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From: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
To: <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>,
	Sander Eikelenboom <linux@eikelenboom.it>
Subject: [PATCH v3 net 2/3] xen-netback: worse-case estimate in xenvif_rx_action is underestimating
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:39:06 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1396006747-9113-3-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1396006747-9113-1-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com>

The worse-case estimate for skb ring slot usage in xenvif_rx_action()
fails to take fragment page_offset into account. The page_offset does,
however, affect the number of times the fragmentation code calls
start_new_rx_buffer() (i.e. consume another slot) and the worse-case
should assume that will always return true. This patch adds the page_offset
into the DIV_ROUND_UP for each frag.

Unfortunately some frontends aggressively limit the number of requests
they post into the shared ring so to avoid an estimate that is 'too'
pessimal it is capped at MAX_SKB_FRAGS.

Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Cc: Sander Eikelenboom <linux@eikelenboom.it>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c |   21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index 72314c7..573f3e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -493,9 +493,28 @@ static void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif *vif)
 						PAGE_SIZE);
 		for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
 			unsigned int size;
+			unsigned int offset;
+
 			size = skb_frag_size(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i]);
-			max_slots_needed += DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+			offset = skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page_offset;
+
+			/* For a worse-case estimate we need to factor in
+			 * the fragment page offset as this will affect the
+			 * number of times xenvif_gop_frag_copy() will
+			 * call start_new_rx_buffer().
+			 */
+			max_slots_needed += DIV_ROUND_UP(offset + size,
+							 PAGE_SIZE);
 		}
+
+		/* To avoid the estimate becoming too pessimal for some
+		 * frontends that limit posted rx requests, cap the estimate
+		 * at MAX_SKB_FRAGS.
+		 */
+		if (max_slots_needed > MAX_SKB_FRAGS)
+			max_slots_needed = MAX_SKB_FRAGS;
+
+		/* We may need one more slot for GSO metadata */
 		if (skb_is_gso(skb) &&
 		   (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV4 ||
 		    skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV6))
-- 
1.7.10.4

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-03-28 11:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-28 11:39 [PATCH net v3 0/3] xen-netback: fix rx slot estimation Paul Durrant
2014-03-28 11:39 ` [PATCH v3 net 1/3] xen-netback: remove pointless clause from if statement Paul Durrant
2014-03-28 12:45   ` For 3.14 " Sander Eikelenboom
2014-03-28 12:58     ` Ian Campbell
2014-03-29 22:52       ` David Miller
2014-03-31 10:33         ` Ian Campbell
2014-03-28 11:39 ` Paul Durrant [this message]
2014-03-28 11:39 ` [PATCH v3 net 3/3] xen-netback: BUG_ON in xenvif_rx_action() not catching overflow Paul Durrant

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