[PATCH V3 net-next 2/2] virtio-net: add cond_resched() to the command waiting loop

From: Jason Wang
Date: Wed May 24 2023 - 04:20:03 EST


Adding cond_resched() to the command waiting loop for a better
co-operation with the scheduler. This allows to give CPU a breath to
run other task(workqueue) instead of busy looping when preemption is
not allowed on a device whose CVQ might be slow.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 5d2f1da4eaa0..de498dbbf0d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -2207,8 +2207,10 @@ static bool virtnet_send_command(struct virtnet_info *vi, u8 class, u8 cmd,
* into the hypervisor, so the request should be handled immediately.
*/
while (!virtqueue_get_buf(vi->cvq, &tmp) &&
- !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq))
+ !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq)) {
+ cond_resched();
cpu_relax();
+ }

return vi->ctrl->status == VIRTIO_NET_OK;
}
--
2.25.1