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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/13] xen/pvcalls: implement recvmsg

From Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/13] xen/pvcalls: implement recvmsg
Date 2017-07-27 02:10 +0200
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2017, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> >> +			count++;
> >> +		else
> >> +			wait_event_interruptible(map->active.inflight_conn_req,
> >> +						 pvcalls_front_read_todo(map));
> >> +	}
> > Should we be using PVCALLS_FRONT_MAX_SPIN here? In sendmsg it is
> > counting non-sleeping iterations but here we are sleeping so
> > PVCALLS_FRONT_MAX_SPIN (5000) may take a while.
> >
> > In fact, what shouldn't this waiting be a function of MSG_DONTWAIT
> 
> err, which it already is. But the question still stands (except for
> MSG_DONTWAIT).

The code (admittedly unintuitive) is busy-looping (non-sleeping) for
5000 iterations *before* attempting to sleep. So in that regard, recvmsg
and sendmsg use PVCALLS_FRONT_MAX_SPIN in the same way: only for
non-sleeping iterations.

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[PATCH v2 00/13] introduce the Xen PV Calls frontend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
  [PATCH v2 13/13] xen: introduce a Kconfig option to enable the pvcalls frontend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
  [PATCH v2 10/13] xen/pvcalls: implement poll command Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 10/13] xen/pvcalls: implement poll command Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-27 01:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 10/13] xen/pvcalls: implement poll command Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-27 02:30 +0200
  [PATCH v2 06/13] xen/pvcalls: implement listen command Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
  [PATCH v2 07/13] xen/pvcalls: implement accept command Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 07/13] xen/pvcalls: implement accept command Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-26 20:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 07/13] xen/pvcalls: implement accept command Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-27 01:30 +0200
  [PATCH v2 01/13] xen/pvcalls: introduce the pvcalls xenbus frontend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
    [PATCH v2 12/13] xen/pvcalls: implement frontend disconnect Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
    [PATCH v2 05/13] xen/pvcalls: implement bind command Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] xen/pvcalls: implement bind command Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-26 17:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] xen/pvcalls: implement bind command Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-27 02:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] xen/pvcalls: implement bind command Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-27 16:50 +0200
    [PATCH v2 04/13] xen/pvcalls: implement connect command Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] xen/pvcalls: implement connect command Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-26 17:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] xen/pvcalls: implement connect command Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-27 01:30 +0200
    [PATCH v2 09/13] xen/pvcalls: implement recvmsg Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] xen/pvcalls: implement recvmsg Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-26 23:30 +0200
        Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/13] xen/pvcalls: implement recvmsg Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-26 23:40 +0200
          Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/13] xen/pvcalls: implement recvmsg Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-27 02:10 +0200
            Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/13] xen/pvcalls: implement recvmsg Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-27 17:00 +0200
    [PATCH v2 11/13] xen/pvcalls: implement release command Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 11/13] xen/pvcalls: implement release command Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-27 20:40 +0200
    [PATCH v2 02/13] xen/pvcalls: connect to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] xen/pvcalls: connect to the backend Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-26 15:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] xen/pvcalls: connect to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-27 02:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] xen/pvcalls: connect to the backend Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-27 17:10 +0200
    [PATCH v2 03/13] xen/pvcalls: implement socket command and handle events Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-25 23:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] xen/pvcalls: implement socket command and handle  events Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-26 16:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] xen/pvcalls: implement socket command and handle  events Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-07-27 01:20 +0200

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