On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:11:21 pm Avi Kivity wrote:
> > +   /* In theory, this can happen: if we don't get any buffers in
> > +    * we will*never*  try to fill again.  Sleeping in keventd if
> > +    * bad, but that is worse. */
> > +   if (still_empty) {
> > +           msleep(100);
> > +           schedule_work(&vi->refill);
> > +   }
> > +}
> > + 
> 
> schedule_delayed_work()?

Hmm, might as well, although this is v. unlikely to happen.

Thanks,
Rusty.

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct virtnet_info
        struct sk_buff_head send;
 
        /* Work struct for refilling if we run low on memory. */
-       struct work_struct refill;
+       struct delayed_work refill;
        
        /* Chain pages by the private ptr. */
        struct page *pages;
@@ -402,19 +402,16 @@ static void refill_work(struct work_stru
        struct virtnet_info *vi;
        bool still_empty;
 
-       vi = container_of(work, struct virtnet_info, refill);
+       vi = container_of(work, struct virtnet_info, refill.work);
        napi_disable(&vi->napi);
        try_fill_recv(vi, GFP_KERNEL);
        still_empty = (vi->num == 0);
        napi_enable(&vi->napi);
 
        /* In theory, this can happen: if we don't get any buffers in
-        * we will *never* try to fill again.  Sleeping in keventd if
-        * bad, but that is worse. */
-       if (still_empty) {
-               msleep(100);
-               schedule_work(&vi->refill);
-       }
+        * we will *never* try to fill again. */
+       if (still_empty)
+               schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, HZ/2);
 }
 
 static int virtnet_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
@@ -434,7 +431,7 @@ again:
 
        if (vi->num < vi->max / 2) {
                if (!try_fill_recv(vi, GFP_ATOMIC))
-                       schedule_work(&vi->refill);
+                       schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, 0);
        }
 
        /* Out of packets? */
@@ -925,7 +922,7 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_d
        vi->vdev = vdev;
        vdev->priv = vi;
        vi->pages = NULL;
-       INIT_WORK(&vi->refill, refill_work);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&vi->refill, refill_work);
 
        /* If they give us a callback when all buffers are done, we don't need
         * the timer. */
@@ -991,7 +988,7 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_d
 
 unregister:
        unregister_netdev(dev);
-       cancel_work_sync(&vi->refill);
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
 free_vqs:
        vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 free:
@@ -1020,7 +1017,7 @@ static void virtnet_remove(struct virtio
        BUG_ON(vi->num != 0);
 
        unregister_netdev(vi->dev);
-       cancel_work_sync(&vi->refill);
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
 
        vdev->config->del_vqs(vi->vdev);
 
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