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From: Simon Schippers <simon.schippers@tu-dortmund.de>
To: willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com, jasowang@redhat.com,
	andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
	kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, mst@redhat.com,
	eperezma@redhat.com, leiyang@redhat.com,
	stephen@networkplumber.org, jon@nutanix.com,
	tim.gebauer@tu-dortmund.de, simon.schippers@tu-dortmund.de,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH net-next v8 2/4] vhost-net: wake queue of tun/tap after ptr_ring consume
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:06:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260312130639.138988-3-simon.schippers@tu-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260312130639.138988-1-simon.schippers@tu-dortmund.de>

Add tun_wake_queue() to tun.c and export it for use by vhost-net. The
function validates that the file belongs to a tun/tap device,
dereferences the tun_struct under RCU, and delegates to
__tun_wake_queue().

vhost_net_buf_produce() now calls tun_wake_queue() after a successful
batched consume of the ring to allow the netdev subqueue to be woken up.

Without the corresponding queue stopping (introduced in a subsequent
commit), this patch alone causes a slight throughput regression for a
tap+vhost-net setup sending to a qemu VM:
3.948 Mpps to 3.888 Mpps (-1.5%).

Details: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X at 4.3 GHz, 3200 MHz RAM, isolated QEMU
threads, XDP drop program active in VM, pktgen sender; Avg over
20 runs @ 100,000,000 packets. SRSO and spectre v2 mitigations disabled.

Co-developed-by: Tim Gebauer <tim.gebauer@tu-dortmund.de>
Signed-off-by: Tim Gebauer <tim.gebauer@tu-dortmund.de>
Signed-off-by: Simon Schippers <simon.schippers@tu-dortmund.de>
---
 drivers/net/tun.c      | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/vhost/net.c    | 15 +++++++++++----
 include/linux/if_tun.h |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index a82d665dab5f..b86582cc6cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -3760,6 +3760,27 @@ struct ptr_ring *tun_get_tx_ring(struct file *file)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tun_get_tx_ring);
 
+void tun_wake_queue(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct tun_file *tfile;
+	struct tun_struct *tun;
+
+	if (file->f_op != &tun_fops)
+		return;
+	tfile = file->private_data;
+	if (!tfile)
+		return;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	tun = rcu_dereference(tfile->tun);
+	if (tun)
+		__tun_wake_queue(tun, tfile);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tun_wake_queue);
+
 module_init(tun_init);
 module_exit(tun_cleanup);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRV_DESCRIPTION);
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 80965181920c..c8ef804ef28c 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -176,13 +176,19 @@ static void *vhost_net_buf_consume(struct vhost_net_buf *rxq)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int vhost_net_buf_produce(struct vhost_net_virtqueue *nvq)
+static int vhost_net_buf_produce(struct sock *sk,
+				 struct vhost_net_virtqueue *nvq)
 {
+	struct file *file = sk->sk_socket->file;
 	struct vhost_net_buf *rxq = &nvq->rxq;
 
 	rxq->head = 0;
 	rxq->tail = ptr_ring_consume_batched(nvq->rx_ring, rxq->queue,
 					      VHOST_NET_BATCH);
+
+	if (rxq->tail)
+		tun_wake_queue(file);
+
 	return rxq->tail;
 }
 
@@ -209,14 +215,15 @@ static int vhost_net_buf_peek_len(void *ptr)
 	return __skb_array_len_with_tag(ptr);
 }
 
-static int vhost_net_buf_peek(struct vhost_net_virtqueue *nvq)
+static int vhost_net_buf_peek(struct sock *sk,
+			      struct vhost_net_virtqueue *nvq)
 {
 	struct vhost_net_buf *rxq = &nvq->rxq;
 
 	if (!vhost_net_buf_is_empty(rxq))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!vhost_net_buf_produce(nvq))
+	if (!vhost_net_buf_produce(sk, nvq))
 		return 0;
 
 out:
@@ -995,7 +1002,7 @@ static int peek_head_len(struct vhost_net_virtqueue *rvq, struct sock *sk)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (rvq->rx_ring)
-		return vhost_net_buf_peek(rvq);
+		return vhost_net_buf_peek(sk, rvq);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock, flags);
 	head = skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
diff --git a/include/linux/if_tun.h b/include/linux/if_tun.h
index 80166eb62f41..ab3b4ebca059 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_tun.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_tun.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct tun_msg_ctl {
 #if defined(CONFIG_TUN) || defined(CONFIG_TUN_MODULE)
 struct socket *tun_get_socket(struct file *);
 struct ptr_ring *tun_get_tx_ring(struct file *file);
+void tun_wake_queue(struct file *file);
 
 static inline bool tun_is_xdp_frame(void *ptr)
 {
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ static inline struct ptr_ring *tun_get_tx_ring(struct file *f)
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
+static inline void tun_wake_queue(struct file *f) {}
+
 static inline bool tun_is_xdp_frame(void *ptr)
 {
 	return false;
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-12 13:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-12 13:06 [PATCH net-next v8 0/4] tun/tap & vhost-net: apply qdisc backpressure on full ptr_ring to reduce TX drops Simon Schippers
2026-03-12 13:06 ` [PATCH net-next v8 1/4] tun/tap: add ptr_ring consume helper with netdev queue wakeup Simon Schippers
2026-03-24  1:47   ` Jason Wang
2026-03-12 13:06 ` Simon Schippers [this message]
2026-03-12 13:54   ` [PATCH net-next v8 2/4] vhost-net: wake queue of tun/tap after ptr_ring consume Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-03-24  1:47   ` Jason Wang
2026-03-12 13:06 ` [PATCH net-next v8 3/4] ptr_ring: move free-space check into separate helper Simon Schippers
2026-03-12 13:17   ` Eric Dumazet
2026-03-12 13:48     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-03-12 14:21       ` Eric Dumazet
2026-03-25 11:07         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-03-12 13:06 ` [PATCH net-next v8 4/4] tun/tap & vhost-net: avoid ptr_ring tail-drop when a qdisc is present Simon Schippers
2026-03-24  1:47   ` Jason Wang
2026-03-24 10:14     ` Simon Schippers
2026-03-25 14:47       ` Simon Schippers
2026-03-26  2:41         ` Jason Wang
2026-03-26 15:30           ` Simon Schippers
2026-03-12 13:55 ` [PATCH net-next v8 0/4] tun/tap & vhost-net: apply qdisc backpressure on full ptr_ring to reduce TX drops Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-03-13  9:49   ` Simon Schippers
2026-03-13 10:35     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-03-23 21:49 ` Simon Schippers

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