net/enetc: batch process clean Tx ring calls

[dpdk.git] / drivers / net / enetc / enetc_rxtx.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/enetc/enetc_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/enetc/enetc_rxtx.c
index 395f5ec..958e3a2 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/enetc/enetc_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/enetc/enetc_rxtx.c
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ enetc_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue,
 
        start = 0;
        while (nb_pkts--) {
-               enetc_clean_tx_ring(tx_ring);
                tx_ring->q_swbd[i].buffer_addr = tx_pkts[start];
                txbd = ENETC_TXBD(*tx_ring, i);
                tx_swbd = &tx_ring->q_swbd[i];
@@ -92,6 +91,14 @@ enetc_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue,
                        i = 0;
        }
 
+       /* we're only cleaning up the Tx ring here, on the assumption that
+        * software is slower than hardware and hardware completed sending
+        * older frames out by now.
+        * We're also cleaning up the ring before kicking off Tx for the new
+        * batch to minimize chances of contention on the Tx ring
+        */
+       enetc_clean_tx_ring(tx_ring);
+
        tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
        enetc_wr_reg(tx_ring->tcir, i);
        return start;