net/mlx5e: Use prefetchw when a write is to follow
"prefetchw()" prefetches the cacheline for write. Use it for
skb->data, as soon we'll be copying the packet header there.
Performance:
Single-stream packet-rate tested with pktgen.
Packets are dropped in tc level to zoom into driver data-path.
Larger gain is expected for smaller packets, as less time
is spent on handling SKB fragments, making the path shorter
and the improvement more significant.
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packet size | before | after | gain |
64B | 4,113,306 | 4,778,720 | 16% |
1024B | 3,633,819 | 3,950,593 | 8.7% |
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@mellanox.com>
Cc: kernel-team@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
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