In xmit, it is very impossible that TX_ERROR occurs. So using unlikely optimizes the xmit process.
CC: Srinivas Eeda <srinivas.e...@oracle.com> CC: Joe Jin <joe....@oracle.com> CC: Junxiao Bi <junxiao...@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun....@oracle.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c index ac8439c..e65276f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c @@ -2563,7 +2563,7 @@ static int nv_tx_done(struct net_device *dev, int limit) if (np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_1) { if (flags & NV_TX_LASTPACKET) { - if (flags & NV_TX_ERROR) { + if (unlikely(flags & NV_TX_ERROR)) { if ((flags & NV_TX_RETRYERROR) && !(flags & NV_TX_RETRYCOUNT_MASK)) nv_legacybackoff_reseed(dev); @@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@ static int nv_tx_done(struct net_device *dev, int limit) } } else { if (flags & NV_TX2_LASTPACKET) { - if (flags & NV_TX2_ERROR) { + if (unlikely(flags & NV_TX2_ERROR)) { if ((flags & NV_TX2_RETRYERROR) && !(flags & NV_TX2_RETRYCOUNT_MASK)) nv_legacybackoff_reseed(dev); @@ -2626,7 +2626,7 @@ static int nv_tx_done_optimized(struct net_device *dev, int limit) nv_unmap_txskb(np, np->get_tx_ctx); if (flags & NV_TX2_LASTPACKET) { - if (flags & NV_TX2_ERROR) { + if (unlikely(flags & NV_TX2_ERROR)) { if ((flags & NV_TX2_RETRYERROR) && !(flags & NV_TX2_RETRYCOUNT_MASK)) { if (np->driver_data & DEV_HAS_GEAR_MODE) -- 2.7.4