linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Optimize vmbus_on

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Date:   Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:31:41 +0000
From:   Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To:     Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@...ux.microsoft.com>
Cc:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        wei.liu@...nel.org, decui@...rosoft.com, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Optimize vmbus_on_event

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 02:37:28AM -0700, Saurabh Sengar wrote:
> In the vmbus_on_event loop, 2 jiffies timer will not serve the purpose if
> callback_fn takes longer. For effective use move this check inside of
> callback functions where needed. Out of all the VMbus drivers using
> vmbus_on_event, only storvsc has a high packet volume, thus add this limit
> only in storvsc callback for now.
> There is no apparent benefit of loop itself because this tasklet will be
> scheduled anyway again if there are packets left in ring buffer. This
> patch removes this unnecessary loop as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@...ux.microsoft.com>

Unfortunately this missed the recent merge window so it will be picked
up for the next release.

Thanks,
Wei.