linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] vsock/virtio: reduce credit update messages

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Message-ID: <20190722083640.GB24934@stefanha-x1.localdomain>
Date:   Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:36:40 +0100
From:   Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
To:     Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] vsock/virtio: reduce credit update messages

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 01:30:27PM +0200, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> In order to reduce the number of credit update messages,
> we send them only when the space available seen by the
> transmitter is less than VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/virtio_vsock.h            |  1 +
>  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

It's an arbitrary limit but the risk of regressions is low since the
credit update traffic was so excessive:

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>

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