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[net-next,9/9] ixgbevf: switch to napi_build_skb()

Message ID 20211123171840.157471-10-alexandr.lobakin@intel.com
State Accepted
Delegated to: Anthony Nguyen
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Series intel: switch to napi_build_skb() | expand

Commit Message

Alexander Lobakin Nov. 23, 2021, 5:18 p.m. UTC 
napi_build_skb() reuses per-cpu NAPI skbuff_head cache in order
to save some cycles on freeing/allocating skbuff_heads on every
new Rx or completed Tx.
ixgbevf driver runs Tx completion polling cycle right before the Rx
one and uses napi_consume_skb() to feed the cache with skbuff_heads
of completed entries, so it's never empty and always warm at that
moment. Switch to the napi_build_skb() to relax mm pressure on
heavy Rx.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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2.33.1

Comments

Jankowski, Konrad0 Dec. 12, 2021, 1:47 p.m. UTC | #1 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org> On Behalf Of
> Alexander Lobakin
> Sent: wtorek, 23 listopada 2021 18:19
> To: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Jakub Kicinski
> <kuba@kernel.org>; David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 9/9] ixgbevf: switch to
> napi_build_skb()
> 
> napi_build_skb() reuses per-cpu NAPI skbuff_head cache in order to save
> some cycles on freeing/allocating skbuff_heads on every new Rx or
> completed Tx.
> ixgbevf driver runs Tx completion polling cycle right before the Rx one and
> uses napi_consume_skb() to feed the cache with skbuff_heads of
> completed entries, so it's never empty and always warm at that moment.
> Switch to the napi_build_skb() to relax mm pressure on heavy Rx.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
> index b1dfbaff8b31..ea73fb3026bc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
> @@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ixgbevf_build_skb(struct

Tested-by: Konrad Jankowski <konrad0.jankowski@intel.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index b1dfbaff8b31..ea73fb3026bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@  static struct sk_buff *ixgbevf_build_skb(struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring,
 	net_prefetch(xdp->data_meta);

 	/* build an skb around the page buffer */
-	skb = build_skb(xdp->data_hard_start, truesize);
+	skb = napi_build_skb(xdp->data_hard_start, truesize);
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return NULL;