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mlx4: remove mlx4_en_low_latency_recv()

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Busy polling can now be handled in generic NAPI poll infrastructure.
This removes complexity and fast path overhead :

mlx4 used two spin_lock()/spin_unlock() pair per napi->poll() call
in mlx4_en_cq_lock_napi()/mlx4_en_cq_unlock_napi()

Tested:

Without busy polling :

lpaa23:~# echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/core/busy_read
lpaa24:~# echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/core/busy_read
lpaa23:~# ./netperf -H lpaa24 -t TCP_RR
MIGRATED TCP REQUEST/RESPONSE TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to lpaa24.prod.google.com () port 0 AF_INET : first burst 0
Local /Remote
Socket Size   Request  Resp.   Elapsed  Trans.
Send   Recv   Size     Size    Time     Rate
bytes  Bytes  bytes    bytes   secs.    per sec

16384  87380  1        1       10.00    47330.78

With busy polling :

lpaa23:~# echo 70 >/proc/sys/net/core/busy_read
lpaa24:~# echo 70 >/proc/sys/net/core/busy_read
lpaa23:~# ./netperf -H lpaa24 -t TCP_RR
MIGRATED TCP REQUEST/RESPONSE TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to lpaa24.prod.google.com () port 0 AF_INET : first burst 0
Local /Remote
Socket Size   Request  Resp.   Elapsed  Trans.
Send   Recv   Size     Size    Time     Rate
bytes  Bytes  bytes    bytes   secs.    per sec

16384  87380  1        1       10.00    97643.55

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet 2015-11-18 06:30:58 -08:00 • committed by David S. Miller
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