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Commit f42df167 authored by Jiri Benc's avatar Jiri Benc Committed by Jeff Kirsher
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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: default avatarJesper Brouer <jbrouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJiri Benc <jbenc@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndy Gospodarek <gospo@redhat.com>
Tested-by: default avatarPhil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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