Improve tx batching using byte queue limits. Should be especially effective for MQ. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index 14f4cda..b83d39d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ static unsigned int free_old_xmit_skbs(struct netdev_queue *txq, struct virtnet_info *vi = sq->vq->vdev->priv; struct virtnet_stats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(vi->stats); unsigned int packets = 0; + unsigned int bytes = 0; while (packets < budget && (skb = virtqueue_get_buf(sq->vq, &len)) != NULL) { @@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ static unsigned int free_old_xmit_skbs(struct netdev_queue *txq, u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->tx_syncp); stats->tx_bytes += skb->len; + bytes += skb->len; stats->tx_packets++; u64_stats_update_end(&stats->tx_syncp); @@ -241,6 +243,8 @@ static unsigned int free_old_xmit_skbs(struct netdev_queue *txq, packets++; } + netdev_tx_completed_queue(txq, packets, bytes); + if (sq->vq->num_free >= 2+MAX_SKB_FRAGS) netif_tx_start_queue(txq); @@ -959,6 +963,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) int err; struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, qnum); bool kick = !skb->xmit_more; + unsigned int bytes = skb->len; virtqueue_disable_cb(sq->vq); @@ -976,6 +981,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) return NETDEV_TX_OK; } + netdev_tx_sent_queue(txq, bytes); + /* Apparently nice girls don't return TX_BUSY; stop the queue * before it gets out of hand. Naturally, this wastes entries. */ if (sq->vq->num_free < 2+MAX_SKB_FRAGS) -- MST