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1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2  *
3  * Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Solarflare Communications Inc.
4  * All rights reserved.
5  *
6  * This software was jointly developed between OKTET Labs (under contract
7  * for Solarflare) and Solarflare Communications, Inc.
8  */
9 
10 #ifndef _SFC_TWEAK_H_
11 #define _SFC_TWEAK_H_
12 
13 /*
14  * The header is intended to collect defines/constants which could be
15  * tweaked to improve the PMD performance characteristics depending on
16  * the usecase or requirements (CPU load, packet rate, latency).
17  */
18 
19 /**
20  * Number of Rx descriptors in the bulk submitted on Rx ring refill.
21  */
22 #define SFC_RX_REFILL_BULK	(RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE / sizeof(efx_qword_t))
23 
24 /**
25  * Make the transmit path reap at least one time per a burst;
26  * this improves cache locality because the same mbufs may be used to send
27  * subsequent bursts in certain cases because of well-timed reap
28  */
29 #define SFC_TX_XMIT_PKTS_REAP_AT_LEAST_ONCE	0
30 
31 /** Default free threshold follows recommendations from DPDK documentation */
32 #define SFC_TX_DEFAULT_FREE_THRESH	32
33 
34 /** Number of mbufs to be freed in bulk in a single call */
35 #define SFC_TX_REAP_BULK_SIZE		32
36 
37 #endif /* _SFC_TWEAK_H_ */
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