ports/emulators/qemu-devel/files/patch-e1000-rx
Juergen Lock 9069234177 - Add patch to improve e1000 rx performance especially with netmap to
emulators/qemu-devel. [1]
- Convert both qemu ports to OPTIONng.

Submitted by:	luigi [1] (original version of the patch)
Optained from:	qemu-devel mailinglist [1] (improved version of the patch)
2012-06-01 20:49:50 +00:00

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Message-ID: <4FC741F1.4000905@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 12:03:29 +0200
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
References: <20120530202311.GA1768@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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Cc: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo.unipi@gmail.com>, rizzo@iet.unipi.it,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Proposed patch: huge RX speedup for hw/e1000.c
Il 31/05/2012 10:23, Jan Kiszka ha scritto:
>> > @@ -922,6 +923,7 @@ set_rdt(E1000State *s, int index, uint32_t val)
>> > {
>> > s->check_rxov = 0;
>> > s->mac_reg[index] = val & 0xffff;
>> > + qemu_notify_event();
> This still looks like the wrong tool: Packets that can't be delivered
> are queued.
Packets that are read from the tap but can't be delivered are queued;
packets that are left on the tap need qemu_notify_event to be flushed.
> So we need to flush the queue and clear the blocked delivery
> there. qemu_flush_queued_packets appears more appropriate for this.
Right, and qemu_flush_queued_packets needs to call qemu_notify_event
which makes the call in virtio-net unnecessary.
Paolo
diff --git a/hw/e1000.c b/hw/e1000.c
index 4573f13..43d933a 100644
--- a/hw/e1000.c
+++ b/hw/e1000.c
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ set_rx_control(E1000State *s, int index, uint32_t val)
s->rxbuf_min_shift = ((val / E1000_RCTL_RDMTS_QUAT) & 3) + 1;
DBGOUT(RX, "RCTL: %d, mac_reg[RCTL] = 0x%x\n", s->mac_reg[RDT],
s->mac_reg[RCTL]);
+ qemu_flush_queued_packets(&s->nic->nc);
}
static void
@@ -926,6 +927,9 @@ set_rdt(E1000State *s, int index, uint32_t val)
{
s->check_rxov = 0;
s->mac_reg[index] = val & 0xffff;
+ if (e1000_has_rxbufs(s, 1)) {
+ qemu_flush_queued_packets(&s->nic->nc);
+ }
}
static void
diff --git a/hw/virtio-net.c b/hw/virtio-net.c
index 3f190d4..0974945 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-net.c
@@ -447,10 +447,6 @@ static void virtio_net_handle_rx(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
VirtIONet *n = to_virtio_net(vdev);
qemu_flush_queued_packets(&n->nic->nc);
-
- /* We now have RX buffers, signal to the IO thread to break out of the
- * select to re-poll the tap file descriptor */
- qemu_notify_event();
}
static int virtio_net_can_receive(VLANClientState *nc)
diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 1922d8a..fa846ae 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -491,7 +491,12 @@ void qemu_flush_queued_packets(VLANClientState *vc)
queue = vc->send_queue;
}
- qemu_net_queue_flush(queue);
+ if (qemu_net_queue_flush(queue)) {
+ /* We emptied the queue successfully, signal to the IO thread to repoll
+ * the file descriptor (for tap, for example).
+ */
+ qemu_notify_event();
+ }
}
static ssize_t qemu_send_packet_async_with_flags(VLANClientState *sender,
diff --git a/net/queue.c b/net/queue.c
index 1ab5247..fd1c7e6 100644
--- a/net/queue.c
+++ b/net/queue.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void qemu_net_queue_purge(NetQueue *queue, VLANClientState *from)
}
}
-void qemu_net_queue_flush(NetQueue *queue)
+bool qemu_net_queue_flush(NetQueue *queue)
{
while (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&queue->packets)) {
NetPacket *packet;
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void qemu_net_queue_flush(NetQueue *queue)
packet->size);
if (ret == 0) {
QTAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&queue->packets, packet, entry);
- break;
+ return 0;
}
if (packet->sent_cb) {
@@ -257,4 +257,5 @@ void qemu_net_queue_flush(NetQueue *queue)
g_free(packet);
}
+ return 1;
}
diff --git a/net/queue.h b/net/queue.h
index a31958e..4bf6d3c 100644
--- a/net/queue.h
+++ b/net/queue.h
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ ssize_t qemu_net_queue_send_iov(NetQueue *queue,
NetPacketSent *sent_cb);
void qemu_net_queue_purge(NetQueue *queue, VLANClientState *from);
-void qemu_net_queue_flush(NetQueue *queue);
+bool qemu_net_queue_flush(NetQueue *queue);
#endif /* QEMU_NET_QUEUE_H */