netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/4] i40e: avoid spin loop in i40e_asq_send

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Message-Id: <20211025175508.1461435-2-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:55:05 -0700
From:   Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     Caleb Sander <csander@...estorage.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        Joern Engel <joern@...estorage.com>,
        Tony Brelinski <tony.brelinski@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/4] i40e: avoid spin loop in i40e_asq_send_command()

From: Caleb Sander <csander@...estorage.com>

Previously, the kernel could spend up to 250 ms waiting for a command to
be submitted to an admin queue. This function is also called in a loop,
e.g., in i40e_get_module_eeprom() (through i40e_aq_get_phy_register()),
so the time spent in the kernel may be even higher. We observed
scheduling delays of over 2 seconds in production,
with stacktraces pointing to this code as the culprit.

Add a call to cond_resched() so the loop can yield the CPU.
Also compute the total time using the jiffies counter
instead of assuming udelay() waits the precise time interval requested.

Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander <csander@...estorage.com>
Reviewed-by: Joern Engel <joern@...estorage.com>
Tested-by: Tony Brelinski <tony.brelinski@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
index 593912b17609..f1fcb867a999 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ i40e_status i40e_asq_send_command(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 	 * we need to wait for desc write back
 	 */
 	if (!details->async && !details->postpone) {
-		u32 total_delay = 0;
+		unsigned long timeout_end = jiffies + usecs_to_jiffies(hw->aq.asq_cmd_timeout);
 
 		do {
 			/* AQ designers suggest use of head for better
@@ -910,9 +910,9 @@ i40e_status i40e_asq_send_command(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 			 */
 			if (i40e_asq_done(hw))
 				break;
+			cond_resched();
 			udelay(50);
-			total_delay += 50;
-		} while (total_delay < hw->aq.asq_cmd_timeout);
+		} while (time_before(jiffies, timeout_end));
 	}
 
 	/* if ready, copy the desc back to temp */
-- 
2.31.1