From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:34:38 +0000 (+0000) Subject: ixgbe: remove tie between NAPI work limits and interrupt moderation X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~3680^2~3338^2~73 X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=35551c47495a762fcfa5ca6217bf3eb36983d0df;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git ixgbe: remove tie between NAPI work limits and interrupt moderation As noted by Ben Hutchings and David Miller, work limits for NAPI should not be tied to interrupt moderation parameters. This should be handled by NAPI, possibly through sysfs. Neil Horman & Stephen Hemminger are working on a solution for NAPI currently. In the meantime, remove this tie between work limits and interrupt moderation. Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher CC: Ben Hutchings Tested-by: Phil Schmitt --- diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c index 8e2e4732b1a7..4846206a1014 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c @@ -2108,8 +2108,6 @@ static int ixgbe_get_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev, { struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev); - ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames_irq = adapter->tx_work_limit; - /* only valid if in constant ITR mode */ if (adapter->rx_itr_setting <= 1) ec->rx_coalesce_usecs = adapter->rx_itr_setting; @@ -2177,9 +2175,6 @@ static int ixgbe_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev, && ec->tx_coalesce_usecs) return -EINVAL; - if (ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames_irq) - adapter->tx_work_limit = ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames_irq; - if ((ec->rx_coalesce_usecs > (IXGBE_MAX_EITR >> 2)) || (ec->tx_coalesce_usecs > (IXGBE_MAX_EITR >> 2))) return -EINVAL; @@ -2214,7 +2209,6 @@ static int ixgbe_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev, for (i = 0; i < num_vectors; i++) { q_vector = adapter->q_vector[i]; - q_vector->tx.work_limit = adapter->tx_work_limit; if (q_vector->tx.count && !q_vector->rx.count) /* tx only */ q_vector->itr = tx_itr_param;