netdev - [PATCH net-next 03/12] ionic: Shorten a Tx hotpath

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Message-ID: <20240229193935.14197-4-shannon.nelson@amd.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:39:26 -0800
From: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>
To: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC: <brett.creeley@....com>, <drivers@...sando.io>, Shannon Nelson
	<shannon.nelson@....com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 03/12] ionic: Shorten a Tx hotpath

From: Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>

Perf was showing some hot spots in ionic_tx_descs_needed()
for TSO traffic.  Rework the function to return sooner where
possible.

Signed-off-by: Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>
Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_txrx.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_txrx.c
index dcaa8a4d6ad5..2837f2cc0151 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_txrx.c
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ static int ionic_tx(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static int ionic_tx_descs_needed(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = q_to_tx_stats(q);
+	int nr_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 	bool too_many_frags = false;
 	skb_frag_t *frag;
 	int desc_bufs;
@@ -1685,17 +1685,20 @@ static int ionic_tx_descs_needed(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* Each desc is mss long max, so a descriptor for each gso_seg */
 	if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
 		ndescs = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs;
+		if (!nr_frags)
+			return ndescs;
 	} else {
 		ndescs = 1;
-		if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags > q->max_sg_elems) {
+		if (!nr_frags)
+			return ndescs;
+
+		if (unlikely(nr_frags > q->max_sg_elems)) {
 			too_many_frags = true;
 			goto linearize;
 		}
-	}
 
-	/* If non-TSO, or no frags to check, we're done */
-	if (!skb_is_gso(skb) || !skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags)
 		return ndescs;
+	}
 
 	/* We need to scan the skb to be sure that none of the MTU sized
 	 * packets in the TSO will require more sgs per descriptor than we
@@ -1743,6 +1746,8 @@ static int ionic_tx_descs_needed(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 linearize:
 	if (too_many_frags) {
+		struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = q_to_tx_stats(q);
+
 		err = skb_linearize(skb);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
-- 
2.17.1