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();


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