From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Lobakin Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:18:33 +0100 Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 2/9] e1000: switch to napi_build_skb() In-Reply-To: <20211123171840.157471-1-alexandr.lobakin@intel.com> References: <20211123171840.157471-1-alexandr.lobakin@intel.com> Message-ID: <20211123171840.157471-3-alexandr.lobakin@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org List-ID: napi_build_skb() reuses per-cpu NAPI skbuff_head cache in order to save some cycles on freeing/allocating skbuff_heads on every new Rx or completed Tx element. e1000 driver runs Tx completion polling cycle right before the Rx one. Now that e1000 uses napi_consume_skb() to put skbuff_heads of completed entries into the cache, it will never empty and always warm at that moment. Switch to the napi_build_skb() to relax mm pressure on heavy Rx and increase throughput. Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c index 975a145d48ef..3f5feb55cfba 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c @@ -4384,7 +4384,7 @@ static bool e1000_clean_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter, if (!skb) { unsigned int frag_len = e1000_frag_len(adapter); - skb = build_skb(data - E1000_HEADROOM, frag_len); + skb = napi_build_skb(data - E1000_HEADROOM, frag_len); if (!skb) { adapter->alloc_rx_buff_failed++; break; -- 2.33.1