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@ 2021-12-08 14:06 Alexander Lobakin
  2021-12-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 1/9] i40e: don't reserve excessive XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM on XSK Rx to skb Alexander Lobakin
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  0 siblings, 10 replies; 27+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Lobakin @ 2021-12-08 14:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: intel-wired-lan
  Cc: Alexander Lobakin, Jesse Brandeburg, Tony Nguyen,
	David S. Miller, Jakub Kicinski, Alexei Starovoitov,
	Daniel Borkmann, Jesper Dangaard Brouer, John Fastabend,
	Björn Töpel, Maciej Fijalkowski, Michal Swiatkowski,
	Jithu Joseph, Martin KaFai Lau, Song Liu, KP Singh,
	Yonghong Song, Andrii Nakryiko, netdev, linux-kernel, bpf

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/163700856423.565980.10162564921347693758.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(-)

-- 
Testing hints:

Setup an XDP and AF_XDP program which will prepend metadata at the
front of the frames and return XDP_PASS, then check that metadata
is present after frames reach kernel network stack.
--
2.33.1


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2021-12-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 1/9] i40e: don't reserve excessive XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM on XSK Rx to skb Alexander Lobakin
2021-12-09  8:19   ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-12-09 17:33     ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-12-10 13:31       ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2022-01-29  8:55   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Bhandare, KiranX
2021-12-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 2/9] i40e: respect metadata " Alexander Lobakin
2021-12-09  8:27   ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-12-09 17:38     ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-12-09 18:50       ` Nguyen, Anthony L
2021-12-10 11:08         ` Alexander Lobakin
2022-01-10 11:24   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Bhandare, KiranX
2021-12-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 3/9] ice: respect metadata in legacy-rx/ice_construct_skb() Alexander Lobakin
2022-01-10 10:16   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Bhandare, KiranX
2021-12-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 4/9] ice: don't reserve excessive XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM on XSK Rx to skb Alexander Lobakin
2022-01-10 10:13   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Bhandare, KiranX
2021-12-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 5/9] ice: respect metadata " Alexander Lobakin
2022-01-10 11:37   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Bhandare, KiranX
2021-12-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 6/9] igc: don't reserve excessive XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM " Alexander Lobakin
2021-12-27 20:34   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Kraus, NechamaX
2021-12-08 14:07 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 7/9] ixgbe: pass bi->xdp to ixgbe_construct_skb_zc() directly Alexander Lobakin
2022-01-11  7:30   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Penigalapati, Sandeep
2021-12-08 14:07 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 8/9] ixgbe: don't reserve excessive XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM on XSK Rx to skb Alexander Lobakin
2022-01-11 11:51   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Penigalapati, Sandeep
2021-12-08 14:07 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 9/9] ixgbe: respect metadata " Alexander Lobakin
2022-01-11 11:52   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Penigalapati, Sandeep
2022-01-10 10:11 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v4 net-next 0/9] net: intel: napi_alloc_skb() vs metadata Bhandare, KiranX

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