[PATCH V2 net-next 1/7] ptr_ring: introduce batch dequeuing

[Jason Wang]

This patch introduce a batched version of consuming, consumer can
dequeue more than one pointers from the ring at a time. We don't care
about the reorder of reading here so no need for compiler barrier.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/ptr_ring.h | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
index 6c70444..2be0f350 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
@@ -247,6 +247,22 @@ static inline void *__ptr_ring_consume(struct ptr_ring *r)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
+static inline int __ptr_ring_consume_batched(struct ptr_ring *r,
+					     void **array, int n)
+{
+	void *ptr;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+		ptr = __ptr_ring_consume(r);
+		if (!ptr)
+			break;
+		array[i] = ptr;
+	}
+
+	return i;
+}
+
 /*
  * Note: resize (below) nests producer lock within consumer lock, so if you
  * call this in interrupt or BH context, you must disable interrupts/BH when
@@ -297,6 +313,55 @@ static inline void *ptr_ring_consume_bh(struct ptr_ring *r)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
+static inline int ptr_ring_consume_batched(struct ptr_ring *r,
+					   void **array, int n)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock(&r->consumer_lock);
+	ret = __ptr_ring_consume_batched(r, array, n);
+	spin_unlock(&r->consumer_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int ptr_ring_consume_batched_irq(struct ptr_ring *r,
+					       void **array, int n)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&r->consumer_lock);
+	ret = __ptr_ring_consume_batched(r, array, n);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&r->consumer_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int ptr_ring_consume_batched_any(struct ptr_ring *r,
+					       void **array, int n)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&r->consumer_lock, flags);
+	ret = __ptr_ring_consume_batched(r, array, n);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&r->consumer_lock, flags);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int ptr_ring_consume_batched_bh(struct ptr_ring *r,
+					      void **array, int n)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&r->consumer_lock);
+	ret = __ptr_ring_consume_batched(r, array, n);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&r->consumer_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* Cast to structure type and call a function without discarding from FIFO.
  * Function must return a value.
  * Callers must take consumer_lock.
-- 
2.7.4