Small rx improvement. Would use napi_gro_receive instead but that's a lot more involved than netif_receive_skb_list because of how the function is implemented. Before: > iperf -c 192.168.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.1.1, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 1] local 192.168.1.101 port 51556 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 1] 0.00-10.04 sec 559 MBytes 467 Mbits/sec > iperf -c 192.168.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.1.1, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 1] local 192.168.1.101 port 48228 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 1] 0.00-10.03 sec 558 MBytes 467 Mbits/sec > iperf -c 192.168.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.1.1, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 1] local 192.168.1.101 port 47600 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 1] 0.00-10.04 sec 557 MBytes 466 Mbits/sec > iperf -c 192.168.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.1.1, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 1] local 192.168.1.101 port 37252 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 1] 0.00-10.05 sec 559 MBytes 467 Mbits/sec After: > iperf -c 192.168.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.1.1, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 1] local 192.168.1.101 port 40786 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 1] 0.00-10.05 sec 572 MBytes 478 Mbits/sec > iperf -c 192.168.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.1.1, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 1] local 192.168.1.101 port 52482 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 1] 0.00-10.04 sec 571 MBytes 477 Mbits/sec > iperf -c 192.168.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.1.1, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 1] local 192.168.1.101 port 48370 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 1] 0.00-10.04 sec 572 MBytes 478 Mbits/sec > iperf -c 192.168.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.1.1, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 1] local 192.168.1.101 port 46086 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 1] 0.00-10.05 sec 571 MBytes 476 Mbits/sec > iperf -c 192.168.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.1.1, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 1] local 192.168.1.101 port 46062 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 1] 0.00-10.04 sec 572 MBytes 478 Mbits/sec Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c index dadd987efb6b..0edcb435e62f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c @@ -1727,6 +1727,7 @@ static inline int emac_rx_sg_append(struct emac_instance *dev, int slot) /* NAPI poll context */ static int emac_poll_rx(void *param, int budget) { + LIST_HEAD(rx_list); struct emac_instance *dev = param; int slot = dev->rx_slot, received = 0; @@ -1783,8 +1784,7 @@ static int emac_poll_rx(void *param, int budget) skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev->ndev); emac_rx_csum(dev, skb, ctrl); - if (unlikely(netif_receive_skb(skb) == NET_RX_DROP)) - ++dev->estats.rx_dropped_stack; + list_add_tail(&skb->list, &rx_list); next: ++dev->stats.rx_packets; skip: @@ -1828,6 +1828,8 @@ static int emac_poll_rx(void *param, int budget) goto next; } + netif_receive_skb_list(&rx_list); + if (received) { DBG2(dev, "rx %d BDs" NL, received); dev->rx_slot = slot; -- 2.47.0