From 472f31f5726ab2f41f09cb8175610f196fac2d7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Westphal Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 09:26:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] net: e1000e: support txtd update delay via xmit_more Don't update Tx tail descriptor if queue hasn't been stopped and we know at least one more skb will be sent right away. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal Tested-by: Aaron Brown Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 25 +++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c index aa39a81a6df6..1e8c40fd5c3d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c @@ -5444,16 +5444,6 @@ static void e1000_tx_queue(struct e1000_ring *tx_ring, int tx_flags, int count) wmb(); tx_ring->next_to_use = i; - - if (adapter->flags2 & FLAG2_PCIM2PCI_ARBITER_WA) - e1000e_update_tdt_wa(tx_ring, i); - else - writel(i, tx_ring->tail); - - /* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail - * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems - */ - mmiowb(); } #define MINIMUM_DHCP_PACKET_SIZE 282 @@ -5655,6 +5645,21 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, (MAX_SKB_FRAGS * DIV_ROUND_UP(PAGE_SIZE, adapter->tx_fifo_limit) + 2)); + + if (!skb->xmit_more || + netif_xmit_stopped(netdev_get_tx_queue(netdev, 0))) { + if (adapter->flags2 & FLAG2_PCIM2PCI_ARBITER_WA) + e1000e_update_tdt_wa(tx_ring, + tx_ring->next_to_use); + else + writel(tx_ring->next_to_use, tx_ring->tail); + + /* we need this if more than one processor can write + * to our tail at a time, it synchronizes IO on + *IA64/Altix systems + */ + mmiowb(); + } } else { dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); tx_ring->buffer_info[first].time_stamp = 0; -- 2.11.0