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 
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