[RFC V7 PATCH 3/7] virtio-net: optimize free_old_xmit_skbs stats

From: Jason Wang
Date: Mon May 25 2015 - 01:24:33 EST


We already have counters for sent packets and sent bytes.
Use them to reduce the number of u64_stats_update_begin/end().

Take care not to bother with stats update when called
speculatively.

Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 63c7810..744f0b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -826,17 +826,27 @@ static void free_old_xmit_skbs(struct send_queue *sq)
unsigned int len;
struct virtnet_info *vi = sq->vq->vdev->priv;
struct virtnet_stats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(vi->stats);
+ unsigned int packets = 0, bytes = 0;

while ((skb = virtqueue_get_buf(sq->vq, &len)) != NULL) {
pr_debug("Sent skb %p\n", skb);

- u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->tx_syncp);
- stats->tx_bytes += skb->len;
- stats->tx_packets++;
- u64_stats_update_end(&stats->tx_syncp);
+ bytes += skb->len;
+ packets++;

dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
}
+
+ /* Avoid overhead when no packets have been processed
+ * happens when called speculatively from start_xmit.
+ */
+ if (!packets)
+ return ;
+
+ u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->tx_syncp);
+ stats->tx_bytes += bytes;
+ stats->tx_packets += packets;
+ u64_stats_update_end(&stats->tx_syncp);
}

static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *sq, struct sk_buff *skb)
--
1.8.3.1

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