netdev - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCHv1] xen-netfront: always keep the Rx ring full of requests

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Message-ID: <5433B5C8.9060309@citrix.com>
Date:	Tue, 7 Oct 2014 10:43:36 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...hat.com>, <annie.li@...cle.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCHv1] xen-netfront: always keep the Rx ring full
 of requests

On 06/10/14 22:07, David Miller wrote:
> From: annie li <annie.li@...cle.com>
> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:41:48 -0400
> 
>>
>> On 2014/10/6 12:00, David Vrabel wrote:
>>>>>    +    queue->rx.req_prod_pvt = req_prod;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    /* Not enough requests? Try again later. */
>>>>> +    if (req_prod - queue->rx.rsp_cons < NET_RX_SLOTS_MIN) {
>>>>> +        mod_timer(&queue->rx_refill_timer, jiffies + (HZ/10));
>>>>> +        return;
>>>> If the previous for loop breaks because of failure of
>>>> xennet_alloc_one_rx_buffer, then notify_remote_via_irq is missed here
>>>> if
>>>> the code returns directly.
>>> This is deliberate -- there's no point notifying the backend if there
>>> aren't enough requests for the next packet.  Since we don't know what
>>> the next packet might be we assume it's the largest possible.
>> That makes sense.
>> However, the largest packet case does not happen so
>> frequently. Moreover, netback checks the slots every incoming skb
>> requires in xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available, not only concerning the
>> largest case.

An upcoming change to netback will cause it to wait for enough slots for
the largest possible packet.

> I have an opinion about the sysfs stuff.
> 
> It's user facing, so even if it doesn't influence behavior any more
> you have to keep the files around, just make them nops.

That's a good point.

David
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