net-rps: Fix brokeness causing OOO packets
authorTom Herbert <therbert@google.com>
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:04:15 +0000 (09:04 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:37:47 +0000 (11:37 -0800)
[ Upstream commit baefa31db2f2b13a05d1b81bdf2d20d487f58b0a ]

In commit c445477d74ab3779 which adds aRFS to the kernel, the CPU
selected for RFS is not set correctly when CPU is changing.
This is causing OOO packets and probably other issues.

Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/core/dev.c

index 24a21f3..eb858dc 100644 (file)
@@ -2763,8 +2763,10 @@ static int get_rps_cpu(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
                if (unlikely(tcpu != next_cpu) &&
                    (tcpu == RPS_NO_CPU || !cpu_online(tcpu) ||
                     ((int)(per_cpu(softnet_data, tcpu).input_queue_head -
-                     rflow->last_qtail)) >= 0))
+                     rflow->last_qtail)) >= 0)) {
+                       tcpu = next_cpu;
                        rflow = set_rps_cpu(dev, skb, rflow, next_cpu);
+               }
 
                if (tcpu != RPS_NO_CPU && cpu_online(tcpu)) {
                        *rflowp = rflow;