@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(experimental_zcopytx, "Enable Zero Copy TX;"
* Using this limit prevents one virtqueue from starving others. */
#define VHOST_NET_WEIGHT 0x80000
+/* Max number of packets transferred before requeueing the job.
+ * Using this limit prevents one virtqueue from starving rx. */
+#define VHOST_NET_PKT_WEIGHT(vq) ((vq)->num * 2)
+
/* MAX number of TX used buffers for outstanding zerocopy */
#define VHOST_MAX_PEND 128
#define VHOST_GOODCOPY_LEN 256
@@ -317,6 +321,7 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
struct socket *sock;
struct vhost_net_ubuf_ref *uninitialized_var(ubufs);
bool zcopy, zcopy_used;
+ int sent_pkts = 0;
mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
sock = vq->private_data;
@@ -419,7 +424,8 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
else
vhost_zerocopy_signal_used(net, vq);
vhost_net_tx_packet(net);
- if (unlikely(total_len >= VHOST_NET_WEIGHT)) {
+ if (unlikely(total_len >= VHOST_NET_WEIGHT) ||
+ unlikely(++sent_pkts >= VHOST_NET_PKT_WEIGHT(vq))) {
vhost_poll_queue(&vq->poll);
break;
}