netdev - Re: [PATCH net] rxrpc: Fix client call queueing, waiting for channel

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Date:   Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:25:36 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dhowells@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, marc.dionne@...istor.com,
        linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] rxrpc: Fix client call queueing, waiting for
 channel

From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:29:58 +0000

> rxrpc_get_client_conn() adds a new call to the front of the waiting_calls
> queue if the connection it's going to use already exists.  This is bad as
> it allows calls to get starved out.
> 
> Fix this by adding to the tail instead.
> 
> Also change the other enqueue point in the same function to put it on the
> front (ie. when we have a new connection).  This makes the point that in
> the case of a new connection the new call goes at the front (though it
> doesn't actually matter since the queue should be unoccupied).
> 
> Fixes: 45025bceef17 ("rxrpc: Improve management and caching of client connection objects")
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks David.