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[3/3,v2] ifb: use the lockless variants of skb_queue

Message ID 1291510912-6979-1-git-send-email-xiaosuo@gmail.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Changli Gao Dec. 5, 2010, 1:01 a.m. UTC
rq and tq are both protected by tx queue lock, so we can simply use
the lockless variants of skb_queue.

skb_queue_splice_tail_init() is used instead of the open coded and slow
one.

Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com>
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 drivers/net/ifb.c |   14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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jamal Dec. 5, 2010, 2:26 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 09:01 +0800, Changli Gao wrote:
> rq and tq are both protected by tx queue lock, so we can simply use
> the lockless variants of skb_queue.
> 
> skb_queue_splice_tail_init() is used instead of the open coded and slow
> one.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>

cheers,
jamal

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David Miller Dec. 10, 2010, 10:35 p.m. UTC | #2
From: jamal <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 09:26:20 -0500

> On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 09:01 +0800, Changli Gao wrote:
>> rq and tq are both protected by tx queue lock, so we can simply use
>> the lockless variants of skb_queue.
>> 
>> skb_queue_splice_tail_init() is used instead of the open coded and slow
>> one.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>

I've applied the most up to date versions of all 3 of
Changli's IFB patches, thanks!
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/ifb.c b/drivers/net/ifb.c
index d1e362a..9825f11 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ifb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ifb.c
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@  static void ri_tasklet(unsigned long dev)
 	txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(_dev, 0);
 	if ((skb = skb_peek(&dp->tq)) == NULL) {
 		if (__netif_tx_trylock(txq)) {
-			while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&dp->rq)) != NULL) {
-				skb_queue_tail(&dp->tq, skb);
-			}
+			skb_queue_splice_tail_init(&dp->rq, &dp->tq);
 			__netif_tx_unlock(txq);
 		} else {
 			/* reschedule */
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@  static netdev_tx_t ifb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		netif_stop_queue(dev);
 	}
 
-	skb_queue_tail(&dp->rq, skb);
+	__skb_queue_tail(&dp->rq, skb);
 	if (!dp->tasklet_pending) {
 		dp->tasklet_pending = 1;
 		tasklet_schedule(&dp->ifb_tasklet);
@@ -176,8 +174,8 @@  static int ifb_close(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	tasklet_kill(&dp->ifb_tasklet);
 	netif_stop_queue(dev);
-	skb_queue_purge(&dp->rq);
-	skb_queue_purge(&dp->tq);
+	__skb_queue_purge(&dp->rq);
+	__skb_queue_purge(&dp->tq);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -186,8 +184,8 @@  static int ifb_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct ifb_private *dp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	tasklet_init(&dp->ifb_tasklet, ri_tasklet, (unsigned long)dev);
-	skb_queue_head_init(&dp->rq);
-	skb_queue_head_init(&dp->tq);
+	__skb_queue_head_init(&dp->rq);
+	__skb_queue_head_init(&dp->tq);
 	netif_start_queue(dev);
 
 	return 0;