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authorFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>2015-01-07 10:49:49 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2015-01-08 19:50:52 -0800
commit0bec3b700d106a8b0a34227b2976d1a582f1aab7 (patch)
treec6e6a28720a3640143d87e9f0fb6ebe340da00c2 /drivers/net/ethernet
parent4a71d0548c9d51384977e986dff2c6f8395d8283 (diff)
r8169: add support for xmit_more
Delay update of hw tail descriptor if we know that another skb is going to be sent. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 14a1c5cec3a5..3a280598a15a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -7049,6 +7049,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtl8169_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
u32 status, len;
u32 opts[2];
int frags;
+ bool stop_queue;
if (unlikely(!TX_FRAGS_READY_FOR(tp, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags))) {
netif_err(tp, drv, dev, "BUG! Tx Ring full when queue awake!\n");
@@ -7105,11 +7106,16 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtl8169_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
tp->cur_tx += frags + 1;
- RTL_W8(TxPoll, NPQ);
+ stop_queue = !TX_FRAGS_READY_FOR(tp, MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
- mmiowb();
+ if (!skb->xmit_more || stop_queue ||
+ netif_xmit_stopped(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, 0))) {
+ RTL_W8(TxPoll, NPQ);
+
+ mmiowb();
+ }
- if (!TX_FRAGS_READY_FOR(tp, MAX_SKB_FRAGS)) {
+ if (stop_queue) {
/* Avoid wrongly optimistic queue wake-up: rtl_tx thread must
* not miss a ring update when it notices a stopped queue.
*/