From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Leech Subject: [PATCH 1/7] [I/OAT] Push pending transactions to hardware more frequently Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:53:37 -0700 Message-ID: <20060816005337.8634.70033.stgit@gitlost.site> Return-path: Received: from [63.64.152.142] ([63.64.152.142]:31753 "EHLO gitlost.site") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750750AbWHPApv (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:45:51 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Every 20 descriptors turns out to be to few append commands with newer/faster CPUs. Pushing every 4 still cuts down on MMIO writes to an acceptable level without letting the DMA engine run out of work. Signed-off-by: Chris Leech --- drivers/dma/ioatdma.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioatdma.c b/drivers/dma/ioatdma.c index dbd4d6c..be4fdd7 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/ioatdma.c +++ b/drivers/dma/ioatdma.c @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static dma_cookie_t do_ioat_dma_memcpy(s list_splice_init(&new_chain, ioat_chan->used_desc.prev); ioat_chan->pending += desc_count; - if (ioat_chan->pending >= 20) { + if (ioat_chan->pending >= 4) { append = 1; ioat_chan->pending = 0; } @@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static void __devexit ioat_remove(struct } /* MODULE API */ -MODULE_VERSION("1.7"); +MODULE_VERSION("1.9"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");