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[7/7] igb: avoid transmit queue timeout in xdp path

Message ID 20201007152506.66217-8-sven.auhagen@voleatech.de
State Superseded
Headers show
Series igb: xdp patches followup | expand

Commit Message

Sven Auhagen Oct. 7, 2020, 3:25 p.m. UTC 
From: Sven Auhagen <sven.auhagen@voleatech.de>

Since we share the transmit queue with the slow path,
it is possible that we run into a transmit queue timeout.
This will reset the queue.
This happens under high load when the fast path is using the
transmit queue pretty much exclusively.

Signed-off-by: Sven Auhagen <sven.auhagen@voleatech.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Comments

Maciej Fijalkowski Oct. 7, 2020, 9:35 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 05:25:06PM +0200, sven.auhagen@voleatech.de wrote:
> From: Sven Auhagen <sven.auhagen@voleatech.de>
> 
> Since we share the transmit queue with the slow path,
> it is possible that we run into a transmit queue timeout.
> This will reset the queue.
> This happens under high load when the fast path is using the
> transmit queue pretty much exclusively.

Please mention in the commit message *how* you are fixing this issue.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven Auhagen <sven.auhagen@voleatech.de>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
> index 6a2828b96eef..d84a99359e95 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
> @@ -2916,6 +2916,8 @@ static int igb_xdp_xmit_back(struct igb_adapter *adapter, struct xdp_buff *xdp)
>  
>  	nq = txring_txq(tx_ring);
>  	__netif_tx_lock(nq, cpu);
> +	/* Avoid transmit queue timeout since we share it with the slow path */
> +	nq->trans_start = jiffies;
>  	ret = igb_xmit_xdp_ring(adapter, tx_ring, xdpf);
>  	__netif_tx_unlock(nq);
>  
> @@ -2948,6 +2950,9 @@ static int igb_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *dev, int n,
>  	nq = txring_txq(tx_ring);
>  	__netif_tx_lock(nq, cpu);
>  
> +	/* Avoid transmit queue timeout since we share it with the slow path */
> +	nq->trans_start = jiffies;
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
>  		struct xdp_frame *xdpf = frames[i];
>  		int err;
> -- 
> 2.20.1
>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 6a2828b96eef..d84a99359e95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2916,6 +2916,8 @@  static int igb_xdp_xmit_back(struct igb_adapter *adapter, struct xdp_buff *xdp)
 
 	nq = txring_txq(tx_ring);
 	__netif_tx_lock(nq, cpu);
+	/* Avoid transmit queue timeout since we share it with the slow path */
+	nq->trans_start = jiffies;
 	ret = igb_xmit_xdp_ring(adapter, tx_ring, xdpf);
 	__netif_tx_unlock(nq);
 
@@ -2948,6 +2950,9 @@  static int igb_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *dev, int n,
 	nq = txring_txq(tx_ring);
 	__netif_tx_lock(nq, cpu);
 
+	/* Avoid transmit queue timeout since we share it with the slow path */
+	nq->trans_start = jiffies;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		struct xdp_frame *xdpf = frames[i];
 		int err;