Michael S. Tsirkin writes: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:26:17PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > Michael S. Tsirkin writes: > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 04:10:59PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > > > No need to check the support of mergeable buffer inside the recevie > > > > loop as the whole handle_rx()_xx is in the read critical region. So > > > > this patch move it ahead of the receiving loop. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Well feature check is mostly just features & bit > > > so why would it be slower? Because of the rcu > > > adding memory barriers? Do you observe a > > > measureable speedup with this patch? > > > > > > > I do not measure the performance for just this patch, maybe not obvious. And it > > can also help the code unification. > > > > > Apropos, I noticed that the check in vhost_has_feature > > > is wrong: it uses the same kind of RCU as the > > > private pointer. So we'll have to fix that properly > > > by adding more lockdep classes, but for now > > > we'll need to make > > > the check 1 || lockdep_is_held(&dev->mutex); > > > and add a TODO. > > > > > > > Not sure, lockdep_is_head(&dev->mutex) maybe not accurate but sufficient, as it > > was always held in the read critical region. > > Not really, when we call vhost_has_feature from the vq handling thread > it's not. > Seems not, see vhost_net_ioctl(). > > > > --- > > > > drivers/vhost/net.c | 5 +++-- > > > > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c > > > > index 14fc189..95e49de 100644 > > > > --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c > > > > +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c > > > > @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static void handle_rx_mergeable(struct vhost_net *net) > > > > }; > > > > > > > > size_t total_len = 0; > > > > - int err, headcount; > > > > + int err, headcount, mergeable; > > > > size_t vhost_hlen, sock_hlen; > > > > size_t vhost_len, sock_len; > > > > struct socket *sock = rcu_dereference(vq->private_data); > > > > @@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ static void handle_rx_mergeable(struct vhost_net *net) > > > > > > > > vq_log = unlikely(vhost_has_feature(&net->dev, VHOST_F_LOG_ALL)) ? > > > > vq->log : NULL; > > > > + mergeable = vhost_has_feature(&net->dev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF); > > > > > > > > while ((sock_len = peek_head_len(sock->sk))) { > > > > sock_len += sock_hlen; > > > > @@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ static void handle_rx_mergeable(struct vhost_net *net) > > > > break; > > > > } > > > > /* TODO: Should check and handle checksum. */ > > > > - if (vhost_has_feature(&net->dev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF) && > > > > + if (likely(mergeable) && > > > > memcpy_toiovecend(vq->hdr, (unsigned char *)&headcount, > > > > offsetof(typeof(hdr), num_buffers), > > > > sizeof hdr.num_buffers)) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html