On Sat, 2015-01-10 at 23:30 +0200, Oded Gabbay wrote:

> Yes, no problem.
> I will update on the result.

Please try this more complete patch, solving the TX pressure problem as
well, and not lying about NAPI budget. thanks !


diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
index e398eda07298..5f05b387c0a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
@@ -184,15 +184,16 @@ static void alx_schedule_reset(struct alx_priv *alx)
        schedule_work(&alx->reset_wk);
 }
 
-static bool alx_clean_rx_irq(struct alx_priv *alx, int budget)
+static int alx_clean_rx_irq(struct alx_priv *alx, int budget)
 {
        struct alx_rx_queue *rxq = &alx->rxq;
        struct alx_rrd *rrd;
        struct alx_buffer *rxb;
        struct sk_buff *skb;
        u16 length, rfd_cleaned = 0;
+       int work = 0;
 
-       while (budget > 0) {
+       while (work < budget) {
                rrd = &rxq->rrd[rxq->rrd_read_idx];
                if (!(rrd->word3 & cpu_to_le32(1 << RRD_UPDATED_SHIFT)))
                        break;
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ static bool alx_clean_rx_irq(struct alx_priv *alx, int 
budget)
                }
 
                napi_gro_receive(&alx->napi, skb);
-               budget--;
+               work++;
 
 next_pkt:
                if (++rxq->read_idx == alx->rx_ringsz)
@@ -258,21 +259,22 @@ next_pkt:
        if (rfd_cleaned)
                alx_refill_rx_ring(alx, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
-       return budget > 0;
+       return work;
 }
 
 static int alx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 {
        struct alx_priv *alx = container_of(napi, struct alx_priv, napi);
        struct alx_hw *hw = &alx->hw;
-       bool complete = true;
        unsigned long flags;
+       bool tx_complete;
+       int work;
 
-       complete = alx_clean_tx_irq(alx) &&
-                  alx_clean_rx_irq(alx, budget);
+       tx_complete = alx_clean_tx_irq(alx);
+       work = alx_clean_rx_irq(alx, budget);
 
-       if (!complete)
-               return 1;
+       if (!tx_complete || work == budget)
+               return budget;
 
        napi_complete(&alx->napi);
 
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ static int alx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
        alx_post_write(hw);
 
-       return 0;
+       return work;
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t alx_intr_handle(struct alx_priv *alx, u32 intr)


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