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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@waldekranz.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@gmail.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Improve indirect addressing performance
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:53:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YfHe+WAOQDu3hkG1@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220126231239.1443128-3-tobias@waldekranz.com>

On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 12:12:39AM +0100, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
> Before this change, both the read and write callback would start out
> by asserting that the chip's busy flag was cleared. However, both
> callbacks also made sure to wait for the clearing of the busy bit
> before returning - making the initial check superfluous. The only
> time that would ever have an effect was if the busy bit was initially
> set for some reason.
> 
> With that in mind, make sure to perform an initial check of the busy
> bit, after which both read and write can rely the previous operation
> to have waited for the bit to clear.
> 
> This cuts the number of operations on the underlying MDIO bus by 25%
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@waldekranz.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew

      reply	other threads:[~2022-01-26 23:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-26 23:12 [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Improve indirect addressing performance Tobias Waldekranz
2022-01-26 23:12 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Improve performance of busy bit polling Tobias Waldekranz
2022-01-26 23:45   ` Andrew Lunn
2022-01-27 12:58     ` Tobias Waldekranz
2022-01-27 13:06       ` Andrew Lunn
2022-01-26 23:54   ` Andrew Lunn
2022-01-26 23:12 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Improve indirect addressing performance Tobias Waldekranz
2022-01-26 23:53   ` Andrew Lunn [this message]

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