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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c
index d813bfb1a84..23c89ab5a6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Sun LDOM virtual network driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_VERSION(DRV_MODULE_VERSION);
+/* Heuristic for the number of times to exponentially backoff and
+ * retry sending an LDC trigger when EAGAIN is encountered
+ */
+#define VNET_MAX_RETRIES 10
+
/* Ordered from largest major to lowest */
static struct vio_version vnet_versions[] = {
{ .major = 1, .minor = 0 },
@@ -260,6 +265,7 @@ static int vnet_send_ack(struct vnet_port *port, struct vio_dring_state *dr,
.state = vio_dring_state,
};
int err, delay;
+ int retries = 0;
hdr.seq = dr->snd_nxt;
delay = 1;
@@ -272,6 +278,13 @@ static int vnet_send_ack(struct vnet_port *port, struct vio_dring_state *dr,
udelay(delay);
if ((delay <<= 1) > 128)
delay = 128;
+ if (retries++ > VNET_MAX_RETRIES) {
+ pr_info("ECONNRESET %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x\n",
+ port->raddr[0], port->raddr[1],
+ port->raddr[2], port->raddr[3],
+ port->raddr[4], port->raddr[5]);
+ err = -ECONNRESET;
+ }
} while (err == -EAGAIN);
return err;
@@ -475,8 +488,9 @@ static int handle_mcast(struct vnet_port *port, void *msgbuf)
return 0;
}
-static void maybe_tx_wakeup(struct vnet *vp)
+static void maybe_tx_wakeup(unsigned long param)
{
+ struct vnet *vp = (struct vnet *)param;
struct net_device *dev = vp->dev;
netif_tx_lock(dev);
@@ -573,8 +587,13 @@ static void vnet_event(void *arg, int event)
break;
}
spin_unlock(&vio->lock);
+ /* Kick off a tasklet to wake the queue. We cannot call
+ * maybe_tx_wakeup directly here because we could deadlock on
+ * netif_tx_lock() with dev_watchdog()
+ */
if (unlikely(tx_wakeup && err != -ECONNRESET))
- maybe_tx_wakeup(port->vp);
+ tasklet_schedule(&port->vp->vnet_tx_wakeup);
+
local_irq_restore(flags);
}
@@ -593,6 +612,7 @@ static int __vnet_tx_trigger(struct vnet_port *port)
.end_idx = (u32) -1,
};
int err, delay;
+ int retries = 0;
hdr.seq = dr->snd_nxt;
delay = 1;
@@ -605,6 +625,8 @@ static int __vnet_tx_trigger(struct vnet_port *port)
udelay(delay);
if ((delay <<= 1) > 128)
delay = 128;
+ if (retries++ > VNET_MAX_RETRIES)
+ break;
} while (err == -EAGAIN);
return err;
@@ -691,7 +713,15 @@ static int vnet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
memset(tx_buf+VNET_PACKET_SKIP+skb->len, 0, len - skb->len);
}
- d->hdr.ack = VIO_ACK_ENABLE;
+ /* We don't rely on the ACKs to free the skb in vnet_start_xmit(),
+ * thus it is safe to not set VIO_ACK_ENABLE for each transmission:
+ * the protocol itself does not require it as long as the peer
+ * sends a VIO_SUBTYPE_ACK for VIO_DRING_STOPPED.
+ *
+ * An ACK for every packet in the ring is expensive as the
+ * sending of LDC messages is slow and affects performance.
+ */
+ d->hdr.ack = VIO_ACK_DISABLE;
d->size = len;
d->ncookies = port->tx_bufs[dr->prod].ncookies;
for (i = 0; i < d->ncookies; i++)
@@ -1046,6 +1076,7 @@ static struct vnet *vnet_new(const u64 *local_mac)
vp = netdev_priv(dev);
spin_lock_init(&vp->lock);
+ tasklet_init(&vp->vnet_tx_wakeup, maybe_tx_wakeup, (unsigned long)vp);
vp->dev = dev;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vp->port_list);
@@ -1105,6 +1136,7 @@ static void vnet_cleanup(void)
vp = list_first_entry(&vnet_list, struct vnet, list);
list_del(&vp->list);
dev = vp->dev;
+ tasklet_kill(&vp->vnet_tx_wakeup);
/* vio_unregister_driver() should have cleaned up port_list */
BUG_ON(!list_empty(&vp->port_list));
unregister_netdev(dev);