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net: macb: Increase DMA buffer size

Message ID 1472063159-13797-1-git-send-email-xander.huff@ni.com
State Changes Requested, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Xander Huff Aug. 24, 2016, 6:25 p.m. UTC
From: Nathan Sullivan <nathan.sullivan@ni.com>

In recent testing with the RT patchset, we have seen cases where the
transmit ring can fill even with up to 200 txbds in the ring.  Increase
the size of the DMA rings to avoid overruns.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Sullivan <nathan.sullivan@ni.com>
Acked-by: Ben Shelton <ben.shelton@ni.com>
Acked-by: Jaeden Amero <jaeden.amero@ni.com>
Natinst-ReviewBoard-ID: 83662
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Nicolas Ferre Aug. 24, 2016, 7:17 p.m. UTC | #1
Le 24/08/2016 à 20:25, Xander Huff a écrit :
> From: Nathan Sullivan <nathan.sullivan@ni.com>
> 
> In recent testing with the RT patchset, we have seen cases where the
> transmit ring can fill even with up to 200 txbds in the ring.  Increase
> the size of the DMA rings to avoid overruns.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Sullivan <nathan.sullivan@ni.com>
> Acked-by: Ben Shelton <ben.shelton@ni.com>
> Acked-by: Jaeden Amero <jaeden.amero@ni.com>
> Natinst-ReviewBoard-ID: 83662
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> index 3256839..86a8e20 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> @@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
>  
>  #include "macb.h"
>  
> -#define MACB_RX_BUFFER_SIZE	128
> +#define MACB_RX_BUFFER_SIZE	1536

This change seems not covered by the commit message. Can you  please
separate the changes in 2 patches or elaborate a bit more the reason for
this RX buffer size change.

Bye,

>  #define RX_BUFFER_MULTIPLE	64  /* bytes */
>  #define RX_RING_SIZE		512 /* must be power of 2 */
>  #define RX_RING_BYTES		(sizeof(struct macb_dma_desc) * RX_RING_SIZE)
>  
> -#define TX_RING_SIZE		128 /* must be power of 2 */
> +#define TX_RING_SIZE		512 /* must be power of 2 */
>  #define TX_RING_BYTES		(sizeof(struct macb_dma_desc) * TX_RING_SIZE)
>  
>  /* level of occupied TX descriptors under which we wake up TX process */
>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
index 3256839..86a8e20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ 
 
 #include "macb.h"
 
-#define MACB_RX_BUFFER_SIZE	128
+#define MACB_RX_BUFFER_SIZE	1536
 #define RX_BUFFER_MULTIPLE	64  /* bytes */
 #define RX_RING_SIZE		512 /* must be power of 2 */
 #define RX_RING_BYTES		(sizeof(struct macb_dma_desc) * RX_RING_SIZE)
 
-#define TX_RING_SIZE		128 /* must be power of 2 */
+#define TX_RING_SIZE		512 /* must be power of 2 */
 #define TX_RING_BYTES		(sizeof(struct macb_dma_desc) * TX_RING_SIZE)
 
 /* level of occupied TX descriptors under which we wake up TX process */