lguest: net block unneeded receive queue update notifications

Number of exits transmitting 10GB Guest->Host before:
	network xmit 7858610 recv 118136

After:
	network xmit 7750233 recv 1

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
index 31a688e105ca..46f4c5b09e9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -933,6 +933,11 @@ static bool handle_tun_input(int fd, struct device *dev)
                 /* FIXME: Actually want DRIVER_ACTIVE here. */
                 if (dev->desc->status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK)
                         warn("network: no dma buffer!");
+
+                /* Now tell it we want to know if new things appear. */
+                dev->vq->vring.used->flags &= ~VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY;
+                wmb();
+
                 /* We'll turn this back on if input buffers are registered. */
                 return false;
         } else if (out_num)
@@ -969,6 +974,13 @@ static void enable_fd(int fd, struct virtqueue *vq)
         write(waker_fd, &vq->dev->fd, sizeof(vq->dev->fd));
 }
 
+static void net_enable_fd(int fd, struct virtqueue *vq)
+{
+        /* We don't need to know again when Guest refills receive buffer. */
+        vq->vring.used->flags |= VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY;
+        enable_fd(fd, vq);
+}
+
 /* When the Guest tells us they updated the status field, we handle it. */
 static void update_device_status(struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -1426,7 +1438,7 @@ static void setup_tun_net(char *arg)
 
         /* Network devices need a receive and a send queue, just like
          * console. */
-        add_virtqueue(dev, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, enable_fd);
+        add_virtqueue(dev, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, net_enable_fd);
         add_virtqueue(dev, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, handle_net_output);
 
         /* We need a socket to perform the magic network ioctls to bring up the