From: "Joseph, Jithu" <jithu.joseph@intel.com>
To: "kuba@kernel.org" <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: "Karlsson, Magnus" <magnus.karlsson@intel.com>,
"davem@davemloft.net" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"dvorax.fuxbrumer@linux.intel.com"
<dvorax.fuxbrumer@linux.intel.com>,
"Fijalkowski, Maciej" <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>,
"sassmann@redhat.com" <sassmann@redhat.com>,
"Gomes, Vinicius" <vinicius.gomes@intel.com>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"Neftin, Sasha" <sasha.neftin@intel.com>,
"Lifshits, Vitaly" <vitaly.lifshits@intel.com>,
"Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>,
"Desouza, Ederson" <ederson.desouza@intel.com>,
"bjorn.topel@intel.com" <bjorn.topel@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 8/9] igc: Enable RX via AF_XDP zero-copy
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 23:59:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ca4bc81f52a50d91c2ec55906c934244ee397c9.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210414162500.397ddb7f@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
On Wed, 2021-04-14 at 16:25 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 23:14:04 +0000 Joseph, Jithu wrote:
> > > > +static struct sk_buff *igc_construct_skb_zc(struct igc_ring
> > > > *ring,
> > > > + struct xdp_buff
> > > > *xdp)
> > > > +{
> > > > + unsigned int metasize = xdp->data - xdp->data_meta;
> > > > + unsigned int datasize = xdp->data_end - xdp->data;
> > > > + struct sk_buff *skb;
> > > > +
> > > > + skb = __napi_alloc_skb(&ring->q_vector->napi,
> > > > + xdp->data_end - xdp-
> > > > >data_hard_start,
> > > > + GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
> > > > + if (unlikely(!skb))
> > > > + return NULL;
> > > > +
> > > > + skb_reserve(skb, xdp->data - xdp->data_hard_start);
> > > > + memcpy(__skb_put(skb, datasize), xdp->data, datasize);
> > > > + if (metasize)
> > > > + skb_metadata_set(skb, metasize);
> > >
> > > But you haven't actually copied the matadata into the skb,
> > > the metadata is before xdp->data, right?
> >
> > Today the igc driver doesn’t add any metadata (except for hw time
> > stamps explained later) . So for most part, xdp->data and xdp-
> > > data_meta point to the same address . That could be why in this
> > initial implementation we are not copying the metadata into skb
> > (as
> > the driver doesn’t add any).
>
> I don't think the timestamp is supposed to be part of the metadata.
> We're talking about BPF metadata here (added by the XDP prog).
>
> > If the XDP program adds some metadata before xdp->data (and xdp-
> > > data_meta reflects this), that is NOT copied into the SKB as
> > > you
> > mentioned . Is the expectation that meta_data (if any added by
> > the
> > bpf program) , should also be copied to the skb in this XDP_PASS
> > flow
> > ? If so I can revise this patch to do that.
>
> Yes, I believe so.
>
> > If h/w time-stamp is added by the NIC, then metasize will be non
> > zero
> > (as xdp->data is advanced by the driver ) . h/w ts is still
> > copied
> > into "skb_hwtstamps(skb)->hwtstamp" by the caller of this function
> > igc_dispatch_skb_zc() . Do you still want it to be copied into
> > __skb_put(skb, ) area too ?
>
> If TS is prepended to the frame it should be saved (e.g. on the
> stack)
> before XDP program is called and gets the chance to overwrite it. The
> metadata length when XDP program is called should be 0.
When you say metadata length should be 0 above, Do you mean that when
bpf_prog_run_xdp(prog, xdp) is invoked, xdp->data and xdp->data_meta
should point to the same address ?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-14 23:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-09 16:43 [PATCH net-next 0/9][pull request] 1GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2021-04-09 Tony Nguyen
2021-04-09 16:43 ` [PATCH net-next 1/9] igc: Move igc_xdp_is_enabled() Tony Nguyen
2021-04-09 16:43 ` [PATCH net-next 2/9] igc: Refactor __igc_xdp_run_prog() Tony Nguyen
2021-04-09 16:43 ` [PATCH net-next 3/9] igc: Refactor igc_clean_rx_ring() Tony Nguyen
2021-04-09 16:43 ` [PATCH net-next 4/9] igc: Refactor XDP rxq info registration Tony Nguyen
2021-04-09 16:43 ` [PATCH net-next 5/9] igc: Introduce TX/RX stats helpers Tony Nguyen
2021-04-09 16:43 ` [PATCH net-next 6/9] igc: Introduce igc_unmap_tx_buffer() helper Tony Nguyen
2021-04-09 16:43 ` [PATCH net-next 7/9] igc: Replace IGC_TX_FLAGS_XDP flag by an enum Tony Nguyen
2021-04-09 16:43 ` [PATCH net-next 8/9] igc: Enable RX via AF_XDP zero-copy Tony Nguyen
2021-04-10 0:36 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-04-14 23:14 ` Joseph, Jithu
2021-04-14 23:25 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-04-14 23:59 ` Joseph, Jithu [this message]
2021-04-15 0:31 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-04-09 16:43 ` [PATCH net-next 9/9] igc: Enable TX " Tony Nguyen
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