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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 19:01:26 +0200
From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To: hadi@...erus.ca
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] make qdisc_restart more readable
* jamal <j.hadi123@...il.com> 2007-05-10 20:13
> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> index f671cd2..718d6fd 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> @@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ struct wireless_dev;
> #define NETDEV_TX_OK 0 /* driver took care of packet */
> #define NETDEV_TX_BUSY 1 /* driver tx path was busy*/
> #define NETDEV_TX_LOCKED -1 /* driver tx lock was already taken */
> +#define NETDEV_TX_DROP -2 /* request caller to drop packet */
> +#define NETDEV_TX_QUEUE -3 /* request caller to requeue packet */
> +
>
> /*
> * Compute the worst case header length according to the protocols
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
> index f28bb2d..b821040 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
> @@ -59,7 +59,79 @@ void qdisc_unlock_tree(struct net_device *dev)
> spin_unlock_bh(&dev->queue_lock);
> }
>
> -/*
> +static inline int qqlen(struct Qdisc *q)
> +{
> + BUG_ON((int) q->q.qlen < 0);
> + return q->q.qlen;
> +}
Nitpicking but qdisc_qlen() sounds a lot better to me.
> +
> +static inline int handle_dev_cpu_collision(struct net_device *dev)
> +{
> + if (dev->xmit_lock_owner == smp_processor_id()) {
> + if (net_ratelimit())
> + printk(KERN_DEBUG
> + "Dead loop on netdevice %s, fix it urgently!\n",
> + dev->name);
> + return NETDEV_TX_DROP;
> + }
> + /* XXX: This maintains original code, but i think we should
> + * update cpu_collision always
> + */
> + __get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).cpu_collision++;
> + return NETDEV_TX_QUEUE;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int
> +handle_dev_requeue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct Qdisc *q)
> +{
> +
> + if (unlikely(q == &noop_qdisc))
> + kfree_skb(skb);
> +
> + if (skb->next)
Oops, missing else here, this will crash.
> + dev->gso_skb = skb;
> + else
> + q->ops->requeue(skb, q);
> + /* XXX: Could netif_schedule fail? Or is that fact we are
> + * requeueing imply the hardware path is closed
> + * and even if we fail, some interupt will wake us
> + */
> + netif_schedule(dev);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int
> +try_get_tx_pkt(struct sk_buff **skb, struct net_device *dev, struct Qdisc *q)
> +{
> + if (((*skb = dev->gso_skb)) || ((*skb = q->dequeue(q)))) {
> +
> + dev->gso_skb = NULL;
> + return -1;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
Seems simpler to just return the skb or NULL instead
> +static inline int
> +handle_tx_locked(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct Qdisc *q)
> +{
> + int ret = handle_dev_cpu_collision(dev);
> +
> + if (ret == NETDEV_TX_DROP) {
> + kfree_skb(skb);
> + return qqlen(q);
> + }
> +
> + return handle_dev_requeue(skb, dev, q);
> +}
> +
> +
> +/*
> + NOTE: Called under dev->queue_lock with locally disabled BH.
> +
> + __LINK_STATE_QDISC_RUNNING guarantees only one CPU
> + can enter this region at a time.
> +
> dev->queue_lock serializes queue accesses for this device
> AND dev->qdisc pointer itself.
>
> @@ -67,114 +139,63 @@ void qdisc_unlock_tree(struct net_device *dev)
>
> dev->queue_lock and netif_tx_lock are mutually exclusive,
> if one is grabbed, another must be free.
> - */
>
> + Multiple CPUs may contend for the two locks.
>
> -/* Kick device.
> + Note, that this procedure can be called by a watchdog timer, so that
> + we do not check dev->tbusy flag here.
>
> + Returns to the caller:
> Returns: 0 - queue is empty or throttled.
> >0 - queue is not empty.
> -
> - NOTE: Called under dev->queue_lock with locally disabled BH.
> */
>
> -static inline int qdisc_restart(struct net_device *dev)
> +int
> +qdisc_restart(struct net_device *dev)
> {
> struct Qdisc *q = dev->qdisc;
> - struct sk_buff *skb;
> -
> - /* Dequeue packet */
> - if (((skb = dev->gso_skb)) || ((skb = q->dequeue(q)))) {
> - unsigned nolock = (dev->features & NETIF_F_LLTX);
> + unsigned lockless = (dev->features & NETIF_F_LLTX);
> + struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = try_get_tx_pkt(&skb, dev, q);
> + if (ret == 0)
> + return qqlen(q);
> +
> + /* we have a packet to send */
> + if (!lockless) {
> + if (!netif_tx_trylock(dev))
> + return handle_tx_locked(skb, dev, q);
> + }
> +
> + /* all clear .. */
> + spin_unlock(&dev->queue_lock);
>
> - dev->gso_skb = NULL;
> + /* churn baby churn .. */
> + ret = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev);
Check whether queue is stopped got lost here
> - /*
> - * When the driver has LLTX set it does its own locking
> - * in start_xmit. No need to add additional overhead by
> - * locking again. These checks are worth it because
> - * even uncongested locks can be quite expensive.
> - * The driver can do trylock like here too, in case
> - * of lock congestion it should return -1 and the packet
> - * will be requeued.
> - */
> - if (!nolock) {
> - if (!netif_tx_trylock(dev)) {
> - collision:
> - /* So, someone grabbed the driver. */
> -
> - /* It may be transient configuration error,
> - when hard_start_xmit() recurses. We detect
> - it by checking xmit owner and drop the
> - packet when deadloop is detected.
> - */
> - if (dev->xmit_lock_owner == smp_processor_id()) {
> - kfree_skb(skb);
> - if (net_ratelimit())
> - printk(KERN_DEBUG "Dead loop on netdevice %s, fix it urgently!\n", dev->name);
> - goto out;
> - }
> - __get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).cpu_collision++;
> - goto requeue;
> - }
> - }
> + if (!lockless)
> + netif_tx_unlock(dev);
>
> - {
> - /* And release queue */
> - spin_unlock(&dev->queue_lock);
> -
> - if (!netif_queue_stopped(dev)) {
> - int ret;
> -
> - ret = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev);
> - if (ret == NETDEV_TX_OK) {
> - if (!nolock) {
> - netif_tx_unlock(dev);
> - }
> - spin_lock(&dev->queue_lock);
> - q = dev->qdisc;
> - goto out;
> - }
> - if (ret == NETDEV_TX_LOCKED && nolock) {
> - spin_lock(&dev->queue_lock);
> - q = dev->qdisc;
> - goto collision;
> - }
> - }
> + spin_lock(&dev->queue_lock);
>
> - /* NETDEV_TX_BUSY - we need to requeue */
> - /* Release the driver */
> - if (!nolock) {
> - netif_tx_unlock(dev);
> - }
> - spin_lock(&dev->queue_lock);
> - q = dev->qdisc;
> - }
> + q = dev->qdisc;
Maybe comment why q needs to be refreshed so nobody removes
it by accident.
> + /* most likely result, packet went ok */
> + if (ret == NETDEV_TX_OK)
> + return qqlen(q);
> + /* only for lockless drivers .. */
> + if (ret == NETDEV_TX_LOCKED && lockless) {
> + return handle_tx_locked(skb, dev, q);
> + }
Your style of placing parentheses seems to vary randomly :-)
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