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SubjectRE: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: stmmac: Always use TX coalesce timer value when rescheduling
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From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Date: Dec/14/2019, 20:28:37 (UTC+00:00)

> On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:54:44 +0100, Jose Abreu wrote:
> > When we have pending packets we re-arm the TX timer with a magic value.
> > Change this from the hardcoded value to the pre-defined TX coalesce
> > timer value.
>
> s/pre-defined/user controlled/ ?
>
> > Signed-off-by: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>
> > ---
> > Cc: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>
> > Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>
> > Cc: Jose Abreu <joabreu@synopsys.com>
> > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> > Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>
> > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com
> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> > index f61780ae30ac..726a17d9cc35 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> > @@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@ static int stmmac_tx_clean(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int budget, u32 queue)
> >
> > /* We still have pending packets, let's call for a new scheduling */
> > if (tx_q->dirty_tx != tx_q->cur_tx)
> > - mod_timer(&tx_q->txtimer, STMMAC_COAL_TIMER(10));
> > + mod_timer(&tx_q->txtimer, STMMAC_COAL_TIMER(priv->tx_coal_timer));
>
> I think intent of this code is to re-check the ring soon. The same
> value of 10 is used in stmmac_tx_timer() for quick re-check.
>
> tx_coal_timer defaults to 1000, so it's quite a jump from 10 to 1000.
>
> I think the commit message leaves too much unsaid.
>
> Also if you want to change to the ethtool timeout value, could you move
> stmmac_tx_timer_arm() and reuse that helper?

Yeah, it's a quick re-check but 10us can be too low on some speeds and
leads to CPU useless-looping. The intent is to let this always be
configurable by user.

---
Thanks,
Jose Miguel Abreu

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