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From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public•gmane.org>
To: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public•gmane.org>
Cc: Netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org,
	socketcan-users-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public•gmane.org,
	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public•gmane.org>
Subject: Re: poll broken (for can)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:53:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D90CB17.4030205@hartkopp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D90B3B0.2010401-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>

On 28.03.2011 18:13, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> On 03/28/2011 05:55 PM, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>>> BTW: I figured out why poll() wakes you up but the next write will fail
>>> with -ENOBUFS again.
>>
>> Ah, I'm curious? I also did realize that poll does burn CPU cycles
>> (instead of waiting).
> 
> The poll callback checks if the used memory is less than the half of per
> socket snd buffer (IIRC ~60K). See:
> 
> datagram_poll (http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.38/net/core/datagram.c#L737)
> sock_writeable (http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.38/include/net/sock.h#L1618)
> 
> Because the size of a can frame (+the skb overhead) is much less then
> the ethernet frame (+overhead) the default value for the snd buffer is
> too big for can.
> 
> We get the -ENOBUF from write() if the tx_queue_len (default 10) is
> exceeded.
> 
> http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.38/drivers/net/can/dev.c#L435
> http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.38/net/can/af_can.c#L268
> 

What would be your suggestion? Decreasing the socket send buffer for CAN by
default?

Regards,
Oliver

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-28 17:53 UTC|newest]

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     [not found]       ` <4D90AF67.1080405-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-28 16:13         ` poll broken (for can) (was: Re: Multiple programs trying to access the socket) Marc Kleine-Budde
     [not found]           ` <4D90B3B0.2010401-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-28 17:53             ` Oliver Hartkopp [this message]
     [not found]               ` <4D90CB17.4030205-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-28 19:32                 ` poll broken (for can) Marc Kleine-Budde
     [not found]                   ` <4D90E262.1090201-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-29 20:03                     ` Oliver Hartkopp
2011-03-30  7:05                       ` David Miller
2011-03-30  7:46                       ` [Socketcan-users] " Kurt Van Dijck
     [not found]                       ` <4D923B00.20500-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-30  8:53                         ` Marc Kleine-Budde

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