From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olof Johansson Subject: [PATCH] [6/11] pasemi_mac: add local skb alignment Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:26:53 -0500 Message-ID: <20071002212653.GG2282@lixom.net> References: <20071002212421.GA2282@lixom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org To: jgarzik@pobox.com Return-path: Received: from lixom.net ([66.141.50.11]:46695 "EHLO mail.lixom.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755833AbXJBVWu (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Oct 2007 17:22:50 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071002212421.GA2282@lixom.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org pasemi_mac: add local skb alignment Add local SKB alignment to pasemi_mac, since ppc64 in general has it at 0 because of design flaws in some of the IBM server bridge chips. However, for PWRficient doing the unaligned copies is more expensive than doing unaligned DMA so make sure the data is aligned instead. Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson Index: k.org/drivers/net/pasemi_mac.c =================================================================== --- k.org.orig/drivers/net/pasemi_mac.c +++ k.org/drivers/net/pasemi_mac.c @@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ #include "pasemi_mac.h" +/* We have our own align, since ppc64 in general has it at 0 because + * of design flaws in some of the server bridge chips. However, for + * PWRficient doing the unaligned copies is more expensive than doing + * unaligned DMA, so make sure the data is aligned instead. + */ +#define LOCAL_SKB_ALIGN 2 /* TODO list * @@ -409,13 +415,16 @@ static void pasemi_mac_replenish_rx_ring /* skb might still be in there for recycle on short receives */ if (info->skb) skb = info->skb; - else + else { skb = dev_alloc_skb(BUF_SIZE); + skb_reserve(skb, LOCAL_SKB_ALIGN); + } if (unlikely(!skb)) break; - dma = pci_map_single(mac->dma_pdev, skb->data, BUF_SIZE, + dma = pci_map_single(mac->dma_pdev, skb->data, + BUF_SIZE - LOCAL_SKB_ALIGN, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE); if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(dma))) { @@ -553,10 +562,12 @@ static int pasemi_mac_clean_rx(struct pa len = (macrx & XCT_MACRX_LLEN_M) >> XCT_MACRX_LLEN_S; if (len < 256) { - struct sk_buff *new_skb = - netdev_alloc_skb(mac->netdev, len + NET_IP_ALIGN); + struct sk_buff *new_skb; + + new_skb = netdev_alloc_skb(mac->netdev, + len + LOCAL_SKB_ALIGN); if (new_skb) { - skb_reserve(new_skb, NET_IP_ALIGN); + skb_reserve(new_skb, LOCAL_SKB_ALIGN); memcpy(new_skb->data, skb->data, len); /* save the skb in buffer_info as good */ skb = new_skb;