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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Alvaro Karsz <alvaro.karsz@solid-run.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_net: send notification coalescing command only if value changed
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 07:33:16 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221221073256-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221221120618.652074-1-alvaro.karsz@solid-run.com>

On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 02:06:18PM +0200, Alvaro Karsz wrote:
> Don't send a VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_TX_SET or
> VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_RX_SET command if the coalescing parameters
> haven't changed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alvaro Karsz <alvaro.karsz@solid-run.com>

Why do we bother? Resending needs more code and helps
reliability ...

> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index 7723b2a49d8..1d7118de62a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -2760,31 +2760,37 @@ static int virtnet_send_notf_coal_cmds(struct virtnet_info *vi,
>  	struct virtio_net_ctrl_coal_tx coal_tx;
>  	struct virtio_net_ctrl_coal_rx coal_rx;
>  
> -	coal_tx.tx_usecs = cpu_to_le32(ec->tx_coalesce_usecs);
> -	coal_tx.tx_max_packets = cpu_to_le32(ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames);
> -	sg_init_one(&sgs_tx, &coal_tx, sizeof(coal_tx));
> -
> -	if (!virtnet_send_command(vi, VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL,
> -				  VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_TX_SET,
> -				  &sgs_tx))
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +	if (ec->tx_coalesce_usecs != vi->tx_usecs ||
> +	    ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames != vi->tx_max_packets) {
> +		coal_tx.tx_usecs = cpu_to_le32(ec->tx_coalesce_usecs);
> +		coal_tx.tx_max_packets = cpu_to_le32(ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames);
> +		sg_init_one(&sgs_tx, &coal_tx, sizeof(coal_tx));
> +
> +		if (!virtnet_send_command(vi, VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL,
> +					  VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_TX_SET,
> +					  &sgs_tx))
> +			return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	/* Save parameters */
> -	vi->tx_usecs = ec->tx_coalesce_usecs;
> -	vi->tx_max_packets = ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames;
> +		/* Save parameters */
> +		vi->tx_usecs = ec->tx_coalesce_usecs;
> +		vi->tx_max_packets = ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames;
> +	}
>  
> -	coal_rx.rx_usecs = cpu_to_le32(ec->rx_coalesce_usecs);
> -	coal_rx.rx_max_packets = cpu_to_le32(ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames);
> -	sg_init_one(&sgs_rx, &coal_rx, sizeof(coal_rx));
> +	if (ec->rx_coalesce_usecs != vi->rx_usecs ||
> +	    ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames != vi->rx_max_packets) {
> +		coal_rx.rx_usecs = cpu_to_le32(ec->rx_coalesce_usecs);
> +		coal_rx.rx_max_packets = cpu_to_le32(ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames);
> +		sg_init_one(&sgs_rx, &coal_rx, sizeof(coal_rx));
>  
> -	if (!virtnet_send_command(vi, VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL,
> -				  VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_RX_SET,
> -				  &sgs_rx))
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		if (!virtnet_send_command(vi, VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL,
> +					  VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_RX_SET,
> +					  &sgs_rx))
> +			return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	/* Save parameters */
> -	vi->rx_usecs = ec->rx_coalesce_usecs;
> -	vi->rx_max_packets = ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames;
> +		/* Save parameters */
> +		vi->rx_usecs = ec->rx_coalesce_usecs;
> +		vi->rx_max_packets = ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames;
> +	}
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.32.0


  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-21 12:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-21 12:06 [PATCH] virtio_net: send notification coalescing command only if value changed Alvaro Karsz
2022-12-21 12:33 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2022-12-21 12:44   ` Alvaro Karsz
2022-12-21 13:01     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-12-21 13:10       ` Alvaro Karsz

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