netdev - Re: [net-next 0/6][pull request] 40GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2020-07-28

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:16:53 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com,
        sassmann@...hat.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 0/6][pull request] 40GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver
 Updates 2020-07-28

On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:08:36 -0700 Tony Nguyen wrote:
> This series contains updates to i40e driver only.
> 
> Li RongQing removes binding affinity mask to a fixed CPU and sets
> prefetch of Rx buffer page to occur conditionally.
> 
> Björn provides AF_XDP performance improvements by not prefetching HW
> descriptors, using 16 byte descriptors, increasing budget for AF_XDP
> receive, and moving buffer allocation out of Rx processing loop.

My comment on patch #2 is really a nit, but for patch 5 I think we
should consider carefully a common path rather than "tweak" the drivers
like this.