@@ -1054,6 +1054,7 @@ struct ravb_hw_info {
u32 rx_max_desc_use;
u32 rx_desc_size;
unsigned aligned_tx: 1;
+ unsigned coalesce_irqs:1; /* Needs software IRQ coalescing */
/* hardware features */
unsigned internal_delay:1; /* AVB-DMAC has internal delays */
@@ -2667,6 +2667,7 @@ static const struct ravb_hw_info gbeth_hw_info = {
.rx_max_desc_use = 4080,
.rx_desc_size = sizeof(struct ravb_rx_desc),
.aligned_tx = 1,
+ .coalesce_irqs = 1,
.tx_counters = 1,
.carrier_counters = 1,
.half_duplex = 1,
@@ -2943,6 +2944,9 @@ static int ravb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (info->nc_queues)
netif_napi_add(ndev, &priv->napi[RAVB_NC], ravb_poll);
+ if (info->coalesce_irqs)
+ netdev_sw_irq_coalesce_default_on(ndev);
+
/* Network device register */
error = register_netdev(ndev);
if (error)
Software IRQ Coalescing is required to improve network stack performance in the RZ/G2L SoC family and the RZ/G3S SoC, i.e. the SoCs which use the GbEth IP. This patch gives the following improvements during testing with iperf3: * RZ/G2L: * TCP RX: same bandwidth with -6% CPU load (76% -> 71%) * UDP RX: same bandwidth with -10% CPU load (99% -> 89%) * RZ/G2UL: * UDP RX: +4200% bandwidth (1.23Mbps -> 53Mbps) * RZ/G3S: * UDP RX: +425% bandwidth (1.23Mbps -> 6.46Mbps) The improvement of UDP RX bandwidth for the single core SoCs (RZ/G2UL & RZ/G3S) is particularly critical. Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@bp.renesas.com> Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@omp.ru> --- No changes v4->v5 Changes v3->v4: * Renamed needs_irq_coalesce -> coalesce_irqs. * Added Sergey's Reviewed-by tag. drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)