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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>2007-03-22 12:17:42 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-04-25 22:27:22 -0700
commit11274e5a43266d531140530adebead6903380caf (patch)
tree38c365a3835c9e5973fb1941a31dde8cc4856724
parent075aa573b74a732aeff487ab77d3fbd627c10856 (diff)
[NETEM]: avoid excessive requeues
The netem code would call getnstimeofday() and dequeue/requeue after every packet, even if it was waiting. Avoid this overhead by using the throttled flag. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--net/sched/sch_api.c3
-rw-r--r--net/sched/sch_netem.c23
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index b06f20294ac..fcaa4adefc8 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart qdisc_watchdog(struct hrtimer *timer)
timer);
wd->qdisc->flags &= ~TCQ_F_THROTTLED;
+ smp_wmb();
netif_schedule(wd->qdisc->dev);
return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
}
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ void qdisc_watchdog_schedule(struct qdisc_watchdog *wd, psched_time_t expires)
ktime_t time;
wd->qdisc->flags |= TCQ_F_THROTTLED;
+ smp_wmb();
time = ktime_set(0, 0);
time = ktime_add_ns(time, PSCHED_US2NS(expires));
hrtimer_start(&wd->timer, time, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
@@ -325,6 +327,7 @@ void qdisc_watchdog_cancel(struct qdisc_watchdog *wd)
{
hrtimer_cancel(&wd->timer);
wd->qdisc->flags &= ~TCQ_F_THROTTLED;
+ smp_wmb();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(qdisc_watchdog_cancel);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 7e9e658d4d9..fb49e9e7ace 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -273,6 +273,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *netem_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
struct netem_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
struct sk_buff *skb;
+ smp_mb();
+ if (sch->flags & TCQ_F_THROTTLED)
+ return NULL;
+
skb = q->qdisc->dequeue(q->qdisc);
if (skb) {
const struct netem_skb_cb *cb
@@ -285,18 +289,17 @@ static struct sk_buff *netem_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
if (PSCHED_TLESS(cb->time_to_send, now)) {
pr_debug("netem_dequeue: return skb=%p\n", skb);
sch->q.qlen--;
- sch->flags &= ~TCQ_F_THROTTLED;
return skb;
- } else {
- qdisc_watchdog_schedule(&q->watchdog, cb->time_to_send);
-
- if (q->qdisc->ops->requeue(skb, q->qdisc) != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) {
- qdisc_tree_decrease_qlen(q->qdisc, 1);
- sch->qstats.drops++;
- printk(KERN_ERR "netem: queue discpline %s could not requeue\n",
- q->qdisc->ops->id);
- }
}
+
+ if (unlikely(q->qdisc->ops->requeue(skb, q->qdisc) != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS)) {
+ qdisc_tree_decrease_qlen(q->qdisc, 1);
+ sch->qstats.drops++;
+ printk(KERN_ERR "netem: %s could not requeue\n",
+ q->qdisc->ops->id);
+ }
+
+ qdisc_watchdog_schedule(&q->watchdog, cb->time_to_send);
}
return NULL;