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Eric Dumazet says:
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net: bql: better deal with GSO
While BQL bulk dequeue works well for TSO packets, it is
not very efficient as soon as GSO is involved.
On a GSO only workload (UDP or TCP), this patch series
can save about 8 % of cpu cycles on a 40Gbit mlx4 NIC,
by keeping optimal batching, and avoiding expensive
doorbells, qdisc requeues and reschedules.
This patch series :
- Add __netdev_tx_sent_queue() so that drivers
can implement efficient BQL and xmit_more support.
- Implement a work around in dev_hard_start_xmit()
for drivers not using __netdev_tx_sent_queue()
- changes mlx4 to use __netdev_tx_sent_queue()
v2: Tariq and Willem feedback addressed.
added __netdev_tx_sent_queue() (Willem suggestion)
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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