[PATCH v2] virtio_ring: don't update event idx on get_buf

From: Albert Huang
Date: Sat Mar 25 2023 - 07:01:58 EST


in virtio_net, if we disable the napi_tx, when we triger a tx interrupt,
the vq->event_triggered will be set to true. It will no longer be set to
false. Unless we explicitly call virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed or
virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare.

If we disable the napi_tx, it will only be called when the tx ring
buffer is relatively small.

Because event_triggered is true. Therefore, VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT or
VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DISABLE will not be set. So we update
vring_used_event(&vq->split.vring) or vq->packed.vring.driver->off_wrap
every time we call virtqueue_get_buf_ctx. This will bring more interruptions.

To summarize:
1) event_triggered was set to true in vring_interrupt()
2) after this nothing will happen for virtqueue_disable_cb() so
VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT is not set in avail_flags_shadow
3) virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_split() will still think the cb is enabled
then it tries to publish new event

To fix, if event_triggered is set to true, do not update
vring_used_event(&vq->split.vring) or vq->packed.vring.driver->off_wrap

Tested with iperf:
iperf3 tcp stream:
vm1 -----------------> vm2
vm2 just receives tcp data stream from vm1, and sends the ack to vm1,
there are many tx interrupts in vm2.
but without event_triggered there are just a few tx interrupts.

Fixes: 8d622d21d248 ("virtio: fix up virtio_disable_cb")
Signed-off-by: Albert Huang <huangjie.albert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-Id: <20230321085953.24949-1-huangjie.albert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index cbeeea1b0439..1c36fa477966 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -914,7 +914,8 @@ static void *virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
/* If we expect an interrupt for the next entry, tell host
* by writing event index and flush out the write before
* the read in the next get_buf call. */
- if (!(vq->split.avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT))
+ if (unlikely(!(vq->split.avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT) &&
+ !vq->event_triggered))
virtio_store_mb(vq->weak_barriers,
&vring_used_event(&vq->split.vring),
cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->last_used_idx));
@@ -1744,7 +1745,8 @@ static void *virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_packed(struct virtqueue *_vq,
* by writing event index and flush out the write before
* the read in the next get_buf call.
*/
- if (vq->packed.event_flags_shadow == VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DESC)
+ if (unlikely(vq->packed.event_flags_shadow == VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DESC &&
+ !vq->event_triggered))
virtio_store_mb(vq->weak_barriers,
&vq->packed.vring.driver->off_wrap,
cpu_to_le16(vq->last_used_idx));
--
2.37.0 (Apple Git-136)