Merge branch 'mlx4-next'

Amir Vadai says:

====================
net/mlx4_en: Optimizations to TX flow

This patchset contains optimizations to TX flow in mlx4_en driver. It also introduce
setting/getting tx copybreak, to enable controlling inline threshold dynamically.

TX flow optimizations was authored and posted to the mailing list by Eric
Dumazet [1] as a single patch. I splitted this patch to smaller patches,
Reviewed it and tested.
Changed from original patch:
- s/iowrite32be/iowrite32/, since ring->doorbell_qpn is stored as be32

The tx copybreak patch was also suggested by Eric Dumazet, and was edited and
reviewed by me. User space patch will be sent after kernel code is ready.

I am sending this patchset now since the merge window is near and don't want to
miss it.

More work need to do:
- Disable BF when xmit_more is in use
- Make TSO use xmit_more too. Maybe by splitting small TSO packets in the
  driver itself, to avoid extra cpu/memory costs of GSO before the driver
- Fix mlx4_en_xmit buggy handling of queue full in the middle of a burst
  partially posted to send queue using xmit_more

Eric, I edited the patches to have you as the Author and the first
signed-off-by. I hope it is ok with you (I wasn't sure if it is ok to sign by
you), anyway all the credit to those changes should go to you.

Patchset was tested and applied over commit 1e203c1 "(net: sched:
suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_watchdog")

[1] - https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/394256/
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

6 files changed, 290 insertions, 178 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
index 42c9f8b09a6..ae83da9cd18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
@@ -1267,6 +1267,48 @@ static u32 mlx4_en_get_priv_flags(struct net_device *dev)
 	return priv->pflags;
 }
 
+static int mlx4_en_get_tunable(struct net_device *dev,
+			       const struct ethtool_tunable *tuna,
+			       void *data)
+{
+	const struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	switch (tuna->id) {
+	case ETHTOOL_TX_COPYBREAK:
+		*(u32 *)data = priv->prof->inline_thold;
+		break;
+	default:
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int mlx4_en_set_tunable(struct net_device *dev,
+			       const struct ethtool_tunable *tuna,
+			       const void *data)
+{
+	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+	int val, ret = 0;
+
+	switch (tuna->id) {
+	case ETHTOOL_TX_COPYBREAK:
+		val = *(u32 *)data;
+		if (val < MIN_PKT_LEN || val > MAX_INLINE)
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+		else
+			priv->prof->inline_thold = val;
+		break;
+	default:
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 
 const struct ethtool_ops mlx4_en_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_drvinfo = mlx4_en_get_drvinfo,
@@ -1297,6 +1339,8 @@ const struct ethtool_ops mlx4_en_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_ts_info = mlx4_en_get_ts_info,
 	.set_priv_flags = mlx4_en_set_priv_flags,
 	.get_priv_flags = mlx4_en_get_priv_flags,
+	.get_tunable		= mlx4_en_get_tunable,
+	.set_tunable		= mlx4_en_set_tunable,
 };
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 0c501253fda..92a7cf46d9a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/mlx4/qp.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
+#include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/tcp.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
@@ -65,10 +66,9 @@ int mlx4_en_create_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	ring->size = size;
 	ring->size_mask = size - 1;
 	ring->stride = stride;
-	ring->inline_thold = priv->prof->inline_thold;
 
 	tmp = size * sizeof(struct mlx4_en_tx_info);
-	ring->tx_info = vmalloc_node(tmp, node);
+	ring->tx_info = kmalloc_node(tmp, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN, node);
 	if (!ring->tx_info) {
 		ring->tx_info = vmalloc(tmp);
 		if (!ring->tx_info) {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ err_bounce:
 	kfree(ring->bounce_buf);
 	ring->bounce_buf = NULL;
 err_info:
-	vfree(ring->tx_info);
+	kvfree(ring->tx_info);
 	ring->tx_info = NULL;
 err_ring:
 	kfree(ring);
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void mlx4_en_destroy_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	mlx4_free_hwq_res(mdev->dev, &ring->wqres, ring->buf_size);
 	kfree(ring->bounce_buf);
 	ring->bounce_buf = NULL;
-	vfree(ring->tx_info);
+	kvfree(ring->tx_info);
 	ring->tx_info = NULL;
 	kfree(ring);
 	*pring = NULL;
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ int mlx4_en_activate_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	ring->prod = 0;
 	ring->cons = 0xffffffff;
 	ring->last_nr_txbb = 1;
-	ring->poll_cnt = 0;
 	memset(ring->tx_info, 0, ring->size * sizeof(struct mlx4_en_tx_info));
 	memset(ring->buf, 0, ring->buf_size);
 
 	ring->qp_state = MLX4_QP_STATE_RST;
-	ring->doorbell_qpn = ring->qp.qpn << 8;
+	ring->doorbell_qpn = cpu_to_be32(ring->qp.qpn << 8);
+	ring->mr_key = cpu_to_be32(mdev->mr.key);
 
 	mlx4_en_fill_qp_context(priv, ring->size, ring->stride, 1, 0, ring->qpn,
 				ring->cqn, user_prio, &ring->context);
@@ -259,38 +259,45 @@ static u32 mlx4_en_free_tx_desc(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 				struct mlx4_en_tx_ring *ring,
 				int index, u8 owner, u64 timestamp)
 {
-	struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 	struct mlx4_en_tx_info *tx_info = &ring->tx_info[index];
 	struct mlx4_en_tx_desc *tx_desc = ring->buf + index * TXBB_SIZE;
 	struct mlx4_wqe_data_seg *data = (void *) tx_desc + tx_info->data_offset;
-	struct sk_buff *skb = tx_info->skb;
-	struct skb_frag_struct *frag;
 	void *end = ring->buf + ring->buf_size;
-	int frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
+	struct sk_buff *skb = tx_info->skb;
+	int nr_maps = tx_info->nr_maps;
 	int i;
-	struct skb_shared_hwtstamps hwts;
 
-	if (timestamp) {
-		mlx4_en_fill_hwtstamps(mdev, &hwts, timestamp);
+	/* We do not touch skb here, so prefetch skb->users location
+	 * to speedup consume_skb()
+	 */
+	prefetchw(&skb->users);
+
+	if (unlikely(timestamp)) {
+		struct skb_shared_hwtstamps hwts;
+
+		mlx4_en_fill_hwtstamps(priv->mdev, &hwts, timestamp);
 		skb_tstamp_tx(skb, &hwts);
 	}
 
 	/* Optimize the common case when there are no wraparounds */
 	if (likely((void *) tx_desc + tx_info->nr_txbb * TXBB_SIZE <= end)) {
 		if (!tx_info->inl) {
-			if (tx_info->linear) {
+			if (tx_info->linear)
 				dma_unmap_single(priv->ddev,
-					(dma_addr_t) be64_to_cpu(data->addr),
-					 be32_to_cpu(data->byte_count),
-					 PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
-				++data;
-			}
-
-			for (i = 0; i < frags; i++) {
-				frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
+						tx_info->map0_dma,
+						tx_info->map0_byte_count,
+						PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
+			else
+				dma_unmap_page(priv->ddev,
+					       tx_info->map0_dma,
+					       tx_info->map0_byte_count,
+					       PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
+			for (i = 1; i < nr_maps; i++) {
+				data++;
 				dma_unmap_page(priv->ddev,
-					(dma_addr_t) be64_to_cpu(data[i].addr),
-					skb_frag_size(frag), PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
+					(dma_addr_t)be64_to_cpu(data->addr),
+					be32_to_cpu(data->byte_count),
+					PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -299,23 +306,25 @@ static u32 mlx4_en_free_tx_desc(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 				data = ring->buf + ((void *)data - end);
 			}
 
-			if (tx_info->linear) {
+			if (tx_info->linear)
 				dma_unmap_single(priv->ddev,
-					(dma_addr_t) be64_to_cpu(data->addr),
-					 be32_to_cpu(data->byte_count),
-					 PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
-				++data;
-			}
-
-			for (i = 0; i < frags; i++) {
+						tx_info->map0_dma,
+						tx_info->map0_byte_count,
+						PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
+			else
+				dma_unmap_page(priv->ddev,
+					       tx_info->map0_dma,
+					       tx_info->map0_byte_count,
+					       PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
+			for (i = 1; i < nr_maps; i++) {
+				data++;
 				/* Check for wraparound before unmapping */
 				if ((void *) data >= end)
 					data = ring->buf;
-				frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
 				dma_unmap_page(priv->ddev,
-					(dma_addr_t) be64_to_cpu(data->addr),
-					 skb_frag_size(frag), PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
-				++data;
+					(dma_addr_t)be64_to_cpu(data->addr),
+					be32_to_cpu(data->byte_count),
+					PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -377,13 +386,18 @@ static bool mlx4_en_process_tx_cq(struct net_device *dev,
 	u64 timestamp = 0;
 	int done = 0;
 	int budget = priv->tx_work_limit;
+	u32 last_nr_txbb;
+	u32 ring_cons;
 
 	if (!priv->port_up)
 		return true;
 
+	prefetchw(&ring->tx_queue->dql.limit);
 	index = cons_index & size_mask;
 	cqe = mlx4_en_get_cqe(buf, index, priv->cqe_size) + factor;
-	ring_index = ring->cons & size_mask;
+	last_nr_txbb = ACCESS_ONCE(ring->last_nr_txbb);
+	ring_cons = ACCESS_ONCE(ring->cons);
+	ring_index = ring_cons & size_mask;
 	stamp_index = ring_index;
 
 	/* Process all completed CQEs */
@@ -408,19 +422,19 @@ static bool mlx4_en_process_tx_cq(struct net_device *dev,
 		new_index = be16_to_cpu(cqe->wqe_index) & size_mask;
 
 		do {
-			txbbs_skipped += ring->last_nr_txbb;
-			ring_index = (ring_index + ring->last_nr_txbb) & size_mask;
+			txbbs_skipped += last_nr_txbb;
+			ring_index = (ring_index + last_nr_txbb) & size_mask;
 			if (ring->tx_info[ring_index].ts_requested)
 				timestamp = mlx4_en_get_cqe_ts(cqe);
 
 			/* free next descriptor */
-			ring->last_nr_txbb = mlx4_en_free_tx_desc(
+			last_nr_txbb = mlx4_en_free_tx_desc(
 					priv, ring, ring_index,
-					!!((ring->cons + txbbs_skipped) &
+					!!((ring_cons + txbbs_skipped) &
 					ring->size), timestamp);
 
 			mlx4_en_stamp_wqe(priv, ring, stamp_index,
-					  !!((ring->cons + txbbs_stamp) &
+					  !!((ring_cons + txbbs_stamp) &
 						ring->size));
 			stamp_index = ring_index;
 			txbbs_stamp = txbbs_skipped;
@@ -441,7 +455,11 @@ static bool mlx4_en_process_tx_cq(struct net_device *dev,
 	mcq->cons_index = cons_index;
 	mlx4_cq_set_ci(mcq);
 	wmb();
-	ring->cons += txbbs_skipped;
+
+	/* we want to dirty this cache line once */
+	ACCESS_ONCE(ring->last_nr_txbb) = last_nr_txbb;
+	ACCESS_ONCE(ring->cons) = ring_cons + txbbs_skipped;
+
 	netdev_tx_completed_queue(ring->tx_queue, packets, bytes);
 
 	/*
@@ -512,30 +530,35 @@ static struct mlx4_en_tx_desc *mlx4_en_bounce_to_desc(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	return ring->buf + index * TXBB_SIZE;
 }
 
-static int is_inline(int inline_thold, struct sk_buff *skb, void **pfrag)
+/* Decide if skb can be inlined in tx descriptor to avoid dma mapping
+ *
+ * It seems strange we do not simply use skb_copy_bits().
+ * This would allow to inline all skbs iff skb->len <= inline_thold
+ *
+ * Note that caller already checked skb was not a gso packet
+ */
+static bool is_inline(int inline_thold, const struct sk_buff *skb,
+		      const struct skb_shared_info *shinfo,
+		      void **pfrag)
 {
 	void *ptr;
 
-	if (inline_thold && !skb_is_gso(skb) && skb->len <= inline_thold) {
-		if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags == 1) {
-			ptr = skb_frag_address_safe(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[0]);
-			if (unlikely(!ptr))
-				return 0;
-
-			if (pfrag)
-				*pfrag = ptr;
+	if (skb->len > inline_thold || !inline_thold)
+		return false;
 
-			return 1;
-		} else if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags))
-			return 0;
-		else
-			return 1;
+	if (shinfo->nr_frags == 1) {
+		ptr = skb_frag_address_safe(&shinfo->frags[0]);
+		if (unlikely(!ptr))
+			return false;
+		*pfrag = ptr;
+		return true;
 	}
-
-	return 0;
+	if (shinfo->nr_frags)
+		return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
-static int inline_size(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int inline_size(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (skb->len + CTRL_SIZE + sizeof(struct mlx4_wqe_inline_seg)
 	    <= MLX4_INLINE_ALIGN)
@@ -546,18 +569,23 @@ static int inline_size(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			     sizeof(struct mlx4_wqe_inline_seg), 16);
 }
 
-static int get_real_size(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
-			 int *lso_header_size)
+static int get_real_size(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+			 const struct skb_shared_info *shinfo,
+			 struct net_device *dev,
+			 int *lso_header_size,
+			 bool *inline_ok,
+			 void **pfrag)
 {
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int real_size;
 
-	if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
+	if (shinfo->gso_size) {
+		*inline_ok = false;
 		if (skb->encapsulation)
 			*lso_header_size = (skb_inner_transport_header(skb) - skb->data) + inner_tcp_hdrlen(skb);
 		else
 			*lso_header_size = skb_transport_offset(skb) + tcp_hdrlen(skb);
-		real_size = CTRL_SIZE + skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags * DS_SIZE +
+		real_size = CTRL_SIZE + shinfo->nr_frags * DS_SIZE +
 			ALIGN(*lso_header_size + 4, DS_SIZE);
 		if (unlikely(*lso_header_size != skb_headlen(skb))) {
 			/* We add a segment for the skb linear buffer only if
@@ -572,20 +600,28 @@ static int get_real_size(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		}
 	} else {
 		*lso_header_size = 0;
-		if (!is_inline(priv->prof->inline_thold, skb, NULL))
-			real_size = CTRL_SIZE + (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags + 1) * DS_SIZE;
-		else
+		*inline_ok = is_inline(priv->prof->inline_thold, skb,
+				       shinfo, pfrag);
+
+		if (*inline_ok)
 			real_size = inline_size(skb);
+		else
+			real_size = CTRL_SIZE +
+				    (shinfo->nr_frags + 1) * DS_SIZE;
 	}
 
 	return real_size;
 }
 
-static void build_inline_wqe(struct mlx4_en_tx_desc *tx_desc, struct sk_buff *skb,
-			     int real_size, u16 *vlan_tag, int tx_ind, void *fragptr)
+static void build_inline_wqe(struct mlx4_en_tx_desc *tx_desc,
+			     const struct sk_buff *skb,
+			     const struct skb_shared_info *shinfo,
+			     int real_size, u16 *vlan_tag,
+			     int tx_ind, void *fragptr)
 {
 	struct mlx4_wqe_inline_seg *inl = &tx_desc->inl;
 	int spc = MLX4_INLINE_ALIGN - CTRL_SIZE - sizeof *inl;
+	unsigned int hlen = skb_headlen(skb);
 
 	if (skb->len <= spc) {
 		if (likely(skb->len >= MIN_PKT_LEN)) {
@@ -595,19 +631,19 @@ static void build_inline_wqe(struct mlx4_en_tx_desc *tx_desc, struct sk_buff *sk
 			memset(((void *)(inl + 1)) + skb->len, 0,
 			       MIN_PKT_LEN - skb->len);
 		}
-		skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, inl + 1, skb_headlen(skb));
-		if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags)
-			memcpy(((void *)(inl + 1)) + skb_headlen(skb), fragptr,
-			       skb_frag_size(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[0]));
+		skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, inl + 1, hlen);
+		if (shinfo->nr_frags)
+			memcpy(((void *)(inl + 1)) + hlen, fragptr,
+			       skb_frag_size(&shinfo->frags[0]));
 
 	} else {
 		inl->byte_count = cpu_to_be32(1 << 31 | spc);
-		if (skb_headlen(skb) <= spc) {
-			skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, inl + 1, skb_headlen(skb));
-			if (skb_headlen(skb) < spc) {
-				memcpy(((void *)(inl + 1)) + skb_headlen(skb),
-					fragptr, spc - skb_headlen(skb));
-				fragptr +=  spc - skb_headlen(skb);
+		if (hlen <= spc) {
+			skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, inl + 1, hlen);
+			if (hlen < spc) {
+				memcpy(((void *)(inl + 1)) + hlen,
+				       fragptr, spc - hlen);
+				fragptr +=  spc - hlen;
 			}
 			inl = (void *) (inl + 1) + spc;
 			memcpy(((void *)(inl + 1)), fragptr, skb->len - spc);
@@ -615,10 +651,11 @@ static void build_inline_wqe(struct mlx4_en_tx_desc *tx_desc, struct sk_buff *sk
 			skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, inl + 1, spc);
 			inl = (void *) (inl + 1) + spc;
 			skb_copy_from_linear_data_offset(skb, spc, inl + 1,
-					skb_headlen(skb) - spc);
-			if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags)
-				memcpy(((void *)(inl + 1)) + skb_headlen(skb) - spc,
-					fragptr, skb_frag_size(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[0]));
+							 hlen - spc);
+			if (shinfo->nr_frags)
+				memcpy(((void *)(inl + 1)) + hlen - spc,
+				       fragptr,
+				       skb_frag_size(&shinfo->frags[0]));
 		}
 
 		wmb();
@@ -642,15 +679,16 @@ u16 mlx4_en_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return fallback(dev, skb) % rings_p_up + up * rings_p_up;
 }
 
-static void mlx4_bf_copy(void __iomem *dst, unsigned long *src, unsigned bytecnt)
+static void mlx4_bf_copy(void __iomem *dst, const void *src,
+			 unsigned int bytecnt)
 {
 	__iowrite64_copy(dst, src, bytecnt / 8);
 }
 
 netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 	struct device *ddev = priv->ddev;
 	struct mlx4_en_tx_ring *ring;
 	struct mlx4_en_tx_desc *tx_desc;
@@ -663,16 +701,25 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	u32 index, bf_index;
 	__be32 op_own;
 	u16 vlan_tag = 0;
-	int i;
+	int i_frag;
 	int lso_header_size;
-	void *fragptr;
+	void *fragptr = NULL;
 	bool bounce = false;
 	bool send_doorbell;
+	bool inline_ok;
+	u32 ring_cons;
 
 	if (!priv->port_up)
 		goto tx_drop;
 
-	real_size = get_real_size(skb, dev, &lso_header_size);
+	tx_ind = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
+	ring = priv->tx_ring[tx_ind];
+
+	/* fetch ring->cons far ahead before needing it to avoid stall */
+	ring_cons = ACCESS_ONCE(ring->cons);
+
+	real_size = get_real_size(skb, shinfo, dev, &lso_header_size,
+				  &inline_ok, &fragptr);
 	if (unlikely(!real_size))
 		goto tx_drop;
 
@@ -685,13 +732,11 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		goto tx_drop;
 	}
 
-	tx_ind = skb->queue_mapping;
-	ring = priv->tx_ring[tx_ind];
 	if (vlan_tx_tag_present(skb))
 		vlan_tag = vlan_tx_tag_get(skb);
 
 	/* Check available TXBBs And 2K spare for prefetch */
-	if (unlikely(((int)(ring->prod - ring->cons)) >
+	if (unlikely(((int)(ring->prod - ring_cons)) >
 		     ring->size - HEADROOM - MAX_DESC_TXBBS)) {
 		/* every full Tx ring stops queue */
 		netif_tx_stop_queue(ring->tx_queue);
@@ -705,7 +750,8 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		 */
 		wmb();
 
-		if (unlikely(((int)(ring->prod - ring->cons)) <=
+		ring_cons = ACCESS_ONCE(ring->cons);
+		if (unlikely(((int)(ring->prod - ring_cons)) <=
 			     ring->size - HEADROOM - MAX_DESC_TXBBS)) {
 			netif_tx_wake_queue(ring->tx_queue);
 			ring->wake_queue++;
@@ -714,9 +760,11 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	prefetchw(&ring->tx_queue->dql);
+
 	/* Track current inflight packets for performance analysis */
 	AVG_PERF_COUNTER(priv->pstats.inflight_avg,
-			 (u32) (ring->prod - ring->cons - 1));
+			 (u32)(ring->prod - ring_cons - 1));
 
 	/* Packet is good - grab an index and transmit it */
 	index = ring->prod & ring->size_mask;
@@ -736,46 +784,48 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	tx_info->skb = skb;
 	tx_info->nr_txbb = nr_txbb;
 
+	data = &tx_desc->data;
 	if (lso_header_size)
 		data = ((void *)&tx_desc->lso + ALIGN(lso_header_size + 4,
 						      DS_SIZE));
-	else
-		data = &tx_desc->data;
 
 	/* valid only for none inline segments */
 	tx_info->data_offset = (void *)data - (void *)tx_desc;
 
+	tx_info->inl = inline_ok;
+
 	tx_info->linear = (lso_header_size < skb_headlen(skb) &&
-			   !is_inline(ring->inline_thold, skb, NULL)) ? 1 : 0;
+			   !inline_ok) ? 1 : 0;
 
-	data += skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags + tx_info->linear - 1;
+	tx_info->nr_maps = shinfo->nr_frags + tx_info->linear;
+	data += tx_info->nr_maps - 1;
 
-	if (is_inline(ring->inline_thold, skb, &fragptr)) {
-		tx_info->inl = 1;
-	} else {
-		/* Map fragments */
-		for (i = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-			struct skb_frag_struct *frag;
-			dma_addr_t dma;
+	if (!tx_info->inl) {
+		dma_addr_t dma = 0;
+		u32 byte_count = 0;
 
-			frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
+		/* Map fragments if any */
+		for (i_frag = shinfo->nr_frags - 1; i_frag >= 0; i_frag--) {
+			const struct skb_frag_struct *frag;
+
+			frag = &shinfo->frags[i_frag];
+			byte_count = skb_frag_size(frag);
 			dma = skb_frag_dma_map(ddev, frag,
-					       0, skb_frag_size(frag),
+					       0, byte_count,
 					       DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 			if (dma_mapping_error(ddev, dma))
 				goto tx_drop_unmap;
 
 			data->addr = cpu_to_be64(dma);
-			data->lkey = cpu_to_be32(mdev->mr.key);
+			data->lkey = ring->mr_key;
 			wmb();
-			data->byte_count = cpu_to_be32(skb_frag_size(frag));
+			data->byte_count = cpu_to_be32(byte_count);
 			--data;
 		}
 
-		/* Map linear part */
+		/* Map linear part if needed */
 		if (tx_info->linear) {
-			u32 byte_count = skb_headlen(skb) - lso_header_size;
-			dma_addr_t dma;
+			byte_count = skb_headlen(skb) - lso_header_size;
 
 			dma = dma_map_single(ddev, skb->data +
 					     lso_header_size, byte_count,
@@ -784,29 +834,28 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 				goto tx_drop_unmap;
 
 			data->addr = cpu_to_be64(dma);
-			data->lkey = cpu_to_be32(mdev->mr.key);
+			data->lkey = ring->mr_key;
 			wmb();
 			data->byte_count = cpu_to_be32(byte_count);
 		}
-		tx_info->inl = 0;
+		/* tx completion can avoid cache line miss for common cases */
+		tx_info->map0_dma = dma;
+		tx_info->map0_byte_count = byte_count;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * For timestamping add flag to skb_shinfo and
 	 * set flag for further reference
 	 */
-	if (ring->hwtstamp_tx_type == HWTSTAMP_TX_ON &&
-	    skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP) {
-		skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS;
+	tx_info->ts_requested = 0;
+	if (unlikely(ring->hwtstamp_tx_type == HWTSTAMP_TX_ON &&
+		     shinfo->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP)) {
+		shinfo->tx_flags |= SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS;
 		tx_info->ts_requested = 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Prepare ctrl segement apart opcode+ownership, which depends on
 	 * whether LSO is used */
-	tx_desc->ctrl.vlan_tag = cpu_to_be16(vlan_tag);
-	tx_desc->ctrl.ins_vlan = MLX4_WQE_CTRL_INS_VLAN *
-		!!vlan_tx_tag_present(skb);
-	tx_desc->ctrl.fence_size = (real_size / 16) & 0x3f;
 	tx_desc->ctrl.srcrb_flags = priv->ctrl_flags;
 	if (likely(skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)) {
 		tx_desc->ctrl.srcrb_flags |= cpu_to_be32(MLX4_WQE_CTRL_IP_CSUM |
@@ -827,6 +876,8 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* Handle LSO (TSO) packets */
 	if (lso_header_size) {
+		int i;
+
 		/* Mark opcode as LSO */
 		op_own = cpu_to_be32(MLX4_OPCODE_LSO | (1 << 6)) |
 			((ring->prod & ring->size) ?
@@ -834,15 +885,16 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 		/* Fill in the LSO prefix */
 		tx_desc->lso.mss_hdr_size = cpu_to_be32(
-			skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size << 16 | lso_header_size);
+			shinfo->gso_size << 16 | lso_header_size);
 
 		/* Copy headers;
 		 * note that we already verified that it is linear */
 		memcpy(tx_desc->lso.header, skb->data, lso_header_size);
 
 		ring->tso_packets++;
-		i = ((skb->len - lso_header_size) / skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size) +
-			!!((skb->len - lso_header_size) % skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size);
+
+		i = ((skb->len - lso_header_size) / shinfo->gso_size) +
+			!!((skb->len - lso_header_size) % shinfo->gso_size);
 		tx_info->nr_bytes = skb->len + (i - 1) * lso_header_size;
 		ring->packets += i;
 	} else {
@@ -852,16 +904,14 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 			 cpu_to_be32(MLX4_EN_BIT_DESC_OWN) : 0);
 		tx_info->nr_bytes = max_t(unsigned int, skb->len, ETH_ZLEN);
 		ring->packets++;
-
 	}
 	ring->bytes += tx_info->nr_bytes;
 	netdev_tx_sent_queue(ring->tx_queue, tx_info->nr_bytes);
 	AVG_PERF_COUNTER(priv->pstats.tx_pktsz_avg, skb->len);
 
-	if (tx_info->inl) {
-		build_inline_wqe(tx_desc, skb, real_size, &vlan_tag, tx_ind, fragptr);
-		tx_info->inl = 1;
-	}
+	if (tx_info->inl)
+		build_inline_wqe(tx_desc, skb, shinfo, real_size, &vlan_tag,
+				 tx_ind, fragptr);
 
 	if (skb->encapsulation) {
 		struct iphdr *ipv4 = (struct iphdr *)skb_inner_network_header(skb);
@@ -874,16 +924,19 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	ring->prod += nr_txbb;
 
 	/* If we used a bounce buffer then copy descriptor back into place */
-	if (bounce)
+	if (unlikely(bounce))
 		tx_desc = mlx4_en_bounce_to_desc(priv, ring, index, desc_size);
 
 	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 
 	send_doorbell = !skb->xmit_more || netif_xmit_stopped(ring->tx_queue);
 
+	real_size = (real_size / 16) & 0x3f;
+
 	if (ring->bf_enabled && desc_size <= MAX_BF && !bounce &&
 	    !vlan_tx_tag_present(skb) && send_doorbell) {
-		tx_desc->ctrl.bf_qpn |= cpu_to_be32(ring->doorbell_qpn);
+		tx_desc->ctrl.bf_qpn = ring->doorbell_qpn |
+				       cpu_to_be32(real_size);
 
 		op_own |= htonl((bf_index & 0xffff) << 8);
 		/* Ensure new descriptor hits memory
@@ -894,13 +947,18 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 		wmb();
 
-		mlx4_bf_copy(ring->bf.reg + ring->bf.offset, (unsigned long *) &tx_desc->ctrl,
-		     desc_size);
+		mlx4_bf_copy(ring->bf.reg + ring->bf.offset, &tx_desc->ctrl,
+			     desc_size);
 
 		wmb();
 
 		ring->bf.offset ^= ring->bf.buf_size;
 	} else {
+		tx_desc->ctrl.vlan_tag = cpu_to_be16(vlan_tag);
+		tx_desc->ctrl.ins_vlan = MLX4_WQE_CTRL_INS_VLAN *
+			!!vlan_tx_tag_present(skb);
+		tx_desc->ctrl.fence_size = real_size;
+
 		/* Ensure new descriptor hits memory
 		 * before setting ownership of this descriptor to HW
 		 */
@@ -908,8 +966,8 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		tx_desc->ctrl.owner_opcode = op_own;
 		if (send_doorbell) {
 			wmb();
-			iowrite32be(ring->doorbell_qpn,
-				    ring->bf.uar->map + MLX4_SEND_DOORBELL);
+			iowrite32(ring->doorbell_qpn,
+				  ring->bf.uar->map + MLX4_SEND_DOORBELL);
 		} else {
 			ring->xmit_more++;
 		}
@@ -920,8 +978,8 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 tx_drop_unmap:
 	en_err(priv, "DMA mapping error\n");
 
-	for (i++; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
-		data++;
+	while (++i_frag < shinfo->nr_frags) {
+		++data;
 		dma_unmap_page(ddev, (dma_addr_t) be64_to_cpu(data->addr),
 			       be32_to_cpu(data->byte_count),
 			       PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
index 84c9d5dbfa4..8fef65840b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
@@ -216,13 +216,16 @@ enum cq_type {
 
 struct mlx4_en_tx_info {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	u32 nr_txbb;
-	u32 nr_bytes;
-	u8 linear;
-	u8 data_offset;
-	u8 inl;
-	u8 ts_requested;
-};
+	dma_addr_t	map0_dma;
+	u32		map0_byte_count;
+	u32		nr_txbb;
+	u32		nr_bytes;
+	u8		linear;
+	u8		data_offset;
+	u8		inl;
+	u8		ts_requested;
+	u8		nr_maps;
+} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
 
 #define MLX4_EN_BIT_DESC_OWN	0x80000000
@@ -253,41 +256,46 @@ struct mlx4_en_rx_alloc {
 };
 
 struct mlx4_en_tx_ring {
+	/* cache line used and dirtied in tx completion
+	 * (mlx4_en_free_tx_buf())
+	 */
+	u32			last_nr_txbb;
+	u32			cons;
+	unsigned long		wake_queue;
+
+	/* cache line used and dirtied in mlx4_en_xmit() */
+	u32			prod ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+	unsigned long		bytes;
+	unsigned long		packets;
+	unsigned long		tx_csum;
+	unsigned long		tso_packets;
+	unsigned long		xmit_more;
+	struct mlx4_bf		bf;
+	unsigned long		queue_stopped;
+
+	/* Following part should be mostly read */
+	cpumask_t		affinity_mask;
+	struct mlx4_qp		qp;
 	struct mlx4_hwq_resources wqres;
-	u32 size ; /* number of TXBBs */
-	u32 size_mask;
-	u16 stride;
-	u16 cqn;	/* index of port CQ associated with this ring */
-	u32 prod;
-	u32 cons;
-	u32 buf_size;
-	u32 doorbell_qpn;
-	void *buf;
-	u16 poll_cnt;
-	struct mlx4_en_tx_info *tx_info;
-	u8 *bounce_buf;
-	u8 queue_index;
-	cpumask_t affinity_mask;
-	u32 last_nr_txbb;
-	struct mlx4_qp qp;
-	struct mlx4_qp_context context;
-	int qpn;
-	enum mlx4_qp_state qp_state;
-	struct mlx4_srq dummy;
-	unsigned long bytes;
-	unsigned long packets;
-	unsigned long tx_csum;
-	unsigned long queue_stopped;
-	unsigned long wake_queue;
-	unsigned long tso_packets;
-	unsigned long xmit_more;
-	struct mlx4_bf bf;
-	bool bf_enabled;
-	bool bf_alloced;
-	struct netdev_queue *tx_queue;
-	int hwtstamp_tx_type;
-	int inline_thold;
-};
+	u32			size; /* number of TXBBs */
+	u32			size_mask;
+	u16			stride;
+	u16			cqn;	/* index of port CQ associated with this ring */
+	u32			buf_size;
+	__be32			doorbell_qpn;
+	__be32			mr_key;
+	void			*buf;
+	struct mlx4_en_tx_info	*tx_info;
+	u8			*bounce_buf;
+	struct mlx4_qp_context	context;
+	int			qpn;
+	enum mlx4_qp_state	qp_state;
+	u8			queue_index;
+	bool			bf_enabled;
+	bool			bf_alloced;
+	struct netdev_queue	*tx_queue;
+	int			hwtstamp_tx_type;
+} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
 struct mlx4_en_rx_desc {
 	/* actual number of entries depends on rx ring stride */
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
index b2f8ab9a57c..37e4404d022 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ struct mlx4_uar {
 };
 
 struct mlx4_bf {
-	unsigned long		offset;
+	unsigned int		offset;
 	int			buf_size;
 	struct mlx4_uar	       *uar;
 	void __iomem	       *reg;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index 7a364f2f3d3..99b43056a6f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ struct ethtool_value {
 enum tunable_id {
 	ETHTOOL_ID_UNSPEC,
 	ETHTOOL_RX_COPYBREAK,
+	ETHTOOL_TX_COPYBREAK,
 };
 
 enum tunable_type_id {
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 27e61b88652..1600aa24d36 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1625,6 +1625,7 @@ static int ethtool_tunable_valid(const struct ethtool_tunable *tuna)
 {
 	switch (tuna->id) {
 	case ETHTOOL_RX_COPYBREAK:
+	case ETHTOOL_TX_COPYBREAK:
 		if (tuna->len != sizeof(u32) ||
 		    tuna->type_id != ETHTOOL_TUNABLE_U32)
 			return -EINVAL;