Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/3] xsk: build skb by page

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

On 1/21/21 2:47 PM, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> This patch is used to construct skb based on page to save memory copy
> overhead.
> 
> This function is implemented based on IFF_TX_SKB_NO_LINEAR. Only the
> network card priv_flags supports IFF_TX_SKB_NO_LINEAR will use page to
> directly construct skb. If this feature is not supported, it is still
> necessary to copy data to construct skb.
> 
> ---------------- Performance Testing ------------
> 
> The test environment is Aliyun ECS server.
> Test cmd:
> ```
> xdpsock -i eth0 -t  -S -s <msg size>
> ```
> 
> Test result data:
> 
> size    64      512     1024    1500
> copy    1916747 1775988 1600203 1440054
> page    1974058 1953655 1945463 1904478
> percent 3.0%    10.0%   21.58%  32.3%
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dust Li <dust.li@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  net/xdp/xsk.c | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 86 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.c b/net/xdp/xsk.c
> index 4a83117..38af7f1 100644
> --- a/net/xdp/xsk.c
> +++ b/net/xdp/xsk.c
> @@ -430,6 +430,87 @@ static void xsk_destruct_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	sock_wfree(skb);
>  }
>  
> +static struct sk_buff *xsk_build_skb_zerocopy(struct xdp_sock *xs,
> +					      struct xdp_desc *desc)
> +{
> +	u32 len, offset, copy, copied;
> +	struct sk_buff *skb;
> +	struct page *page;
> +	void *buffer;
> +	int err, i;
> +	u64 addr;
> +
> +	skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(&xs->sk, 0, 1, &err);
> +	if (unlikely(!skb))
> +		return ERR_PTR(err);
> +
> +	addr = desc->addr;
> +	len = desc->len;
> +
> +	buffer = xsk_buff_raw_get_data(xs->pool, addr);
> +	offset = offset_in_page(buffer);
> +	addr = buffer - xs->pool->addrs;
> +
> +	for (copied = 0, i = 0; copied < len; i++) {
> +		page = xs->pool->umem->pgs[addr >> PAGE_SHIFT];
> +
> +		get_page(page);
> +
> +		copy = min_t(u32, PAGE_SIZE - offset, len - copied);
> +
> +		skb_fill_page_desc(skb, i, page, offset, copy);
> +
> +		copied += copy;
> +		addr += copy;
> +		offset = 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	skb->len += len;
> +	skb->data_len += len;

> +	skb->truesize += len;

This is not the truesize, unfortunately.

We need to account for the number of pages, not number of bytes.

> +
> +	refcount_add(len, &xs->sk.sk_wmem_alloc);
> +
> +	return skb;
> +}
> +