linux-kernel - [PATCH vhost 3/3] vhost-net: flush batched before enabling notifications

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Message-ID: <20250917063045.2042-3-jasowang@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:30:45 +0800
From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To: mst@...hat.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com,
	eperezma@...hat.com
Cc: jonah.palmer@...cle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	jon@...anix.com,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH vhost 3/3] vhost-net: flush batched before enabling notifications

Commit 8c2e6b26ffe2 ("vhost/net: Defer TX queue re-enable until after
sendmsg") tries to defer the notification enabling by moving the logic
out of the loop after the vhost_tx_batch() when nothing new is spotted.
This caused unexpected side effects as the new logic is reused for
several other error conditions.

A previous patch reverted 8c2e6b26ffe2. Now, bring the performance
back up by flushing batched buffers before enabling notifications.

Reported-by: Jon Kohler <jon@...anix.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: 8c2e6b26ffe2 ("vhost/net: Defer TX queue re-enable until after sendmsg")
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/net.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 57efd5c55f89..35ded4330431 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -780,6 +780,11 @@ static void handle_tx_copy(struct vhost_net *net, struct socket *sock)
 			break;
 		/* Nothing new?  Wait for eventfd to tell us they refilled. */
 		if (head == vq->num) {
+			/* Flush batched packets to handle pending RX
+			 * work (if busyloop_intr is set) and to avoid
+			 * unnecessary virtqueue kicks.
+			 */
+			vhost_tx_batch(net, nvq, sock, &msg);
 			if (unlikely(busyloop_intr)) {
 				vhost_poll_queue(&vq->poll);
 			} else if (unlikely(vhost_enable_notify(&net->dev,
-- 
2.34.1