On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 06:08:21PM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> OK I started looking at this again. My idea is simple.
> A. disable callbacks before we try to drain skbs
> B. actually do disable callbacks even with event idx
>
> To make B not regress, we need to
> C. detect the common case of disable after event triggering and skip the
> write then.
>
> I added a new event_triggered flag for that.
> Completely untested - but then I could not see the warnings either.
> Would be very much interested to know whether this patch helps
> resolve the sruprious interrupt problem at all ...
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com>
Hmm a slightly cleaner alternative is to clear the flag when enabling
interrupts ...
I wonder which cacheline it's best to use for this.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 82e520d2cb12..c23341b18eb5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -1429,6 +1429,7 @@ static void virtnet_poll_cleantx(struct receive_queue *rq)
return;
if (__netif_tx_trylock(txq)) {
+ virtqueue_disable_cb(vq);
free_old_xmit_skbs(sq, true);
__netif_tx_unlock(txq);
}
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 71e16b53e9c1..88f0b16b11b8 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ struct vring_virtqueue {
/* Last used index we've seen. */
u16 last_used_idx;
+ /* Hint for event idx: already triggered no need to disable. */
+ bool event_triggered;
+
union {
/* Available for split ring */
struct {
@@ -739,7 +742,10 @@ static void virtqueue_disable_cb_split(struct virtqueue
*_vq)
if (!(vq->split.avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)) {
vq->split.avail_flags_shadow |= VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT;
- if (!vq->event)
+ if (vq->event)
+ /* TODO: this is a hack. Figure out a cleaner value to
write. */
+ vring_used_event(&vq->split.vring) = 0x0;
+ else
vq->split.vring.avail->flags =
cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev,
vq->split.avail_flags_shadow);
@@ -1605,6 +1611,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue_packed(
vq->weak_barriers = weak_barriers;
vq->broken = false;
vq->last_used_idx = 0;
+ vq->event_triggered = false;
vq->num_added = 0;
vq->packed_ring = true;
vq->use_dma_api = vring_use_dma_api(vdev);
@@ -1919,6 +1926,12 @@ void virtqueue_disable_cb(struct virtqueue *_vq)
{
struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
+ /* If device triggered an event already it won't trigger one again:
+ * no need to disable.
+ */
+ if (vq->event_triggered)
+ return;
+
if (vq->packed_ring)
virtqueue_disable_cb_packed(_vq);
else
@@ -1942,6 +1955,9 @@ unsigned virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare(struct virtqueue
*_vq)
{
struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
+ if (vq->event_triggered)
+ vq->event_triggered = false;
+
return vq->packed_ring ? virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare_packed(_vq) :
virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare_split(_vq);
}
@@ -2005,6 +2021,9 @@ bool virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed(struct virtqueue *_vq)
{
struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
+ if (vq->event_triggered)
+ vq->event_triggered = false;
+
return vq->packed_ring ? virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed_packed(_vq) :
virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed_split(_vq);
}
@@ -2044,6 +2063,10 @@ irqreturn_t vring_interrupt(int irq, void *_vq)
if (unlikely(vq->broken))
return IRQ_HANDLED;
+ /* Just a hint for performance: so it's ok that this can be racy! */
+ if (vq->event)
+ vq->event_triggered = true;
+
pr_debug("virtqueue callback for %p (%p)\n", vq, vq->vq.callback);
if (vq->vq.callback)
vq->vq.callback(&vq->vq);
@@ -2083,6 +2106,7 @@ struct virtqueue *__vring_new_virtqueue(unsigned int
index,
vq->weak_barriers = weak_barriers;
vq->broken = false;
vq->last_used_idx = 0;
+ vq->event_triggered = false;
vq->num_added = 0;
vq->use_dma_api = vring_use_dma_api(vdev);
#ifdef DEBUG
