From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
<linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com>,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-s390@vger.kernel.org>, netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net 1/2] sfc: Delete EFX_PAGE_IP_ALIGN, equivalent to NET_IP_ALIGN
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 14:48:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1368539323.4304.81.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AE90C24D6B3A694183C094C60CF0A2F6026B7235@saturn3.aculab.com>
On Tue, 2013-05-14 at 09:32 +0100, David Laight wrote:
> > The two architectures that define CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
> > (powerpc and x86) now both define NET_IP_ALIGN as 0, so there is no
> > need for this optimisation any more.
>
> Hmmm.... even on x86 there will be a measurable cost
> in misaligned accesses - at least for some workloads.
When they cross cache-line boundaries, yes.
Maybe napi_get_frags() should be adding the 2 byte offset on all
architectures, as the skbs it allocates are never RX DMA buffers.
> If the DMA is able to write to a mis-aligned buffer and
> still perform aligned burst transfers mid-frame then
> 4n+2 aligning the rx buffer should be a win even on x86.
I don't think so.
> Note to hardware engineers: add an option to write two
> bytes of junk before the rx data :-)
There is some hardware with that option.
Ben.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-14 13:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-13 21:58 [PATCHv2 net 1/2] sfc: Delete EFX_PAGE_IP_ALIGN, equivalent to NET_IP_ALIGN Ben Hutchings
2013-05-13 22:01 ` [PATCHv2 net 2/2] sfc: Reduce RX scatter buffer size, and reduce alignment if appropriate Ben Hutchings
2013-05-14 7:09 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-05-14 18:32 ` David Miller
2013-07-23 20:19 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-05-14 8:32 ` [PATCHv2 net 1/2] sfc: Delete EFX_PAGE_IP_ALIGN, equivalent to NET_IP_ALIGN David Laight
2013-05-14 13:48 ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
2013-05-14 18:32 ` David Miller
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