netdev - [PATCH v6] vhost_net: avoid tx queue stuck when sendmsg fails

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Date:   Thu, 7 Jan 2021 17:49:45 +0800
From:   wangyunjian <wangyunjian@...wei.com>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <mst@...hat.com>, <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        <jasowang@...hat.com>, <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        <jerry.lilijun@...wei.com>, <xudingke@...wei.com>,
        <chenchanghu@...wei.com>, <brian.huangbin@...wei.com>,
        Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6] vhost_net: avoid tx queue stuck when sendmsg fails

From: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@...wei.com>

Currently the driver doesn't drop a packet which can't be sent by tun
(e.g bad packet). In this case, the driver will always process the
same packet lead to the tx queue stuck.

To fix this issue:
1. in the case of persistent failure (e.g bad packet), the driver
   can skip this descriptor by ignoring the error.
2. in the case of transient failure (e.g -ENOBUFS, -EAGAIN and -ENOMEM),
   the driver schedules the worker to try again.

Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@...wei.com>
---
v6:
   * update code styles and commit log
---
 drivers/vhost/net.c | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index c8784dfafdd7..bfe2f0f2084b 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -827,14 +827,15 @@ static void handle_tx_copy(struct vhost_net *net, struct socket *sock)
 				msg.msg_flags &= ~MSG_MORE;
 		}
 
-		/* TODO: Check specific error and bomb out unless ENOBUFS? */
 		err = sock->ops->sendmsg(sock, &msg, len);
 		if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
-			vhost_discard_vq_desc(vq, 1);
-			vhost_net_enable_vq(net, vq);
-			break;
-		}
-		if (err != len)
+			if (err == -EAGAIN || err == -ENOMEM || err == -ENOBUFS) {
+				vhost_discard_vq_desc(vq, 1);
+				vhost_net_enable_vq(net, vq);
+				break;
+			}
+			pr_debug("Fail to send packet: err %d", err);
+		} else if (unlikely(err != len))
 			pr_debug("Truncated TX packet: len %d != %zd\n",
 				 err, len);
 done:
@@ -922,7 +923,6 @@ static void handle_tx_zerocopy(struct vhost_net *net, struct socket *sock)
 			msg.msg_flags &= ~MSG_MORE;
 		}
 
-		/* TODO: Check specific error and bomb out unless ENOBUFS? */
 		err = sock->ops->sendmsg(sock, &msg, len);
 		if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
 			if (zcopy_used) {
@@ -931,11 +931,13 @@ static void handle_tx_zerocopy(struct vhost_net *net, struct socket *sock)
 				nvq->upend_idx = ((unsigned)nvq->upend_idx - 1)
 					% UIO_MAXIOV;
 			}
-			vhost_discard_vq_desc(vq, 1);
-			vhost_net_enable_vq(net, vq);
-			break;
-		}
-		if (err != len)
+			if (err == -EAGAIN || err == -ENOMEM || err == -ENOBUFS) {
+				vhost_discard_vq_desc(vq, 1);
+				vhost_net_enable_vq(net, vq);
+				break;
+			}
+			pr_debug("Fail to send packet: err %d", err);
+		} else if (unlikely(err != len))
 			pr_debug("Truncated TX packet: "
 				 " len %d != %zd\n", err, len);
 		if (!zcopy_used)
-- 
2.23.0