[PATCH v2 4/8] vsock/virtio: reduce credit update messages

Stefano Garzarella
2019-05-10T12:59:59Z

In order to reduce the number of credit update messages,
we send them only when the space available seen by the
transmitter is less than VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/virtio_vsock.h | 1 +
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
index fb5954fc85c8..84b72026d327 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct virtio_vsock_sock {
/* Protected by rx_lock */
u32 buf_alloc;
u32 fwd_cnt;
+ u32 last_fwd_cnt;
u32 rx_bytes;
struct list_head rx_queue;
};
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index f2e4e128bc86..b61fd5e29a1f 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ static void virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, u32 len)
void virtio_transport_inc_tx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
{
spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
+ vvs->last_fwd_cnt = vvs->fwd_cnt;
pkt->hdr.fwd_cnt = cpu_to_le32(vvs->fwd_cnt);
pkt->hdr.buf_alloc = cpu_to_le32(vvs->buf_alloc);
spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ virtio_transport_stream_do_dequeue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans;
struct virtio_vsock_buf *buf;
size_t bytes, total = 0;
+ u32 free_space;
int err = -EFAULT;

spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
@@ -327,11 +329,19 @@ virtio_transport_stream_do_dequeue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
virtio_transport_free_buf(buf);
}
}
+
+ free_space = vvs->buf_alloc - (vvs->fwd_cnt - vvs->last_fwd_cnt);
+
spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);

- /* Send a credit pkt to peer */
- virtio_transport_send_credit_update(vsk, VIRTIO_VSOCK_TYPE_STREAM,
- NULL);
+ /* We send a credit update only when the space available seen
+ * by the transmitter is less than VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE
+ */
+ if (free_space < VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE) {
+ virtio_transport_send_credit_update(vsk,
+ VIRTIO_VSOCK_TYPE_STREAM,
+ NULL);
+ }

return total;

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2.20.1