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Date:   Thu, 27 Apr 2023 04:12:44 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To:     Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     Wenliang Wang <wangwenliang.1995@bytedance.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_net: suppress cpu stall when free_unused_bufs
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On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 03:13:44PM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:02:26 +0800, Wenliang Wang <wangwenliang.1995@bytedance.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 4/27/23 2:20 PM, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> > > On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 12:34:33 +0800, Wenliang Wang <wangwenliang.1995@bytedance.com> wrote:
> > >> For multi-queue and large rx-ring-size use case, the following error
> > >
> > > Cound you give we one number for example?
> >
> > 128 queues and 16K queue_size is typical.
> >
> > >
> > >> occurred when free_unused_bufs:
> > >> rcu: INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Wenliang Wang <wangwenliang.1995@bytedance.com>
> > >> ---
> > >>   drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 1 +
> > >>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > >>
> > >> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > >> index ea1bd4bb326d..21d8382fd2c7 100644
> > >> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > >> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > >> @@ -3565,6 +3565,7 @@ static void free_unused_bufs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
> > >>   		struct virtqueue *vq = vi->rq[i].vq;
> > >>   		while ((buf = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vq)) != NULL)
> > >>   			virtnet_rq_free_unused_buf(vq, buf);
> > >> +		schedule();
> > >
> > > Just for rq?
> > >
> > > Do we need to do the same thing for sq?
> > Rq buffers are pre-allocated, take seconds to free rq unused buffers.
> >
> > Sq unused buffers are much less, so do the same for sq is optional.
> 
> I got.
> 
> I think we should look for a way, compatible with the less queues or the smaller
> rings. Calling schedule() directly may be not a good way.
> 
> Thanks.

Why isn't it a good way?

> 
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >>   	}
> > >>   }
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> 2.20.1
> > >>