[patch 06/60] PKT_SCHED: Check subqueue status before calling hard_start_xmit

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

2.6.23-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us
know.

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From: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>

[PKT_SCHED]: Check subqueue status before calling hard_start_xmit

[ Upstream commit: 5f1a485d5905aa641f33009019b3699076666a4c ]

The only qdiscs that check subqueue state before dequeue'ing are PRIO
and RR.  The other qdiscs, including the default pfifo_fast qdisc,
will allow traffic bound for subqueue 0 through to hard_start_xmit.
The check for netif_queue_stopped() is done above in pkt_sched.h, so
it is unnecessary for qdisc_restart().  However, if the underlying
driver is multiqueue capable, and only sets queue states on subqueues,
this will allow packets to enter the driver when it's currently unable
to process packets, resulting in expensive requeues and driver
entries.  This patch re-adds the check for the subqueue status before
calling hard_start_xmit, so we can try and avoid the driver entry when
the queues are stopped.

Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 net/sched/sch_generic.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static inline int qdisc_restart(struct n
 	struct Qdisc *q = dev->qdisc;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	unsigned lockless;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 
 	/* Dequeue packet */
 	if (unlikely((skb = dev_dequeue_skb(dev, q)) == NULL))
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ static inline int qdisc_restart(struct n
 	/* And release queue */
 	spin_unlock(&dev->queue_lock);
 
-	ret = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev);
+	if (!netif_subqueue_stopped(dev, skb->queue_mapping))
+		ret = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev);
 
 	if (!lockless)
 		netif_tx_unlock(dev);

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