netdev - [PATCH net v2] gve: Cache link

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Message-ID: <20230321172332.91678-1-joshwash@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:23:32 -0700
From:   joshwash@...gle.com
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        Joshua Washington <joshwash@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2] gve: Cache link_speed value from device

From: Joshua Washington <joshwash@...gle.com>

The link speed is never changed for the uptime of a VM, and the current
implementation sends an admin queue command for each call. Admin queue
command invocations have nontrivial overhead (e.g., VM exits), which can
be disruptive to users if triggered frequently. Our telemetry data shows
that there are VMs that make frequent calls to this admin queue command.
Caching the result of the original admin queue command would eliminate
the need to send multiple admin queue commands on subsequent calls to
retrieve link speed.

Fixes: 7e074d5a76ca ("gve: Enable Link Speed Reporting in the driver.")
Signed-off-by: Joshua Washington <joshwash@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c
index ce574d097e28..5f81470843b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c
@@ -537,7 +537,10 @@ static int gve_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *netdev,
 				  struct ethtool_link_ksettings *cmd)
 {
 	struct gve_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	int err = gve_adminq_report_link_speed(priv);
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (priv->link_speed == 0)
+		err = gve_adminq_report_link_speed(priv);
 
 	cmd->base.speed = priv->link_speed;
 	return err;
-- 
2.40.0.rc1.284.g88254d51c5-goog