Re: [PATCH net-next] net: link_watch: prevent starvation when processing linkwatch wq

[Yunsheng Lin]

On 2019/5/29 16:12, Salil Mehta wrote:
>> From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yunsheng Lin
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 2:04 AM
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>> On 2019/5/27 22:58, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>>> On Mon, 27 May 2019 09:47:54 +0800
>>> Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> When user has configured a large number of virtual netdev, such
>>>> as 4K vlans, the carrier on/off operation of the real netdev
>>>> will also cause it's virtual netdev's link state to be processed
>>>> in linkwatch. Currently, the processing is done in a work queue,
>>>> which may cause worker starvation problem for other work queue.
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> I think we had already discussed about this internally and using separate
> workqueue with WQ_UNBOUND should solve this problem. HNS3 driver was sharing
> workqueue with the system workqueue. 

Yes, using WQ_UNBOUND wq in hns3 solved the cpu starvation for hns3
workqueue.

But the rtnl_lock taken by linkwatch is still a problem for hns3's
reset workqueue to do the down operation, which need a rtnl_lock.

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>>>> This patch releases the cpu when link watch worker has processed
>>>> a fixed number of netdev' link watch event, and schedule the
>>>> work queue again when there is still link watch event remaining.
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> We need proper examples/use-cases because of which we require above
> kind of co-operative scheduling. Touching the common shared queue logic
> which solid argument might invite for more problem to other modules.
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>>>> Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>>> Why not put link watch in its own workqueue so it is scheduled
>>> separately from the system workqueue?
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>> From testing and debuging, the workqueue runs on the cpu where the
>> workqueue is schedule when using normal workqueue, even using its
>> own workqueue instead of system workqueue. So if the cpu is busy
>> processing the linkwatch event, it is not able to process other
>> workqueue' work when the workqueue is scheduled on the same cpu.
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>> Using unbound workqueue may solve the cpu starvation problem.
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>> But the __linkwatch_run_queue is called with rtnl_lock, so if it
>> takes a lot time to process, other need to take the rtnl_lock may
>> not be able to move forward.
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> Please help me in understanding, Are you trying to pitch this patch
> to solve more general system issue OR still your argument/concern
> is related to the HNS3 driver problem mentioned in this patch?

As about.

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> Salil.
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