[openwrt/openwrt] realtek: eth: limit receive queues
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robimarko pushed a commit to openwrt/openwrt.git, branch main:
https://git.openwrt.org/95cd48233688dd54b024e311b2a1b12117ebc3f9
commit 95cd48233688dd54b024e311b2a1b12117ebc3f9
Author: Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen at gmx.de>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 2 13:54:04 2026 +0100
realtek: eth: limit receive queues
Realtek switches have either 8 or 32 receive queues on the CPU port.
This is an overkill. Not only the CPUs have low performance but also
the queues need memory (currently ~4MB) and lots of them are rarely
used.
To mitigate that situation add a new setup routine that enforces CPU
packet receiving to a fixed number of queues. From observations one
can see that most of the packets (especially TCP) are received on a
single queue. To align with the transmit path, start with a limit of
2 receive queues.
To make it clear: This commit does not change the receive path or its
structures. It simply limits the number of queues that are filled by
the hardware.
Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen at gmx.de>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21856
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko at gmail.com>
---
.../files-6.12/drivers/net/ethernet/rtl838x_eth.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++
.../files-6.12/drivers/net/ethernet/rtl838x_eth.h | 16 +++++++
2 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
diff --git a/target/linux/realtek/files-6.12/drivers/net/ethernet/rtl838x_eth.c b/target/linux/realtek/files-6.12/drivers/net/ethernet/rtl838x_eth.c
index 529658121f..31572fa5fc 100644
--- a/target/linux/realtek/files-6.12/drivers/net/ethernet/rtl838x_eth.c
+++ b/target/linux/realtek/files-6.12/drivers/net/ethernet/rtl838x_eth.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ int rtl83xx_setup_tc(struct net_device *dev, enum tc_setup_type type, void *type
*/
#define RTETH_OWN_CPU 1
+#define RTETH_RX_RINGS 2
#define RTETH_TX_RING_SIZE 16
#define RTETH_TX_RINGS 2
@@ -531,6 +532,50 @@ static void rteth_93xx_hw_reset(struct rteth_ctrl *ctrl)
}
}
+static void rteth_setup_cpu_rx_rings(struct rteth_ctrl *ctrl)
+{
+ /*
+ * Realtek switches either have 8 (RTL83xx) or 32 (RTL93xx) receive queues. Whenever
+ * a packet is trapped/received for the CPU it is put into one of these queues. This
+ * is configured via mapping registers in two ways:
+ *
+ * - Switching queue/priority to CPU queue mapping (RTL83xx)
+ * - Reason (why it is sent to CPU) to CPU queue mapping (all devices)
+ *
+ * With only low performance CPUs there is not much benefit of using all of these
+ * queues in parallel. Especially because each queue needs buffer space. To keep
+ * the queue limit simple, just write the desired CPU queue in a round robin style
+ * to the registers.
+ */
+
+ if (ctrl->r->qm_pkt2cpu_intpri_map) {
+ for (int priority = 0; priority < 8; priority++) {
+ int ring = (priority % RTETH_RX_RINGS) + 5;
+ int shift = priority * 3;
+
+ sw_w32_mask(0x7 << shift, ring << shift, ctrl->r->qm_pkt2cpu_intpri_map);
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (ctrl->r->qm_rsn2cpuqid_ctrl) {
+ int mask, bits_per_field, fields_per_reg, reason_cnt;
+
+ mask = ctrl->r->rx_rings - 1;
+ bits_per_field = fls(mask);
+ fields_per_reg = 32 / bits_per_field;
+ reason_cnt = ctrl->r->qm_rsn2cpuqid_cnt * fields_per_reg;
+
+ /* Reason registers have gaps. Do not care for now. */
+ for (int reason = 0; reason < reason_cnt; reason++) {
+ int reg = ctrl->r->qm_rsn2cpuqid_ctrl + 4 * (reason / fields_per_reg);
+ int shift = (reason % fields_per_reg) * bits_per_field;
+ int ring = (reason % RTETH_RX_RINGS) + 5;
+
+ sw_w32_mask(mask << shift, ring << shift, reg);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
static void rteth_hw_ring_setup(struct rteth_ctrl *ctrl)
{
struct ring_b *ring = ctrl->membase;
@@ -696,6 +741,7 @@ static int rteth_open(struct net_device *ndev)
spin_lock_irqsave(&ctrl->lock, flags);
ctrl->r->hw_reset(ctrl);
+ rteth_setup_cpu_rx_rings(ctrl);
rteth_setup_ring_buffer(ctrl, ring);
if (ctrl->r->family_id == RTL8390_FAMILY_ID) {
rtl839x_setup_notify_ring_buffer(ctrl);
@@ -1436,6 +1482,9 @@ static const struct rteth_config rteth_838x_cfg = {
.rx_rings = 8,
.net_irq = rteth_83xx_net_irq,
.mac_l2_port_ctrl = RTETH_838X_MAC_L2_PORT_CTRL,
+ .qm_pkt2cpu_intpri_map = RTETH_838X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_MAP,
+ .qm_rsn2cpuqid_ctrl = RTETH_838X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_0,
+ .qm_rsn2cpuqid_cnt = RTETH_838X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_CNT,
.dma_if_intr_sts = RTL838X_DMA_IF_INTR_STS,
.dma_if_intr_msk = RTL838X_DMA_IF_INTR_MSK,
.dma_if_ctrl = RTL838X_DMA_IF_CTRL,
@@ -1480,6 +1529,9 @@ static const struct rteth_config rteth_839x_cfg = {
.rx_rings = 8,
.net_irq = rteth_83xx_net_irq,
.mac_l2_port_ctrl = RTETH_839X_MAC_L2_PORT_CTRL,
+ .qm_pkt2cpu_intpri_map = RTETH_839X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_MAP,
+ .qm_rsn2cpuqid_ctrl = RTETH_839X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_0,
+ .qm_rsn2cpuqid_cnt = RTETH_839X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_CNT,
.dma_if_intr_sts = RTL839X_DMA_IF_INTR_STS,
.dma_if_intr_msk = RTL839X_DMA_IF_INTR_MSK,
.dma_if_ctrl = RTL839X_DMA_IF_CTRL,
@@ -1524,6 +1576,8 @@ static const struct rteth_config rteth_930x_cfg = {
.rx_rings = 32,
.net_irq = rteth_93xx_net_irq,
.mac_l2_port_ctrl = RTETH_930X_MAC_L2_PORT_CTRL,
+ .qm_rsn2cpuqid_ctrl = RTETH_930X_QM_RSN2CPUQID_CTRL_0,
+ .qm_rsn2cpuqid_cnt = RTETH_930X_QM_RSN2CPUQID_CTRL_CNT,
.dma_if_intr_rx_runout_sts = RTL930X_DMA_IF_INTR_RX_RUNOUT_STS,
.dma_if_intr_rx_done_sts = RTL930X_DMA_IF_INTR_RX_DONE_STS,
.dma_if_intr_tx_done_sts = RTL930X_DMA_IF_INTR_TX_DONE_STS,
@@ -1573,6 +1627,8 @@ static const struct rteth_config rteth_931x_cfg = {
.rx_rings = 32,
.net_irq = rteth_93xx_net_irq,
.mac_l2_port_ctrl = RTETH_931X_MAC_L2_PORT_CTRL,
+ .qm_rsn2cpuqid_ctrl = RTETH_931X_QM_RSN2CPUQID_CTRL_0,
+ .qm_rsn2cpuqid_cnt = RTETH_931X_QM_RSN2CPUQID_CTRL_CNT,
.dma_if_intr_rx_runout_sts = RTL931X_DMA_IF_INTR_RX_RUNOUT_STS,
.dma_if_intr_rx_done_sts = RTL931X_DMA_IF_INTR_RX_DONE_STS,
.dma_if_intr_tx_done_sts = RTL931X_DMA_IF_INTR_TX_DONE_STS,
diff --git a/target/linux/realtek/files-6.12/drivers/net/ethernet/rtl838x_eth.h b/target/linux/realtek/files-6.12/drivers/net/ethernet/rtl838x_eth.h
index 7120abb659..69ca54157a 100644
--- a/target/linux/realtek/files-6.12/drivers/net/ethernet/rtl838x_eth.h
+++ b/target/linux/realtek/files-6.12/drivers/net/ethernet/rtl838x_eth.h
@@ -6,9 +6,22 @@
/* Register definition */
#define RTETH_838X_CPU_PORT 28
+#define RTETH_838X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_MAP (0x5f10)
+#define RTETH_838X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_0 (0x5f04)
+#define RTETH_838X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_CNT 3
+
#define RTETH_839X_CPU_PORT 52
+#define RTETH_839X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_MAP (0x1154)
+#define RTETH_839X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_0 (0x1148)
+#define RTETH_839X_QM_PKT2CPU_INTPRI_CNT 3
+
#define RTETH_930X_CPU_PORT 28
+#define RTETH_930X_QM_RSN2CPUQID_CTRL_0 (0xa344)
+#define RTETH_930X_QM_RSN2CPUQID_CTRL_CNT 11
+
#define RTETH_931X_CPU_PORT 56
+#define RTETH_931X_QM_RSN2CPUQID_CTRL_0 (0xa9f4)
+#define RTETH_931X_QM_RSN2CPUQID_CTRL_CNT 14
/*
* Reset
@@ -411,6 +424,9 @@ struct rteth_config {
int rx_rings;
irqreturn_t (*net_irq)(int irq, void *dev_id);
int mac_l2_port_ctrl;
+ int qm_pkt2cpu_intpri_map;
+ int qm_rsn2cpuqid_ctrl;
+ int qm_rsn2cpuqid_cnt;
int dma_if_intr_sts;
int dma_if_intr_msk;
int dma_if_intr_rx_runout_sts;
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