GRETH: GBit transmit descriptor handling optimization

It is safe to enable all fragments before enabling the first descriptor, this way all descriptors don't have to be processed twice, added extra memory barrier. Signed-off-by: Daniel Hellstrom <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
RyanHsu · Jan 14, 2011 · 2a2bc01 · 2a2bc01
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commit 2a2bc01
Showing 1 changed file with 10 additions and 9 deletions.
diff --git a/drivers/net/greth.c b/drivers/net/greth.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ greth_start_xmit_gbit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		greth->tx_skbuff[curr_tx] = NULL;
 		bdp = greth->tx_bd_base + curr_tx;
 
-		status = GRETH_TXBD_CSALL;
+		status = GRETH_TXBD_CSALL | GRETH_BD_EN;
 		status |= frag->size & GRETH_BD_LEN;
 
 		/* Wrap around descriptor ring */
@@ -540,26 +540,27 @@ greth_start_xmit_gbit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	wmb();
 
-	/* Enable the descriptors that we configured ...  */
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_frags + 1; i++) {
-		bdp = greth->tx_bd_base + greth->tx_next;
-		greth_write_bd(&bdp->stat, greth_read_bd(&bdp->stat) | GRETH_BD_EN);
-		greth->tx_next = NEXT_TX(greth->tx_next);
-		greth->tx_free--;
-	}
+	/* Enable the descriptor chain by enabling the first descriptor */
+	bdp = greth->tx_bd_base + greth->tx_next;
+	greth_write_bd(&bdp->stat, greth_read_bd(&bdp->stat) | GRETH_BD_EN);
+	greth->tx_next = curr_tx;
+	greth->tx_free -= nr_frags + 1;
+
+	wmb();
 
 	greth_enable_tx(greth);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 frag_map_error:
-	/* Unmap SKB mappings that succeeded */
+	/* Unmap SKB mappings that succeeded and disable descriptor */
 	for (i = 0; greth->tx_next + i != curr_tx; i++) {
 		bdp = greth->tx_bd_base + greth->tx_next + i;
 		dma_unmap_single(greth->dev,
 				 greth_read_bd(&bdp->addr),
 				 greth_read_bd(&bdp->stat) & GRETH_BD_LEN,
 				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+		greth_write_bd(&bdp->stat, 0);
 	}
 map_error:
 	if (net_ratelimit())