RDS: Use a generation counter to avoid rds_send_xmit loop
rds_send_xmit is required to loop around after it releases the lock because someone else could done a trylock, found someone working on the list and backed off. But, once we drop our lock, it is possible that someone else does come in and make progress on the list. We should detect this and not loop around if another process is actually working on the list. This patch adds a generation counter that is bumped every time we get the lock and do some send work. If the retry notices someone else has bumped the generation counter, it does not need to loop around and continue working. Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Grover <andy.grover@oracle.com>
This commit is contained in:
@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ struct rds_connection {
|
||||
struct rds_cong_map *c_fcong;
|
||||
|
||||
spinlock_t c_send_lock; /* protect send ring */
|
||||
atomic_t c_send_generation;
|
||||
struct rds_message *c_xmit_rm;
|
||||
unsigned long c_xmit_sg;
|
||||
unsigned int c_xmit_hdr_off;
|
||||
|
Reference in New Issue
Block a user