# \[PATCH RFC v4 1/3\] net: sched: avoid unnecessary seqcount operation for lockless qdisc

- From: Yunsheng Lin \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-05-20 09:30:08 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/05/1384521
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/05/1384520/t.md

```text
qdisc->running seqcount operation is mainly used to do heuristic
locking on q->busylock for locked qdisc, see qdisc_is_running()
and __dev_xmit_skb().

So avoid doing seqcount operation for qdisc with TCQ_F_NOLOCK
flag.

Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <redacted>
---
 include/net/sch_generic.h | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index 1e62551..3ed6bcc 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ static inline bool qdisc_run_begin(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 
 nolock_empty:
 		WRITE_ONCE(qdisc->empty, false);
+		return true;
 	} else if (qdisc_is_running(qdisc)) {
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -201,7 +202,6 @@ static inline bool qdisc_run_begin(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 
 static inline void qdisc_run_end(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 {
-	write_seqcount_end(&qdisc->running);
 	if (qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
 		spin_unlock(&qdisc->seqlock);
 
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ static inline void qdisc_run_end(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 			clear_bit(__QDISC_STATE_MISSED, &qdisc->state);
 			__netif_schedule(qdisc);
 		}
+	} else {
+		write_seqcount_end(&qdisc->running);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

```