We currently check num_free outside tx q lock which is unsafe: new packets can arrive meanwhile and there won't be space in the queue. Thus a spurious queue wakeup causing overhead and even packet drops. Move the check under the lock to fix that. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index 460ccdbb840e..febaf55ec1f6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -1431,11 +1431,12 @@ static void virtnet_poll_cleantx(struct receive_queue *rq) if (__netif_tx_trylock(txq)) { virtqueue_disable_cb(sq->vq); free_old_xmit_skbs(sq, true); + + if (sq->vq->num_free >= 2 + MAX_SKB_FRAGS) + netif_tx_wake_queue(txq); + __netif_tx_unlock(txq); } - - if (sq->vq->num_free >= 2 + MAX_SKB_FRAGS) - netif_tx_wake_queue(txq); } static int virtnet_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget) @@ -1519,6 +1520,9 @@ static int virtnet_poll_tx(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget) virtqueue_disable_cb(sq->vq); free_old_xmit_skbs(sq, true); + if (sq->vq->num_free >= 2 + MAX_SKB_FRAGS) + netif_tx_wake_queue(txq); + opaque = virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare(sq->vq); done = napi_complete_done(napi, 0); @@ -1539,9 +1543,6 @@ static int virtnet_poll_tx(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget) } } - if (sq->vq->num_free >= 2 + MAX_SKB_FRAGS) - netif_tx_wake_queue(txq); - return 0; } -- MST _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization