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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:41:36 +0100
From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
To: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>,
Xi Xiong <xixiong@...zon.com>, Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>,
Annie Li <annie.li@...cle.com>,
David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] xen-netback: improve ring effeciency for guest
RX
On Sun, 2013-09-22 at 19:03 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> There was a bug that netback routines netbk/xenvif_skb_count_slots and
> netbk/xenvif_gop_frag_copy disagreed with each other, which caused
> netback to push wrong number of responses to netfront, which caused
> netfront to eventually crash. The bug was fixed in 6e43fc04a
> ("xen-netback: count number required slots for an skb more carefully").
>
> Commit 6e43fc04a focused on backport-ability. The drawback with the
> existing packing scheme is that the ring is not used effeciently, as
> stated in 6e43fc04a.
>
> skb->data like:
> | 1111|222222222222|3333 |
>
> is arranged as:
> |1111 |222222222222|3333 |
>
> If we can do this:
> |111122222222|22223333 |
> That would save one ring slot, which improves ring effeciency.
>
> This patch effectively reverts 6e43fc04a. That patch made count_slots
> agree with gop_frag_copy, while this patch goes the other way around --
> make gop_frag_copy agree with count_slots. The end result is that they
> still agree with each other, and the ring is now arranged like:
> |111122222222|22223333 |
>
> The patch that improves packing was first posted by Xi Xong and Matt
> Wilson. I only rebase it on top of net-next and rewrite commit message,
> so I retain all their SoBs. For more infomation about the original bug
> please refer to email listed below and commit message of 6e43fc04a.
>
> Original patch:
> http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-07/msg00760.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Xi Xiong <xixiong@...zon.com>
> Reviewed-by: Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>
> [ msw: minor code cleanups, rewrote commit message, adjusted code
> to count RX slots instead of meta structures ]
> Signed-off-by: Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>
> Cc: Annie Li <annie.li@...cle.com>
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
> [ liuw: rebased on top of net-next tree, rewrote commit message, coding
> style cleanup. ]
> Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 144 ++++++++++++++++---------------------
> 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> index f3e591c..d0b0feb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,14 @@
> #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
> #include <asm/xen/page.h>
>
> +/* SKB control block overlay is used to store useful information when
> + * doing guest RX.
> + */
> +struct skb_cb_overlay {
> + int meta_slots_used;
> + int peek_slots_count;
> +};
> +
> /* Provide an option to disable split event channels at load time as
> * event channels are limited resource. Split event channels are
> * enabled by default.
> @@ -212,49 +220,6 @@ static bool start_new_rx_buffer(int offset, unsigned long size, int head)
> return false;
> }
>
> -struct xenvif_count_slot_state {
> - unsigned long copy_off;
> - bool head;
> -};
> -
> -unsigned int xenvif_count_frag_slots(struct xenvif *vif,
> - unsigned long offset, unsigned long size,
> - struct xenvif_count_slot_state *state)
> -{
> - unsigned count = 0;
> -
> - offset &= ~PAGE_MASK;
> -
> - while (size > 0) {
> - unsigned long bytes;
> -
> - bytes = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
> -
> - if (bytes > size)
> - bytes = size;
> -
> - if (start_new_rx_buffer(state->copy_off, bytes, state->head)) {
> - count++;
> - state->copy_off = 0;
> - }
> -
> - if (state->copy_off + bytes > MAX_BUFFER_OFFSET)
> - bytes = MAX_BUFFER_OFFSET - state->copy_off;
> -
> - state->copy_off += bytes;
> -
> - offset += bytes;
> - size -= bytes;
> -
> - if (offset == PAGE_SIZE)
> - offset = 0;
> -
> - state->head = false;
> - }
> -
> - return count;
> -}
> -
> /*
> * Figure out how many ring slots we're going to need to send @skb to
> * the guest. This function is essentially a dry run of
> @@ -262,40 +227,53 @@ unsigned int xenvif_count_frag_slots(struct xenvif *vif,
> */
> unsigned int xenvif_count_skb_slots(struct xenvif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb)
> {
> - struct xenvif_count_slot_state state;
> unsigned int count;
> - unsigned char *data;
> - unsigned i;
> + int i, copy_off;
> + struct skb_cb_overlay *sco;
>
> - state.head = true;
> - state.copy_off = 0;
> + count = DIV_ROUND_UP(skb_headlen(skb), PAGE_SIZE);
>
> - /* Slot for the first (partial) page of data. */
> - count = 1;
> + copy_off = skb_headlen(skb) % PAGE_SIZE;
>
> - /* Need a slot for the GSO prefix for GSO extra data? */
> if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)
> count++;
>
> - data = skb->data;
> - while (data < skb_tail_pointer(skb)) {
> - unsigned long offset = offset_in_page(data);
> - unsigned long size = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
> + for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
> + unsigned long size = skb_frag_size(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i]);
> + unsigned long offset = skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page_offset;
> + unsigned long bytes;
>
> - if (data + size > skb_tail_pointer(skb))
> - size = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - data;
> + offset &= ~PAGE_MASK;
>
> - count += xenvif_count_frag_slots(vif, offset, size, &state);
> + while (size > 0) {
> + BUG_ON(offset >= PAGE_SIZE);
> + BUG_ON(copy_off > MAX_BUFFER_OFFSET);
>
> - data += size;
> - }
> + bytes = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
>
> - for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
> - unsigned long size = skb_frag_size(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i]);
> - unsigned long offset = skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page_offset;
> + if (bytes > size)
> + bytes = size;
> +
> + if (start_new_rx_buffer(copy_off, bytes, 0)) {
> + count++;
> + copy_off = 0;
> + }
>
> - count += xenvif_count_frag_slots(vif, offset, size, &state);
> + if (copy_off + bytes > MAX_BUFFER_OFFSET)
> + bytes = MAX_BUFFER_OFFSET - copy_off;
> +
> + copy_off += bytes;
> +
> + offset += bytes;
> + size -= bytes;
> +
> + if (offset == PAGE_SIZE)
> + offset = 0;
> + }
> }
> +
> + sco = (struct skb_cb_overlay *)skb->cb;
> + sco->peek_slots_count = count;
> return count;
> }
>
> @@ -327,14 +305,11 @@ static struct xenvif_rx_meta *get_next_rx_buffer(struct xenvif *vif,
> return meta;
> }
>
> -/*
> - * Set up the grant operations for this fragment. If it's a flipping
> - * interface, we also set up the unmap request from here.
> - */
> +/* Set up the grant operations for this fragment. */
> static void xenvif_gop_frag_copy(struct xenvif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb,
> struct netrx_pending_operations *npo,
> struct page *page, unsigned long size,
> - unsigned long offset, int *head)
> + unsigned long offset, int head, int *first)
> {
> struct gnttab_copy *copy_gop;
> struct xenvif_rx_meta *meta;
> @@ -358,12 +333,12 @@ static void xenvif_gop_frag_copy(struct xenvif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb,
> if (bytes > size)
> bytes = size;
>
> - if (start_new_rx_buffer(npo->copy_off, bytes, *head)) {
> + if (start_new_rx_buffer(npo->copy_off, bytes, head)) {
> /*
> * Netfront requires there to be some data in the head
> * buffer.
> */
> - BUG_ON(*head);
> + BUG_ON(*first);
>
> meta = get_next_rx_buffer(vif, npo);
> }
> @@ -397,10 +372,10 @@ static void xenvif_gop_frag_copy(struct xenvif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb,
> }
>
> /* Leave a gap for the GSO descriptor. */
> - if (*head && skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size && !vif->gso_prefix)
> + if (*first && skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size && !vif->gso_prefix)
> vif->rx.req_cons++;
>
> - *head = 0; /* There must be something in this buffer now. */
> + *first = 0; /* There must be something in this buffer now. */
>
> }
> }
> @@ -426,7 +401,7 @@ static int xenvif_gop_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
> struct xen_netif_rx_request *req;
> struct xenvif_rx_meta *meta;
> unsigned char *data;
> - int head = 1;
> + int first = 1;
> int old_meta_prod;
>
> old_meta_prod = npo->meta_prod;
> @@ -462,7 +437,7 @@ static int xenvif_gop_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
> len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - data;
>
> xenvif_gop_frag_copy(vif, skb, npo,
> - virt_to_page(data), len, offset, &head);
> + virt_to_page(data), len, offset, 1, &first);
> data += len;
> }
>
> @@ -471,7 +446,7 @@ static int xenvif_gop_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
> skb_frag_page(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i]),
> skb_frag_size(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i]),
> skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page_offset,
> - &head);
> + 0, &first);
> }
>
> return npo->meta_prod - old_meta_prod;
> @@ -529,10 +504,6 @@ static void xenvif_add_frag_responses(struct xenvif *vif, int status,
> }
> }
>
> -struct skb_cb_overlay {
> - int meta_slots_used;
> -};
> -
> static void xenvif_kick_thread(struct xenvif *vif)
> {
> wake_up(&vif->wq);
> @@ -563,19 +534,26 @@ void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif *vif)
> count = 0;
>
> while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&vif->rx_queue)) != NULL) {
> + RING_IDX old_rx_req_cons;
> +
> vif = netdev_priv(skb->dev);
> nr_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
>
> + old_rx_req_cons = vif->rx.req_cons;
> sco = (struct skb_cb_overlay *)skb->cb;
> sco->meta_slots_used = xenvif_gop_skb(skb, &npo);
>
> - count += nr_frags + 1;
> + count += vif->rx.req_cons - old_rx_req_cons;
>
> __skb_queue_tail(&rxq, skb);
>
> + skb = skb_peek(&vif->rx_queue);
> + if (skb == NULL)
> + break;
> + sco = (struct skb_cb_overlay *)skb->cb;
> +
> /* Filled the batch queue? */
> - /* XXX FIXME: RX path dependent on MAX_SKB_FRAGS */
> - if (count + MAX_SKB_FRAGS >= XEN_NETIF_RX_RING_SIZE)
> + if (count + sco->peek_slots_count >= XEN_NETIF_RX_RING_SIZE)
> break;
> }
>
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