Re: [PATCH net-next v1 04/11] xsk: Allocate UMEM chunks through page_pool

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Stanislav Fomichev <hidden>
Date
2026-11-10 23:52:11
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Björn Töpel, 2026-11-10
On 11/10, Björn Töpel wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
AF_XDP zero copy needs a second RX allocator in every driver. A
page_pool driver can take UMEM chunks from a memory provider instead,
and keep its refill, recycling and DMA sync code.

Each aligned chunk becomes a net_iov, whose address netmem_address()
finds without calling the provider. Userspace may post a chunk that
the kernel still owns, so the provider tracks the owner of each chunk
and drops such FILL entries. Chunks that a page pool releases stay in
the kernel for reuse. Nothing installs the provider yet.

Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@kernel.org>
---
 include/net/netmem.h |  25 ++++-
 include/net/xdp.h    |   2 +-
 net/xdp/Kconfig      |   1 +
 net/xdp/Makefile     |   2 +-
 net/xdp/xsk.h        |   6 ++
 net/xdp/xsk_pp.c     | 246 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 net/xdp/xsk_pp.c
diff --git a/include/net/netmem.h b/include/net/netmem.h
index b986ad616334..a3b67ef32b21 100644
--- a/include/net/netmem.h
+++ b/include/net/netmem.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(page_pool_restricted);
 enum net_iov_type {
 	NET_IOV_DMABUF,
 	NET_IOV_IOURING,
+	NET_IOV_XSK,
 };
 
 /* A memory descriptor representing abstract networking I/O vectors.
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ struct net_iov_area {
 	size_t num_niovs;
 	/* Each net_iov covers 1 << niov_shift bytes. */
 	unsigned int niov_shift;
+	/* CPU address of the first net_iov, or NULL if the CPU cannot read
+	 * the area.
+	 */
+	void *vaddr;
 };
 
 static inline struct net_iov_area *net_iov_owner(const struct net_iov *niov)
@@ -119,6 +124,18 @@ static inline unsigned int net_iov_idx(const struct net_iov *niov)
 	return niov - net_iov_owner(niov)->niovs;
 }
 
+static inline void *net_iov_address(const struct net_iov *niov)
+{
+	const struct net_iov_area *area = net_iov_owner(niov);
+	unsigned long off;
+
+	if (!area->vaddr)
+		return NULL;
+
+	off = (unsigned long)net_iov_idx(niov) << area->niov_shift;
+	return area->vaddr + off;
+}
+
 /* Initialize a niov: stamp the owning area, the memory provider type.
  */
 static inline void net_iov_init(struct net_iov *niov,
@@ -345,10 +362,16 @@ static inline void *__netmem_address(netmem_ref netmem)
 	return page_address(__netmem_to_page(netmem));
 }
 
+/**
+ * netmem_address - get the CPU address of the memory behind @netmem
+ * @netmem: netmem to get the address of
+ *
+ * Return: the address, or NULL if the CPU cannot read @netmem.
+ */
 static inline void *netmem_address(netmem_ref netmem)
 {
 	if (netmem_is_net_iov(netmem))
-		return NULL;
+		return net_iov_address(netmem_to_net_iov(netmem));
 
 	return __netmem_address(netmem);
 }
diff --git a/include/net/xdp.h b/include/net/xdp.h
index 1105bb9e3292..5ab7802ac4e1 100644
--- a/include/net/xdp.h
+++ b/include/net/xdp.h
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static inline bool xdp_buff_add_frag(struct xdp_buff *xdp, netmem_ref netmem,
 
 	if (unlikely(netmem_is_pfmemalloc(netmem)))
 		xdp_buff_set_frag_pfmemalloc(xdp);
-	if (unlikely(netmem_is_net_iov(netmem)))
+	if (unlikely(netmem_is_net_iov(netmem) && !netmem_address(netmem)))
 		xdp_buff_set_frag_unreadable(xdp);
 
 	return true;
diff --git a/net/xdp/Kconfig b/net/xdp/Kconfig
index 71af2febe72a..c9c68d3b3712 100644
--- a/net/xdp/Kconfig
+++ b/net/xdp/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config XDP_SOCKETS
 	bool "XDP sockets"
 	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
+	select PAGE_POOL
 	default n
 	help
 	  XDP sockets allows a channel between XDP programs and
diff --git a/net/xdp/Makefile b/net/xdp/Makefile
index 30cdc4315f42..6e9d60f9f7f1 100644
--- a/net/xdp/Makefile
+++ b/net/xdp/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 obj-$(CONFIG_XDP_SOCKETS) += xsk.o xdp_umem.o xsk_queue.o xskmap.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_XDP_SOCKETS) += xsk_buff_pool.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_XDP_SOCKETS) += xsk_buff_pool.o xsk_pp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XDP_SOCKETS_DIAG) += xsk_diag.o
diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.h b/net/xdp/xsk.h
index 7c811b5cce76..4dab7b9a1487 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xsk.h
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk.h
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ static inline struct xdp_sock *xdp_sk(struct sock *sk)
 
 void xsk_map_try_sock_delete(struct xsk_map *map, struct xdp_sock *xs,
 			     struct xdp_sock __rcu **map_entry);
+struct xsk_pp;
+
+extern const struct memory_provider_ops xsk_pp_ops;
+
+struct xsk_pp *xsk_pp_create(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool);
+void xsk_pp_put(struct xsk_pp *pp);
 void xsk_clear_pool_at_qid(struct net_device *dev, u16 queue_id);
 int xsk_reg_pool_at_qid(struct net_device *dev, struct xsk_buff_pool *pool,
 			u16 queue_id);
diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk_pp.c b/net/xdp/xsk_pp.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdd55265a6cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk_pp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* AF_XDP UMEM as a page pool memory provider
+ *
+ * Each aligned UMEM chunk is a readable net_iov with one owner at a time:
+ *
+ *   userspace --FILL--> page pool --release--> reuse --alloc--> page pool
+ *       ^                   |
+ *       +-----RX ring-------+
+ */
+
+#include <net/page_pool/helpers.h>
+#include <net/page_pool/memory_provider.h>
+#include <net/xdp_sock_drv.h>
+
+#include "xsk.h"
+#include "xsk_queue.h"
+
+enum xsk_pp_chunk {
+	XSK_PP_USER,	/* owned by userspace */
+	XSK_PP_POOL,	/* owned by a page pool */
+	XSK_PP_REUSE,	/* on the reuse stack */
Can you explain more about that reuse/reuse_cnt? When is the chunk reused?
How is it different from FILL->RX path?
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