_num)
-				break;
-		}
+		if (de->attr & (1U << NETSEC_RX_PKT_OWN_FIELD))
+			break;
 		done++;
-		rx_num--;
 		skb = netsec_get_rx_pkt_data(priv, &rx_info, &desc, &len);
 		if (unlikely(!skb) || rx_info.err_flag) {
 			netif_err(priv, drv, priv->ndev,
-- 
2.7.4