RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v4 net-next 0/9] net: intel: napi_alloc_skb() vs metadata
From: Bhandare, KiranX <hidden>
Date: 2022-01-10 10:12:00
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-----Original Message----- From: Intel-wired-lan <redacted> On Behalf Of Alexander Lobakin Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 7:37 PM To: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org Cc: Song Liu <redacted>; Jesper Dangaard Brouer [off-list ref]; Daniel Borkmann [off-list ref]; Yonghong Song [off-list ref]; Martin KaFai Lau [off-list ref]; John Fastabend [off-list ref]; Alexei Starovoitov [off-list ref]; Andrii Nakryiko [off-list ref]; Björn Töpel [off-list ref]; netdev@vger.kernel.org; Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref]; KP Singh [off-list ref]; bpf@vger.kernel.org; David S. Miller [off-list ref]; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v4 net-next 0/9] net: intel: napi_alloc_skb() vs metadata This is an interpolation of [0] to other Intel Ethernet drivers (and is (re)based on its code). The main aim is to keep XDP metadata not only in case with build_skb(), but also when we do napi_alloc_skb() + memcpy(). All Intel drivers suffers from the same here: - metadata gets lost on XDP_PASS in legacy-rx; - excessive headroom allocation on XSK Rx to skbs; - metadata gets lost on XSK Rx to skbs. Those get especially actual in XDP Hints upcoming. I couldn't have addressed the first one for all Intel drivers due to that they don't reserve any headroom for now in legacy-rx mode even with XDP enabled. This is hugely wrong, but requires quite a bunch of work and a separate series. Luckily, ice doesn't suffer from that. igc has 1 and 3 already fixed in [0]. From v3 ([1]): - fix driver name and ixgbe_construct_skb() function name in the commit message of #9 (Jesper); - no functional changes. From v2 (unreleased upstream): - tweaked 007 to pass bi->xdp directly and simplify code (Maciej); - picked Michal's Reviewed-by. From v1 (unreleased upstream): - drop "fixes" of legacy-rx for i40e, igb and ixgbe since they have another flaw regarding headroom (see above); - drop igc cosmetic fixes since they landed upstream incorporated into Jesper's commits; - picked one Acked-by from Maciej. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/163700856423.565980.101625649213476937 58.stgit@firesoul [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20211207205536.563550-1- alexandr.lobakin@intel.com Alexander Lobakin (9): i40e: don't reserve excessive XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM on XSK Rx to skb i40e: respect metadata on XSK Rx to skb ice: respect metadata in legacy-rx/ice_construct_skb() ice: don't reserve excessive XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM on XSK Rx to skb ice: respect metadata on XSK Rx to skb igc: don't reserve excessive XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM on XSK Rx to skb ixgbe: pass bi->xdp to ixgbe_construct_skb_zc() directly ixgbe: don't reserve excessive XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM on XSK Rx to skb ixgbe: respect metadata on XSK Rx to skb drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_xsk.c | 16 +++++++----- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c | 15 ++++++++--- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c | 16 +++++++----- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c | 13 +++++----- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_xsk.c | 27 ++++++++++++-------- 5 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
Tested-by: Kiran Bhandare <redacted> A Contingent Worker at Intel