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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ibmveth.c28
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
index 9d662dec21b..fc6e2cf879c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM i/pSeries Virtual Ethernet Driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_VERSION(ibmveth_driver_version);
+static unsigned int tx_copybreak __read_mostly = 128;
+module_param(tx_copybreak, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(tx_copybreak,
+ "Maximum size of packet that is copied to a new buffer on transmit");
+
struct ibmveth_stat {
char name[ETH_GSTRING_LEN];
int offset;
@@ -931,17 +936,24 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmveth_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
buf[1] = 0;
}
- data_dma_addr = dma_map_single(&adapter->vdev->dev, skb->data,
- skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
- if (dma_mapping_error(&adapter->vdev->dev, data_dma_addr)) {
- if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_CMO))
- ibmveth_error_printk("tx: unable to map xmit buffer\n");
+ if (skb->len < tx_copybreak) {
+ used_bounce = 1;
+ } else {
+ data_dma_addr = dma_map_single(&adapter->vdev->dev, skb->data,
+ skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+ if (dma_mapping_error(&adapter->vdev->dev, data_dma_addr)) {
+ if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_CMO))
+ ibmveth_error_printk("tx: unable to map "
+ "xmit buffer\n");
+ tx_map_failed++;
+ used_bounce = 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (used_bounce) {
skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, adapter->bounce_buffer,
skb->len);
desc.fields.address = adapter->bounce_buffer_dma;
- tx_map_failed++;
- used_bounce = 1;
- wmb();
} else
desc.fields.address = data_dma_addr;