netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/7] bcm63xx_enet: convert to build

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jan 2021 09:08:20 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Sieng Piaw Liew <liew.s.piaw@...il.com>
Cc:     bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/7] bcm63xx_enet: convert to build_skb

On 1/6/21 6:42 AM, Sieng Piaw Liew wrote:
> We can increase the efficiency of rx path by using buffers to receive
> packets then build SKBs around them just before passing into the network
> stack. In contrast, preallocating SKBs too early reduces CPU cache
> efficiency.
> 
> Check if we're in NAPI context when refilling RX. Normally we're almost
> always running in NAPI context. Dispatch to napi_alloc_frag directly
> instead of relying on netdev_alloc_frag which does the same but
> with the overhead of local_bh_disable/enable.
> 
> Tested on BCM6328 320 MHz and iperf3 -M 512 to measure packet/sec
> performance. Included netif_receive_skb_list and NET_IP_ALIGN
> optimizations.
> 
> Before:
> [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Retr
> [  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  49.9 MBytes  41.9 Mbits/sec  197         sender
> [  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  49.3 MBytes  41.3 Mbits/sec            receiver
> 
> After:
> [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Retr
> [  4]   0.00-30.00  sec   171 MBytes  47.8 Mbits/sec  272         sender
> [  4]   0.00-30.00  sec   170 MBytes  47.6 Mbits/sec            receiver
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sieng Piaw Liew <liew.s.piaw@...il.com>

Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian