kernel_optimize_test/drivers
Stefan Richter b2268830f5 firewire: net: throttle TX queue before running out of tlabels
This prevents firewire-net from submitting write requests in fast
succession until failure due to all 64 transaction labels were used up
for unfinished split transactions.  The netif_stop/wake_queue API is
used for this purpose.

Without this stop/wake mechanism, datagrams were simply lost whenever
the tlabel pool was exhausted.  Plus, tlabel exhaustion by firewire-net
also prevented other unrelated outbound transactions to be initiated.

The chosen queue depth was checked by me to hit the maximum possible
throughput with an OS X peer whose receive DMA is good enough to never
reject requests due to busy inbound request FIFO.  Current Linux peers
show a mixed picture of -5%...+15% change in bandwidth; their current
bottleneck are RCODE_BUSY situations (fewer or more, depending on TX
queue depth) due to too small AR buffer in firewire-ohci.

Maxim Levitsky tested this change with similar watermarks with a Linux
peer and some pending firewire-ohci improvements that address the
RCODE_BUSY problem and confirmed that these TX queue limits are good.

Note:  This removes some netif_wake_queue from reception code paths.
They were apparently copy&paste artefacts from a nonsensical
netif_wake_queue use in the older eth1394 driver.  This belongs only
into the transmit path.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Tested-by: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
2010-11-17 00:08:49 +01:00
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accessibility
acpi ACPI: debugfs custom_method open to non-root 2010-11-13 09:52:16 -08:00
amba
ata drivers/ata/pata_octeon_cf.c: delete double assignment 2010-11-12 17:10:55 -05:00
atm solos: Refuse to upgrade firmware with older FPGA. It doesn't work. 2010-11-08 12:17:05 -08:00
auxdisplay
base Merge branch 'pm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6 2010-10-29 15:09:56 -07:00
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-11-12 08:52:47 -08:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Add MacBookAir3,1(2) support 2010-11-09 01:08:53 -02:00
cdrom
char Fix gcc 4.5.1 miscompiling drivers/char/i8k.c (again) 2010-11-15 13:27:06 -08:00
clocksource ARM: shmobile: remove sh_timer_config clk member 2010-10-31 10:40:39 -04:00
connector
cpufreq
cpuidle
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2010-11-13 09:55:56 -08:00
dca
dio
dma drivers/dma/Kconfig: add part number for Topcliff. 2010-10-29 14:14:02 -07:00
edac
eisa
firewire firewire: net: throttle TX queue before running out of tlabels 2010-11-17 00:08:49 +01:00
firmware
gpio
gpu drm/ttm: Be consistent on ttm_bo_init() failures 2010-11-10 11:52:19 +10:00
hid
hwmon hwmon: (w83795) Check for BEEP pin availability 2010-11-15 21:38:57 +01:00
i2c i2c: Sanity checks on adapter registration 2010-11-15 22:40:38 +01:00
ide
idle
ieee802154
infiniband
input Input: do not pass injected events back to the originating handler 2010-11-11 01:01:26 -08:00
isdn Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-11-05 15:25:48 -07:00
leds drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c: properly initialize return value 2010-11-12 07:55:32 -08:00
lguest
macintosh drivers/macintosh/adb-iop.c: flags should be unsigned long 2010-11-12 07:55:30 -08:00
mca
md block: read i_size with i_size_read() 2010-11-10 14:40:53 +01:00
media i2c: Drivers shouldn't include <linux/i2c-id.h> 2010-11-15 22:40:38 +01:00
memstick
message
mfd
misc i2c: Remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata 2010-11-15 22:40:38 +01:00
mmc
mtd Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6 2010-10-30 08:31:35 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-11-12 17:17:55 -08:00
nubus
of
oprofile Merge branches 'perf-fixes-for-linus' and 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-10-30 11:43:26 -07:00
parisc
parport
pci Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2010-11-15 14:01:33 -08:00
pcmcia drivers/pcmcia/soc_common.c: Use printf extension %pV 2010-11-10 14:31:28 +01:00
platform
pnp
power
pps
ps3
rapidio rapidio: use resource_size() 2010-11-12 07:55:30 -08:00
regulator
rtc Merge branches 'sh/rtc' and 'common/clkfwk' into sh/urgent 2010-11-10 18:15:44 +09:00
s390 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-11-12 17:17:55 -08:00
sbus
scsi block: remove REQ_HARDBARRIER 2010-11-10 14:54:09 +01:00
serial Revert "8250: Fix tcsetattr to avoid ioctl(TIOCMIWAIT) hang" 2010-11-13 09:59:19 -08:00
sfi
sh sh: intc: Fix up build failure introduced by radix tree changes. 2010-11-15 14:30:30 +09:00
sn
spi Merge branch 'next-spi' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 2010-11-01 07:50:43 -04:00
ssb
staging i2c: Drivers shouldn't include <linux/i2c-id.h> 2010-11-15 22:40:38 +01:00
tc
telephony
thermal
tty n_gsm: Fix length handling 2010-11-11 11:06:09 -08:00
uio
usb Merge branch 'usb-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 2010-11-12 17:13:28 -08:00
uwb UWB: Return UWB_RSV_ALLOC_NOT_FOUND rather than crashing on NULL dereference if kzalloc fails 2010-11-11 07:14:07 -08:00
vhost
video Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging 2010-11-15 14:03:17 -08:00
virtio
vlynq
w1
watchdog
xen Merge branch 'upstream/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen 2010-11-12 16:01:55 -08:00
zorro
Kconfig
Makefile TTY: create drivers/tty and move the tty core files there 2010-11-05 08:10:33 -07:00