The current code attempts to start the TX dma every time a packet
is queued. This is too conservative, and wastes CPU time. This
patch changes behaviour to call the kick-dma function less often,
only when the tx queue is at risk of emptying.
This reduces cpu usage, improves performance.
Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: James K Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----
drivers/net/spider_net.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6.18-mm2/drivers/net/spider_net.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-mm2.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.c 2006-10-10
13:21:41.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.18-mm2/drivers/net/spider_net.c 2006-10-10 13:28:43.000000000
-0500
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ spider_net_prepare_tx_descr(struct spide
return 0;
}
-static void
+static int
spider_net_set_low_watermark(struct spider_net_card *card)
{
unsigned long flags;
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ spider_net_set_low_watermark(struct spid
/* If TX queue is short, don't even bother with interrupts */
if (cnt < card->tx_desc/4)
- return;
+ return cnt;
/* Set low-watermark 3/4th's of the way into the queue. */
descr = card->tx_chain.tail;
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ spider_net_set_low_watermark(struct spid
card->low_watermark->dmac_cmd_status &
~SPIDER_NET_DESCR_TXDESFLG;
card->low_watermark = descr;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->tx_chain.lock, flags);
+ return cnt;
}
/**
@@ -819,8 +820,12 @@ spider_net_release_tx_chain(struct spide
* @card: card structure
* @descr: descriptor address to enable TX processing at
*
- * spider_net_kick_tx_dma writes the current tx chain head as start address
- * of the tx descriptor chain and enables the transmission DMA engine
+ * This routine will start the transmit DMA running if
+ * it is not already running. This routine ned only be
+ * called when queueing a new packet to an empty tx queue.
+ * Writes the current tx chain head as start address
+ * of the tx descriptor chain and enables the transmission
+ * DMA engine.
*/
static inline void
spider_net_kick_tx_dma(struct spider_net_card *card)
@@ -860,6 +865,7 @@ out:
static int
spider_net_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
{
+ int cnt;
struct spider_net_card *card = netdev_priv(netdev);
struct spider_net_descr_chain *chain = &card->tx_chain;
@@ -873,8 +879,9 @@ spider_net_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, str
return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
}
- spider_net_set_low_watermark(card);
- spider_net_kick_tx_dma(card);
+ cnt = spider_net_set_low_watermark(card);
+ if (cnt < 5)
+ spider_net_kick_tx_dma(card);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
-
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