netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] xen-netback: reintroduce guest Rx stall detection

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Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:49:52 +0100
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] xen-netback: reintroduce guest Rx stall detection

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 02:08:55PM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
> If a frontend not receiving packets it is useful to detect this and
> turn off the carrier so packets are dropped early instead of being
> queued and drained when they expire.
> 
> A to-guest queue is stalled if it doesn't have enough free slots for a
> an extended period of time (default 60 s).
> 
> If at least one queue is stalled, the carrier is turned off (in the
> expectation that the other queues will soon stall as well).  The
> carrier is only turned on once all queues are ready.
> 
> When the frontend connects, all the queues start in the stalled state
> and only become ready once the frontend queues enough Rx requests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>

Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
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