linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/6] vmbus: more host signalling avoidance

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Message-Id: <1498419029-4127-5-git-send-email-kys@exchange.microsoft.com>
Date:   Sun, 25 Jun 2017 12:30:28 -0700
From:   kys@...hange.microsoft.com
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
        vkuznets@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        leann.ogasawara@...onical.com, marcelo.cerri@...onical.com,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Cc:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] vmbus: more host signalling avoidance

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>

Don't signal host if it has disabled interrupts for that
ring buffer. Check the feature bit to see if host supports
pending send size flag.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c |   27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
index b0f7952..741daa6 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ void hv_pkt_iter_close(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 {
 	struct hv_ring_buffer_info *rbi = &channel->inbound;
 	u32 orig_write_sz = hv_get_bytes_to_write(rbi);
-	u32 pending_sz;
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure all reads are done before we update the read index since
@@ -419,15 +418,27 @@ void hv_pkt_iter_close(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 	 */
 	virt_mb();
 
-	pending_sz = READ_ONCE(rbi->ring_buffer->pending_send_sz);
-	/* If the other end is not blocked on write don't bother. */
-	if (pending_sz == 0)
+	/* If host has disabled notifications then skip */
+	if (rbi->ring_buffer->interrupt_mask)
 		return;
 
-	if (hv_get_bytes_to_write(rbi) < pending_sz)
-		return;
+	if (rbi->ring_buffer->feature_bits.feat_pending_send_sz) {
+		u32 pending_sz = READ_ONCE(rbi->ring_buffer->pending_send_sz);
 
-	if (orig_write_sz < pending_sz)
-		vmbus_setevent(channel);
+		/*
+		 * If there was space before we began iteration,
+		 * then host was not blocked. Also handles case where
+		 * pending_sz is zero then host has nothing pending
+		 * and does not need to be signaled.
+		 */
+		if (orig_write_sz > pending_sz)
+			return;
+
+		/* If pending write will not fit, don't give false hope. */
+		if (hv_get_bytes_to_write(rbi) < pending_sz)
+			return;
+	}
+
+	vmbus_setevent(channel);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_pkt_iter_close);
-- 
1.7.1