# RE: \[PATCH net v2 2/2\] vhost\_net: fix high cpu load when sendmsg fails

- From: wangyunjian \<hidden\>
- Date: 2020-12-17 02:39:53 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2020/12/11190975
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2020/12/11190744/t.md

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael S. Tsirkin [mailto:mst@redhat.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 5:23 PM
> To: wangyunjian <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>; <redacted>;
> willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com; virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org;
> Lilijun (Jerry) [ref]; chenchanghu
> [ref]; xudingke [ref]; huangbin (J)
> [ref]
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] vhost_net: fix high cpu load when sendmsg fails
> 
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 04:20:37PM +0800, wangyunjian wrote:
> > From: Yunjian Wang <redacted>
> >
> > Currently we break the loop and wake up the vhost_worker when sendmsg
> > fails. When the worker wakes up again, we'll meet the same error. This
> > will cause high CPU load. To fix this issue, we can skip this
> > description by ignoring the error. When we exceeds sndbuf, the return
> > value of sendmsg is -EAGAIN. In the case we don't skip the description
> > and don't drop packet.
> 
> Question: with this patch, what happens if sendmsg is interrupted by a signal?

The descriptors are consumed as normal. However, the packet is discarded.
Could you explain the specific scenario?

> 
> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <redacted>
> > ---
> >  drivers/vhost/net.c | 21 +++++++++------------
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c index
> > c8784dfafdd7..3d33f3183abe 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> > @@ -827,16 +827,13 @@ static void handle_tx_copy(struct vhost_net *net,
> struct socket *sock)
> >  				msg.msg_flags &= ~MSG_MORE;
> >  		}
> >
> > -		/* TODO: Check specific error and bomb out unless ENOBUFS? */
> >  		err = sock->ops->sendmsg(sock, &msg, len);
> > -		if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
> > +		if (unlikely(err == -EAGAIN)) {
> >  			vhost_discard_vq_desc(vq, 1);
> >  			vhost_net_enable_vq(net, vq);
> >  			break;
> > -		}
> > -		if (err != len)
> > -			pr_debug("Truncated TX packet: len %d != %zd\n",
> > -				 err, len);
> > +		} else if (unlikely(err != len))
> > +			vq_err(vq, "Fail to sending packets err : %d, len : %zd\n", err,
> > +len);
> >  done:
> >  		vq->heads[nvq->done_idx].id = cpu_to_vhost32(vq, head);
> >  		vq->heads[nvq->done_idx].len = 0;
> > @@ -922,7 +919,6 @@ static void handle_tx_zerocopy(struct vhost_net
> *net, struct socket *sock)
> >  			msg.msg_flags &= ~MSG_MORE;
> >  		}
> >
> > -		/* TODO: Check specific error and bomb out unless ENOBUFS? */
> >  		err = sock->ops->sendmsg(sock, &msg, len);
> >  		if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
> >  			if (zcopy_used) {
> > @@ -931,13 +927,14 @@ static void handle_tx_zerocopy(struct vhost_net
> *net, struct socket *sock)
> >  				nvq->upend_idx = ((unsigned)nvq->upend_idx - 1)
> >  					% UIO_MAXIOV;
> >  			}
> > -			vhost_discard_vq_desc(vq, 1);
> > -			vhost_net_enable_vq(net, vq);
> > -			break;
> > +			if (err == -EAGAIN) {
> > +				vhost_discard_vq_desc(vq, 1);
> > +				vhost_net_enable_vq(net, vq);
> > +				break;
> > +			}
> >  		}
> >  		if (err != len)
> > -			pr_debug("Truncated TX packet: "
> > -				 " len %d != %zd\n", err, len);
> > +			vq_err(vq, "Fail to sending packets err : %d, len : %zd\n", err,
> > +len);
> 
> I'd rather make the pr_debug -> vq_err a separate change, with proper commit
> log describing motivation.

This log was originally triggered when packets were truncated. But after the
modification of this patch, other error scenarios will also trigger this log.
That's why I modified the content and level of this log together.
Now, should I just change the content of this patch?

Thanks

> 
> 
> >  		if (!zcopy_used)
> >  			vhost_add_used_and_signal(&net->dev, vq, head, 0);
> >  		else
> > --
> > 2.23.0

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