From: Ying Cai <[email protected]> This change ensures that the itr/itr_setting adjustment logic is used, even for the default/compiled-in value.
Context: When we changed the default InterruptThrottleRate value from default (3 = dynamic mode) to 8000 for example, only adapter->itr_setting (which controls interrupt coalescing mode) was set to 8000, but adapter->itr (which controls the value set in NIC register) was not updated accordingly. So from ethtool, it seemed the interrupt throttling is enabled at 8000 intr/s, but the NIC actually was running in dynamic mode which has lower CPU efficiency especially when throughput is not high. Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/param.c | 98 +++++++++++++++------------- 1 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/param.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/param.c index 20e93b0..41937e5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/param.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/param.c @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ E1000_PARAM(RxAbsIntDelay, "Receive Absolute Interrupt Delay"); /* * Interrupt Throttle Rate (interrupts/sec) * - * Valid Range: 100-100000 (0=off, 1=dynamic, 3=dynamic conservative) + * Valid Range: 100-100000 or one of: 0=off, 1=dynamic, 3=dynamic conservative */ E1000_PARAM(InterruptThrottleRate, "Interrupt Throttling Rate"); #define DEFAULT_ITR 3 @@ -335,53 +335,59 @@ void __devinit e1000e_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter) if (num_InterruptThrottleRate > bd) { adapter->itr = InterruptThrottleRate[bd]; - switch (adapter->itr) { - case 0: - e_info("%s turned off\n", opt.name); - break; - case 1: - e_info("%s set to dynamic mode\n", opt.name); - adapter->itr_setting = adapter->itr; - adapter->itr = 20000; - break; - case 3: - e_info("%s set to dynamic conservative mode\n", - opt.name); - adapter->itr_setting = adapter->itr; - adapter->itr = 20000; - break; - case 4: - e_info("%s set to simplified (2000-8000 ints) " - "mode\n", opt.name); - adapter->itr_setting = 4; - break; - default: - /* - * Save the setting, because the dynamic bits - * change itr. - */ - if (e1000_validate_option(&adapter->itr, &opt, - adapter) && - (adapter->itr == 3)) { - /* - * In case of invalid user value, - * default to conservative mode. - */ - adapter->itr_setting = adapter->itr; - adapter->itr = 20000; - } else { - /* - * Clear the lower two bits because - * they are used as control. - */ - adapter->itr_setting = - adapter->itr & ~3; - } - break; - } + + /* Make sure a message is printed for + * non-special values. And in case of an + * invalid option, display warning, use + * default and go through itr/itr_setting + * adjustment logic below */ + if ((adapter->itr < 0 || adapter->itr > 4) + && e1000_validate_option(&adapter->itr, &opt, + adapter)) + adapter->itr = opt.def; } else { - adapter->itr_setting = opt.def; + /* if no option specified, use default value + and go through the logic below to adjust + itr/itr_setting */ + adapter->itr = opt.def; + + /* Make sure a message is printed for + * non-special default values */ + if (adapter->itr < 0 || adapter->itr > 4) + e_info("%s set to default %d\n", + opt.name, adapter->itr); + } + + + + adapter->itr_setting = adapter->itr; + switch (adapter->itr) { + case 0: + e_info("%s turned off\n", opt.name); + break; + case 1: + e_info("%s set to dynamic mode\n", opt.name); + adapter->itr = 20000; + break; + case 3: + e_info("%s set to dynamic conservative mode\n", + opt.name); adapter->itr = 20000; + break; + case 4: + e_info("%s set to simplified (2000-8000 ints) " + "mode\n", opt.name); + break; + default: + /* + * Save the setting, because the dynamic bits + * change itr. + * + * Clear the lower two bits because + * they are used as control. + */ + adapter->itr_setting &= ~3; + break; } } { /* Interrupt Mode */ -- 1.7.3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
