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Firmware supports two hcalls to send a sub-crq request:
H_SEND_SUB_CRQ_INDIRECT and H_SEND_SUB_CRQ. The indirect hcall allows
for submission of batched messages while the other hcall is limited to
only one message. This protocol is defined in PAPR section 17.2.3.3.
Previously, the ibmvnic xmit function only used the indirect hcall. This
allowed the driver to batch it's skbs. A single skb can occupy a few
entries per hcall depending on if FW requires skb header information or
not. The FW only needs header information if the packet is segmented.
By this logic, if an skb is not GSO then it can fit in one sub-crq
message and therefore is a candidate for H_SEND_SUB_CRQ.
Batching skb transmission is only useful when there are more packets
coming down the line (ie netdev_xmit_more is true).
As it turns out, H_SEND_SUB_CRQ induces less latency than
H_SEND_SUB_CRQ_INDIRECT. Therefore, use H_SEND_SUB_CRQ where
appropriate.
Small latency gains seen when doing TCP_RR_150 (request/response
workload). Ftrace results (graph-time=1):
Previous:
ibmvnic_xmit = 29618270.83 us / 8860058.0 hits = AVG 3.34
ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush = 21972231.02 us / 6553972.0 hits = AVG 3.35
Now:
ibmvnic_xmit = 22153350.96 us / 8438942.0 hits = AVG 2.63
ibmvnic_tx_scrq_flush = 15858922.4 us / 6244076.0 hits = AVG 2.54
Signed-off-by: Nick Child <nnac123@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240807211809.1259563-6-nnac123@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: bdf5d13aa05e ("ibmvnic: Don't reference skb after sending to VIOS")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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