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author | Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@intel.com> | 2021-11-23 18:18:39 +0100 |
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committer | Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> | 2021-12-28 09:42:33 -0800 |
commit | a39363367a377ceda6b58ec15edf07fae1d61b1b (patch) | |
tree | 8894fe0c2fb955d183de1f3d0ab8c3871088bf59 /drivers | |
parent | 4dd330a7e8944ee4e3409d4c99c03f247def9c3b (diff) | |
download | lwn-a39363367a377ceda6b58ec15edf07fae1d61b1b.tar.gz lwn-a39363367a377ceda6b58ec15edf07fae1d61b1b.zip |
ixgbe: switch to napi_build_skb()
napi_build_skb() reuses per-cpu NAPI skbuff_head cache in order
to save some cycles on freeing/allocating skbuff_heads on every
new Rx or completed Tx.
ixgbe driver runs Tx completion polling cycle right before the Rx
one and uses napi_consume_skb() to feed the cache with skbuff_heads
of completed entries, so it's never empty and always warm at that
moment. Switch to the napi_build_skb() to relax mm pressure on
heavy Rx.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Gurucharan G <gurucharanx.g@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index 45e2ec4d264d..15095ac868d5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -2170,7 +2170,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ixgbe_build_skb(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring, net_prefetch(xdp->data_meta); /* build an skb to around the page buffer */ - skb = build_skb(xdp->data_hard_start, truesize); + skb = napi_build_skb(xdp->data_hard_start, truesize); if (unlikely(!skb)) return NULL; |