[RFC: DMA_PMD 21/22] net/bnxt: Use DMA_PMD memory for tx header bounce buffers
From: Luigi Rizzo
Date: Sat Oct 03 2026 - 17:38:12 EST
When dev->dma_pmd_tx_hdrs is enabled, allocate a MAX_TCP_HEADER
bounce buffer per TX ring slot out of the DMA_PMD arena. When the
linear portion of a transmitted packet is at most MAX_TCP_HEADER bytes,
copy it into the pre-mapped bounce buffer instead of calling
dma_map_single()/dma_unmap_single() on every packet.
Signed-off-by: Luigi Rizzo <lrizzo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++-----
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h | 2 +
2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index d7728d0c5b6e6..b9c91eb3aaddd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -680,13 +680,22 @@ static netdev_tx_t bnxt_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
length = BNXT_MIN_PKT_SIZE;
}
- mapping = dma_map_single(&pdev->dev, skb->data, len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-
- if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(&pdev->dev, mapping)))
- goto tx_free;
-
- dma_unmap_addr_set(tx_buf, mapping, mapping);
- dma_unmap_len_set(tx_buf, len, len);
+ if (txr->tx_hdr_bufs && len + pad <= MAX_TCP_HEADER) {
+ u32 off = RING_TX(bp, prod) * MAX_TCP_HEADER;
+
+ memcpy(txr->tx_hdr_bufs + off, skb->data, len);
+ if (pad && !last_frag)
+ memset(txr->tx_hdr_bufs + off + len, 0, pad);
+ mapping = txr->tx_hdr_bufs_dma + off;
+ dma_unmap_len_set(tx_buf, len, 0);
+ } else {
+ mapping = dma_map_single(&pdev->dev, skb->data, len,
+ DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+ if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(&pdev->dev, mapping)))
+ goto tx_free;
+ dma_unmap_addr_set(tx_buf, mapping, mapping);
+ dma_unmap_len_set(tx_buf, len, len);
+ }
flags = (len << TX_BD_LEN_SHIFT) | TX_BD_TYPE_LONG_TX_BD |
TX_BD_CNT(last_frag + 2);
@@ -800,8 +809,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t bnxt_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
/* start back at beginning and unmap skb */
prod = txr->tx_prod;
tx_buf = &txr->tx_buf_ring[RING_TX(bp, prod)];
- dma_unmap_single(&pdev->dev, dma_unmap_addr(tx_buf, mapping),
- skb_headlen(skb), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+ if (dma_unmap_len(tx_buf, len))
+ dma_unmap_single(&pdev->dev, dma_unmap_addr(tx_buf, mapping),
+ skb_headlen(skb), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
prod = NEXT_TX(prod);
/* unmap remaining mapped pages */
@@ -885,7 +895,6 @@ static bool __bnxt_tx_int(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_tx_ring_info *txr,
dma_unmap_single(&pdev->dev, dma_addr, dma_len,
DMA_TO_DEVICE);
}
-
last = tx_buf->nr_frags;
for (j = 0; j < last; j++) {
@@ -4111,6 +4120,15 @@ static void bnxt_free_tx_rings(struct bnxt *bp)
ring = &txr->tx_ring_struct;
+ if (txr->tx_hdr_bufs) {
+ dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev,
+ ring->ring_mem.nr_pages *
+ TX_DESC_CNT * MAX_TCP_HEADER,
+ txr->tx_hdr_bufs,
+ txr->tx_hdr_bufs_dma);
+ txr->tx_hdr_bufs = NULL;
+ }
+
bnxt_free_ring(bp, &ring->ring_mem);
}
}
@@ -4181,6 +4199,13 @@ static int bnxt_alloc_tx_rings(struct bnxt *bp)
if (rc)
return rc;
}
+ if (pdev->dev.dma_pmd_tx_hdrs && i >= bp->tx_nr_rings_xdp)
+ txr->tx_hdr_bufs =
+ dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev,
+ ring->ring_mem.nr_pages *
+ TX_DESC_CNT * MAX_TCP_HEADER,
+ &txr->tx_hdr_bufs_dma,
+ GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
qidx = bp->tc_to_qidx[j];
ring->queue_id = bp->q_info[qidx].queue_id;
spin_lock_init(&txr->xdp_tx_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index c673b2ce4a0d2..b42bbabc0eb98 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -1003,6 +1003,8 @@ struct bnxt_tx_ring_info {
struct tx_push_buffer *tx_push;
dma_addr_t tx_push_mapping;
__le64 data_mapping;
+ void *tx_hdr_bufs;
+ dma_addr_t tx_hdr_bufs_dma;
void *tx_inline_buf;
dma_addr_t tx_inline_dma;
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog