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Jacob Keller authored
Since commit 6a7fded7 ("i40e: Fix RS bit update in Tx path and disable force WB workaround") we've tried to "optimize" setting the RS bit based around skb->xmit_more. This same logic was refactored in commit 1dc8b538 ("i40e: Reorder logic for coalescing RS bits"), but ultimately was not functionally changed. Using skb->xmit_more in this way is incorrect, because in certain circumstances we may see a large number of skbs in sequence with xmit_more set. This leads to a performance loss as the hardware does not writeback anything for those packets, which delays the time it takes for us to respond to the stack transmit requests. This significantly impacts UDP performance, especially when layered with multiple devices, such as bonding, VLANs, and vnet setups. This was not noticed until now because it is difficult to create a setup which reproduces the issue. It was discovered in a UDP_STREAM test in a VM, connected using a vnet device to a bridge, which is connected to a bonded pair of X710 ports in active-backup mode with a VLAN. These layered devices seem to compound the number of skbs transmitted at once by the qdisc. Additionally, the problem can be masked by reducing the ITR value. Since the original commit does not provide strong justification for this RS bit "optimization", revert to the previous behavior of setting the RS bit every 4th packet. Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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