netdev - [PATCH] atl1c: optimize rx loop

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Date:   Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:04:47 +0800
From:   Sieng Piaw Liew <liew.s.piaw@...il.com>
To:     chris.snook@...il.com
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sieng Piaw Liew <liew.s.piaw@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] atl1c: optimize rx loop

Remove this trivial bit of inefficiency from the rx receive loop,
results in increase of a few Mbps in iperf3. Tested on Intel Core2
platform.

Signed-off-by: Sieng Piaw Liew <liew.s.piaw@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
index 3f65f2b370c5..b995f9a0479c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
@@ -1796,9 +1796,7 @@ static void atl1c_clean_rx_irq(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
 	struct atl1c_recv_ret_status *rrs;
 	struct atl1c_buffer *buffer_info;
 
-	while (1) {
-		if (*work_done >= work_to_do)
-			break;
+	while (*work_done < work_to_do) {
 		rrs = ATL1C_RRD_DESC(rrd_ring, rrd_ring->next_to_clean);
 		if (likely(RRS_RXD_IS_VALID(rrs->word3))) {
 			rfd_num = (rrs->word0 >> RRS_RX_RFD_CNT_SHIFT) &
-- 
2.17.1