[PATCH net-next 06/11] net: fec: transmit XDP frames in bulk
From: Wei Fang
Date: Mon Jan 12 2026 - 22:30:39 EST
Currently, the driver writes the ENET_TDAR register for every XDP frame
to trigger transmit start. Frequent MMIO writes consume more CPU cycles
and may reduce XDP TX performance, so transmit XDP frames in bulk.
Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 0b114a68cd8e..f3e93598a27c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -1994,6 +1994,8 @@ static int fec_enet_rx_queue_xdp(struct fec_enet_private *fep, int queue,
rxq->stats[RX_XDP_TX_ERRORS]++;
fec_xdp_drop(rxq, &xdp, sync);
trace_xdp_exception(ndev, prog, XDP_TX);
+ } else {
+ xdp_res |= FEC_ENET_XDP_TX;
}
break;
default:
@@ -2043,6 +2045,10 @@ static int fec_enet_rx_queue_xdp(struct fec_enet_private *fep, int queue,
if (xdp_res & FEC_ENET_XDP_REDIR)
xdp_do_flush();
+ if (xdp_res & FEC_ENET_XDP_TX)
+ /* Trigger transmission start */
+ fec_txq_trigger_xmit(fep, fep->tx_queue[queue]);
+
return pkt_received;
}
@@ -4033,9 +4039,6 @@ static int fec_enet_txq_xmit_frame(struct fec_enet_private *fep,
txq->bd.cur = bdp;
- /* Trigger transmission start */
- fec_txq_trigger_xmit(fep, txq);
-
return 0;
}
@@ -4087,6 +4090,9 @@ static int fec_enet_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *dev,
sent_frames++;
}
+ if (sent_frames)
+ fec_txq_trigger_xmit(fep, txq);
+
__netif_tx_unlock(nq);
return sent_frames;
--
2.34.1