Re: [PATCH net-next] xen-netfront: convert to GRO API

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>]

On Mon, 2013-09-30 at 13:46 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> Anirban was seeing netfront received MTU size packets, which downgraded
> throughput. The following patch makes netfront use GRO API which
> improves throughput for that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
> Cc: Anirban Chakraborty <abchak@juniper.net>

Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>

> Acked-by: Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |    4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> index 36808bf..dd1011e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> @@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static int handle_incoming_queue(struct net_device *dev,
>  		u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
>  
>  		/* Pass it up. */
> -		netif_receive_skb(skb);
> +		napi_gro_receive(&np->napi, skb);
>  	}
>  
>  	return packets_dropped;
> @@ -1051,6 +1051,8 @@ err:
>  	if (work_done < budget) {
>  		int more_to_do = 0;
>  
> +		napi_gro_flush(napi, false);
> +
>  		local_irq_save(flags);
>  
>  		RING_FINAL_CHECK_FOR_RESPONSES(&np->rx, more_to_do);