netpoll per device txq
authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:46:51 +0000 (15:46 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>
Sun, 3 Dec 2006 05:22:33 +0000 (21:22 -0800)
When the netpoll beast got really busy, it tended to clog
things, so it stored them for later. But the beast was putting
all it's skb's in one basket. This was bad because maybe some
pipes were clogged and others were not.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
include/linux/netpoll.h
net/core/netpoll.c

index 39845fc975f994b1c6b1c4c8b3065911d093b20e..93a8b766442326893bd49dc826da7c1c5de19b11 100644 (file)
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ struct netpoll_info {
        spinlock_t rx_lock;
        struct netpoll *rx_np; /* netpoll that registered an rx_hook */
        struct sk_buff_head arp_tx; /* list of arp requests to reply to */
+       struct sk_buff_head txq;
+       struct work_struct tx_work;
 };
 
 void netpoll_poll(struct netpoll *np);
index c66df2f45d268e3a477cd2d4c0b5450dde92423d..ac4e8b8f57d1d603840997e1d92ca419ce67bde5 100644 (file)
 
 static struct sk_buff_head skb_pool;
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(queue_lock);
-static int queue_depth;
-static struct sk_buff *queue_head, *queue_tail;
-
 static atomic_t trapped;
 
 #define NETPOLL_RX_ENABLED  1
@@ -56,46 +52,25 @@ static void arp_reply(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 static void queue_process(void *p)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
+       struct netpoll_info *npinfo = p;
        struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-       while (queue_head) {
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&queue_lock, flags);
-
-               skb = queue_head;
-               queue_head = skb->next;
-               if (skb == queue_tail)
-                       queue_head = NULL;
-
-               queue_depth--;
-
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue_lock, flags);
-
+       while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&npinfo->txq)))
                dev_queue_xmit(skb);
-       }
-}
 
-static DECLARE_WORK(send_queue, queue_process, NULL);
+}
 
 void netpoll_queue(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
+       struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+       struct netpoll_info *npinfo = dev->npinfo;
 
-       if (queue_depth == MAX_QUEUE_DEPTH) {
-               __kfree_skb(skb);
-               return;
+       if (!npinfo)
+               kfree_skb(skb);
+       else {
+               skb_queue_tail(&npinfo->txq, skb);
+               schedule_work(&npinfo->tx_work);
        }
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&queue_lock, flags);
-       if (!queue_head)
-               queue_head = skb;
-       else
-               queue_tail->next = skb;
-       queue_tail = skb;
-       queue_depth++;
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue_lock, flags);
-
-       schedule_work(&send_queue);
 }
 
 static int checksum_udp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct udphdr *uh,
@@ -658,6 +633,9 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
                npinfo->tries = MAX_RETRIES;
                spin_lock_init(&npinfo->rx_lock);
                skb_queue_head_init(&npinfo->arp_tx);
+               skb_queue_head_init(&npinfo->txq);
+               INIT_WORK(&npinfo->tx_work, queue_process, npinfo);
+
                atomic_set(&npinfo->refcnt, 1);
        } else {
                npinfo = ndev->npinfo;
@@ -780,6 +758,8 @@ void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np)
                        np->dev->npinfo = NULL;
                        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&npinfo->refcnt)) {
                                skb_queue_purge(&npinfo->arp_tx);
+                               skb_queue_purge(&npinfo->txq);
+                               flush_scheduled_work();
 
                                kfree(npinfo);
                        }