Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754699Ab1FBN3y (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jun 2011 09:29:54 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:64889 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752350Ab1FBN3x (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jun 2011 09:29:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 16:28:52 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: Rusty Russell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Carsten Otte , Christian Borntraeger , linux390@de.ibm.com, Martin Schwidefsky , Heiko Carstens , Shirley Ma , lguest@lists.ozlabs.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, Krishna Kumar , Tom Lendacky , steved@us.ibm.com, habanero@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/3] virtio_net: fix tx capacity checks using new API Message-ID: <20110602132852.GH7141@redhat.com> References: <110045d5bf250e6ed9c739f8cc6adbbf54e3cc9c.1306921434.git.mst@redhat.com> <87vcwphtkd.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87vcwphtkd.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1158 Lines: 29 On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 11:40:26AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:49:54 +0300, "Michael S. Tsirkin" wrote: > > In the (rare) case where new descriptors are used > > while virtio_net enables vq callback for the TX vq, > > virtio_net uses the number of sg entries in the skb it frees to > > calculate how many descriptors in the ring have just been made > > available. But this value is an overestimate: with indirect buffers > > each skb only uses one descriptor entry, meaning we may wake the queue > > only to find we still can't transmit anything. > > This is a bit misleading. > > The value is an overestimate, but so is the requirement for > 2+MAX_SKB_FRAGS, *unless* we suddenly drop into direct mode due to OOM. > > Thanks, > Rusty. I agree, it's unlikely. s/still can't transmit anything/are still out of space and need to stop the ring almost at once/ Better? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/