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a=\"79027479\"", "E=Sophos;i=\"6.23,222,1770624000\"; d=\"scan'208\";a=\"79027479\"", "E=Sophos;i=\"6.23,222,1770624000\"; d=\"scan'208\";a=\"241623170\"" ], "X-ExtLoop1": "1", "From": "Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>", "To": "intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com,\n aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com", "Cc": "netdev@vger.kernel.org", "Date": "Fri, 8 May 2026 05:12:18 +0200", "Message-ID": "<20260508031226.3601800-1-aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>", "X-Mailer": "git-send-email 2.52.0", "MIME-Version": "1.0", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "8bit", "X-Mailman-Original-DKIM-Signature": "v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple;\n d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel;\n t=1778209950; x=1809745950;\n h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:\n content-transfer-encoding;\n bh=5syTiBGIJkTfSWeQklIrIr7jq5li2r8OQfmkyePbRFQ=;\n b=jbix+BuYZv4aM0MREo3SfUXbY3eAeS3Ql1nfBg4E2Ht1PyY3oXIwpnR4\n c9/ghvpaWFXDIfjNCay2HLn0IxRIKs19GQdd5qR6yShaqEiQs7WcW3txt\n XZuRn7I3H6kGVBGOYGxNB6NgdNwyBjPcgjaoli9wjK/mNeBveW933OXYl\n 6RzSLVHXCjGQ8ryRiDnLdUWPQOnxGayCx0/bw9pDnDAxFG7lRVw5pQE72\n XVYziPl1CyA5p/FvfGB/IwmTJLAbr8zf/kd1iY2GjQMm9lar1Yx55yx7E\n uja08yvrhmgbXboSbzbaq50immzRe8jV3a4FXGvTNMHPPe8IcoQGPfMtx\n A==;", "X-Mailman-Original-Authentication-Results": [ "smtp2.osuosl.org;\n dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none)\n header.from=intel.com", "smtp2.osuosl.org;\n dkim=pass (2048-bit key,\n unprotected) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=Intel header.b=jbix+BuY" ], "Subject": "[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 0/8] ixgbe: small cleanups and\n improvements", "X-BeenThere": "intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.30", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "Intel Wired Ethernet Linux Kernel Driver Development\n <intel-wired-lan.osuosl.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/options/intel-wired-lan>,\n <mailto:intel-wired-lan-request@osuosl.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<http://lists.osuosl.org/pipermail/intel-wired-lan/>", "List-Post": "<mailto:intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:intel-wired-lan-request@osuosl.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-wired-lan>,\n <mailto:intel-wired-lan-request@osuosl.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org", "Sender": "\"Intel-wired-lan\" <intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org>" }, "content": "Eight independent cleanups and improvements for the ixgbe driver,\ngrouped by theme:\n\nNaming / type hygiene (patches 1-2):\n Patch 1 renames ixgbe_q_vector::numa_node to ::node. The field name\n shadows the struct device numa_node accessor, causing a sparse warning.\n The rename aligns with other Intel drivers (ice, igc).\n\n Patch 2 changes local error-code variables from u32 to int in six\n functions across ixgbe_main.c, ixgbe_phy.c and ixgbe_x550.c. Storing\n a signed errno in an unsigned type works by accident for truthiness\n checks but breaks exact comparisons and proper propagation.\n\nBug fix (patch 3):\n Patch 3 rejects duplicate FDIR perfect-filter rules before programming\n hardware. The same 5-tuple with a different sw_idx would silently\n consume a second scarce FDIR slot and confuse rule deletion.\n Returns -EEXIST to userspace on duplicate rather than -EINVAL.\n\nPerformance (patch 4):\n Patch 4 replaces the busy-wait udelay(1000) in the SECRX_RDY poll\n loop with usleep_range(10, 20) and raises the iteration count from\n 40 to 4000. Because usleep_range(min, max) is guaranteed to sleep\n at least 'min' us, 4000 * 10 us preserves the original 40 ms\n minimum-wait-before-timeout; worst-case grows to ~80 ms (acceptable\n since SECRX_RDY failing to assert is non-fatal and only logged).\n Typical stall on fast hardware drops from up to ~1 ms per iteration\n to ~10-20 us.\n\nCode quality (patches 5-8):\n Patch 5 replaces ktime_to_ns(ktime_get_real()) with the direct\n ktime_get_real_ns() helper.\n\n Patch 6 factors the three-line autoneg-restart sequence duplicated in\n ixgbe_setup_phy_link_generic() and ixgbe_setup_phy_link_tnx() into a\n static helper ixgbe_restart_auto_neg(). The helper checks the return\n value of read_reg() and returns early on error to avoid writing\n uninitialized data to the PHY register.\n\n Patches 7-8 improve the adaptive-ITR algorithm in two steps:\n 7/8: Limit ITR decrease in latency mode to at most\n IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_MIN_INC (2 us) per step so that ACK-driven\n workloads do not overdrive interrupt rate. Uses max_t() to\n ensure the clamp never drives ITR below the algorithm's own\n computation.\n 8/8: Add IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_MASK_USECS (= IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_LATENCY\n - 1) to replace the open-coded ~IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_LATENCY\n mask in ixgbe_set_itr() with the cleaner AND form.\n\nAleksandr Loktionov (1):\n ixgbe: use int instead of u32 for error code variables\n\nAlexander Duyck (2):\n ixgbe: limit ITR decrease in latency mode to prevent ACK overdrive\n ixgbe: add IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_MASK_USECS constant\n\nJacob Keller (2):\n ixgbe: rename numa_node to node in struct ixgbe_q_vector\n ixgbe: use ktime_get_real_ns() in ixgbe_ptp_reset()\n\nJakub Chylkowski (1):\n ixgbe: extract ixgbe_restart_auto_neg() to avoid code duplication\n\nMaciej Rabeda (1):\n ixgbe: increase SECRX_RDY polling frequency in\n ixgbe_disable_rx_buff_generic\n\nPiotr Skajewski (1):\n ixgbe: prevent adding duplicate FDIR perfect filter rules\n\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h | 3 +-\n .../net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c | 5 +--\n .../net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c | 27 +++++++++++-\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c | 2 +-\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 19 ++++++++--\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c | 42 +++++++++++--------\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c | 2 +-\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c | 12 +++---\n 8 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)" }