Doing tx mitigation in the host gets equivalent performance and offers greater flexibility. It also simplifies the guest code.
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index 4082099..797a3ed 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ #include <linux/virtio.h> #include <linux/virtio_net.h> #include <linux/scatterlist.h> -#include <linux/hrtimer.h> static int napi_weight = 128; module_param(napi_weight, int, 0444); @@ -40,15 +39,9 @@ struct virtnet_info struct net_device *dev; struct napi_struct napi; - /* TX coalescing. */ - struct hrtimer tx_timer; - /* Number of input buffers, and max we've ever had. */ unsigned int num, max; - /* Number of queued output buffers, and max we've ever had. */ - unsigned int out_num, out_max; - /* Receive & send queues. */ struct sk_buff_head recv; struct sk_buff_head send; @@ -238,20 +231,6 @@ again: return received; } -static enum hrtimer_restart kick_xmit(struct hrtimer *t) -{ - struct virtnet_info *vi = container_of(t,struct virtnet_info,tx_timer); - - BUG_ON(!in_softirq()); - BUG_ON(in_irq()); - netif_tx_lock(vi->dev); - vi->svq->vq_ops->kick(vi->svq); - vi->out_num = 0; - netif_tx_unlock(vi->dev); - - return HRTIMER_NORESTART; -} - static int start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) { struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev); @@ -305,13 +284,8 @@ again: goto again; pr_debug("%s: virtio not prepared to send\n", dev->name); - if (vi->out_max != vi->out_num) - printk("%s: out_max changed from %u to %u\n", - dev->name, vi->out_max, vi->out_num); - vi->out_max = vi->out_num; - vi->out_num = 0; + /* Kick off send immediately. */ - hrtimer_cancel(&vi->tx_timer); vi->svq->vq_ops->kick(vi->svq); netif_stop_queue(dev); @@ -327,13 +301,8 @@ again: return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; } - if (++vi->out_num == vi->out_max) { - hrtimer_cancel(&vi->tx_timer); - vi->svq->vq_ops->kick(vi->svq); - vi->out_num = 0; - } else if (!hrtimer_is_queued(&vi->tx_timer)) - hrtimer_start(&vi->tx_timer, ktime_set(0,500000), - HRTIMER_MODE_REL); + vi->svq->vq_ops->kick(vi->svq); + return 0; } @@ -425,10 +394,6 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) netif_napi_add(dev, &vi->napi, virtnet_poll, napi_weight); vi->dev = dev; vi->vdev = vdev; - memset(&vi->tx_timer, 0, sizeof(vi->tx_timer)); - hrtimer_init(&vi->tx_timer, CLOCK_REALTIME, HRTIMER_MODE_REL); - vi->tx_timer.function = kick_xmit; - vi->out_max = -1U; /* We expect two virtqueues, receive then send. */ vi->rvq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 0, skb_recv_done); ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel