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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:57:19 +0200
From: Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@...a.slu.se>
To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Robert.Olsson@...a.slu.se, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Remove softirq scheduling from pktgen [PATCH]
Hello, It's not a job for pktgen.
Cheers
--ro
Signed-off-by: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@....uu.se>
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index 18601af..975e887 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
#include <asm/div64.h> /* do_div */
#include <asm/timex.h>
-#define VERSION "pktgen v2.68: Packet Generator for packet performance testing.\n"
+#define VERSION "pktgen v2.69: Packet Generator for packet performance testing.\n"
/* The buckets are exponential in 'width' */
#define LAT_BUCKETS_MAX 32
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ struct pktgen_thread {
struct list_head th_list;
struct task_struct *tsk;
char result[512];
- u32 max_before_softirq; /* We'll call do_softirq to prevent starvation. */
/* Field for thread to receive "posted" events terminate, stop ifs etc. */
@@ -1752,9 +1751,6 @@ static int pktgen_thread_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
BUG_ON(!t);
- seq_printf(seq, "Name: %s max_before_softirq: %d\n",
- t->tsk->comm, t->max_before_softirq);
-
seq_printf(seq, "Running: ");
if_lock(t);
@@ -1787,7 +1783,6 @@ static ssize_t pktgen_thread_write(struct file *file,
int i = 0, max, len, ret;
char name[40];
char *pg_result;
- unsigned long value = 0;
if (count < 1) {
// sprintf(pg_result, "Wrong command format");
@@ -1861,12 +1856,8 @@ static ssize_t pktgen_thread_write(struct file *file,
}
if (!strcmp(name, "max_before_softirq")) {
- len = num_arg(&user_buffer[i], 10, &value);
- mutex_lock(&pktgen_thread_lock);
- t->max_before_softirq = value;
- mutex_unlock(&pktgen_thread_lock);
+ sprintf(pg_result, "OK: Note! max_before_softirq is obsoleted -- Do not use");
ret = count;
- sprintf(pg_result, "OK: max_before_softirq=%lu", value);
goto out;
}
@@ -2145,7 +2136,6 @@ static void spin(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev, __u64 spin_until_us)
if (spin_until_us - now > jiffies_to_usecs(1) + 1)
schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
else if (spin_until_us - now > 100) {
- do_softirq();
if (!pkt_dev->running)
return;
if (need_resched())
@@ -3515,8 +3505,6 @@ static int pktgen_thread_worker(void *arg)
struct pktgen_thread *t = arg;
struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev = NULL;
int cpu = t->cpu;
- u32 max_before_softirq;
- u32 tx_since_softirq = 0;
BUG_ON(smp_processor_id() != cpu);
@@ -3526,8 +3514,6 @@ static int pktgen_thread_worker(void *arg)
pr_debug("pktgen: starting pktgen/%d: pid=%d\n", cpu, current->pid);
- max_before_softirq = t->max_before_softirq;
-
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
set_freezable();
@@ -3546,24 +3532,9 @@ static int pktgen_thread_worker(void *arg)
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
- if (pkt_dev) {
-
+ if (pkt_dev)
pktgen_xmit(pkt_dev);
- /*
- * We like to stay RUNNING but must also give
- * others fair share.
- */
-
- tx_since_softirq += pkt_dev->last_ok;
-
- if (tx_since_softirq > max_before_softirq) {
- if (local_softirq_pending())
- do_softirq();
- tx_since_softirq = 0;
- }
- }
-
if (t->control & T_STOP) {
pktgen_stop(t);
t->control &= ~(T_STOP);
-
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