This fixes a potential dangling xmit problem.

We also suppress refill interrupts until we need them.
(Anthony and I have been working on performance recently, so this
is a WIP).

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

diff -r 586fb6ff29dd drivers/net/virtio_net.c
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c  Thu Nov 15 23:19:12 2007 +1100
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c  Thu Nov 15 23:21:18 2007 +1100
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ struct virtnet_info
        struct net_device *dev;
        struct napi_struct napi;
 
+       struct tasklet_struct xmit_free;
+
        /* TX coalescing. */
        struct hrtimer tx_timer;
 
@@ -59,13 +61,40 @@ static inline void vnet_hdr_to_sg(struct
        sg_init_one(sg, skb_vnet_hdr(skb), sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr));
 }
 
+static unsigned free_old_xmit_skbs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
+{
+       struct sk_buff *skb;
+       unsigned int len, i = 0;
+
+       while ((skb = vi->svq->vq_ops->get_buf(vi->svq, &len)) != NULL) {
+               pr_debug("Sent skb %p\n", skb);
+               __skb_unlink(skb, &vi->send);
+               vi->dev->stats.tx_bytes += len;
+               vi->dev->stats.tx_packets++;
+               kfree_skb(skb);
+               i++;
+       }
+       return i;
+}
+
+static void xmit_free(unsigned long data)
+{
+       struct virtnet_info *vi = (void *)data;
+
+       netif_tx_lock(vi->dev);
+       free_old_xmit_skbs(vi);
+       netif_tx_unlock(vi->dev);
+
+       /* In case we were waiting for output buffers. */
+       netif_wake_queue(vi->dev);
+}      
+
 static bool skb_xmit_done(struct virtqueue *rvq)
 {
        struct virtnet_info *vi = rvq->vdev->priv;
 
-       /* In case we were waiting for output buffers. */
-       netif_wake_queue(vi->dev);
-       return true;
+       tasklet_schedule(&vi->xmit_free);
+       return false;
 }
 
 static void receive_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -216,20 +245,6 @@ again:
        return received;
 }
 
-static void free_old_xmit_skbs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
-{
-       struct sk_buff *skb;
-       unsigned int len;
-
-       while ((skb = vi->svq->vq_ops->get_buf(vi->svq, &len)) != NULL) {
-               pr_debug("Sent skb %p\n", skb);
-               __skb_unlink(skb, &vi->send);
-               vi->dev->stats.tx_bytes += len;
-               vi->dev->stats.tx_packets++;
-               kfree_skb(skb);
-       }
-}
-
 static enum hrtimer_restart kick_xmit(struct hrtimer *t)
 {
        struct virtnet_info *vi = container_of(t,struct virtnet_info,tx_timer);
@@ -256,8 +271,6 @@ static int start_xmit(struct sk_buff *sk
        sg_init_table(sg, 1+MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
 
        pr_debug("%s: xmit %p %s\n", dev->name, skb, print_mac(mac, dest));
-
-       free_old_xmit_skbs(vi);
 
        /* Encode metadata header at front. */
        hdr = skb_vnet_hdr(skb);
@@ -290,11 +303,25 @@ static int start_xmit(struct sk_buff *sk
        vnet_hdr_to_sg(sg, skb);
        num = skb_to_sgvec(skb, sg+1, 0, skb->len) + 1;
        __skb_queue_head(&vi->send, skb);
+
+again:
        err = vi->svq->vq_ops->add_buf(vi->svq, sg, num, 0, skb);
        if (err) {
+               /* Can we free any used skbs? */
+               if (free_old_xmit_skbs(vi))
+                       goto again;
+
+               /* Activate callback for using skbs: if this fails it
+                * means some were used in the meantime. */
+               if (unlikely(!vi->svq->vq_ops->restart(vi->svq))) {
+                       printk("Unlikely: restart svq failed\n");
+                       goto again;
+               }
+
+               __skb_unlink(skb, &vi->send);
+
                pr_debug("%s: virtio not prepared to send\n", dev->name);
-               skb_unlink(skb, &vi->send);
                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;
@@ -400,5 +428,7 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_d
        vi->out_max = -1U;
 
+       tasklet_init(&vi->xmit_free, xmit_free, (unsigned long)vi);
+       
        /* We expect two virtqueues, receive then send. */
        vi->rvq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 0, skb_recv_done);
        if (IS_ERR(vi->rvq)) {
-
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