[PATCH net-next v3 3/4] net: stmmac: Optimize cache prefetch in RX path

Furong Xu
2025-01-15T03:27:42Z

Current code prefetches cache lines for the received frame first, and
then dma_sync_single_for_cpu() against this frame, this is wrong.
Cache prefetch should be triggered after dma_sync_single_for_cpu().

This patch brings ~2.8% driver performance improvement in a TCP RX
throughput test with iPerf tool on a single isolated Cortex-A65 CPU
core, 2.84 Gbits/sec increased to 2.92 Gbits/sec.

Signed-off-by: Furong Xu <0x1207@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 811e2d372abf..ad928e8e21a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -5508,10 +5508,6 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)

/* Buffer is good. Go on. */

- prefetch(page_address(buf->page) + buf->page_offset);
- if (buf->sec_page)
- prefetch(page_address(buf->sec_page));
-
buf1_len = stmmac_rx_buf1_len(priv, p, status, len);
len += buf1_len;
buf2_len = stmmac_rx_buf2_len(priv, p, status, len);
@@ -5533,6 +5529,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)

dma_sync_single_for_cpu(priv->device, buf->addr,
buf1_len, dma_dir);
+ prefetch(page_address(buf->page) + buf->page_offset);

xdp_init_buff(&ctx.xdp, buf_sz, &rx_q->xdp_rxq);
xdp_prepare_buff(&ctx.xdp, page_address(buf->page),
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2.34.1