From: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@linux.alibaba.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Dust Li <dust.li@linux.alibaba.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Sidraya Jayagond <sidraya@linux.ibm.com>,
Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Mahanta Jambigi <mjambigi@linux.ibm.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Tony Lu <tonylu@linux.alibaba.com>,
Wen Gu <guwen@linux.alibaba.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
oliver.yang@linux.alibaba.com, pasic@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net/smc: reduce TX slot contention with exclusive wait
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 14:37:18 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260508063718.101622-3-alibuda@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260508063718.101622-1-alibuda@linux.alibaba.com>
smc_wr_tx_get_free_slot() waits for a free TX slot with
wait_event_interruptible_timeout(). Since the wait_event family
enqueues waiters as non-exclusive, wake_up() may wake multiple
waiters even though only one can use the slot, causing
thundering-herd contention when slots are scarce.
Use an exclusive wait loop with prepare_to_wait_exclusive() so
wake_up() wakes only one waiter per freed slot.
smc_wr_wakeup_tx_wait() still uses wake_up_all() during link
teardown, so teardown behavior is unchanged.
Performance measured with netperf TCP_RR (63 flows, 200B write /
1000B read, 60s duration):
+-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
| smcr_max_conns_per_lgr | 32 | 255 |
|-------------------------------+---------------+---------------|
| before | 4.85 Gb/s | 657.95 Mb/s |
|-------------------------------+---------------+---------------|
| after | 5.01 Gb/s | 2.2 Gb/s |
+-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
Signed-off-by: D. Wythe <alibuda@linux.alibaba.com>
---
net/smc/smc_wr.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_wr.c b/net/smc/smc_wr.c
index 48037a3d97a3..0a6f2befb0e2 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_wr.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_wr.c
@@ -159,9 +159,11 @@ int smc_wr_tx_get_free_slot(struct smc_link *link,
struct smc_rdma_wr **wr_rdma_buf,
struct smc_wr_tx_pend_priv **wr_pend_priv)
{
+ unsigned long timeout = SMC_WR_TX_WAIT_FREE_SLOT_TIME;
struct smc_link_group *lgr = smc_get_lgr(link);
struct smc_wr_tx_pend *wr_pend;
u32 idx = link->wr_tx_cnt;
+ DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
int rc;
*wr_buf = NULL;
@@ -171,17 +173,27 @@ int smc_wr_tx_get_free_slot(struct smc_link *link,
if (rc)
return rc;
} else {
- rc = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(
- link->wr_tx_wait,
- !smc_link_sendable(link) ||
- lgr->terminating ||
- (smc_wr_tx_get_free_slot_index(link, &idx) != -EBUSY),
- SMC_WR_TX_WAIT_FREE_SLOT_TIME);
- if (!rc) {
- /* timeout - terminate link */
- smcr_link_down_cond_sched(link);
- return -EPIPE;
+ rc = 0;
+ for (;;) {
+ prepare_to_wait_exclusive(&link->wr_tx_wait, &wait,
+ TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (!smc_link_sendable(link) || lgr->terminating ||
+ smc_wr_tx_get_free_slot_index(link, &idx) != -EBUSY)
+ break;
+ timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
+ if (!timeout) {
+ /* timeout - terminate link */
+ smcr_link_down_cond_sched(link);
+ break;
+ }
+ if (signal_pending(current)) {
+ rc = -ERESTARTSYS;
+ break;
+ }
}
+ finish_wait(&link->wr_tx_wait, &wait);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
if (idx == link->wr_tx_cnt)
return -EPIPE;
}
--
2.45.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-08 6:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-08 6:37 [PATCH net-next 0/2] net/smc: transition to RDMA core CQ pooling D. Wythe
2026-05-08 6:37 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] " D. Wythe
2026-05-12 8:31 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-05-19 6:11 ` D. Wythe
2026-05-08 6:37 ` D. Wythe [this message]
2026-05-12 8:26 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net/smc: reduce TX slot contention with exclusive wait Paolo Abeni
2026-05-19 6:07 ` D. Wythe
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