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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
 net/sched/sch_api.c   |    3 +++
 net/sched/sch_netem.c |   21 ++++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- net-2.6.22.orig/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ net-2.6.22/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart qdisc_watchd
                                                 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 qdis
        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_
 {
        hrtimer_cancel(&wd->timer);
        wd->qdisc->flags &= ~TCQ_F_THROTTLED;
+       smp_wmb();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(qdisc_watchdog_cancel);
 
--- net-2.6.22.orig/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ net-2.6.22/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *netem_dequeue(str
        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
@@ -284,18 +288,17 @@ static struct sk_buff *netem_dequeue(str
                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;

-- 

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