On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 22:38 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > - [TG3] : tx_lock spinlock is taken in tg3_tx() only when really needed. >
This is similar to your tx_lock patch for tg3 but takes it one step further to eliminate the tx_lock in the tx_completion path when the tx queue is not stopped. Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -urp a/drivers/net/tg3.c b/drivers/net/tg3.c --- a/drivers/net/tg3.c 2005-08-29 09:00:16.000000000 -0700 +++ b/drivers/net/tg3.c 2005-08-29 13:14:55.000000000 -0700 @@ -121,12 +121,9 @@ TG3_RX_RCB_RING_SIZE(tp)) #define TG3_TX_RING_BYTES (sizeof(struct tg3_tx_buffer_desc) * \ TG3_TX_RING_SIZE) -#define TX_RING_GAP(TP) \ - (TG3_TX_RING_SIZE - (TP)->tx_pending) #define TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(TP) \ - (((TP)->tx_cons <= (TP)->tx_prod) ? \ - (TP)->tx_cons + (TP)->tx_pending - (TP)->tx_prod : \ - (TP)->tx_cons - (TP)->tx_prod - TX_RING_GAP(TP)) + ((TP)->tx_pending - \ + (((TP)->tx_prod - (TP)->tx_cons) & (TG3_TX_RING_SIZE - 1))) #define NEXT_TX(N) (((N) + 1) & (TG3_TX_RING_SIZE - 1)) #define RX_PKT_BUF_SZ (1536 + tp->rx_offset + 64) @@ -2821,9 +2818,13 @@ static void tg3_tx(struct tg3 *tp) tp->tx_cons = sw_idx; - if (netif_queue_stopped(tp->dev) && - (TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(tp) > TG3_TX_WAKEUP_THRESH)) - netif_wake_queue(tp->dev); + if (unlikely(netif_queue_stopped(tp->dev))) { + spin_lock(&tp->tx_lock); + if (netif_queue_stopped(tp->dev) && + (TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(tp) > TG3_TX_WAKEUP_THRESH)) + netif_wake_queue(tp->dev); + spin_unlock(&tp->tx_lock); + } } /* Returns size of skb allocated or < 0 on error. @@ -3139,9 +3140,7 @@ static int tg3_poll(struct net_device *n /* run TX completion thread */ if (sblk->idx[0].tx_consumer != tp->tx_cons) { - spin_lock(&tp->tx_lock); tg3_tx(tp); - spin_unlock(&tp->tx_lock); } /* run RX thread, within the bounds set by NAPI. @@ -3659,8 +3658,11 @@ static int tg3_start_xmit(struct sk_buff tw32_tx_mbox((MAILBOX_SNDHOST_PROD_IDX_0 + TG3_64BIT_REG_LOW), entry); tp->tx_prod = entry; - if (TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(tp) <= (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1)) + if (TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(tp) <= (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1)) { netif_stop_queue(dev); + if (TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(tp) > TG3_TX_WAKEUP_THRESH) + netif_wake_queue(tp->dev); + } out_unlock: mmiowb(); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html