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Eric Dumazet b60fa1c5d0 net_sched: remove need_resched() from qdisc_run() 
The introduction of this schedule point was done in commit
2ba2506ca7 ("[NET]: Add preemption point in qdisc_run")
at a time the loop was not bounded.

Then later in commit d5b8aa1d24 ("net_sched: fix dequeuer fairness")
we added a limit on the number of packets.

Now is the time to remove the schedule point, since the default
limit of 64 packets matches the number of packets a typical NAPI
poll can process in a row.

This solves a latency problem for most TCP receivers under moderate load :

1) host receives a packet.
   NET_RX_SOFTIRQ is raised by NIC hard IRQ handler

2) __do_softirq() does its first loop, handling NET_RX_SOFTIRQ
   and calling the driver napi->loop() function

3) TCP stores the skb in socket receive queue:

4) TCP calls sk->sk_data_ready() and wakeups a user thread
   waiting for EPOLLIN (as a result, need_resched() might now be true)

5) TCP cooks an ACK and sends it.

6) qdisc_run() processes one packet from qdisc, and sees need_resched(),
   this raises NET_TX_SOFTIRQ (even if there are no more packets in
   the qdisc)

Then we go back to the __do_softirq() in 2), and we see that new
softirqs were raised. Since need_resched() is true, we end up waking
ksoftirqd in this path :

    if (pending) {
            if (time_before(jiffies, end) && !need_resched() &&
                --max_restart)
                    goto restart;

            wakeup_softirqd();
    }

So we have many wakeups of ksoftirqd kernel threads,
and more calls to qdisc_run() with associated lock overhead.

Note that another way to solve the issue would be to change TCP
to first send the ACK packet, then signal the EPOLLIN,
but this changes P99 latencies, as sending the ACK packet
can add a long delay.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2019-10-02 14:26:33 -07:00
arch powerpc fixes for 5.4 #2 2019-09-28 13:43:00 -07:00
block block: fix null pointer dereference in blk_mq_rq_timed_out() 2019-09-27 07:01:25 -06:00
certs PKCS#7: Refactor verify_pkcs7_signature() 2019-08-05 18:40:18 -04:00
crypto Merge branch 'next-lockdown' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-09-28 08:14:15 -07:00
Documentation dt-bindings: sh_eth convert bindings to json-schema 2019-10-01 15:31:33 -07:00
drivers net: dsa: sja1105: Rename sja1105_spi_send_packed_buf to sja1105_xfer_buf 2019-10-02 12:25:11 -04:00
fs Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-28 12:39:07 -07:00
include net: dsa: Remove unused __DSA_SKB_CB macro 2019-10-02 14:17:11 -07:00
init init: Support mounting root file systems over SMB 2019-10-02 12:15:15 -04:00
ipc ipc/sem.c: convert to use built-in RCU list checking 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
kernel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-09-28 17:47:33 -07:00
lib Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-09-28 17:47:33 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm Merge branch 'hugepage-fallbacks' (hugepatch patches from David Rientjes) 2019-09-28 14:26:47 -07:00
net net_sched: remove need_resched() from qdisc_run() 2019-10-02 14:26:33 -07:00
samples rpmsg updates for v5.4 2019-09-22 10:58:15 -07:00
scripts Merge branch 'next-integrity' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity 2019-09-27 19:37:27 -07:00
security net: rtnetlink: add linkprop commands to add and delete alternative ifnames 2019-10-01 14:47:19 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 5.4-rc1 2019-09-24 16:46:16 -07:00
tools Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-09-28 17:47:33 -07:00
usr Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-09-28 17:47:33 -07:00
virt * s390: ioctl hardening, selftests 2019-09-18 09:49:13 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2019-08-31 10:00:51 +02:00
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.gitignore Modules updates for v5.4 2019-09-22 10:34:46 -07:00
.mailmap Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2019-09-18 12:34:53 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS CREDITS: Update email address 2019-09-13 17:21:38 +03:00
Kbuild kbuild: do not descend to ./Kbuild when cleaning 2019-08-21 21:03:58 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS dt-bindings: sh_eth convert bindings to json-schema 2019-10-01 15:31:33 -07:00
Makefile Modules updates for v5.4 2019-09-22 10:34:46 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.