[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 3/9] i40e: switch to napi_build_skb()

Alexander Lobakin alexandr.lobakin at intel.com
Tue Nov 23 17:18:34 UTC 2021


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.
i40e 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 at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski at linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 10a83e5385c7..9e3991caa5c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *i40e_build_skb(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring,
 	net_prefetch(xdp->data_meta);

 	/* build an skb 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;

--
2.33.1



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