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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: kuba@kernel.org
Cc: snelson@pensando.io, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] ionic: smaller coalesce default
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:16:13 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200831.171613.1392501036623240615.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200831165054.6d16f0dd@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:50:54 -0700
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:35:55 -0700 Shannon Nelson wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h
>> index 9e2ac2b8a082..2b2eb5f2a0e5 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h
>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
>> #define IONIC_DEF_TXRX_DESC 4096
>> #define IONIC_LIFS_MAX 1024
>> #define IONIC_WATCHDOG_SECS 5
>> -#define IONIC_ITR_COAL_USEC_DEFAULT 64
>> +#define IONIC_ITR_COAL_USEC_DEFAULT 8
>
> 8 us interrupt coalescing does not hurt general operations?! No way.
>
> It's your customers who'll get hurt here, so your call, but I seriously
> doubt this. Unless the unit is not usec?
Agreed, 8usec is really really low. You won't get much coalescing during
bulk transfers with a value like that, eliminating the gain from coalescing
in the first place.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-01 0:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-08-31 23:35 [PATCH net-next 0/5] ionic: struct cleanups Shannon Nelson
2020-08-31 23:35 ` [PATCH net-next 1/5] ionic: clean up page handling code Shannon Nelson
2020-09-01 0:14 ` David Miller
2020-09-01 4:19 ` Shannon Nelson
2020-08-31 23:35 ` [PATCH net-next 2/5] ionic: smaller coalesce default Shannon Nelson
2020-08-31 23:50 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-09-01 0:16 ` David Miller [this message]
2020-09-01 4:20 ` Shannon Nelson
2020-08-31 23:35 ` [PATCH net-next 3/5] ionic: struct reorder for faster access Shannon Nelson
2020-08-31 23:35 ` [PATCH net-next 4/5] ionic: clean up desc_info and cq_info structs Shannon Nelson
2020-08-31 23:35 ` [PATCH net-next 5/5] ionic: clean adminq service routine Shannon Nelson
2020-09-01 0:47 ` [PATCH net-next 0/5] ionic: struct cleanups Florian Fainelli
2020-09-01 4:21 ` Shannon Nelson
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