Re: [PATCH] virtio_net: suppress cpu stall when free_unused_bufs

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On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:02:26 +0800, Wenliang Wang <wangwenliang.1995@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 4/27/23 2:20 PM, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 12:34:33 +0800, Wenliang Wang <wangwenliang.1995@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> For multi-queue and large rx-ring-size use case, the following error
> >
> > Cound you give we one number for example?
>
> 128 queues and 16K queue_size is typical.
>
> >
> >> occurred when free_unused_bufs:
> >> rcu: INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Wenliang Wang <wangwenliang.1995@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>   drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 1 +
> >>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> index ea1bd4bb326d..21d8382fd2c7 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> @@ -3565,6 +3565,7 @@ static void free_unused_bufs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
> >>   		struct virtqueue *vq = vi->rq[i].vq;
> >>   		while ((buf = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vq)) != NULL)
> >>   			virtnet_rq_free_unused_buf(vq, buf);
> >> +		schedule();
> >
> > Just for rq?
> >
> > Do we need to do the same thing for sq?
> Rq buffers are pre-allocated, take seconds to free rq unused buffers.
>
> Sq unused buffers are much less, so do the same for sq is optional.

I got.

I think we should look for a way, compatible with the less queues or the smaller
rings. Calling schedule() directly may be not a good way.

Thanks.


>
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >>   	}
> >>   }
> >>
> >> --
> >> 2.20.1
> >>
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