From 9c29bcd189f4ab1644b7125713602532d0aefdb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:27:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mlx5: remove ndo_poll_controller 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. mlx5 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 Cc: Saeed Mahameed Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 19 ------------------- 1 file changed, 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c index 5a7939e70190..54118b77dc1f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c @@ -4315,22 +4315,6 @@ static int mlx5e_xdp(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_bpf *xdp) } } -#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER -/* Fake "interrupt" called by netpoll (eg netconsole) to send skbs without - * reenabling interrupts. - */ -static void mlx5e_netpoll(struct net_device *dev) -{ - struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); - struct mlx5e_channels *chs = &priv->channels; - - int i; - - for (i = 0; i < chs->num; i++) - napi_schedule(&chs->c[i]->napi); -} -#endif - static const struct net_device_ops mlx5e_netdev_ops = { .ndo_open = mlx5e_open, .ndo_stop = mlx5e_close, @@ -4356,9 +4340,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops mlx5e_netdev_ops = { #ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_EN_ARFS .ndo_rx_flow_steer = mlx5e_rx_flow_steer, #endif -#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER - .ndo_poll_controller = mlx5e_netpoll, -#endif #ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH /* SRIOV E-Switch NDOs */ .ndo_set_vf_mac = mlx5e_set_vf_mac,