net/mlx4_en: Use prefetch in tx path

mlx4_en_free_tx_desc() uses a prefetchw(&skb->users) to speed up
consume_skb()
prefetchw(&ring->tx_queue->dql) to speed up BQL update

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index edc4a88..b96627c 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/mlx4/qp.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
+#include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/tcp.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
@@ -267,6 +268,11 @@ static u32 mlx4_en_free_tx_desc(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
        int nr_maps = tx_info->nr_maps;
        int i;
 
+       /* We do not touch skb here, so prefetch skb->users location
+        * to speedup consume_skb()
+        */
+       prefetchw(&skb->users);
+
        if (unlikely(timestamp)) {
                struct skb_shared_hwtstamps hwts;
 
@@ -385,6 +391,7 @@ static bool mlx4_en_process_tx_cq(struct net_device *dev,
        if (!priv->port_up)
                return true;
 
+       prefetchw(&ring->tx_queue->dql.limit);
        index = cons_index & size_mask;
        cqe = mlx4_en_get_cqe(buf, index, priv->cqe_size) + factor;
        ring_index = ring->cons & size_mask;
@@ -722,6 +729,8 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                }
        }
 
+       prefetchw(&ring->tx_queue->dql);
+
        /* Track current inflight packets for performance analysis */
        AVG_PERF_COUNTER(priv->pstats.inflight_avg,
                         (u32) (ring->prod - ring->cons - 1));