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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org (open list:FREESCALE QUICC ENGINE UCC ETHERNET DRIVER), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list) Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: ucc_geth: Batch RX packets before stack handoff Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 12:28:56 -0700 Message-ID: <20260517192856.3925-1-rosenp@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.54.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Collect received skbs on a local list during RX polling and pass the completed batch to netif_receive_skb_list(). This lets the networking stack process packets from a poll cycle in bulk instead of handing each skb up individually. Speedup tested with bidirectional iperf3. Before: [ ID][Role] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr [ 5][TX-C] 0.00-10.00 sec 490 MBytes 411 Mbits/sec sender [ 5][TX-C] 0.00-10.01 sec 488 MBytes 409 Mbits/sec receiver [ 7][RX-C] 0.00-10.00 sec 176 MBytes 147 Mbits/sec 167 sender [ 7][RX-C] 0.00-10.01 sec 175 MBytes 146 Mbits/sec receiver After: [ ID][Role] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr [ 5][TX-C] 0.00-10.00 sec 502 MBytes 421 Mbits/sec sender [ 5][TX-C] 0.00-10.01 sec 501 MBytes 420 Mbits/sec receiver [ 7][RX-C] 0.00-10.00 sec 212 MBytes 178 Mbits/sec 148 sender [ 7][RX-C] 0.00-10.01 sec 211 MBytes 177 Mbits/sec receiver Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.5 Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev --- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c index 7af4b5e3f38e..bce1079fc06a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c @@ -2894,6 +2894,7 @@ static int ucc_geth_rx(struct ucc_geth_private *ugeth, u8 rxQ, int rx_work_limit u32 bd_status; u8 *bdBuffer; struct net_device *dev; + LIST_HEAD(rx_list); ugeth_vdbg("%s: IN", __func__); @@ -2934,7 +2935,7 @@ static int ucc_geth_rx(struct ucc_geth_private *ugeth, u8 rxQ, int rx_work_limit dev->stats.rx_bytes += length; /* Send the packet up the stack */ - netif_receive_skb(skb); + list_add_tail(&skb->list, &rx_list); } skb = get_new_skb(ugeth, bd); @@ -2960,6 +2961,8 @@ static int ucc_geth_rx(struct ucc_geth_private *ugeth, u8 rxQ, int rx_work_limit bd_status = in_be32((u32 __iomem *)bd); } + netif_receive_skb_list(&rx_list); + ugeth->rxBd[rxQ] = bd; return howmany; } -- 2.54.0