linux_dsm_epyc7002/net
Eric Dumazet 2e71a6f808 net: gro: selective flush of packets
Current GRO can hold packets in gro_list for almost unlimited
time, in case napi->poll() handler consumes its budget over and over.

In this case, napi_complete()/napi_gro_flush() are not called.

Another problem is that gro_list is flushed in non friendly way :
We scan the list and complete packets in the reverse order.
(youngest packets first, oldest packets last)
This defeats priorities that sender could have cooked.

Since GRO currently only store TCP packets, we dont really notice the
bug because of retransmits, but this behavior can add unexpected
latencies, particularly on mice flows clamped by elephant flows.

This patch makes sure no packet can stay more than 1 ms in queue, and
only in stress situations.

It also complete packets in the right order to minimize latencies.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com>
Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-10-08 14:51:51 -04:00
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9p Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
802
8021q 8021q: fix mac_len recomputation in vlan_untag() 2012-10-02 22:45:57 -04:00
appletalk
atm
ax25
batman-adv
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-10-02 13:38:27 -07:00
bridge netlink: add attributes to fdb interface 2012-10-01 18:39:44 -04:00
caif
can sections: fix section conflicts in net/can 2012-10-06 03:04:45 +09:00
ceph
core net: gro: selective flush of packets 2012-10-08 14:51:51 -04:00
dcb
dccp
decnet sections: fix section conflicts in net 2012-10-06 03:04:45 +09:00
dns_resolver
dsa
ethernet
ieee802154
ipv4 ipv4: Don't report stale pmtu values to userspace 2012-10-08 14:46:35 -04:00
ipv6 ipv6: GRO should be ECN friendly 2012-10-07 14:44:36 -04:00
ipx
irda silence some noisy printks in irda 2012-10-04 15:53:48 -04:00
iucv
key net/key/af_key.c: add range checks on ->sadb_x_policy_len 2012-10-01 17:15:06 -04:00
l2tp
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llc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2012-10-02 11:11:09 -07:00
mac80211
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netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-10-02 13:38:27 -07:00
netlabel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-10-02 13:38:27 -07:00
netlink netlink: add reference of module in netlink_dump_start 2012-10-07 00:30:56 -04:00
netrom
nfc Remove noisy printks from llcp_sock_connect 2012-10-04 15:58:47 -04:00
openvswitch
packet Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2012-10-02 11:11:09 -07:00
phonet
rds
rfkill Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-10-02 13:38:27 -07:00
rose
rxrpc
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-10-02 13:38:27 -07:00
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sunrpc Merge branch 'for-3.7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2012-10-02 09:54:49 -07:00
tipc tipc: prevent dropped connections due to rcvbuf overflow 2012-10-04 15:53:48 -04:00
unix
wanrouter
wimax
wireless
x25
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-10-02 13:38:27 -07:00
compat.c
Kconfig
Makefile
nonet.c
socket.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
sysctl_net.c