xen-netback: use jiffies_64 value to calculate credit timeout

time_after_eq() only works if the delta is < MAX_ULONG/2.

For a 32bit Dom0, if netfront sends packets at a very low rate, the time
between subsequent calls to tx_credit_exceeded() may exceed MAX_ULONG/2
and the test for timer_after_eq() will be incorrect. Credit will not be
replenished and the guest may become unable to send packets (e.g., if
prior to the long gap, all credit was exhausted).

Use jiffies_64 variant to mitigate this problem for 32bit Dom0.

Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: Jason Luan <jianhai.luan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Wei Liu 2013-10-28 12:07:57 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 262e827fe7
commit 059dfa6a93
3 changed files with 7 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -312,8 +312,7 @@ struct xenvif *xenvif_alloc(struct device *parent, domid_t domid,
vif->credit_bytes = vif->remaining_credit = ~0UL;
vif->credit_usec = 0UL;
init_timer(&vif->credit_timeout);
/* Initialize 'expires' now: it's used to track the credit window. */
vif->credit_timeout.expires = jiffies;
vif->credit_window_start = get_jiffies_64();
dev->netdev_ops = &xenvif_netdev_ops;
dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_TSO;