[PATCH net-next] net: microchip: lan743x : bidirectional throughput improvement

[Vishvambar Panth S <vishvambarpanth.s@microchip.com>]

The LAN743x/PCI11xxx DMA descriptors are always 4 dwords long, but the
device supports placing the descriptors in memory back to back or
reserving space in between them using its DMA_DESCRIPTOR_SPACE (DSPACE)
configurable hardware setting. Currently DSPACE is unnecessarily set to
match the host's L1 cache line size, resulting in space reserved in
between descriptors in most platforms and causing a suboptimal behavior
(single PCIe Mem transaction per descriptor). By changing the setting
to DSPACE=16 many descriptors can be packed in a single PCIe Mem
transaction resulting in a massive performance improvement in
bidirectional tests without any negative effects.
Tested and verified improvements on x64 PC and several ARM platforms
(typical data below)

Test setup 1: x64 PC with LAN7430 ---> x64 PC

iperf3 UDP bidirectional with DSPACE set to L1 CACHE Size:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec   170 MBytes   143 Mbits/sec  sender
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.04  sec   169 MBytes   141 Mbits/sec  receiver
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.02 GBytes   876 Mbits/sec  sender
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.04  sec  1.02 GBytes   870 Mbits/sec  receiver

iperf3 UDP bidirectional with DSPACE set to 16 Bytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.11 GBytes   956 Mbits/sec  sender
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.04  sec  1.11 GBytes   951 Mbits/sec  receiver
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.10 GBytes   948 Mbits/sec  sender
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.04  sec  1.10 GBytes   942 Mbits/sec  receiver

Test setup 2 : RK3399 with LAN7430 ---> x64 PC

RK3399 Spec:
The SOM-RK3399 is ARM module designed and developed by FriendlyElec.
Cores: 64-bit Dual Core Cortex-A72 + Quad Core Cortex-A53
Frequency: Cortex-A72(up to 2.0GHz), Cortex-A53(up to 1.5GHz)
PCIe: PCIe x4, compatible with PCIe 2.1, Dual operation mode

iperf3 UDP bidirectional with DSPACE set to L1 CACHE Size:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec   534 MBytes   448 Mbits/sec  sender
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.05  sec   534 MBytes   446 Mbits/sec  receiver
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.12 GBytes   961 Mbits/sec  sender
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.05  sec  1.11 GBytes   946 Mbits/sec  receiver

iperf3 UDP bidirectional with DSPACE set to 16 Bytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec   966 MBytes   810 Mbits/sec   sender
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.04  sec   965 MBytes   806 Mbits/sec   receiver
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.11 GBytes   956 Mbits/sec   sender
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.04  sec  1.07 GBytes   919 Mbits/sec   receiver

Signed-off-by: Vishvambar Panth S <vishvambarpanth.s@microchip.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.h
index b648461787d2..be79cb0ae5af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.h
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ struct lan743x_adapter {
 #define DMA_DESCRIPTOR_SPACING_32       (32)
 #define DMA_DESCRIPTOR_SPACING_64       (64)
 #define DMA_DESCRIPTOR_SPACING_128      (128)
-#define DEFAULT_DMA_DESCRIPTOR_SPACING  (L1_CACHE_BYTES)
+#define DEFAULT_DMA_DESCRIPTOR_SPACING  (DMA_DESCRIPTOR_SPACING_16)
 
 #define DMAC_CHANNEL_STATE_SET(start_bit, stop_bit) \
 	(((start_bit) ? 2 : 0) | ((stop_bit) ? 1 : 0))
-- 
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