netdev - [PATCH net-next] r8169: handle tx before rx in napi poll

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Message-ID: <5ef5322d-cc83-747b-5995-2e60f2c39d93@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:20:08 +0100
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] r8169: handle tx before rx in napi poll

Cleaning up tx descriptors first increases the chance that
rtl_rx() can allocate new skb's from the cache.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
index de439db75..44a438bad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
@@ -4588,10 +4588,10 @@ static int rtl8169_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	struct net_device *dev = tp->dev;
 	int work_done;
 
-	work_done = rtl_rx(dev, tp, budget);
-
 	rtl_tx(dev, tp, budget);
 
+	work_done = rtl_rx(dev, tp, budget);
+
 	if (work_done < budget && napi_complete_done(napi, work_done))
 		rtl_irq_enable(tp);
 
-- 
2.30.1