@@ -1699,17 +1699,6 @@ static void virtnet_stats(struct net_device *dev,
tot->rx_frame_errors = dev->stats.rx_frame_errors;
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
-static void virtnet_netpoll(struct net_device *dev)
-{
- struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
- int i;
-
- for (i = 0; i < vi->curr_queue_pairs; i++)
- napi_schedule(&vi->rq[i].napi);
-}
-#endif
-
static void virtnet_ack_link_announce(struct virtnet_info *vi)
{
rtnl_lock();
@@ -2447,9 +2436,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops virtnet_netdev = {
.ndo_get_stats64 = virtnet_stats,
.ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid = virtnet_vlan_rx_add_vid,
.ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid = virtnet_vlan_rx_kill_vid,
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
- .ndo_poll_controller = virtnet_netpoll,
-#endif
.ndo_bpf = virtnet_xdp,
.ndo_xdp_xmit = virtnet_xdp_xmit,
.ndo_features_check = passthru_features_check,
As diagnosed by Song Liu, ndo_poll_controller() can be very dangerous on loaded hosts, since the cpu calling ndo_poll_controller() might steal all NAPI contexts (for all RX/TX queues of the NIC). This capture can last for unlimited amount of time, since one cpu is generally not able to drain all the queues under load. virto_net uses NAPI for TX completions, so we better let core networking stack call the napi->poll() to avoid the capture. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 14 -------------- 1 file changed, 14 deletions(-)