From 41a50d621a321b4c15273cc1b5ed41437f4acdfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Drozdov Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:18:28 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] af_packet: don't pass empty blocks for PACKET_V3 Before da413eec729d ("packet: Fixed TPACKET V3 to signal poll when block is closed rather than every packet") poll listening for an af_packet socket was not signaled if there was no packets to process. After the patch poll is signaled evety time when block retire timer expires. That happens because af_packet closes the current block on timeout even if the block is empty. Passing empty blocks to the user not only wastes CPU but also wastes ring buffer space increasing probability of packets dropping on small timeouts. Signed-off-by: Alexander Drozdov Cc: Dan Collins Cc: Willem de Bruijn Cc: Guy Harris Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/packet/af_packet.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c index 99fc628f7372..5bf1e968a728 100644 --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c @@ -698,6 +698,10 @@ static void prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expired(unsigned long data) if (pkc->last_kactive_blk_num == pkc->kactive_blk_num) { if (!frozen) { + if (!BLOCK_NUM_PKTS(pbd)) { + /* An empty block. Just refresh the timer. */ + goto refresh_timer; + } prb_retire_current_block(pkc, po, TP_STATUS_BLK_TMO); if (!prb_dispatch_next_block(pkc, po)) goto refresh_timer; @@ -798,7 +802,11 @@ static void prb_close_block(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *pkc1, h1->ts_last_pkt.ts_sec = last_pkt->tp_sec; h1->ts_last_pkt.ts_nsec = last_pkt->tp_nsec; } else { - /* Ok, we tmo'd - so get the current time */ + /* Ok, we tmo'd - so get the current time. + * + * It shouldn't really happen as we don't close empty + * blocks. See prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expired(). + */ struct timespec ts; getnstimeofday(&ts); h1->ts_last_pkt.ts_sec = ts.tv_sec; -- 2.20.1