On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 11:37:21 +0100 Gregory CLEMENT wrote: > Hi Jisheng, > > On ven., févr. 17 2017, Jisheng Zhang <jszh...@marvell.com> wrote: > > > In hot code path such as mvneta_rx_hwbm() and mvneta_rx_swbm(), we may > > access fields of rx_desc. The rx_desc is allocated by > > dma_alloc_coherent, it's uncacheable if the device isn't cache > > coherent, reading from uncached memory is fairly slow. > > Did you test it with HWBM support?
No I didn't test it for lacking of such HW, so it's appreciated if someone can test with HWBM capable HW. > > I am not sure ti will work in this case. IMHO, if mvneta HW doesn't update rx_desc->buf_phys_addr, it can still work. I don't have HWBM background, so above may be wrong. If this case doesn't work for HWBM, I'll submit v3 to modify mvneta_rx_swbm() only. Thanks, Jisheng > > Gregory > > > > > patch1 reuses the read out status to getting status field of rx_desc > > again. > > > > patch2 uses cacheable memory to store the rx buffer DMA address. > > > > We get the following performance data on Marvell BG4CT Platforms > > (tested with iperf): > > > > before the patch: > > recving 1GB in mvneta_rx_swbm() costs 149265960 ns > > > > after the patch: > > recving 1GB in mvneta_rx_swbm() costs 1421565640 ns > > > > We saved 4.76% time. > > > > RFC: can we do similar modification for tx? If yes, I can prepare a v2. > > > > > > Basically, these two patches do what Arnd mentioned in [1]. > > > > Hi Arnd, > > > > I added "Suggested-by you" tag, I hope you don't mind ;) > > > > Thanks > > > > [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg405889.html > > > > Since v1: > > - correct the performance data typo > > > > Jisheng Zhang (2): > > net: mvneta: avoid getting status from rx_desc as much as possible > > net: mvneta: Use cacheable memory to store the rx buffer DMA address > > > > drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 36 > > ++++++++++++++++++++--------------- > > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > > > -- > > 2.11.0 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > > linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org > > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel >