On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 12:16:57AM +0300, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
> Add one more condition for sending credit update during dequeue from
> stream socket: when number of bytes in the rx queue is smaller than
> SO_RCVLOWAT value of the socket. This is actual for non-default value
> of SO_RCVLOWAT (e.g. not 1) - idea is to "kick" peer to continue data
> transmission, because we need at least SO_RCVLOWAT bytes in our rx
> queue to wake up user for reading data (in corner case it is also
> possible to stuck both tx and rx sides, this is why 'Fixes' is used).
I don't get what does "to stuck both tx and rx sides" mean.
Besides being agrammatical, is there a way to do this without
playing with SO_RCVLOWAT?
>
> Fixes: b89d882dc9fc ("vsock/virtio: reduce credit update messages")
> Signed-off-by: Arseniy Krasnov <avkrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v6 -> v7:
> * Handle wrap of 'fwd_cnt'.
> * Do to send credit update when 'fwd_cnt' == 'last_fwd_cnt'.
> v7 -> v8:
> * Remove unneeded/wrong handling of wrap for 'fwd_cnt'.
>
> net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
> index e137d740804e..8572f94bba88 100644
> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
> @@ -558,6 +558,8 @@ virtio_transport_stream_do_dequeue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
> struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans;
> size_t bytes, total = 0;
> struct sk_buff *skb;
> + u32 fwd_cnt_delta;
> + bool low_rx_bytes;
> int err = -EFAULT;
> u32 free_space;
>
> @@ -601,7 +603,10 @@ virtio_transport_stream_do_dequeue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
> }
> }
>
> - free_space = vvs->buf_alloc - (vvs->fwd_cnt - vvs->last_fwd_cnt);
> + fwd_cnt_delta = vvs->fwd_cnt - vvs->last_fwd_cnt;
> + free_space = vvs->buf_alloc - fwd_cnt_delta;
> + low_rx_bytes = (vvs->rx_bytes <
> + sock_rcvlowat(sk_vsock(vsk), 0, INT_MAX));
>
> spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
>
> @@ -611,9 +616,11 @@ virtio_transport_stream_do_dequeue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
> * too high causes extra messages. Too low causes transmitter
> * stalls. As stalls are in theory more expensive than extra
> * messages, we set the limit to a high value. TODO: experiment
> - * with different values.
> + * with different values. Also send credit update message when
> + * number of bytes in rx queue is not enough to wake up reader.
> */
> - if (free_space < VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE)
> + if (fwd_cnt_delta &&
> + (free_space < VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE || low_rx_bytes))
> virtio_transport_send_credit_update(vsk);
>
> return total;
> --
> 2.25.1
