Re: [PATCH vhost 21/22] virtio_net: update tx timeout record

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On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 05:36:56 -0400, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 05:12:33PM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 05:10:55 -0400, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 05:27:27PM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> > > > If send queue sent some packets, we update the tx timeout
> > > > record to prevent the tx timeout.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/net/virtio/xsk.c | 10 ++++++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/xsk.c b/drivers/net/virtio/xsk.c
> > > > index 7abd46bb0e3d..e605f860edb6 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/net/virtio/xsk.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/xsk.c
> > > > @@ -274,6 +274,16 @@ bool virtnet_xsk_xmit(struct virtnet_sq *sq, struct xsk_buff_pool *pool,
> > > >
> > > >  	virtnet_xsk_check_queue(sq);
> > > >
> > > > +	if (stats.packets) {
> > > > +		struct netdev_queue *txq;
> > > > +		struct virtnet_info *vi;
> > > > +
> > > > +		vi = sq->vq->vdev->priv;
> > > > +
> > > > +		txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(vi->dev, sq - vi->sq);
> > > > +		txq_trans_cond_update(txq);
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > >  	u64_stats_update_begin(&sq->stats.syncp);
> > > >  	sq->stats.packets += stats.packets;
> > > >  	sq->stats.bytes += stats.bytes;
> > >
> > > I don't get what this is doing. Is there some kind of race here you
> > > are trying to address? And what introduced the race?
> >
> >
> > Because the xsk xmit shares the send queue with the kernel xmit,
> > then when I do benchmark, the xsk will always use the send queue,
> > so the kernel may have no chance to do xmit, the tx watchdog
> > thinks that the send queue is hang and prints tx timeout log.
> >
> > So I call the txq_trans_cond_update() to tell the tx watchdog
> > that the send queue is working.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Don't like this hack.
> So packets are stuck in queue - that's not good is it?
> Is ours the only driver that shares queues like this?

NO.

And txq_trans_cond_update() is called by many net drivers for the similar reason.

Thanks


>
> >
> > >
> > > > --
> > > > 2.32.0.3.g01195cf9f
> > >
> > >
>
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