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IB/hfi1: Fix a latency issue for small messages

A recent performance enhancement introduced a latency issue in the
HFI message path.  The new algorithm removed a forced call send for
PIO messages and added a forced schedule event for messages larger
than the MTU.

For PIO, the schedule path can introduce thrashing that can
significantly impact the throughput for small messages.

If a message size is within the PIO threshold, always take the send
path.

Fixes: 0b79b27748cb ("IB/{hfi1, qib, rdmavt}: Schedule multi RC/UC packets instead of posting")
Reviewed-by: Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael J. Ruhl <michael.j.ruhl@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Michael J. Ruhl 6 years ago
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      drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/qp.c

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drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/qp.c

@@ -340,6 +340,13 @@ int hfi1_setup_wqe(struct rvt_qp *qp, struct rvt_swqe *wqe, bool *call_send)
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * System latency between send and schedule is large enough that
+	 * forcing call_send to true for piothreshold packets is necessary.
+	 */
+	if (wqe->length <= piothreshold)
+		*call_send = true;
 	return 0;
 }