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Subject[PATCH 04/28] Drivers: hv: Optimize signaling in the read path
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Now that we have the infratructure for correctly determining when we
should signal the host; optimize the signaling on the read side -
signaling the guest from the host.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
---
drivers/hv/connection.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/connection.c b/drivers/hv/connection.c
index 650c9f0..d1019a7 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/connection.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/connection.c
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ static void process_chn_event(u32 relid)
{
struct vmbus_channel *channel;
unsigned long flags;
+ void *arg;
+ bool read_state;
+ u32 bytes_to_read;

/*
* Find the channel based on this relid and invokes the
@@ -234,10 +237,29 @@ static void process_chn_event(u32 relid)
*/

spin_lock_irqsave(&channel->inbound_lock, flags);
- if (channel->onchannel_callback != NULL)
- channel->onchannel_callback(channel->channel_callback_context);
- else
+ if (channel->onchannel_callback != NULL) {
+ arg = channel->channel_callback_context;
+ read_state = channel->batched_reading;
+ /*
+ * This callback reads the messages sent by the host.
+ * We can optimize host to guest signaling by ensuring:
+ * 1. While reading the channel, we disable interrupts from
+ * host.
+ * 2. Ensure that we process all posted messages from the host
+ * before returning from this callback.
+ * 3. Once we return, enable signaling from the host. Once this
+ * state is set we check to see if additional packets are
+ * available to read. In this case we repeat the process.
+ */
+
+ do {
+ hv_begin_read(&channel->inbound);
+ channel->onchannel_callback(arg);
+ bytes_to_read = hv_end_read(&channel->inbound);
+ } while (read_state && (bytes_to_read != 0));
+ } else {
pr_err("no channel callback for relid - %u\n", relid);
+ }

spin_unlock_irqrestore(&channel->inbound_lock, flags);
}
--
1.7.4.1


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