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From: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix•com>
To: Joao Martins <Joao.Martins@neclab•eu>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix•com>,
	"xen-devel@lists•xenproject.org" <xen-devel@lists•xenproject.org>,
	"netdev@vger•kernel.org" <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
	"ian.campbell@citrix•com" <ian.campbell@citrix•com>,
	"david.vrabel@citrix•com" <david.vrabel@citrix•com>,
	"boris.ostrovsky@oracle•com" <boris.ostrovsky@oracle•com>,
	"konrad.wilk@oracle•com" <konrad.wilk@oracle•com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 06/13] xen-netback: copy buffer on xenvif_start_xmit()
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 16:10:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150602151000.GR19403@zion.uk.xensource.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <915BCC85-25D1-4960-A1BA-0C6459ABC953@neclab.eu>

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:26:48AM +0000, Joao Martins wrote:
[...]
> >> 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
> >> }
> >> @@ -168,8 +169,12 @@ static int xenvif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
> >> 	cb = XENVIF_RX_CB(skb);
> >> 	cb->expires = jiffies + vif->drain_timeout;
> >> 
> >> -	xenvif_rx_queue_tail(queue, skb);
> >> -	xenvif_kick_thread(queue);
> >> +	if (!queue->vif->persistent_grants) {
> >> +		xenvif_rx_queue_tail(queue, skb);
> >> +		xenvif_kick_thread(queue);
> >> +	} else if (xenvif_rx_map(queue, skb)) {
> >> +		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
> >> +	}
> >> 
> > 
> > We now have two different functions for guest RX, one is xenvif_rx_map,
> > the other is xenvif_rx_action. They look very similar. Can we only have
> > one?
> I think I can merge this into xenvif_rx_action, and I notice that the stall
> detection its missing. I will also add that.
> Perhaps I could also disable the RX kthread, since this doesn't get used with
> persistent grants?
> 

Disabling that kthread is fine. But we do need to make sure we can do
the same things in start_xmit as we are in kthread. I.e. what context
does start_xmit run in and what are the restrictions.

Wei.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-02 15:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-12 17:18 [RFC PATCH 00/13] Persistent grant maps for xen net drivers Joao Martins
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 01/13] xen-netback: add persistent grant tree ops Joao Martins
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 02/13] xen-netback: xenbus feature persistent support Joao Martins
2015-05-19 15:19   ` Wei Liu
2015-05-22 10:24     ` Joao Martins
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 03/13] xen-netback: implement TX persistent grants Joao Martins
2015-05-19 15:23   ` Wei Liu
2015-05-22 10:24     ` Joao Martins
2015-06-02 14:53       ` Wei Liu
2015-06-03 17:07         ` Joao Martins
2015-06-07 12:04           ` Wei Liu
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 04/13] xen-netback: implement RX " Joao Martins
2015-05-19 15:32   ` Wei Liu
2015-05-22 10:25     ` Joao Martins
2015-06-02 15:07       ` Wei Liu
2015-06-03 17:08         ` Joao Martins
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 05/13] xen-netback: refactor xenvif_rx_action Joao Martins
2015-05-19 15:32   ` Wei Liu
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 06/13] xen-netback: copy buffer on xenvif_start_xmit() Joao Martins
2015-05-19 15:35   ` Wei Liu
2015-05-22 10:26     ` Joao Martins
2015-06-02 15:10       ` Wei Liu [this message]
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 07/13] xen-netback: add persistent tree counters to debugfs Joao Martins
2015-05-19 15:36   ` Wei Liu
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 08/13] xen-netback: clone skb if skb->xmit_more is set Joao Martins
2015-05-19 15:36   ` Wei Liu
2015-05-22 17:14     ` Joao Martins
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 09/13] xen-netfront: move grant_{ref, page} to struct grant Joao Martins
2015-05-18 15:44   ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2015-05-19 10:19     ` Joao Martins
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 10/13] xen-netfront: refactor claim/release grant Joao Martins
2015-05-18 15:48   ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2015-05-19 10:19     ` Joao Martins
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 11/13] xen-netfront: feature-persistent xenbus support Joao Martins
2015-05-18 15:51   ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2015-05-19 10:19     ` Joao Martins
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 12/13] xen-netfront: implement TX persistent grants Joao Martins
2015-05-18 15:55   ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2015-05-19 10:20     ` Joao Martins
2015-05-19 10:23       ` David Vrabel
2015-05-12 17:18 ` [RFC PATCH 13/13] xen-netfront: implement RX " Joao Martins
2015-05-18 16:04   ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2015-05-19 10:22     ` Joao Martins
2015-05-13 10:50 ` [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 00/13] Persistent grant maps for xen net drivers David Vrabel
2015-05-13 13:01   ` Joao Martins
2015-05-19 15:39 ` Wei Liu
2015-05-22 10:27   ` Joao Martins
2015-05-29  6:53     ` [Xen-devel] " Yuzhou (C)
2015-05-29 14:51       ` Joao Martins

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