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authorJiri Benc <jbenc@redhat.com>2012-10-25 22:12:05 +0400
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2012-10-30 10:34:30 +0400
commitf42df16756dbcaba7b50cb7bbb0833b65d3ae167 (patch)
treedfa4acdb64cb7fcbbafc035dce69edbcffbf6ad7 /drivers
parent39ac868a7c8c8b7406205b7b4c09417a0df0dec0 (diff)
downloadlinux-f42df16756dbcaba7b50cb7bbb0833b65d3ae167.tar.xz
ixgbe: reduce PTP rx path overhead
Hw timestamping code caused performance regression in ixgbe driver when the timestamping is not enabled. The culprit is IXGBE_READ_REG call in the Rx path which is executed for every received skb. This call is not needed when the timestamping is disabled or for non-ptp packets. netperf results: The ixgbe side of the connection was acting as a server, the netperf command line on the other side was: netperf -H 192.168.1.23 -T0,0 -t UDP_STREAM -l 20 The values below mean throughput as reported by netperf (local/remote), for 3 runs, with timestamping not enabled. 3.7.0-rc1+ with CONFIG_IXGBE_PTP off: 5373.83 / 3329.32 5721.88 / 3033.89 5653.42 / 3112.38 3.7.0-rc1+ with CONFIG_IXGBE_PTP on: 5233.64 / 1226.85 5448.67 / 1039.32 5421.36 / 1095.66 Patched 3.7.0-rc1+ with CONFIG_IXGBE_PTP on: 5594.72 / 2942.53 5428.95 / 3110.16 5343.56 / 3200.48 Reported-by: Jesper Brouer <jbrouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@redhat.com> Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c
index 5e71ddbb3414..842ba15550a5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c
@@ -554,12 +554,14 @@ void ixgbe_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
adapter = q_vector->adapter;
hw = &adapter->hw;
+ if (likely(!ixgbe_ptp_match(skb, adapter->rx_hwtstamp_filter)))
+ return;
+
tsyncrxctl = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_TSYNCRXCTL);
/* Check if we have a valid timestamp and make sure the skb should
* have been timestamped */
- if (likely(!(tsyncrxctl & IXGBE_TSYNCRXCTL_VALID) ||
- !ixgbe_ptp_match(skb, adapter->rx_hwtstamp_filter)))
+ if (!(tsyncrxctl & IXGBE_TSYNCRXCTL_VALID))
return;
/*