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 v9 2/4] vhost-net: wake queue of tun/tap after ptr_ring consume
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:38:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260428123859.19578-3-simon.schippers@tu-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260428123859.19578-1-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.
The point is to allow the queue to be stopped when it gets full, which
is required for traffic shaping - implemented by the following
"avoid ptr_ring tail-drop when a qdisc is present".
Without the corresponding queue stopping, this patch alone causes no
throughput regression for a tap+vhost-net setup sending to a qemu VM:
3.858 Mpps to 3.898 Mpps.
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
50 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 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/vhost/net.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
include/linux/if_tun.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index e6ee2271732f..efe809597622 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -3765,6 +3765,28 @@ struct ptr_ring *tun_get_tx_ring(struct file *file)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tun_get_tx_ring);
+/* Callers must hold ring.consumer_lock */
+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..7fba518ac3cd 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -176,13 +176,21 @@ 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);
+ spin_lock(&nvq->rx_ring->consumer_lock);
+ rxq->tail = __ptr_ring_consume_batched(nvq->rx_ring, rxq->queue,
+ VHOST_NET_BATCH);
+
+ if (rxq->tail)
+ tun_wake_queue(file);
+
+ spin_unlock(&nvq->rx_ring->consumer_lock);
return rxq->tail;
}
@@ -209,14 +217,15 @@ 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 +1004,7 @@ 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-28 12:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-28 12:38 [PATCH net-next v9 0/4] tun/tap & vhost-net: apply qdisc backpressure on full ptr_ring to reduce TX drops Simon Schippers
2026-04-28 12:38 ` [PATCH net-next v9 1/4] tun/tap: add ptr_ring consume helper with netdev queue wakeup Simon Schippers
2026-04-28 12:38 ` Simon Schippers [this message]
2026-04-28 12:38 ` [PATCH net-next v9 3/4] ptr_ring: move free-space check into separate helper Simon Schippers
2026-04-28 12:38 ` [PATCH net-next v9 4/4] tun/tap & vhost-net: avoid ptr_ring tail-drop when a qdisc is present Simon Schippers
2026-04-28 12:50 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-28 13:10 ` Simon Schippers
2026-04-28 13:22 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-28 13:41 ` Simon Schippers
2026-04-28 14:10 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-28 14:18 ` Simon Schippers
2026-04-28 14:32 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-28 14:55 ` Simon Schippers
2026-04-29 21:04 ` [PATCH net-next v9 0/4] tun/tap & vhost-net: apply qdisc backpressure on full ptr_ring to reduce TX drops Simon Schippers
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