ixgbe: enable extremely low latency
authorJesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:37:20 +0000 (01:37 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:53:27 +0000 (12:53 -0700)
82598/82599 can support EITR == 0, which allows for the
absolutely lowest latency setting in the hardware.  This disables
writeback batching and anything else that relies upon a delayed
interrupt. This patch enables the feature of "override" when a
user sets rx-usecs to zero, the driver will respect that setting
over using RSC, and automatically disable RSC.  If rx-usecs is
used to set the EITR value to 0, then the driver should disable
LRO (aka RSC) internally until EITR is set to non-zero again.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c

index 8f461d5cee7775da632822317da4151ac02a2ff4..1ae0201f5aa623aa5bcd33512b3bd6fc714bc88b 100644 (file)
@@ -2079,6 +2079,27 @@ static int ixgbe_get_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
        return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * this function must be called before setting the new value of
+ * rx_itr_setting
+ */
+static void ixgbe_reenable_rsc(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
+                               struct ethtool_coalesce *ec)
+{
+       /* check the old value and enable RSC if necessary */
+       if ((adapter->rx_itr_setting == 0) &&
+           (adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_CAPABLE)) {
+               adapter->flags2 |= IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED;
+               adapter->netdev->features |= NETIF_F_LRO;
+               DPRINTK(PROBE, INFO, "rx-usecs set to %d, re-enabling RSC\n",
+                       ec->rx_coalesce_usecs);
+               if (netif_running(adapter->netdev))
+                       ixgbe_reinit_locked(adapter);
+               else
+                       ixgbe_reset(adapter);
+       }
+}
+
 static int ixgbe_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
                               struct ethtool_coalesce *ec)
 {
@@ -2095,11 +2116,20 @@ static int ixgbe_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
                adapter->tx_ring[0]->work_limit = ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames_irq;
 
        if (ec->rx_coalesce_usecs > 1) {
+               u32 max_int;
+               if (adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED)
+                       max_int = IXGBE_MAX_RSC_INT_RATE;
+               else
+                       max_int = IXGBE_MAX_INT_RATE;
+
                /* check the limits */
-               if ((1000000/ec->rx_coalesce_usecs > IXGBE_MAX_INT_RATE) ||
+               if ((1000000/ec->rx_coalesce_usecs > max_int) ||
                    (1000000/ec->rx_coalesce_usecs < IXGBE_MIN_INT_RATE))
                        return -EINVAL;
 
+               /* check the old value and enable RSC if necessary */
+               ixgbe_reenable_rsc(adapter, ec);
+
                /* store the value in ints/second */
                adapter->rx_eitr_param = 1000000/ec->rx_coalesce_usecs;
 
@@ -2108,6 +2138,9 @@ static int ixgbe_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
                /* clear the lower bit as its used for dynamic state */
                adapter->rx_itr_setting &= ~1;
        } else if (ec->rx_coalesce_usecs == 1) {
+               /* check the old value and enable RSC if necessary */
+               ixgbe_reenable_rsc(adapter, ec);
+
                /* 1 means dynamic mode */
                adapter->rx_eitr_param = 20000;
                adapter->rx_itr_setting = 1;
@@ -2116,14 +2149,34 @@ static int ixgbe_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
                 * any other value means disable eitr, which is best
                 * served by setting the interrupt rate very high
                 */
-               if (adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED)
-                       adapter->rx_eitr_param = IXGBE_MAX_RSC_INT_RATE;
-               else
-                       adapter->rx_eitr_param = IXGBE_MAX_INT_RATE;
+               adapter->rx_eitr_param = IXGBE_MAX_INT_RATE;
                adapter->rx_itr_setting = 0;
+
+               /*
+                * if hardware RSC is enabled, disable it when
+                * setting low latency mode, to avoid errata, assuming
+                * that when the user set low latency mode they want
+                * it at the cost of anything else
+                */
+               if (adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED) {
+                       adapter->flags2 &= ~IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED;
+                       netdev->features &= ~NETIF_F_LRO;
+                       DPRINTK(PROBE, INFO,
+                               "rx-usecs set to 0, disabling RSC\n");
+
+                       if (netif_running(netdev))
+                               ixgbe_reinit_locked(adapter);
+                       else
+                               ixgbe_reset(adapter);
+                       return 0;
+               }
        }
 
        if (ec->tx_coalesce_usecs > 1) {
+               /*
+                * don't have to worry about max_int as above because
+                * tx vectors don't do hardware RSC (an rx function)
+                */
                /* check the limits */
                if ((1000000/ec->tx_coalesce_usecs > IXGBE_MAX_INT_RATE) ||
                    (1000000/ec->tx_coalesce_usecs < IXGBE_MIN_INT_RATE))
@@ -2178,10 +2231,26 @@ static int ixgbe_set_flags(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data)
        ethtool_op_set_flags(netdev, data);
 
        /* if state changes we need to update adapter->flags and reset */
-       if ((!!(data & ETH_FLAG_LRO)) != 
-           (!!(adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED))) {
-               adapter->flags2 ^= IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED;
-               need_reset = true;
+       if (adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_CAPABLE) {
+               /*
+                * cast both to bool and verify if they are set the same
+                * but only enable RSC if itr is non-zero, as
+                * itr=0 and RSC are mutually exclusive
+                */
+               if (((!!(data & ETH_FLAG_LRO)) !=
+                    (!!(adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED))) &&
+                   adapter->rx_itr_setting) {
+                       adapter->flags2 ^= IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED;
+                       switch (adapter->hw.mac.type) {
+                       case ixgbe_mac_82599EB:
+                               need_reset = true;
+                               break;
+                       default:
+                               break;
+                       }
+               } else if (!adapter->rx_itr_setting) {
+                       netdev->features &= ~ETH_FLAG_LRO;
+               }
        }
 
        /*
index 32781b3f8964efd6f2fec35d0314fb33dbf42d78..0c4ca6822b70751e1f0a30fe773b0117a8a0ebdc 100644 (file)
@@ -1189,6 +1189,15 @@ void ixgbe_write_eitr(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector)
                /* must write high and low 16 bits to reset counter */
                itr_reg |= (itr_reg << 16);
        } else if (adapter->hw.mac.type == ixgbe_mac_82599EB) {
+               /*
+                * 82599 can support a value of zero, so allow it for
+                * max interrupt rate, but there is an errata where it can
+                * not be zero with RSC
+                */
+               if (itr_reg == 8 &&
+                   !(adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED))
+                       itr_reg = 0;
+
                /*
                 * set the WDIS bit to not clear the timer bits and cause an
                 * immediate assertion of the interrupt