Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/7] bcm63xx_enet: convert to build_skb

Florian Fainelli
2021-01-06T17:09:21Z

On 1/6/21 6:42 AM, Sieng Piaw Liew wrote:
> We can increase the efficiency of rx path by using buffers to receive
> packets then build SKBs around them just before passing into the network
> stack. In contrast, preallocating SKBs too early reduces CPU cache
> efficiency.
>
> Check if we're in NAPI context when refilling RX. Normally we're almost
> always running in NAPI context. Dispatch to napi_alloc_frag directly
> instead of relying on netdev_alloc_frag which does the same but
> with the overhead of local_bh_disable/enable.
>
> Tested on BCM6328 320 MHz and iperf3 -M 512 to measure packet/sec
> performance. Included netif_receive_skb_list and NET_IP_ALIGN
> optimizations.
>
> Before:
> [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
> [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 49.9 MBytes 41.9 Mbits/sec 197 sender
> [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 49.3 MBytes 41.3 Mbits/sec receiver
>
> After:
> [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
> [ 4] 0.00-30.00 sec 171 MBytes 47.8 Mbits/sec 272 sender
> [ 4] 0.00-30.00 sec 170 MBytes 47.6 Mbits/sec receiver
>
> Signed-off-by: Sieng Piaw Liew <liew.s.piaw@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
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Florian