On Wed, 2011-03-09 at 09:15 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > index 82dba5a..ebe3337 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > @@ -514,11 +514,11 @@ static unsigned int free_old_xmit_skbs(struct > virtnet_info *vi) > struct sk_buff *skb; > unsigned int len, tot_sgs = 0; > > - while ((skb = virtqueue_get_buf(vi->svq, &len)) != NULL) { > + if ((skb = virtqueue_get_buf(vi->svq, &len)) != NULL) { > pr_debug("Sent skb %p\n", skb); > vi->dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len; > vi->dev->stats.tx_packets++; > - tot_sgs += skb_vnet_hdr(skb)->num_sg; > + tot_sgs = 2+MAX_SKB_FRAGS; > dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); > } > return tot_sgs; Return value should be different based on indirect or direct buffers here? > @@ -576,9 +576,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, > struct net_device *dev) > struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev); > int capacity; > > - /* Free up any pending old buffers before queueing new ones. > */ > - free_old_xmit_skbs(vi); > - > /* Try to transmit */ > capacity = xmit_skb(vi, skb); > > @@ -605,6 +602,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff > *skb, struct net_device *dev) > skb_orphan(skb); > nf_reset(skb); > > + /* Free up any old buffers so we can queue new ones. */ > + if (capacity < 2+MAX_SKB_FRAGS) > + capacity += free_old_xmit_skbs(vi); > + > /* Apparently nice girls don't return TX_BUSY; stop the queue > * before it gets out of hand. Naturally, this wastes > entries. */ > if (capacity < 2+MAX_SKB_FRAGS) { I tried a similar patch before, it didn't help much on TCP stream performance. But I didn't try multiple stream TCP_RR. Shirley -- 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