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authorAlexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@intel.com>2021-11-23 18:18:39 +0100
committerTony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>2021-12-28 09:42:33 -0800
commita39363367a377ceda6b58ec15edf07fae1d61b1b (patch)
tree8894fe0c2fb955d183de1f3d0ab8c3871088bf59 /drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
parent4dd330a7e8944ee4e3409d4c99c03f247def9c3b (diff)
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/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c2
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;