sfc: Simplify TSO header buffer allocation
TSO header buffers contain a control structure immediately followed by
the packet headers, and are kept on a free list when not in use. This
complicates buffer management and tends to result in cache read misses
when we recycle such buffers (particularly if DMA-coherent memory
requires caches to be disabled).
Replace the free list with a simple mapping by descriptor index. We
know that there is always a payload descriptor between any two
descriptors with TSO header buffers, so we can allocate only one
such buffer for each two descriptors.
While we're at it, use a standard error code for allocation failure,
not -1.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/nic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/nic.c
index aa11370..cdff40b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/nic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/nic.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
/**************************************************************************
*
* Generic buffer handling
- * These buffers are used for interrupt status and MAC stats
+ * These buffers are used for interrupt status, MAC stats, etc.
*
**************************************************************************/