Implement more efficient locking (avoid the lock) when checking for a stopped queue. Also don't wake the queue unless the threshold is reached to avoid queue on/off thrash.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: John Ronciak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c | 14 ++++++++------ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c index f604a1d..3c37c40 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c @@ -3400,13 +3400,15 @@ e1000_clean_tx_irq(struct e1000_adapter tx_ring->next_to_clean = i; - spin_lock(&tx_ring->tx_lock); - +#define TX_WAKE_THRESHOLD 32 if (unlikely(cleaned && netif_queue_stopped(netdev) && - netif_carrier_ok(netdev))) - netif_wake_queue(netdev); - - spin_unlock(&tx_ring->tx_lock); + netif_carrier_ok(netdev))) { + spin_lock(&tx_ring->tx_lock); + if (netif_queue_stopped(netdev) && + (E1000_DESC_UNUSED(tx_ring) >= TX_WAKE_THRESHOLD)) + netif_wake_queue(netdev); + spin_unlock(&tx_ring->tx_lock); + } if (adapter->detect_tx_hung) { /* Detect a transmit hang in hardware, this serializes the -- Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Intel Pro Ethernet Driver Group LAN Access Division / Digital Enterprise Group - 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