[PATCH net-next V3 00/16] net: fec: cleanup and fixes

[Fugang Duan]

From: Troy Kisky <troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2016 12:43 AM
> To: Fugang Duan <fugang.duan at nxp.com>; netdev at vger.kernel.org;
> davem at davemloft.net; lznuaa at gmail.com
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at nxp.com>; l.stach at pengutronix.de;
> andrew at lunn.ch; tremyfr at gmail.com; gerg at uclinux.org; linux-arm-
> kernel at lists.infradead.org; johannes at sipsolutions.net;
> stillcompiling at gmail.com; sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com;
> arnd at arndb.de
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V3 00/16] net: fec: cleanup and fixes
> 
> On 4/6/2016 1:51 AM, Fugang Duan wrote:
> > From: Troy Kisky <troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com> Sent: Wednesday,
> > April 06, 2016 10:26 AM
> >> To: netdev at vger.kernel.org; davem at davemloft.net; Fugang Duan
> >> <fugang.duan at nxp.com>; lznuaa at gmail.com
> >> Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at nxp.com>; l.stach at pengutronix.de;
> >> andrew at lunn.ch; tremyfr at gmail.com; gerg at uclinux.org; linux-arm-
> >> kernel at lists.infradead.org; johannes at sipsolutions.net;
> >> stillcompiling at gmail.com; sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com;
> >> arnd at arndb.de; Troy Kisky <troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com>
> >> Subject: [PATCH net-next V3 00/16] net: fec: cleanup and fixes
> >>
> >> V3 has
> >>
> >> 1 dropped patch "net: fec: print more debug info in fec_timeout"
> >> 2 new patches
> >> 0002-net-fec-remove-unused-interrupt-FEC_ENET_TS_TIMER.patch
> >> 0003-net-fec-return-IRQ_HANDLED-if-fec_ptp_check_pps_even.patch
> >>
> >> 1 combined patch
> >> 0004-net-fec-pass-rxq-txq-to-fec_enet_rx-tx_queue-instead.patch
> >>
> >> The changes are noted on individual patches
> >>
> >> My measured performance of this series is
> >>
> >> before patch set
> >> 365 Mbits/sec Tx/407 RX
> >>
> >> after patch set
> >> 374 Tx/427 Rx
> >>
> >
> > I doubt the performance data,  I validate it on i.MX6q sabresd board on the
> latest commit(4da46cebbd3b) in net tree.
> 
> 
> 
> I was doing UDP tests, as outlined in my V2 cover letter. Also, my cpu is 1G. Is
> yours 1.2G?
> 
It is also 1GHz.

I will double test UDP performance.

> 
> 
> 
> > root at imx6qdlsolo:~# uname -a
> > Linux imx6qdlsolo 4.6.0-rc1-00318-g4da46ce #180 SMP Wed Apr 6 16:24:09
> > CST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> This is the V2 patch that I dropped.
> 
> I will force update my local net-next_master branch, to make testing this series
> easier.
> Note that my local net-next_master branch has about 19 patches on top of this
> series.
> so,
> 
> tkisky at office-server2:~/linux-imx6$ git reset --hard HEAD~19 HEAD is now at
> a125da7 net: fec: don't set cbd_bufaddr unless no mapping error
> 
I see.

> 
> >
> > TCP RX performance is 602Mbps, TX is only 325Mbps,   TX path has some
> performance issue in net tree.
> > I will dig out it.
> >
> >
> 
> 
> More testing is always better. Thanks
> 
> 
> >>
> >> Troy Kisky (16):
> >>   net: fec: only check queue 0 if RXF_0/TXF_0 interrupt is set
> >>   net: fec: remove unused interrupt FEC_ENET_TS_TIMER
> >>   net: fec: return IRQ_HANDLED if fec_ptp_check_pps_event handled it
> >>   net: fec: pass rxq/txq to fec_enet_rx/tx_queue instead of queue_id
> >>   net: fec: reduce interrupts
> >>   net: fec: split off napi routine with 3 queues
> >>   net: fec: don't clear all rx queue bits when just one is being checked
> >>   net: fec: set cbd_sc without relying on previous value
> >>   net: fec: eliminate calls to fec_enet_get_prevdesc
> >>   net: fec: move restart test for efficiency
> >>   net: fec: clear cbd_sc after transmission to help with debugging
> >>   net: fec: dump all tx queues in fec_dump
> >>   net: fec: detect tx int lost
> >>   net: fec: create subroutine reset_tx_queue
> >>   net: fec: call dma_unmap_single on mapped tx buffers at restart
> >>   net: fec: don't set cbd_bufaddr unless no mapping error
> >>
> >>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h      |  10 +-
> >>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 410
> >> ++++++++++++++++------------
> >> --
> >>  2 files changed, 218 insertions(+), 202 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> --
> >> 2.5.0
> >