It has been reported [0] that using pause frames in jumbo mode impacts performance. There's no available chip documentation, but vendor drivers r8168 and r8125 don't advertise pause in jumbo mode. So let's do the same, according to Roman it fixes the issue.
[0] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212617 Fixes: 9cf9b84cc701 ("r8169: make use of phy_set_asym_pause") Reported-by: Roman Mamedov <rm+...@romanrm.net> Tested-by: Roman Mamedov <rm+...@romanrm.net> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com> --- This patch doesn't apply cleanly on some kernel versions, but the needed changes are trivial. --- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c index 1b48084f2..7d02bab1c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c @@ -2386,6 +2386,13 @@ static void rtl_jumbo_config(struct rtl8169_private *tp) if (pci_is_pcie(tp->pci_dev) && tp->supports_gmii) pcie_set_readrq(tp->pci_dev, readrq); + + /* Chip doesn't support pause in jumbo mode */ + linkmode_mod_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Pause_BIT, + tp->phydev->advertising, !jumbo); + linkmode_mod_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Asym_Pause_BIT, + tp->phydev->advertising, !jumbo); + phy_start_aneg(tp->phydev); } DECLARE_RTL_COND(rtl_chipcmd_cond) @@ -4647,8 +4654,6 @@ static int r8169_phy_connect(struct rtl8169_private *tp) if (!tp->supports_gmii) phy_set_max_speed(phydev, SPEED_100); - phy_support_asym_pause(phydev); - phy_attached_info(phydev); return 0; -- 2.31.1
