On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 04:37:00PM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>
>
> On 7/20/23 23:02, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 01:26:20PM -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> > > On 7/20/23 1:38 AM, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Adding cond_resched() to the command waiting loop for a better
> > > > co-operation with the scheduler. This allows to give CPU a breath to
> > > > run other task(workqueue) instead of busy looping when preemption is
> > > > not allowed on a device whose CVQ might be slow.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > This still leaves hung processes, but at least it doesn't pin the CPU any
> > > more. Thanks.
> > > Reviewed-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@xxxxxxx>
> > >
> >
> > I'd like to see a full solution
> > 1- block until interrupt
>
> Would it make sense to also have a timeout?
> And when timeout expires, set FAILED bit in device status?
virtio spec does not set any limits on the timing of vq
processing.
> > 2- still handle surprise removal correctly by waking in that case
> >
> >
> >
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 4 +++-
> > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > > > index 9f3b1d6ac33d..e7533f29b219 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > > > @@ -2314,8 +2314,10 @@ static bool virtnet_send_command(struct virtnet_info *vi, u8 class, u8 cmd,
> > > > * into the hypervisor, so the request should be handled immediately.
> > > > */
> > > > while (!virtqueue_get_buf(vi->cvq, &tmp) &&
> > > > - !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq))
> > > > + !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq)) {
> > > > + cond_resched();
> > > > cpu_relax();
> > > > + }
> > > >
> > > > return vi->ctrl->status == VIRTIO_NET_OK;
> > > > }
> > > > --
> > > > 2.39.3
> > > >
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