Re: [PATCH v3 bpf 3/3] libbpf: only create rx and tx XDP rings when necessary

["Björn Töpel" <bjorn@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 at 14:05, Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com> wrote:
>
> Prior to this commit xsk_socket__create(_shared) always attempted to create
> the rx and tx rings for the socket. However this causes an issue when the
> socket being setup is that which shares the fd with the UMEM. If a
> previous call to this function failed with this socket after the rings were
> set up, a subsequent call would always fail because the rings are not torn
> down after the first call and when we try to set them up again we encounter
> an error because they already exist. Solve this by remembering whether the
> rings were set up by introducing a new flag to struct xsk_umem, and
> checking it before setting up the rings for sockets which share the fd
> with the UMEM.
>
> Fixes: 1cad07884239 ("libbpf: add support for using AF_XDP sockets")
>
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
> index d4991ddff05a..12110bba4cc0 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
>  #include <unistd.h>
>  #include <arpa/inet.h>
>  #include <asm/barrier.h>
> +#include <linux/bitops.h>
>  #include <linux/compiler.h>
>  #include <linux/ethtool.h>
>  #include <linux/filter.h>
> @@ -46,6 +47,9 @@
>   #define PF_XDP AF_XDP
>  #endif
>
> +#define XDP_RX_RING_SETUP_DONE BIT(0)
> +#define XDP_TX_RING_SETUP_DONE BIT(1)
> +
>  enum xsk_prog {
>         XSK_PROG_FALLBACK,
>         XSK_PROG_REDIRECT_FLAGS,
> @@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ struct xsk_umem {
>         int fd;
>         int refcount;
>         struct list_head ctx_list;
> +       __u8 ring_setup_status;

Are we envisioning any more flags here? Otherwise, just a simple
bool/__u8 stating ring_setup_complete or ring_is_setup and just use
true/false and a simple check w/o bitwise and.


Björn