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From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
To: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>
Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@synopsys.com>,
	Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org>,
	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com" 
	<linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] net: stmmac: Let TX and RX interrupts be independently enabled/disabled
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:14:04 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191216121404.43966b89@cakuba.netronome.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BN8PR12MB3266288303A6CA6C3CAA5E6CD3510@BN8PR12MB3266.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>

On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:18:50 +0000, Jose Abreu wrote:
> > > @@ -3759,24 +3777,18 @@ static int stmmac_napi_poll_tx(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
> > >  	struct stmmac_channel *ch =
> > >  		container_of(napi, struct stmmac_channel, tx_napi);
> > >  	struct stmmac_priv *priv = ch->priv_data;
> > > -	struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q;
> > >  	u32 chan = ch->index;
> > >  	int work_done;
> > >  
> > >  	priv->xstats.napi_poll++;
> > >  
> > > -	work_done = stmmac_tx_clean(priv, DMA_TX_SIZE, chan);
> > > -	work_done = min(work_done, budget);
> > > -
> > > -	if (work_done < budget)
> > > -		napi_complete_done(napi, work_done);
> > > +	work_done = stmmac_tx_clean(priv, budget, chan);
> > > +	if (work_done < budget && napi_complete_done(napi, work_done)) {  
> > 
> > Not really related to this patch, but this looks a little suspicious. 
> > I think the TX completions should all be processed regardless of the
> > budget. The budget is for RX.  
> 
> Well but this is a TX NAPI ... Shouldn't it be limited to prevent CPU 
> starvation ?

It is a bit confusing, but at least netpoll expects the TX completions
to be processed with zero budget. Check out poll_one_napi().

  reply	other threads:[~2019-12-16 20:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-10 19:54 [PATCH net-next 0/4] net: stmmac: Improvements for -next Jose Abreu
2019-12-10 19:54 ` [PATCH net-next 1/4] net: stmmac: Print more information in DebugFS DMA Capabilities file Jose Abreu
2019-12-10 19:54 ` [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: stmmac: Always arm TX Timer at end of transmission start Jose Abreu
2019-12-10 19:54 ` [PATCH net-next 3/4] net: stmmac: Let TX and RX interrupts be independently enabled/disabled Jose Abreu
2019-12-14 20:36   ` Jakub Kicinski
2019-12-16  9:18     ` Jose Abreu
2019-12-16 20:14       ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2019-12-10 19:54 ` [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: stmmac: Always use TX coalesce timer value when rescheduling Jose Abreu
2019-12-14 20:28   ` Jakub Kicinski
2019-12-16  9:20     ` Jose Abreu
2019-12-16 20:16       ` Jakub Kicinski

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