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Date:	Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:57:02 +0000
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
CC:	<wei.liu2@...rix.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"konrad.wilk@...cle.com" <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V3 14/16] netback: split event channels support

On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 10:37 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> O
> 
> Can you get rid of split_irq by setting tx_irq == rx_irq in that case
> and simplify the code by doing so?
> 
> I think this should work even for places like:
> 
> 	if (!vif->split_irq)
> 		enable_irq(vif->tx_irq);
> 	else {
> 		enable_irq(vif->tx_irq);
> 		enable_irq(vif->rx_irq);
> 	}
> 
> Just by doing
> 		enable_irq(vif->tx_irq);
> 		enable_irq(vif->rx_irq);
> 
> Since enable/disable_irq maintain a count and so it will do the right
> thing if they happen to be the same.
> 

Hmm... OK.

> >  	/* The shared tx ring and index. */
> >  	struct xen_netif_tx_back_ring tx;
> > @@ -162,7 +164,8 @@ struct xenvif *xenvif_alloc(struct device *parent,
> >  int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif *vif,
> >  		   unsigned long tx_ring_ref[], unsigned int tx_ring_order,
> >  		   unsigned long rx_ring_ref[], unsigned int rx_ring_order,
> > -		   unsigned int evtchn, unsigned int rx_protocol);
> > +		   unsigned int evtchn[], int split_evtchn,
> > +		   unsigned int rx_protocol);
> >  void xenvif_disconnect(struct xenvif *vif);
> >  
> >  int xenvif_xenbus_init(void);
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
> > index 0f05f03..afccd5d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
> > @@ -46,15 +46,31 @@ int xenvif_schedulable(struct xenvif *vif)
> >  	return netif_running(vif->dev) && netif_carrier_ok(vif->dev);
> >  }
> >  
> > -static irqreturn_t xenvif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> > +static irqreturn_t xenvif_tx_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> > +{
> > +	struct xenvif *vif = dev_id;
> > +
> > +	if (RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_REQUESTS(&vif->tx))
> > +		napi_schedule(&vif->napi);
> > +
> > +	return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static irqreturn_t xenvif_rx_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> >  {
> >  	struct xenvif *vif = dev_id;
> >  
> >  	if (xenvif_schedulable(vif) && vif->event != NULL)
> >  		vif->event(vif);
> >  
> > -	if (RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_REQUESTS(&vif->tx))
> > -		napi_schedule(&vif->napi);
> > +	return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static irqreturn_t xenvif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> > +{
> > +	xenvif_tx_interrupt(0, dev_id);
> 
> Might as well pass irq down.

Sure.

> [...]
> > @@ -308,13 +334,14 @@ struct xenvif *xenvif_alloc(struct device *parent, domid_t domid,
> >  int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif *vif,
> >  		   unsigned long tx_ring_ref[], unsigned int tx_ring_ref_count,
> >  		   unsigned long rx_ring_ref[], unsigned int rx_ring_ref_count,
> > -		   unsigned int evtchn, unsigned int rx_protocol)
> > +		   unsigned int evtchn[], int split_evtchn,
> 
> Explicitly tx_evtchn and rx_evtchn would be clearer than remembering
> that [0]==tx and [1]==rx I think.
> 
> > +		   unsigned int rx_protocol)
> >  {
> >  	int err = -ENOMEM;
> >  	struct xen_netif_tx_sring *txs;
> >  
> >  	/* Already connected through? */
> > -	if (vif->irq)
> > +	if (vif->tx_irq)
> >  		return 0;
> >  
> >  	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
> > @@ -345,13 +372,35 @@ int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif *vif,
> >  	if (vif->setup(vif))
> >  		goto err_rx_unmap;
> >  
> > -	err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(
> > -		vif->domid, evtchn, xenvif_interrupt, 0,
> > -		vif->dev->name, vif);
> > -	if (err < 0)
> > -		goto err_rx_unmap;
> > -	vif->irq = err;
> > -	disable_irq(vif->irq);
> > +	if (!split_evtchn) {
> 
> Presumably this is one of the places where you do have to care about
> split vs non. I did consider whether simply registering two handlers for
> the interrupt in a shared-interrupt style would work, but I think that
> way lies madness and confusion...
> 
> > +		err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(
> > +			vif->domid, evtchn[0], xenvif_interrupt, 0,
> > +			vif->dev->name, vif);
> > +		if (err < 0)
> > +			goto err_rx_unmap;
> > +		vif->tx_irq = vif->rx_irq = err;
> > +		disable_irq(vif->tx_irq);
> > +		vif->split_irq = 0;
> > +	} else {
> > +		err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(
> > +			vif->domid, evtchn[0], xenvif_tx_interrupt,
> > +			0, vif->dev->name, vif);
> > +		if (err < 0)
> > +			goto err_rx_unmap;
> > +		vif->tx_irq = err;
> > +		disable_irq(vif->tx_irq);
> > +
> > +		err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(
> > +			vif->domid, evtchn[1], xenvif_rx_interrupt,
> > +			0, vif->dev->name, vif);
> > +		if (err < 0) {
> > +			unbind_from_irqhandler(vif->tx_irq, vif);
> > +			goto err_rx_unmap;
> > +		}
> > +		vif->rx_irq = err;
> > +		disable_irq(vif->rx_irq);
> > +		vif->split_irq = 1;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	init_waitqueue_head(&vif->wq);
> >  	vif->task = kthread_create(xenvif_kthread,
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
> > index 4067286..c5a3b27 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
> > @@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ static int netback_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
> >  			goto abort_transaction;
> >  		}
> >  
> > +		err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
> > +				    "split-event-channels",
> 
> Usually we use "feature-FOO" as the names for these sorts of nodes.
> 

Got it.

> > +				    "%u", 1);
> > +		if (err) {
> > +			message = "writing split-event-channels";
> > +			goto abort_transaction;
> > +		}
> > +
> >  		err = xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 0);
> >  	} while (err == -EAGAIN);
> >  
> > @@ -408,7 +416,7 @@ static int connect_rings(struct backend_info *be)
> >  {
> >  	struct xenvif *vif = be->vif;
> >  	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
> > -	unsigned int evtchn, rx_copy;
> > +	unsigned int evtchn[2], split_evtchn, rx_copy;
> 
> Another case where I think two vars is better than a small array.
> 
> >  	int err;
> >  	int val;
> >  	unsigned long tx_ring_ref[NETBK_MAX_RING_PAGES];
> 

Reasonable change.


Wei.

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