4 files changed, 260 insertions, 209 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h b/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
index d4eb8d2e9cb7..083ecc93fe5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
@@ -176,10 +176,11 @@ struct xenvif_queue { /* Per-queue data for xenvif */
         char rx_irq_name[IRQ_NAME_SIZE]; /* DEVNAME-qN-rx */
         struct xen_netif_rx_back_ring rx;
         struct sk_buff_head rx_queue;
-        RING_IDX rx_last_skb_slots;
-        unsigned long status;
 
-        struct timer_list rx_stalled;
+        unsigned int rx_queue_max;
+        unsigned int rx_queue_len;
+        unsigned long last_rx_time;
+        bool stalled;
 
         struct gnttab_copy grant_copy_op[MAX_GRANT_COPY_OPS];
 
@@ -199,18 +200,14 @@ struct xenvif_queue { /* Per-queue data for xenvif */
         struct xenvif_stats stats;
 };
 
+/* Maximum number of Rx slots a to-guest packet may use, including the
+ * slot needed for GSO meta-data.
+ */
+#define XEN_NETBK_RX_SLOTS_MAX (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1)
+
 enum state_bit_shift {
         /* This bit marks that the vif is connected */
         VIF_STATUS_CONNECTED,
-        /* This bit signals the RX thread that queuing was stopped (in
-         * start_xmit), and either the timer fired or an RX interrupt came
-         */
-        QUEUE_STATUS_RX_PURGE_EVENT,
-        /* This bit tells the interrupt handler that this queue was the reason
-         * for the carrier off, so it should kick the thread. Only queues which
-         * brought it down can turn on the carrier.
-         */
-        QUEUE_STATUS_RX_STALLED
 };
 
 struct xenvif {
@@ -228,9 +225,6 @@ struct xenvif {
         u8 ip_csum:1;
         u8 ipv6_csum:1;
 
-        /* Internal feature information. */
-        u8 can_queue:1;     /* can queue packets for receiver? */
-
         /* Is this interface disabled? True when backend discovers
          * frontend is rogue.
          */
@@ -240,6 +234,9 @@ struct xenvif {
         /* Queues */
         struct xenvif_queue *queues;
         unsigned int num_queues; /* active queues, resource allocated */
+        unsigned int stalled_queues;
+
+        spinlock_t lock;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
         struct dentry *xenvif_dbg_root;
@@ -249,6 +246,14 @@ struct xenvif {
         struct net_device *dev;
 };
 
+struct xenvif_rx_cb {
+        unsigned long expires;
+        int meta_slots_used;
+        bool full_coalesce;
+};
+
+#define XENVIF_RX_CB(skb) ((struct xenvif_rx_cb *)(skb)->cb)
+
 static inline struct xenbus_device *xenvif_to_xenbus_device(struct xenvif *vif)
 {
         return to_xenbus_device(vif->dev->dev.parent);
@@ -272,8 +277,6 @@ void xenvif_xenbus_fini(void);
 
 int xenvif_schedulable(struct xenvif *vif);
 
-int xenvif_must_stop_queue(struct xenvif_queue *queue);
-
 int xenvif_queue_stopped(struct xenvif_queue *queue);
 void xenvif_wake_queue(struct xenvif_queue *queue);
 
@@ -296,6 +299,8 @@ void xenvif_kick_thread(struct xenvif_queue *queue);
 
 int xenvif_dealloc_kthread(void *data);
 
+void xenvif_rx_queue_tail(struct xenvif_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb);
+
 /* Determine whether the needed number of slots (req) are available,
  * and set req_event if not.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index f379689dde30..895fe84011e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 #define XENVIF_QUEUE_LENGTH 32
 #define XENVIF_NAPI_WEIGHT  64
 
+/* Number of bytes allowed on the internal guest Rx queue. */
+#define XENVIF_RX_QUEUE_BYTES (XEN_NETIF_RX_RING_SIZE/2 * PAGE_SIZE)
+
 /* This function is used to set SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY as well as
  * increasing the inflight counter. We need to increase the inflight
  * counter because core driver calls into xenvif_zerocopy_callback
@@ -60,20 +63,11 @@ void xenvif_skb_zerocopy_complete(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
         atomic_dec(&queue->inflight_packets);
 }
 
-static inline void xenvif_stop_queue(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
-{
-        struct net_device *dev = queue->vif->dev;
-
-        if (!queue->vif->can_queue)
-                return;
-
-        netif_tx_stop_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, queue->id));
-}
-
 int xenvif_schedulable(struct xenvif *vif)
 {
         return netif_running(vif->dev) &&
-                test_bit(VIF_STATUS_CONNECTED, &vif->status);
+                test_bit(VIF_STATUS_CONNECTED, &vif->status) &&
+                !vif->disabled;
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t xenvif_tx_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
@@ -114,16 +108,7 @@ int xenvif_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 static irqreturn_t xenvif_rx_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
         struct xenvif_queue *queue = dev_id;
-        struct netdev_queue *net_queue =
-                netdev_get_tx_queue(queue->vif->dev, queue->id);
 
-        /* QUEUE_STATUS_RX_PURGE_EVENT is only set if either QDisc was off OR
-         * the carrier went down and this queue was previously blocked
-         */
-        if (unlikely(netif_tx_queue_stopped(net_queue) ||
-                     (!netif_carrier_ok(queue->vif->dev) &&
-                      test_bit(QUEUE_STATUS_RX_STALLED, &queue->status))))
-                set_bit(QUEUE_STATUS_RX_PURGE_EVENT, &queue->status);
         xenvif_kick_thread(queue);
 
         return IRQ_HANDLED;
@@ -151,24 +136,13 @@ void xenvif_wake_queue(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
         netif_tx_wake_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, id));
 }
 
-/* Callback to wake the queue's thread and turn the carrier off on timeout */
-static void xenvif_rx_stalled(unsigned long data)
-{
-        struct xenvif_queue *queue = (struct xenvif_queue *)data;
-
-        if (xenvif_queue_stopped(queue)) {
-                set_bit(QUEUE_STATUS_RX_PURGE_EVENT, &queue->status);
-                xenvif_kick_thread(queue);
-        }
-}
-
 static int xenvif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
         struct xenvif *vif = netdev_priv(dev);
         struct xenvif_queue *queue = NULL;
         unsigned int num_queues = vif->num_queues;
         u16 index;
-        int min_slots_needed;
+        struct xenvif_rx_cb *cb;
 
         BUG_ON(skb->dev != dev);
 
@@ -191,30 +165,10 @@ static int xenvif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
             !xenvif_schedulable(vif))
                 goto drop;
 
-        /* At best we'll need one slot for the header and one for each
-         * frag.
-         */
-        min_slots_needed = 1 + skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
-
-        /* If the skb is GSO then we'll also need an extra slot for the
-         * metadata.
-         */
-        if (skb_is_gso(skb))
-                min_slots_needed++;
+        cb = XENVIF_RX_CB(skb);
+        cb->expires = jiffies + rx_drain_timeout_jiffies;
 
-        /* If the skb can't possibly fit in the remaining slots
-         * then turn off the queue to give the ring a chance to
-         * drain.
-         */
-        if (!xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available(queue, min_slots_needed)) {
-                queue->rx_stalled.function = xenvif_rx_stalled;
-                queue->rx_stalled.data = (unsigned long)queue;
-                xenvif_stop_queue(queue);
-                mod_timer(&queue->rx_stalled,
-                          jiffies + rx_drain_timeout_jiffies);
-        }
-
-        skb_queue_tail(&queue->rx_queue, skb);
+        xenvif_rx_queue_tail(queue, skb);
         xenvif_kick_thread(queue);
 
         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -465,6 +419,8 @@ struct xenvif *xenvif_alloc(struct device *parent, domid_t domid,
         vif->queues = NULL;
         vif->num_queues = 0;
 
+        spin_lock_init(&vif->lock);
+
         dev->netdev_ops = &xenvif_netdev_ops;
         dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG |
                 NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
@@ -508,6 +464,8 @@ int xenvif_init_queue(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
         init_timer(&queue->credit_timeout);
         queue->credit_window_start = get_jiffies_64();
 
+        queue->rx_queue_max = XENVIF_RX_QUEUE_BYTES;
+
         skb_queue_head_init(&queue->rx_queue);
         skb_queue_head_init(&queue->tx_queue);
 
@@ -539,8 +497,6 @@ int xenvif_init_queue(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
                 queue->grant_tx_handle[i] = NETBACK_INVALID_HANDLE;
         }
 
-        init_timer(&queue->rx_stalled);
-
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -551,7 +507,6 @@ void xenvif_carrier_on(struct xenvif *vif)
                 dev_set_mtu(vif->dev, ETH_DATA_LEN);
         netdev_update_features(vif->dev);
         set_bit(VIF_STATUS_CONNECTED, &vif->status);
-        netif_carrier_on(vif->dev);
         if (netif_running(vif->dev))
                 xenvif_up(vif);
         rtnl_unlock();
@@ -611,6 +566,8 @@ int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif_queue *queue, unsigned long tx_ring_ref,
                 disable_irq(queue->rx_irq);
         }
 
+        queue->stalled = true;
+
         task = kthread_create(xenvif_kthread_guest_rx,
                               (void *)queue, "%s-guest-rx", queue->name);
         if (IS_ERR(task)) {
@@ -674,7 +631,6 @@ void xenvif_disconnect(struct xenvif *vif)
                 netif_napi_del(&queue->napi);
 
                 if (queue->task) {
-                        del_timer_sync(&queue->rx_stalled);
                         kthread_stop(queue->task);
                         queue->task = NULL;
                 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index 08f65996534c..6563f0713fc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -55,13 +55,20 @@
 bool separate_tx_rx_irq = 1;
 module_param(separate_tx_rx_irq, bool, 0644);
 
-/* When guest ring is filled up, qdisc queues the packets for us, but we have
- * to timeout them, otherwise other guests' packets can get stuck there
+/* The time that packets can stay on the guest Rx internal queue
+ * before they are dropped.
  */
 unsigned int rx_drain_timeout_msecs = 10000;
 module_param(rx_drain_timeout_msecs, uint, 0444);
 unsigned int rx_drain_timeout_jiffies;
 
+/* The length of time before the frontend is considered unresponsive
+ * because it isn't providing Rx slots.
+ */
+static unsigned int rx_stall_timeout_msecs = 60000;
+module_param(rx_stall_timeout_msecs, uint, 0444);
+static unsigned int rx_stall_timeout_jiffies;
+
 unsigned int xenvif_max_queues;
 module_param_named(max_queues, xenvif_max_queues, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_queues,
@@ -83,7 +90,6 @@ static void make_tx_response(struct xenvif_queue *queue,
                              s8       st);
 
 static inline int tx_work_todo(struct xenvif_queue *queue);
-static inline int rx_work_todo(struct xenvif_queue *queue);
 
 static struct xen_netif_rx_response *make_rx_response(struct xenvif_queue *queue,
                                              u16      id,
@@ -163,6 +169,69 @@ bool xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available(struct xenvif_queue *queue, int needed)
         return false;
 }
 
+void xenvif_rx_queue_tail(struct xenvif_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+        unsigned long flags;
+
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->rx_queue.lock, flags);
+
+        __skb_queue_tail(&queue->rx_queue, skb);
+
+        queue->rx_queue_len += skb->len;
+        if (queue->rx_queue_len > queue->rx_queue_max)
+                netif_tx_stop_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(queue->vif->dev, queue->id));
+
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->rx_queue.lock, flags);
+}
+
+static struct sk_buff *xenvif_rx_dequeue(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+{
+        struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+        spin_lock_irq(&queue->rx_queue.lock);
+
+        skb = __skb_dequeue(&queue->rx_queue);
+        if (skb)
+                queue->rx_queue_len -= skb->len;
+
+        spin_unlock_irq(&queue->rx_queue.lock);
+
+        return skb;
+}
+
+static void xenvif_rx_queue_maybe_wake(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+{
+        spin_lock_irq(&queue->rx_queue.lock);
+
+        if (queue->rx_queue_len < queue->rx_queue_max)
+                netif_tx_wake_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(queue->vif->dev, queue->id));
+
+        spin_unlock_irq(&queue->rx_queue.lock);
+}
+
+
+static void xenvif_rx_queue_purge(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+{
+        struct sk_buff *skb;
+        while ((skb = xenvif_rx_dequeue(queue)) != NULL)
+                kfree_skb(skb);
+}
+
+static void xenvif_rx_queue_drop_expired(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+{
+        struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+        for(;;) {
+                skb = skb_peek(&queue->rx_queue);
+                if (!skb)
+                        break;
+                if (time_before(jiffies, XENVIF_RX_CB(skb)->expires))
+                        break;
+                xenvif_rx_dequeue(queue);
+                kfree_skb(skb);
+        }
+}
+
 /*
  * Returns true if we should start a new receive buffer instead of
  * adding 'size' bytes to a buffer which currently contains 'offset'
@@ -237,13 +306,6 @@ static struct xenvif_rx_meta *get_next_rx_buffer(struct xenvif_queue *queue,
         return meta;
 }
 
-struct xenvif_rx_cb {
-        int meta_slots_used;
-        bool full_coalesce;
-};
-
-#define XENVIF_RX_CB(skb) ((struct xenvif_rx_cb *)(skb)->cb)
-
 /*
  * Set up the grant operations for this fragment. If it's a flipping
  * interface, we also set up the unmap request from here.
@@ -587,12 +649,15 @@ static void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 
         skb_queue_head_init(&rxq);
 
-        while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&queue->rx_queue)) != NULL) {
+        while (xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available(queue, XEN_NETBK_RX_SLOTS_MAX)
+               && (skb = xenvif_rx_dequeue(queue)) != NULL) {
                 RING_IDX max_slots_needed;
                 RING_IDX old_req_cons;
                 RING_IDX ring_slots_used;
                 int i;
 
+                queue->last_rx_time = jiffies;
+
                 /* We need a cheap worse case estimate for the number of
                  * slots we'll use.
                  */
@@ -634,15 +699,6 @@ static void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
                     skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV6))
                         max_slots_needed++;
 
-                /* If the skb may not fit then bail out now */
-                if (!xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available(queue, max_slots_needed)) {
-                        skb_queue_head(&queue->rx_queue, skb);
-                        need_to_notify = true;
-                        queue->rx_last_skb_slots = max_slots_needed;
-                        break;
-                } else
-                        queue->rx_last_skb_slots = 0;
-
                 old_req_cons = queue->rx.req_cons;
                 XENVIF_RX_CB(skb)->meta_slots_used = xenvif_gop_skb(skb, &npo, queue);
                 ring_slots_used = queue->rx.req_cons - old_req_cons;
@@ -1869,12 +1925,6 @@ void xenvif_idx_unmap(struct xenvif_queue *queue, u16 pending_idx)
         }
 }
 
-static inline int rx_work_todo(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
-{
-        return (!skb_queue_empty(&queue->rx_queue) &&
-               xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available(queue, queue->rx_last_skb_slots));
-}
-
 static inline int tx_work_todo(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 {
         if (likely(RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_REQUESTS(&queue->tx)))
@@ -1931,92 +1981,121 @@ err:
         return err;
 }
 
-static void xenvif_start_queue(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+static void xenvif_queue_carrier_off(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 {
-        if (xenvif_schedulable(queue->vif))
-                xenvif_wake_queue(queue);
+        struct xenvif *vif = queue->vif;
+
+        queue->stalled = true;
+
+        /* At least one queue has stalled? Disable the carrier. */
+        spin_lock(&vif->lock);
+        if (vif->stalled_queues++ == 0) {
+                netdev_info(vif->dev, "Guest Rx stalled");
+                netif_carrier_off(vif->dev);
+        }
+        spin_unlock(&vif->lock);
 }
 
-/* Only called from the queue's thread, it handles the situation when the guest
- * doesn't post enough requests on the receiving ring.
- * First xenvif_start_xmit disables QDisc and start a timer, and then either the
- * timer fires, or the guest send an interrupt after posting new request. If it
- * is the timer, the carrier is turned off here.
- * */
-static void xenvif_rx_purge_event(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+static void xenvif_queue_carrier_on(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 {
-        /* Either the last unsuccesful skb or at least 1 slot should fit */
-        int needed = queue->rx_last_skb_slots ?
-                     queue->rx_last_skb_slots : 1;
+        struct xenvif *vif = queue->vif;
 
-        /* It is assumed that if the guest post new slots after this, the RX
-         * interrupt will set the QUEUE_STATUS_RX_PURGE_EVENT bit and wake up
-         * the thread again
-         */
-        set_bit(QUEUE_STATUS_RX_STALLED, &queue->status);
-        if (!xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available(queue, needed)) {
-                rtnl_lock();
-                if (netif_carrier_ok(queue->vif->dev)) {
-                        /* Timer fired and there are still no slots. Turn off
-                         * everything except the interrupts
-                         */
-                        netif_carrier_off(queue->vif->dev);
-                        skb_queue_purge(&queue->rx_queue);
-                        queue->rx_last_skb_slots = 0;
-                        if (net_ratelimit())
-                                netdev_err(queue->vif->dev, "Carrier off due to lack of guest response on queue %d\n", queue->id);
-                } else {
-                        /* Probably an another queue already turned the carrier
-                         * off, make sure nothing is stucked in the internal
-                         * queue of this queue
-                         */
-                        skb_queue_purge(&queue->rx_queue);
-                        queue->rx_last_skb_slots = 0;
-                }
-                rtnl_unlock();
-        } else if (!netif_carrier_ok(queue->vif->dev)) {
-                unsigned int num_queues = queue->vif->num_queues;
-                unsigned int i;
-                /* The carrier was down, but an interrupt kicked
-                 * the thread again after new requests were
-                 * posted
-                 */
-                clear_bit(QUEUE_STATUS_RX_STALLED,
-                          &queue->status);
-                rtnl_lock();
-                netif_carrier_on(queue->vif->dev);
-                netif_tx_wake_all_queues(queue->vif->dev);
-                rtnl_unlock();
+        queue->last_rx_time = jiffies; /* Reset Rx stall detection. */
+        queue->stalled = false;
 
-                for (i = 0; i < num_queues; i++) {
-                        struct xenvif_queue *temp = &queue->vif->queues[i];
+        /* All queues are ready? Enable the carrier. */
+        spin_lock(&vif->lock);
+        if (--vif->stalled_queues == 0) {
+                netdev_info(vif->dev, "Guest Rx ready");
+                netif_carrier_on(vif->dev);
+        }
+        spin_unlock(&vif->lock);
+}
 
-                        xenvif_napi_schedule_or_enable_events(temp);
-                }
-                if (net_ratelimit())
-                        netdev_err(queue->vif->dev, "Carrier on again\n");
-        } else {
-                /* Queuing were stopped, but the guest posted
-                 * new requests and sent an interrupt
-                 */
-                clear_bit(QUEUE_STATUS_RX_STALLED,
-                          &queue->status);
-                del_timer_sync(&queue->rx_stalled);
-                xenvif_start_queue(queue);
+static bool xenvif_rx_queue_stalled(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+{
+        RING_IDX prod, cons;
+
+        prod = queue->rx.sring->req_prod;
+        cons = queue->rx.req_cons;
+
+        return !queue->stalled
+                && prod - cons < XEN_NETBK_RX_SLOTS_MAX
+                && time_after(jiffies,
+                              queue->last_rx_time + rx_stall_timeout_jiffies);
+}
+
+static bool xenvif_rx_queue_ready(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+{
+        RING_IDX prod, cons;
+
+        prod = queue->rx.sring->req_prod;
+        cons = queue->rx.req_cons;
+
+        return queue->stalled
+                && prod - cons >= XEN_NETBK_RX_SLOTS_MAX;
+}
+
+static bool xenvif_have_rx_work(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+{
+        return (!skb_queue_empty(&queue->rx_queue)
+                && xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available(queue, XEN_NETBK_RX_SLOTS_MAX))
+                || xenvif_rx_queue_stalled(queue)
+                || xenvif_rx_queue_ready(queue)
+                || kthread_should_stop()
+                || queue->vif->disabled;
+}
+
+static long xenvif_rx_queue_timeout(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+{
+        struct sk_buff *skb;
+        long timeout;
+
+        skb = skb_peek(&queue->rx_queue);
+        if (!skb)
+                return MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+
+        timeout = XENVIF_RX_CB(skb)->expires - jiffies;
+        return timeout < 0 ? 0 : timeout;
+}
+
+/* Wait until the guest Rx thread has work.
+ *
+ * The timeout needs to be adjusted based on the current head of the
+ * queue (and not just the head at the beginning).  In particular, if
+ * the queue is initially empty an infinite timeout is used and this
+ * needs to be reduced when a skb is queued.
+ *
+ * This cannot be done with wait_event_timeout() because it only
+ * calculates the timeout once.
+ */
+static void xenvif_wait_for_rx_work(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
+{
+        DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+
+        if (xenvif_have_rx_work(queue))
+                return;
+
+        for (;;) {
+                long ret;
+
+                prepare_to_wait(&queue->wq, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+                if (xenvif_have_rx_work(queue))
+                        break;
+                ret = schedule_timeout(xenvif_rx_queue_timeout(queue));
+                if (!ret)
+                        break;
         }
+        finish_wait(&queue->wq, &wait);
 }
 
 int xenvif_kthread_guest_rx(void *data)
 {
         struct xenvif_queue *queue = data;
-        struct sk_buff *skb;
+        struct xenvif *vif = queue->vif;
 
-        while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-                wait_event_interruptible(queue->wq,
-                                         rx_work_todo(queue) ||
-                                         queue->vif->disabled ||
-                                         test_bit(QUEUE_STATUS_RX_PURGE_EVENT, &queue->status) ||
-                                         kthread_should_stop());
+        for (;;) {
+                xenvif_wait_for_rx_work(queue);
 
                 if (kthread_should_stop())
                         break;
@@ -2028,35 +2107,38 @@ int xenvif_kthread_guest_rx(void *data)
                  * context so we defer it here, if this thread is
                  * associated with queue 0.
                  */
-                if (unlikely(queue->vif->disabled && queue->id == 0)) {
-                        xenvif_carrier_off(queue->vif);
-                } else if (unlikely(queue->vif->disabled)) {
-                        /* kthread_stop() would be called upon this thread soon,
-                         * be a bit proactive
-                         */
-                        skb_queue_purge(&queue->rx_queue);
-                        queue->rx_last_skb_slots = 0;
-                } else if (unlikely(test_and_clear_bit(QUEUE_STATUS_RX_PURGE_EVENT,
-                                                     &queue->status))) {
-                        xenvif_rx_purge_event(queue);
-                } else if (!netif_carrier_ok(queue->vif->dev)) {
-                        /* Another queue stalled and turned the carrier off, so
-                         * purge the internal queue of queues which were not
-                         * blocked
-                         */
-                        skb_queue_purge(&queue->rx_queue);
-                        queue->rx_last_skb_slots = 0;
+                if (unlikely(vif->disabled && queue->id == 0)) {
+                        xenvif_carrier_off(vif);
+                        xenvif_rx_queue_purge(queue);
+                        continue;
                 }
 
                 if (!skb_queue_empty(&queue->rx_queue))
                         xenvif_rx_action(queue);
 
+                /* If the guest hasn't provided any Rx slots for a
+                 * while it's probably not responsive, drop the
+                 * carrier so packets are dropped earlier.
+                 */
+                if (xenvif_rx_queue_stalled(queue))
+                        xenvif_queue_carrier_off(queue);
+                else if (xenvif_rx_queue_ready(queue))
+                        xenvif_queue_carrier_on(queue);
+
+                /* Queued packets may have foreign pages from other
+                 * domains.  These cannot be queued indefinitely as
+                 * this would starve guests of grant refs and transmit
+                 * slots.
+                 */
+                xenvif_rx_queue_drop_expired(queue);
+
+                xenvif_rx_queue_maybe_wake(queue);
+
                 cond_resched();
         }
 
         /* Bin any remaining skbs */
-        while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&queue->rx_queue)) != NULL)
-                dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+        xenvif_rx_queue_purge(queue);
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -2113,6 +2195,7 @@ static int __init netback_init(void)
                 goto failed_init;
 
         rx_drain_timeout_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(rx_drain_timeout_msecs);
+        rx_stall_timeout_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(rx_stall_timeout_msecs);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
         xen_netback_dbg_root = debugfs_create_dir("xen-netback", NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
index 8079c31ac5e6..fab0d4b42f58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct backend_info {
 static int connect_rings(struct backend_info *be, struct xenvif_queue *queue);
 static void connect(struct backend_info *be);
 static int read_xenbus_vif_flags(struct backend_info *be);
-static void backend_create_xenvif(struct backend_info *be);
+static int backend_create_xenvif(struct backend_info *be);
 static void unregister_hotplug_status_watch(struct backend_info *be);
 static void set_backend_state(struct backend_info *be,
                               enum xenbus_state state);
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int xenvif_read_io_ring(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
         struct xenvif_queue *queue = m->private;
         struct xen_netif_tx_back_ring *tx_ring = &queue->tx;
         struct xen_netif_rx_back_ring *rx_ring = &queue->rx;
+        struct netdev_queue *dev_queue;
 
         if (tx_ring->sring) {
                 struct xen_netif_tx_sring *sring = tx_ring->sring;
@@ -112,6 +113,13 @@ static int xenvif_read_io_ring(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
                    queue->credit_timeout.expires,
                    jiffies);
 
+        dev_queue = netdev_get_tx_queue(queue->vif->dev, queue->id);
+
+        seq_printf(m, "\nRx internal queue: len %u max %u pkts %u %s\n",
+                   queue->rx_queue_len, queue->rx_queue_max,
+                   skb_queue_len(&queue->rx_queue),
+                   netif_tx_queue_stopped(dev_queue) ? "stopped" : "running");
+
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -344,7 +352,9 @@ static int netback_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
         be->state = XenbusStateInitWait;
 
         /* This kicks hotplug scripts, so do it immediately. */
-        backend_create_xenvif(be);
+        err = backend_create_xenvif(be);
+        if (err)
+                goto fail;
 
         return 0;
 
@@ -389,19 +399,19 @@ static int netback_uevent(struct xenbus_device *xdev,
 }
 
 
-static void backend_create_xenvif(struct backend_info *be)
+static int backend_create_xenvif(struct backend_info *be)
 {
         int err;
         long handle;
         struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
 
         if (be->vif != NULL)
-                return;
+                return 0;
 
         err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename, "handle", "%li", &handle);
         if (err != 1) {
                 xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading handle");
-                return;
+                return (err < 0) ? err : -EINVAL;
         }
 
         be->vif = xenvif_alloc(&dev->dev, dev->otherend_id, handle);
@@ -409,10 +419,11 @@ static void backend_create_xenvif(struct backend_info *be)
                 err = PTR_ERR(be->vif);
                 be->vif = NULL;
                 xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "creating interface");
-                return;
+                return err;
         }
 
         kobject_uevent(&dev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ONLINE);
+        return 0;
 }
 
 static void backend_disconnect(struct backend_info *be)
@@ -703,6 +714,7 @@ static void connect(struct backend_info *be)
         be->vif->queues = vzalloc(requested_num_queues *
                                   sizeof(struct xenvif_queue));
         be->vif->num_queues = requested_num_queues;
+        be->vif->stalled_queues = requested_num_queues;
 
         for (queue_index = 0; queue_index < requested_num_queues; ++queue_index) {
                 queue = &be->vif->queues[queue_index];
@@ -873,15 +885,10 @@ static int read_xenbus_vif_flags(struct backend_info *be)
         if (!rx_copy)
                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-        if (vif->dev->tx_queue_len != 0) {
-                if (xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend,
-                                 "feature-rx-notify", "%d", &val) < 0)
-                        val = 0;
-                if (val)
-                        vif->can_queue = 1;
-                else
-                        /* Must be non-zero for pfifo_fast to work. */
-                        vif->dev->tx_queue_len = 1;
+        if (xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend,
+                         "feature-rx-notify", "%d", &val) < 0 || val == 0) {
+                xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -EINVAL, "feature-rx-notify is mandatory");
+                return -EINVAL;
         }
 
         if (xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "feature-sg",