Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] net: stmmac: enhance XDP ZC driver level switching performance

[Kurt Kanzenbach]

On Thu Nov 11 2021, Ong Boon Leong wrote:
> The previous stmmac_xdp_set_prog() implementation uses stmmac_release()
> and stmmac_open() which tear down the PHY device and causes undesirable
> autonegotiation which causes a delay whenever AFXDP ZC is setup.
>
> This patch introduces two new functions that just sufficiently tear
> down DMA descriptors, buffer, NAPI process, and IRQs and reestablish
> them accordingly in both stmmac_xdp_release() and stammac_xdp_open().
>
> As the results of this enhancement, we get rid of transient state
> introduced by the link auto-negotiation:
>
> $ ./xdpsock -i eth0 -t -z
>
>  sock0@eth0:0 txonly xdp-drv
>                    pps            pkts           1.00
> rx                 0              0
> tx                 634444         634560
>
>  sock0@eth0:0 txonly xdp-drv
>                    pps            pkts           1.00
> rx                 0              0
> tx                 632330         1267072
>
>  sock0@eth0:0 txonly xdp-drv
>                    pps            pkts           1.00
> rx                 0              0
> tx                 632438         1899584
>
>  sock0@eth0:0 txonly xdp-drv
>                    pps            pkts           1.00
> rx                 0              0
> tx                 632502         2532160
>
> Reported-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ong Boon Leong <boon.leong.ong@xxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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