similar to: [PATCH resent] virtio_net: Fix stalled inbound traffic on early packets

The current virtio_net driver has a startup race, which prevents any incoming traffic: If try_fill_recv submits buffers to the host system data might be filled in and an interrupt is sent, before napi_enable finishes. In that case the interrupt will kick skb_recv_done which will then call netif_rx_schedule. netif_rx_schedule checks, if NAPI_STATE_SCHED is set - which is not as we did not run

The current virtio_net driver has a startup race, which prevents any incoming traffic: If try_fill_recv submits buffers to the host system data might be filled in and an interrupt is sent, before napi_enable finishes. In that case the interrupt will kick skb_recv_done which will then call netif_rx_schedule. netif_rx_schedule checks, if NAPI_STATE_SCHED is set - which is not as we did not run

From: "Bruce Rogers" <brogers at novell.com> Under harsh testing conditions, including low memory, the guest would stop receiving packets. With this patch applied we no longer see any problems in the driver while performing these tests for extended periods of time. Make sure napi is scheduled subsequent to each napi_enable. Signed-off-by: Bruce Rogers <brogers at

From: "Bruce Rogers" <brogers at novell.com> Under harsh testing conditions, including low memory, the guest would stop receiving packets. With this patch applied we no longer see any problems in the driver while performing these tests for extended periods of time. Make sure napi is scheduled subsequent to each napi_enable. Signed-off-by: Bruce Rogers <brogers at

I got the following oops during interface ifup. Unfortunately its not easily reproducable so I cant say for sure that my fix fixes this problem, but I am confident and I think its correct anyway: <2>kernel BUG at /space/kvm/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:234! <4>illegal operation: 0001 [#1] PREEMPT SMP <4>Modules linked in: <4>CPU: 0 Not tainted

I got the following oops during interface ifup. Unfortunately its not easily reproducable so I cant say for sure that my fix fixes this problem, but I am confident and I think its correct anyway: <2>kernel BUG at /space/kvm/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:234! <4>illegal operation: 0001 [#1] PREEMPT SMP <4>Modules linked in: <4>CPU: 0 Not tainted

Please consider this patch for the 2.6.32, 2.6.33, and 2.6.34 stable trees as well as current development trees. (I've only tested on 2.6.32 however) virtio_net: Add schedule check to napi_enable call Under harsh testing conditions, including low memory, the guest would stop receiving packets. With this patch applied we no longer see any problems in the driver while performing

Please consider this patch for the 2.6.32, 2.6.33, and 2.6.34 stable trees as well as current development trees. (I've only tested on 2.6.32 however) virtio_net: Add schedule check to napi_enable call Under harsh testing conditions, including low memory, the guest would stop receiving packets. With this patch applied we no longer see any problems in the driver while performing

Avi, this fixes a problem that was introduced by the virtio_reset patches. Can you apply that fix to kvm.git as a bugfix, as the virtio_reset infrastructure is not on Linus upstream yet? Anthony, Dor, are you ok with that change? -- With the latest virtio_reset patches I got the following oops: Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference at virtual kernel address 0000000000000000 Oops: 0004

Avi, this fixes a problem that was introduced by the virtio_reset patches. Can you apply that fix to kvm.git as a bugfix, as the virtio_reset infrastructure is not on Linus upstream yet? Anthony, Dor, are you ok with that change? -- With the latest virtio_reset patches I got the following oops: Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference at virtual kernel address 0000000000000000 Oops: 0004

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> As of tx napi, device down (`ip link set dev $dev down`) hangs unless tx napi is enabled. Else napi_enable is not called, so napi_disable will spin on test_and_set_bit NAPI_STATE_SCHED. Only call napi_disable if tx napi is enabled. Fixes: 5a719c2552ca ("virtio-net: transmit napi") Reported-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> As of tx napi, device down (`ip link set dev $dev down`) hangs unless tx napi is enabled. Else napi_enable is not called, so napi_disable will spin on test_and_set_bit NAPI_STATE_SCHED. Only call napi_disable if tx napi is enabled. Fixes: 5a719c2552ca ("virtio-net: transmit napi") Reported-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> Add napi for virtio-net transmit completion processing. Based on previous patchsets by Jason Wang: [RFC V7 PATCH 0/7] enable tx interrupts for virtio-net http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1505.3/00245.html Changes: RFC -> v1: - dropped vhost interrupt moderation patch: not needed and likely expensive at light

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> Add napi for virtio-net transmit completion processing. Based on previous patchsets by Jason Wang: [RFC V7 PATCH 0/7] enable tx interrupts for virtio-net http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1505.3/00245.html Changes: RFC -> v1: - dropped vhost interrupt moderation patch: not needed and likely expensive at light

Since we want to reset the device to remove them, this is simpler (device is reset for us on driver remove). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff -r 7e5b3ff06f60 drivers/net/virtio_net.c --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c Wed Jan 23 22:53:14

Since we want to reset the device to remove them, this is simpler (device is reset for us on driver remove). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff -r 7e5b3ff06f60 drivers/net/virtio_net.c --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c Wed Jan 23 22:53:14

Rusty, Anthony, Dor, I need your brain power :-) On smp guests I have seen a problem with virtio (the version in curent Avi's git) which do not occur on single processor guests: kernel BUG at /space/kvm/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:228! illegal operation: 0001 [#1] Modules linked in: ipv6 CPU: 2 Not tainted Process swapper (pid: 0, task: 000000000f83e038, ksp: 000000000f877d70) Krnl

Rusty, Anthony, Dor, I need your brain power :-) On smp guests I have seen a problem with virtio (the version in curent Avi's git) which do not occur on single processor guests: kernel BUG at /space/kvm/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:228! illegal operation: 0001 [#1] Modules linked in: ipv6 CPU: 2 Not tainted Process swapper (pid: 0, task: 000000000f83e038, ksp: 000000000f877d70) Krnl

On Fri, 2013-12-27 at 12:55 +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > On 12/27/2013 05:56 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-12-26 at 13:28 -0800, Michael Dalton wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> wrote: > >>> So there isn't a conflict with respect to locking. > >>> > >>> Is it problematic to

On Fri, 2013-12-27 at 12:55 +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > On 12/27/2013 05:56 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-12-26 at 13:28 -0800, Michael Dalton wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> wrote: > >>> So there isn't a conflict with respect to locking. > >>> > >>> Is it problematic to