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authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2009-09-24 17:59:18 +0200
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2009-09-24 02:29:19 +0200
commit8958f574dbe7e41cc54df0df1accc861bb9f6be8 (patch)
treed1d88beb865bef3ce0547998151b0ef98d12cb81 /drivers/net
parentvirtio_net: skb_orphan() and nf_reset() in xmit path. (diff)
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virtio_net: return NETDEV_TX_BUSY instead of queueing an extra skb.
This effectively reverts 99ffc696d10b28580fe93441d627cf290ac4484c "virtio: wean net driver off NETDEV_TX_BUSY". The complexity of queuing an skb (setting a tasklet to re-xmit) is questionable, especially once we get rid of the other reason for the tasklet in the next patch. If the skb won't fit in the tx queue, just return NETDEV_TX_BUSY. This is frowned upon, so a followup patch uses a more complex solution. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/virtio_net.c46
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index dc4c68718976..222f3d098ae4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ struct virtnet_info
struct napi_struct napi;
unsigned int status;
- /* The skb we couldn't send because buffers were full. */
- struct sk_buff *last_xmit_skb;
-
/* If we need to free in a timer, this is it. */
struct timer_list xmit_free_timer;
@@ -120,9 +117,8 @@ static void skb_xmit_done(struct virtqueue *svq)
/* We were probably waiting for more output buffers. */
netif_wake_queue(vi->dev);
- /* Make sure we re-xmit last_xmit_skb: if there are no more packets
- * queued, start_xmit won't be called. */
- tasklet_schedule(&vi->tasklet);
+ if (vi->free_in_tasklet)
+ tasklet_schedule(&vi->tasklet);
}
static void receive_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -543,12 +539,7 @@ static void xmit_tasklet(unsigned long data)
struct virtnet_info *vi = (void *)data;
netif_tx_lock_bh(vi->dev);
- if (vi->last_xmit_skb && xmit_skb(vi, vi->last_xmit_skb) >= 0) {
- vi->svq->vq_ops->kick(vi->svq);
- vi->last_xmit_skb = NULL;
- }
- if (vi->free_in_tasklet)
- free_old_xmit_skbs(vi);
+ free_old_xmit_skbs(vi);
netif_tx_unlock_bh(vi->dev);
}
@@ -560,28 +551,16 @@ again:
/* Free up any pending old buffers before queueing new ones. */
free_old_xmit_skbs(vi);
- /* If we has a buffer left over from last time, send it now. */
- if (unlikely(vi->last_xmit_skb) &&
- xmit_skb(vi, vi->last_xmit_skb) < 0)
- goto stop_queue;
-
- vi->last_xmit_skb = NULL;
-
/* Put new one in send queue and do transmit */
- if (likely(skb)) {
- __skb_queue_head(&vi->send, skb);
- if (xmit_skb(vi, skb) < 0) {
- vi->last_xmit_skb = skb;
- skb = NULL;
- goto stop_queue;
- }
+ __skb_queue_head(&vi->send, skb);
+ if (likely(xmit_skb(vi, skb) >= 0)) {
+ vi->svq->vq_ops->kick(vi->svq);
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
-done:
- vi->svq->vq_ops->kick(vi->svq);
- return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-stop_queue:
+ /* Ring too full for this packet, remove it from queue again. */
pr_debug("%s: virtio not prepared to send\n", dev->name);
+ __skb_unlink(skb, &vi->send);
netif_stop_queue(dev);
/* Activate callback for using skbs: if this returns false it
@@ -591,12 +570,7 @@ stop_queue:
netif_start_queue(dev);
goto again;
}
- if (skb) {
- /* Drop this skb: we only queue one. */
- vi->dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
- kfree_skb(skb);
- }
- goto done;
+ return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
}
static int virtnet_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)