[RFC PATCH net-next 6/6] virtio-net: enable tx interrupt only for the final skb in the chain

Michael S. Tsirkin
2014-10-15T10:22:51Z

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 03:25:30PM +0800, Jason Wang
wrote:
> With the help of xmit_more and virtqueue_enable_cb_avail(), this patch
> enable tx interrupt only for the final skb in the chain if
> needed. This will help to mitigate tx interrupts.
>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com>

I think you should split xmit_more stuff out.



> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c |   10 +++++++---
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index 2afc2e2..5943f3f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -993,12 +993,16 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev)
>  				virtqueue_disable_cb(sq->vq);
>  			}
>  		}
> -	} else if (virtqueue_enable_cb(sq->vq)) {
> -		free_old_xmit_skbs(sq, qsize);
>  	}
>
> -	if (__netif_subqueue_stopped(dev, qnum) || !skb->xmit_more)
> +	if (__netif_subqueue_stopped(dev, qnum) || !skb->xmit_more) {
>  		virtqueue_kick(sq->vq);
> +		if (sq->vq->num_free >= 2 +MAX_SKB_FRAGS &&
> +		    unlikely(virtqueue_enable_cb_avail(sq->vq))) {
> +			free_old_xmit_skbs(sq, qsize);
> +			virtqueue_disable_cb(sq->vq);
> +		}
> +	}
>
>  	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>  }
> --
> 1.7.1