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author | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> | 2006-10-26 15:46:54 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2006-12-02 21:22:36 -0800 |
commit | 2bdfe0baeca0e2750037b8fba71905c00ac3c515 (patch) | |
tree | feb34f19d0f280fe4b54bc49e49ab05ea7f085c7 /net/core | |
parent | 6c43ff18f91e54aa7555d8ae4f26eab7da5bce68 (diff) | |
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netpoll retry cleanup
The netpoll beast was still not happy. If the beast got
clogged pipes, it tended to stare blankly off in space
for a long time.
The problem couldn't be completely fixed because the
beast talked with irq's disabled. But it could be made
less painful and shorter.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
-rw-r--r-- | net/core/netpoll.c | 71 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c index 93cb828f3aa..6b34c394672 100644 --- a/net/core/netpoll.c +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c @@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ #define MAX_UDP_CHUNK 1460 #define MAX_SKBS 32 #define MAX_QUEUE_DEPTH (MAX_SKBS / 2) -#define MAX_RETRIES 20000 static struct sk_buff_head skb_pool; static atomic_t trapped; +#define USEC_PER_POLL 50 #define NETPOLL_RX_ENABLED 1 #define NETPOLL_RX_DROP 2 @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static void queue_process(void *p) schedule_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work, HZ/10); return; } + netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev); } } @@ -244,50 +245,44 @@ repeat: static void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb) { - int status; - struct netpoll_info *npinfo; + int status = NETDEV_TX_BUSY; + unsigned long tries; + struct net_device *dev = np->dev; + struct netpoll_info *npinfo = np->dev->npinfo; + + if (!npinfo || !netif_running(dev) || !netif_device_present(dev)) { + __kfree_skb(skb); + return; + } + + /* don't get messages out of order, and no recursion */ + if ( !(np->drop == netpoll_queue && skb_queue_len(&npinfo->txq)) + && npinfo->poll_owner != smp_processor_id() + && netif_tx_trylock(dev)) { + + /* try until next clock tick */ + for(tries = jiffies_to_usecs(1)/USEC_PER_POLL; tries > 0; --tries) { + if (!netif_queue_stopped(dev)) + status = dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, dev); + + if (status == NETDEV_TX_OK) + break; - if (!np || !np->dev || !netif_running(np->dev)) { - __kfree_skb(skb); - return; - } + /* tickle device maybe there is some cleanup */ + netpoll_poll(np); - npinfo = np->dev->npinfo; + udelay(USEC_PER_POLL); + } + netif_tx_unlock(dev); + } - /* avoid recursion */ - if (npinfo->poll_owner == smp_processor_id() || - np->dev->xmit_lock_owner == smp_processor_id()) { + if (status != NETDEV_TX_OK) { + /* requeue for later */ if (np->drop) np->drop(skb); else __kfree_skb(skb); - return; } - - do { - npinfo->tries--; - netif_tx_lock(np->dev); - - /* - * network drivers do not expect to be called if the queue is - * stopped. - */ - status = NETDEV_TX_BUSY; - if (!netif_queue_stopped(np->dev)) - status = np->dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, np->dev); - - netif_tx_unlock(np->dev); - - /* success */ - if(!status) { - npinfo->tries = MAX_RETRIES; /* reset */ - return; - } - - /* transmit busy */ - netpoll_poll(np); - udelay(50); - } while (npinfo->tries > 0); } void netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len) @@ -649,7 +644,7 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np) npinfo->rx_np = NULL; spin_lock_init(&npinfo->poll_lock); npinfo->poll_owner = -1; - npinfo->tries = MAX_RETRIES; + spin_lock_init(&npinfo->rx_lock); skb_queue_head_init(&npinfo->arp_tx); skb_queue_head_init(&npinfo->txq); |