RE: [PATCH net-next v3 5/6] net: stmmac: Add support for XDP_TX action

["Ong, Boon Leong" <boon.leong.ong@intel.com>]

>> +static int stmmac_xdp_xmit_back(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
>> +				struct xdp_buff *xdp)
>> +{
>> +	struct xdp_frame *xdpf = xdp_convert_buff_to_frame(xdp);
>> +	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
>> +	struct netdev_queue *nq;
>> +	int queue;
>> +	int res;
>> +
>> +	if (unlikely(!xdpf))
>> +		return -EFAULT;
>
>Can you return -EFAULT here? looks like the function is otherwise
>returning positive STMMAC_XDP_* return codes/masks.

Good catch. Thanks. It should return STMMAC_XDP_CONSUMED. 

>
>> +	queue = stmmac_xdp_get_tx_queue(priv, cpu);
>> +	nq = netdev_get_tx_queue(priv->dev, queue);
>> +
>> +	__netif_tx_lock(nq, cpu);
>> +	/* Avoids TX time-out as we are sharing with slow path */
>> +	nq->trans_start = jiffies;
>> +	res = stmmac_xdp_xmit_xdpf(priv, queue, xdpf);
>> +	if (res == STMMAC_XDP_TX) {
>> +		stmmac_flush_tx_descriptors(priv, queue);
>> +		stmmac_tx_timer_arm(priv, queue);
>
>Would it make sense to arm the timer and flush descriptors at the end
>of the NAPI poll cycle? Instead of after every TX frame?
Agree. The Tx clean timer function can be scheduled once at the end of
the NAPI poll for better optimization. 


>
>> +	}
>> +	__netif_tx_unlock(nq);
>> +
>> +	return res;
>> +}
>
>> @@ -4365,16 +4538,26 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
>int limit, u32 queue)
>>  			xdp.data_hard_start = page_address(buf->page);
>>  			xdp_set_data_meta_invalid(&xdp);
>>  			xdp.frame_sz = buf_sz;
>> +			xdp.rxq = &rx_q->xdp_rxq;
>>
>> +			pre_len = xdp.data_end - xdp.data_hard_start -
>> +				  buf->page_offset;
>>  			skb = stmmac_xdp_run_prog(priv, &xdp);
>> +			/* Due xdp_adjust_tail: DMA sync for_device
>> +			 * cover max len CPU touch
>> +			 */
>> +			sync_len = xdp.data_end - xdp.data_hard_start -
>> +				   buf->page_offset;
>> +			sync_len = max(sync_len, pre_len);
>>
>>  			/* For Not XDP_PASS verdict */
>>  			if (IS_ERR(skb)) {
>>  				unsigned int xdp_res = -PTR_ERR(skb);
>>
>>  				if (xdp_res & STMMAC_XDP_CONSUMED) {
>> -					page_pool_recycle_direct(rx_q-
>>page_pool,
>> -								 buf->page);
>> +					page_pool_put_page(rx_q-
>>page_pool,
>> +
>virt_to_head_page(xdp.data),
>> +							   sync_len, true);
>
>IMHO the dma_sync_size logic is a little question, but it's not really
>related to your patch, others are already doing the same thing, so it's
>fine, I guess.
Ok. We may leave it as it is now until a better/cleaner solution is found.