[PATCH] e100: Performance optimizations to e100 Tx Path

Performance optimizations to e100 Tx Path

Signed-off-by: Mallikarjuna R Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ganesh Venkatesan <ganesh.venkatesan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John Ronciak <john.ronciak@intel.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index a43b82512b60..fc2a401d561d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static int e100_eeprom_save(struct nic *nic, u16 start, u16 count)
         return 0;
 }
 
-#define E100_WAIT_SCB_TIMEOUT 40
+#define E100_WAIT_SCB_TIMEOUT 20000 /* we might have to wait 100ms!!! */
 static inline int e100_exec_cmd(struct nic *nic, u8 cmd, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
@@ -847,6 +847,10 @@ static inline int e100_exec_cb(struct nic *nic, struct sk_buff *skb,
                          * because the controller is too busy, so
                          * let's just queue the command and try again
                          * when another command is scheduled. */
+                        if(err == -ENOSPC) {
+                                //request a reset
+                                schedule_work(&nic->tx_timeout_task);
+                        }
                         break;
                 } else {
                         nic->cuc_cmd = cuc_resume;
@@ -891,7 +895,7 @@ static void mdio_write(struct net_device *netdev, int addr, int reg, int data)
 
 static void e100_get_defaults(struct nic *nic)
 {
-        struct param_range rfds = { .min = 64, .max = 256, .count = 64 };
+        struct param_range rfds = { .min = 16, .max = 256, .count = 64 };
         struct param_range cbs  = { .min = 64, .max = 256, .count = 64 };
 
         pci_read_config_byte(nic->pdev, PCI_REVISION_ID, &nic->rev_id);
@@ -906,8 +910,9 @@ static void e100_get_defaults(struct nic *nic)
         /* Quadwords to DMA into FIFO before starting frame transmit */
         nic->tx_threshold = 0xE0;
 
-        nic->tx_command = cpu_to_le16(cb_tx | cb_i | cb_tx_sf |
-                ((nic->mac >= mac_82558_D101_A4) ? cb_cid : 0));
+        /* no interrupt for every tx completion, delay = 256us if not 557*/
+        nic->tx_command = cpu_to_le16(cb_tx | cb_tx_sf |
+                ((nic->mac >= mac_82558_D101_A4) ? cb_cid : cb_i));
 
         /* Template for a freshly allocated RFD */
         nic->blank_rfd.command = cpu_to_le16(cb_el);
@@ -1289,12 +1294,15 @@ static inline void e100_xmit_prepare(struct nic *nic, struct cb *cb,
         struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
         cb->command = nic->tx_command;
+        /* interrupt every 16 packets regardless of delay */
+        if((nic->cbs_avail & ~15) == nic->cbs_avail) cb->command |= cb_i;
         cb->u.tcb.tbd_array = cb->dma_addr + offsetof(struct cb, u.tcb.tbd);
         cb->u.tcb.tcb_byte_count = 0;
         cb->u.tcb.threshold = nic->tx_threshold;
         cb->u.tcb.tbd_count = 1;
         cb->u.tcb.tbd.buf_addr = cpu_to_le32(pci_map_single(nic->pdev,
                 skb->data, skb->len, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE));
+        // check for mapping failure?
         cb->u.tcb.tbd.size = cpu_to_le16(skb->len);
 }