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* [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: use XPS if possible for bnx2x_select_queue instead of pure hash
@ 2013-06-01  0:32 Eric Dumazet
  2013-06-01 11:27 ` Dmitry Kravkov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric Dumazet @ 2013-06-01  0:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev, govindarajulu.v, Havard Skinnemoen, Eilon Greenstein

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

The bnx2x_select_queue() was using __skb_tx_hash() to select the
transmit queue, totally ignoring XPS settings, while XPS can help
performance quite significantly, so change the bnx2x_select_queue()
to use __dev_pick_tx() instead which will use XPS if configured.
 
Based on patches from Ying Cai and Havard Skinnemoen

Reported-by: govindarajulu.v <govindarajulu90@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Havard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@google.com>
Cc: Ying Cai <ycai@google.com>
Cc: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
index c80f1d2..3651f6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ u16 bnx2x_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	/* select a non-FCoE queue */
-	return __skb_tx_hash(dev, skb, BNX2X_NUM_ETH_QUEUES(bp));
+	return __netdev_pick_tx(dev, skb) % BNX2X_NUM_ETH_QUEUES(bp);
 }
 
 void bnx2x_set_num_queues(struct bnx2x *bp)

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* RE: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: use XPS if possible for bnx2x_select_queue instead of pure hash
  2013-06-01  0:32 [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: use XPS if possible for bnx2x_select_queue instead of pure hash Eric Dumazet
@ 2013-06-01 11:27 ` Dmitry Kravkov
  2013-06-02  2:38   ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Dmitry Kravkov @ 2013-06-01 11:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eric Dumazet, David Miller
  Cc: netdev, govindarajulu.v, Havard Skinnemoen, Eilon Greenstein

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Eric Dumazet
> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2013 3:33 AM
> To: David Miller
> Cc: netdev; govindarajulu.v; Havard Skinnemoen; Eilon Greenstein
> Subject: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: use XPS if possible for bnx2x_select_queue instead of pure hash
> 
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> 
> The bnx2x_select_queue() was using __skb_tx_hash() to select the
> transmit queue, totally ignoring XPS settings, while XPS can help
> performance quite significantly, so change the bnx2x_select_queue()
> to use __dev_pick_tx() instead which will use XPS if configured.
> 
> Based on patches from Ying Cai and Havard Skinnemoen
> 
> Reported-by: govindarajulu.v <govindarajulu90@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Cc: Havard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@google.com>
> Cc: Ying Cai <ycai@google.com>
> Cc: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
> index c80f1d2..3651f6d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
> @@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ u16 bnx2x_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	}
> 
>  	/* select a non-FCoE queue */
> -	return __skb_tx_hash(dev, skb, BNX2X_NUM_ETH_QUEUES(bp));
> +	return __netdev_pick_tx(dev, skb) % BNX2X_NUM_ETH_QUEUES(bp);
>  }
> 
>  void bnx2x_set_num_queues(struct bnx2x *bp)

Acked-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@broadcom.com>


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* Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: use XPS if possible for bnx2x_select_queue instead of pure hash
  2013-06-01 11:27 ` Dmitry Kravkov
@ 2013-06-02  2:38   ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2013-06-02  2:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dmitry; +Cc: eric.dumazet, netdev, govindarajulu90, hskinnemoen, eilong

From: "Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@broadcom.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:27:40 +0000

>> The bnx2x_select_queue() was using __skb_tx_hash() to select the
>> transmit queue, totally ignoring XPS settings, while XPS can help
>> performance quite significantly, so change the bnx2x_select_queue()
>> to use __dev_pick_tx() instead which will use XPS if configured.
>> 
>> Based on patches from Ying Cai and Havard Skinnemoen
>> 
>> Reported-by: govindarajulu.v <govindarajulu90@gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
 ...
> Acked-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@broadcom.com>

Applied, thanks everyone.

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