[PATCH net-next v2 4/4] net: mvneta: Spread out the TX queues management on all CPUs

[David Miller]

From: Marcin Wojtas <mw at semihalf.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 20:14:31 +0100

> Hi Gregory,
> 
>> @@ -1824,13 +1835,16 @@ error:
>>  static int mvneta_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>>  {
>>         struct mvneta_port *pp = netdev_priv(dev);
>> -       u16 txq_id = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
>> +       u16 txq_id = smp_processor_id() % txq_number;
> 
> I think it may be ok to bind TXQs to different CPUs, but I don't think
> that replacing skb_get_queue_mapping by in fact smp_processor_id() is
> the best idea. This way you use only 2 TXQs on A385 and 4 TXQs on AXP.
> There are HW mechanisms like WRR or EJP that provide balancing for
> egress, so let's better keep all 8.

Also it is possible for other parts of the stack to set the SKB queue
mapping and you must respect that setting rather than override it.