From: Oscar Maes <oscmaes92@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
Oscar Maes <oscmaes92@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] pcnet32: switch to napi_alloc_skb() and napi_gro_receive()
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 14:54:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260525125437.4061-3-oscmaes92@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260525125437.4061-1-oscmaes92@gmail.com>
Use the newer and more efficient napi_alloc_skb() and napi_gro_receive()
APIs to improve RX throughput.
Also removes the manual calls to skb_reserve(NET_IP_ALIGN), since
napi_alloc_skb() already does this internally.
In my testing this resulted in up to a 25% RX throughput increase in iperf3
tests in both directions.
Signed-off-by: Oscar Maes <oscmaes92@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c
index 4f3076d4ea34..06d5432bb464 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c
@@ -1220,13 +1220,12 @@ static void pcnet32_rx_entry(struct net_device *dev,
struct sk_buff *newskb;
dma_addr_t new_dma_addr;
- newskb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, PKT_BUF_SKB);
+ newskb = napi_alloc_skb(&lp->napi, PKT_BUF_SIZE);
/*
* map the new buffer, if mapping fails, drop the packet and
* reuse the old buffer
*/
if (newskb) {
- skb_reserve(newskb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
new_dma_addr = dma_map_single(&lp->pci_dev->dev,
newskb->data,
PKT_BUF_SIZE,
@@ -1251,14 +1250,13 @@ static void pcnet32_rx_entry(struct net_device *dev,
} else
skb = NULL;
} else
- skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, pkt_len + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+ skb = napi_alloc_skb(&lp->napi, pkt_len);
if (!skb) {
dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
return;
}
if (!rx_in_place) {
- skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
skb_put(skb, pkt_len); /* Make room */
dma_sync_single_for_cpu(&lp->pci_dev->dev,
lp->rx_dma_addr[entry], pkt_len,
@@ -1272,7 +1270,7 @@ static void pcnet32_rx_entry(struct net_device *dev,
}
dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
- netif_receive_skb(skb);
+ napi_gro_receive(&lp->napi, skb);
dev->stats.rx_packets++;
}
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-25 12:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-25 12:54 [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] pcnet32: switch to napi_alloc_skb() and napi_gro_receive() Oscar Maes
2026-05-25 12:54 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] pcnet32: stop holding device spin lock during napi_complete_done Oscar Maes
2026-05-25 13:53 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-05-25 15:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-25 12:54 ` Oscar Maes [this message]
2026-05-25 15:45 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] pcnet32: switch to napi_alloc_skb() and napi_gro_receive() Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 14:28 ` Oscar Maes
2026-05-28 15:07 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 17:05 ` Oscar Maes
2026-05-28 19:12 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-31 16:51 ` Oscar Maes
2026-05-31 20:09 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-06-02 16:37 ` Oscar Maes
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