[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Avoid divide (modulus) in receive buffer handling path.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

 drivers/net/sky2.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN drivers/net/sky2.c~sky2-avoid-divide-in-receive-path 
drivers/net/sky2.c
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c~sky2-avoid-divide-in-receive-path
+++ a/drivers/net/sky2.c
@@ -2155,7 +2155,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *sky2_receive(stru
                printk(KERN_DEBUG PFX "%s: rx slot %u status 0x%x len %d\n",
                       dev->name, sky2->rx_next, status, length);
- sky2->rx_next = (sky2->rx_next + 1) % sky2->rx_pending;
+       if (++sky2->rx_next >= sky2->rx_pending)
+               sky2->rx_next = 0;


it is silly to introduce a branch just for this.

require that the ring size is a power-of-2, and then replace the divide with a mask.

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