netdev - Re: [PATCH v7 net-next 4/4] net: mscc: ocelot: use bulk reads for stats

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Date:   Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:51:40 +0000
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com" <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 net-next 4/4] net: mscc: ocelot: use bulk reads for
 stats

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 11:12:54AM -0800, Colin Foster wrote:
> Create and utilize bulk regmap reads instead of single access for gathering
> stats. The background reading of statistics happens frequently, and over
> a few contiguous memory regions.
> 
> High speed PCIe buses and MMIO access will probably see negligible
> performance increase. Lower speed buses like SPI and I2C could see
> significant performance increase, since the bus configuration and register
> access times account for a large percentage of data transfer time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Tested-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>