@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@
 #include "vhost.h"
 
 static int experimental_zcopytx = 1;
+static int busyloop_timeout = 50;
 module_param(experimental_zcopytx, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(experimental_zcopytx, "Enable Zero Copy TX;"
 		                       " 1 -Enable; 0 - Disable");
+module_param(busyloop_timeout, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(busyloop_timeout, "Maximum number of time (in us) "
+		                   "could be spend on busy polling");
 
 /* Max number of bytes transferred before requeueing the job.
  * Using this limit prevents one virtqueue from starving others. */

@@ -287,6 +291,49 @@ static void vhost_zerocopy_callback(struct ubuf_info *ubuf, bool success)
 	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 }
 
+static inline unsigned long busy_clock(void)
+{
+	return local_clock() >> 10;
+}
+
+static bool tx_can_busy_poll(struct vhost_dev *dev,
+			     unsigned long endtime)
+{
+	return likely(!need_resched()) &&
+	       likely(!time_after(busy_clock(), endtime)) &&
+	       likely(!signal_pending(current)) &&
+	       !vhost_has_work(dev) &&
+	       single_task_running();
+}
+
+static int vhost_net_tx_get_vq_desc(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+				    struct iovec iov[], unsigned int iov_size,
+				    unsigned int *out_num, unsigned int *in_num)
+{
+	unsigned long uninitialized_var(endtime);
+	int head;
+
+	if (busyloop_timeout) {
+		preempt_disable();
+		endtime = busy_clock() + busyloop_timeout;
+	}
+
+again:
+	head = vhost_get_vq_desc(vq, vq->iov, ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov),
+				 out_num, in_num, NULL, NULL);
+
+	if (head == vq->num && busyloop_timeout &&
+	    tx_can_busy_poll(vq->dev, endtime)) {
+		cpu_relax();
+		goto again;
+	}
+
+	if (busyloop_timeout)
+		preempt_enable();
+
+	return head;
+}
+
 /* Expects to be always run from workqueue - which acts as
  * read-size critical section for our kind of RCU. */
 static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)

@@ -331,10 +378,9 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
 			      % UIO_MAXIOV == nvq->done_idx))
 			break;
 
-		head = vhost_get_vq_desc(vq, vq->iov,
-					 ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov),
-					 &out, &in,
-					 NULL, NULL);
+		head = vhost_net_tx_get_vq_desc(vq, vq->iov,
+						ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov),
+						&out, &in);
 		/* On error, stop handling until the next kick. */
 		if (unlikely(head < 0))
 			break;