[PATCH v2] net: af_packet: Use hrtimer to do the retire operation
From: Xin Zhao <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-15 04:43:11
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Subsystem:
networking [general], packet sockets, the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Willem de Bruijn, Linus Torvalds
In a system with high real-time requirements, the timeout mechanism of ordinary timers with jiffies granularity is insufficient to meet the demands for real-time performance. Meanwhile, the optimization of CPU usage with af_packet is quite significant. Use hrtimer instead of timer to help compensate for the shortcomings in real-time performance. In HZ=100 or HZ=250 system, the update of TP_STATUS_USER is not real-time enough, with fluctuations reaching over 8ms (on a system with HZ=250). This is unacceptable in some high real-time systems that require timely processing of network packets. By replacing it with hrtimer, if a timeout of 2ms is set, the update of TP_STATUS_USER can be stabilized to within 3 ms. Signed-off-by: Xin Zhao <redacted> --- net/packet/af_packet.c | 19 ++++++++++--------- net/packet/internal.h | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index bc438d0d9..c4746a9cb 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static void prb_retire_current_block(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *, static int prb_queue_frozen(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *); static void prb_open_block(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *, struct tpacket_block_desc *); -static void prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expired(struct timer_list *); +static enum hrtimer_restart prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expired(struct hrtimer *); static void _prb_refresh_rx_retire_blk_timer(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *); static void prb_fill_rxhash(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *, struct tpacket3_hdr *); static void prb_clear_rxhash(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *,
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static __be16 vlan_get_protocol_dgram(const struct sk_buff *skb) static void prb_del_retire_blk_timer(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *pkc) { - timer_delete_sync(&pkc->retire_blk_timer); + hrtimer_cancel(&pkc->retire_blk_timer); } static void prb_shutdown_retire_blk_timer(struct packet_sock *po,
@@ -603,9 +603,10 @@ static void prb_setup_retire_blk_timer(struct packet_sock *po) struct tpacket_kbdq_core *pkc; pkc = GET_PBDQC_FROM_RB(&po->rx_ring); - timer_setup(&pkc->retire_blk_timer, prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expired, - 0); - pkc->retire_blk_timer.expires = jiffies; + hrtimer_setup(&pkc->retire_blk_timer, prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expired, + CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT); + hrtimer_start(&pkc->retire_blk_timer, ms_to_ktime(pkc->retire_blk_tov), + HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT); } static int prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo(struct packet_sock *po,
@@ -676,7 +677,6 @@ static void init_prb_bdqc(struct packet_sock *po, else p1->retire_blk_tov = prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo(po, req_u->req3.tp_block_size); - p1->tov_in_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(p1->retire_blk_tov); p1->blk_sizeof_priv = req_u->req3.tp_sizeof_priv; rwlock_init(&p1->blk_fill_in_prog_lock);
@@ -691,8 +691,8 @@ static void init_prb_bdqc(struct packet_sock *po, */ static void _prb_refresh_rx_retire_blk_timer(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *pkc) { - mod_timer(&pkc->retire_blk_timer, - jiffies + pkc->tov_in_jiffies); + hrtimer_set_expires(&pkc->retire_blk_timer, + ktime_add(ktime_get(), ms_to_ktime(pkc->retire_blk_tov))); pkc->last_kactive_blk_num = pkc->kactive_blk_num; }
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static void _prb_refresh_rx_retire_blk_timer(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *pkc) * prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() calculates the tmo. * */ -static void prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expired(struct timer_list *t) +static enum hrtimer_restart prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expired(struct hrtimer *t) { struct packet_sock *po = timer_container_of(po, t, rx_ring.prb_bdqc.retire_blk_timer);
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ static void prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expired(struct timer_list *t) out: spin_unlock(&po->sk.sk_receive_queue.lock); + return HRTIMER_RESTART; } static void prb_flush_block(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *pkc1,
diff --git a/net/packet/internal.h b/net/packet/internal.h
index 1e743d031..9812feb3d 100644
--- a/net/packet/internal.h
+++ b/net/packet/internal.h@@ -47,10 +47,9 @@ struct tpacket_kbdq_core { unsigned short retire_blk_tov; unsigned short version; - unsigned long tov_in_jiffies; /* timer to retire an outstanding block */ - struct timer_list retire_blk_timer; + struct hrtimer retire_blk_timer; }; struct pgv {
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