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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/virtio_net.c22
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index d50f4fe352b3..5450eac9e263 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ struct virtnet_info
/* Number of input buffers, and max we've ever had. */
unsigned int num, max;
+ /* For cleaning up after transmission. */
+ struct tasklet_struct tasklet;
+
/* Receive & send queues. */
struct sk_buff_head recv;
struct sk_buff_head send;
@@ -68,8 +71,13 @@ static void skb_xmit_done(struct virtqueue *svq)
/* Suppress further interrupts. */
svq->vq_ops->disable_cb(svq);
+
/* We were waiting for more output buffers. */
netif_wake_queue(vi->dev);
+
+ /* Make sure we re-xmit last_xmit_skb: if there are no more packets
+ * queued, start_xmit won't be called. */
+ tasklet_schedule(&vi->tasklet);
}
static void receive_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -278,6 +286,18 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct sk_buff *skb)
return vi->svq->vq_ops->add_buf(vi->svq, sg, num, 0, skb);
}
+static void xmit_tasklet(unsigned long data)
+{
+ struct virtnet_info *vi = (void *)data;
+
+ netif_tx_lock_bh(vi->dev);
+ if (vi->last_xmit_skb && xmit_skb(vi, vi->last_xmit_skb) == 0) {
+ vi->svq->vq_ops->kick(vi->svq);
+ vi->last_xmit_skb = NULL;
+ }
+ netif_tx_unlock_bh(vi->dev);
+}
+
static int start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
{
struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -432,6 +452,8 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
skb_queue_head_init(&vi->recv);
skb_queue_head_init(&vi->send);
+ tasklet_init(&vi->tasklet, xmit_tasklet, (unsigned long)vi);
+
err = register_netdev(dev);
if (err) {
pr_debug("virtio_net: registering device failed\n");
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