[PATCH] Minor improvement for smsc95xx netusb driver performance.

[Ameen]

Reduce number of memcpy's by 1-2 improve transmit performance by 2-4%,
or reduce CPU usage on a comparable value.
Signed-off-by: Ameen Ali <AmeenAli023@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
index 66b3ab9..2b59bb7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
@@ -1830,7 +1830,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *smsc95xx_tx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev,
 {
 	bool csum = skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
 	int overhead = csum ? SMSC95XX_TX_OVERHEAD_CSUM : SMSC95XX_TX_OVERHEAD;
-	u32 tx_cmd_a, tx_cmd_b;
+	struct tx_commands_t {
+		u32 cmd_a, cmd_b, csum_preamble;
+	}tx_cmds;
 
 	/* We do not advertise SG, so skbs should be already linearized */
 	BUG_ON(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags);
@@ -1855,26 +1857,24 @@ static struct sk_buff *smsc95xx_tx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev,
 				+ skb->csum_offset)) = csum_fold(calc);
 
 			csum = false;
+			overhead = SMSC95XX_TX_OVERHEAD;
 		} else {
-			u32 csum_preamble = smsc95xx_calc_csum_preamble(skb);
+			tx_cmds.csum_preamble = smsc95xx_calc_csum_preamble(skb);
 			skb_push(skb, 4);
-			cpu_to_le32s(&csum_preamble);
-			memcpy(skb->data, &csum_preamble, 4);
+			cpu_to_le32s(&tx_cmds.csum_preamble);
 		}
 	}
 
-	skb_push(skb, 4);
-	tx_cmd_b = (u32)(skb->len - 4);
-	if (csum)
-		tx_cmd_b |= TX_CMD_B_CSUM_ENABLE;
-	cpu_to_le32s(&tx_cmd_b);
-	memcpy(skb->data, &tx_cmd_b, 4);
-
-	skb_push(skb, 4);
-	tx_cmd_a = (u32)(skb->len - 8) | TX_CMD_A_FIRST_SEG_ |
+	tx_cmds.cmd_a = (u32)skb->len | TX_CMD_A_FIRST_SEG_ |
 		TX_CMD_A_LAST_SEG_;
-	cpu_to_le32s(&tx_cmd_a);
-	memcpy(skb->data, &tx_cmd_a, 4);
+	cpu_to_le32s(&tx_cmds.cmd_a);	
+	tx_cmds.cmd_b = (u32)skb->len;
+	if (csum)
+		tx_cmds.cmd_b |= TX_CMD_B_CSUM_ENABLE;
+	cpu_to_le32s(&tx_cmds.cmd_b);
+	
+	skb_push(skb, 8);
+	memcpy(skb->data, &tx_cmds, overhead);
 
 	return skb;
 }
-- 
2.5.0

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