On 09/10, Zhang, Qi Z wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ye, Xiaolong
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:13 AM
>> To: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yi...@intel.com>; Loftus, Ciara
>> <ciara.lof...@intel.com>; Ye, Xiaolong <xiaolong...@intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z
>> <qi.z.zh...@intel.com>
>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; sta...@dpdk.org
>> Subject: [PATCH] net/af_xdp: fix Tx halt when no recv packets
>>
>> The kernel only consumes Tx packets if we have some Rx traffic on specified
>> queue or we have called send(). So we need to issue a send() even when the
>> allocation fails so that kernel will start to consume packets again.
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>So "allocation fails" means " xsk_ring_prod__reserve" fail right?
Yes.
>I don't understand when xsk_ring_prod__needs_wakeup is true why kernel will
>stop Tx packet at this situation
>would you share more insight?
Actually, the fail case is xsk_ring_prod__needs_wakeup is false, then we can't
issue a send() when xsk_ring_prod__reserve fails.
Thanks,
Xiaolong
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>Thanks
>Qi
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>>
>> Commit 45bba02c95b0 ("net/af_xdp: support need wakeup feature") breaks
>> above rule by adding some condition to send, this patch fixes it while still
>> keeps the need_wakeup feature for Tx.
>>
>> Fixes: 45bba02c95b0 ("net/af_xdp: support need wakeup feature")
>> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong...@intel.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
>> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
>> b/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
>> index 41ed5b2af..e496e9aaa 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
>> @@ -286,19 +286,16 @@ kick_tx(struct pkt_tx_queue *txq) {
>> struct xsk_umem_info *umem = txq->pair->umem;
>>
>> -#if defined(XDP_USE_NEED_WAKEUP)
>> - if (xsk_ring_prod__needs_wakeup(&txq->tx))
>> -#endif
>> - while (send(xsk_socket__fd(txq->pair->xsk), NULL,
>> - 0, MSG_DONTWAIT) < 0) {
>> - /* some thing unexpected */
>> - if (errno != EBUSY && errno != EAGAIN && errno != EINTR)
>> - break;
>> -
>> - /* pull from completion queue to leave more space */
>> - if (errno == EAGAIN)
>> - pull_umem_cq(umem, ETH_AF_XDP_TX_BATCH_SIZE);
>> - }
>> + while (send(xsk_socket__fd(txq->pair->xsk), NULL,
>> + 0, MSG_DONTWAIT) < 0) {
>> + /* some thing unexpected */
>> + if (errno != EBUSY && errno != EAGAIN && errno != EINTR)
>> + break;
>> +
>> + /* pull from completion queue to leave more space */
>> + if (errno == EAGAIN)
>> + pull_umem_cq(umem, ETH_AF_XDP_TX_BATCH_SIZE);
>> + }
>> pull_umem_cq(umem, ETH_AF_XDP_TX_BATCH_SIZE); }
>>
>> @@ -367,7 +364,10 @@ eth_af_xdp_tx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf
>> **bufs, uint16_t nb_pkts)
>>
>> xsk_ring_prod__submit(&txq->tx, nb_pkts);
>>
>> - kick_tx(txq);
>> +#if defined(XDP_USE_NEED_WAKEUP)
>> + if (xsk_ring_prod__needs_wakeup(&txq->tx))
>> +#endif
>> + kick_tx(txq);
>>
>> txq->stats.tx_pkts += nb_pkts;
>> txq->stats.tx_bytes += tx_bytes;
>> --
>> 2.17.1
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