netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] dpaa2-eth: use netif_receive_skb

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Date:   Tue, 26 Mar 2019 07:54:45 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
Cc:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] dpaa2-eth: use netif_receive_skb_list



On 03/26/2019 07:43 AM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:42:39 +0000
> Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com> wrote:
> 
>> Take advantage of the software Rx batching by using
>> netif_receive_skb_list instead of napi_gro_receive.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
>> ---
> 
> Nice to see more people/drivers using: netif_receive_skb_list()
> 
> We should likely add a similar napi_gro_receive_list() function.

GRO is essentially processing one frame at a time, and recycling
one sk_buff. (one sk_buff per aggregated train)

Having to allocate one sk_buff per MSS just to provide a list
would likely be slower, as far as GRO is concerned.