linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 01/72] xen-netfront: Rework the fix for Rx stall during OOM and network stress

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:23:55 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Vineeth Remanan Pillai <vineethp@...zon.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eduardo Valentin <eduval@...zon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 01/72] xen-netfront: Rework the fix for Rx stall during OOM and network stress

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Vineeth Remanan Pillai <vineethp@...zon.com>

commit 538d92912d3190a1dd809233a0d57277459f37b2 upstream.

The commit 90c311b0eeea ("xen-netfront: Fix Rx stall during network
stress and OOM") caused the refill timer to be triggerred almost on
all invocations of xennet_alloc_rx_buffers for certain workloads.
This reworks the fix by reverting to the old behaviour and taking into
consideration the skb allocation failure. Refill timer is now triggered
on insufficient requests or skb allocation failure.

Signed-off-by: Vineeth Remanan Pillai <vineethp@...zon.com>
Fixes: 90c311b0eeea (xen-netfront: Fix Rx stall during network stress and OOM)
Reported-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@...zon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |   14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ static void xennet_alloc_rx_buffers(stru
 {
 	RING_IDX req_prod = queue->rx.req_prod_pvt;
 	int notify;
+	int err = 0;

 	if (unlikely(!netif_carrier_ok(queue->info->netdev)))
 		return;
@@ -295,8 +296,10 @@ static void xennet_alloc_rx_buffers(stru
 		struct xen_netif_rx_request *req;

 		skb = xennet_alloc_one_rx_buffer(queue);
-		if (!skb)
+		if (!skb) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
+		}

 		id = xennet_rxidx(req_prod);

@@ -320,8 +323,13 @@ static void xennet_alloc_rx_buffers(stru

 	queue->rx.req_prod_pvt = req_prod;

-	/* Not enough requests? Try again later. */
-	if (req_prod - queue->rx.sring->req_prod < NET_RX_SLOTS_MIN) {
+	/* Try again later if there are not enough requests or skb allocation
+	 * failed.
+	 * Enough requests is quantified as the sum of newly created slots and
+	 * the unconsumed slots at the backend.
+	 */
+	if (req_prod - queue->rx.rsp_cons < NET_RX_SLOTS_MIN ||
+	    unlikely(err)) {
 		mod_timer(&queue->rx_refill_timer, jiffies + (HZ/10));
 		return;
 	}