netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: remove explicit XSKMAP lookup from AF

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Date:   Sun, 20 Oct 2019 21:53:19 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net
Cc:     Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, magnus.karlsson@...il.com,
        magnus.karlsson@...el.com, sridhar.samudrala@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: remove explicit XSKMAP lookup from AF_XDP XDP program

Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com> writes:

> From: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>
>
> In commit 43e74c0267a3 ("bpf_xdp_redirect_map: Perform map lookup in
> eBPF helper") the bpf_redirect_map() helper learned to do map lookup,
> which means that the explicit lookup in the XDP program for AF_XDP is
> not needed.
>
> This commit removes the map lookup, which simplifies the BPF code and
> improves the performance for the "rx_drop" [1] scenario with ~4%.

Nice, 4% is pretty good!

I wonder if the program needs to be backwards-compatible (with pre-5.3
kernels), though?

You can do that by something like this:

ret = bpf_redirect_map(&xsks_map, index, XDP_PASS);
if (ret > 0)
  return ret;

if (bpf_map_lookup_elem(&xsks_map, &index))
   return bpf_redirect_map(&xsks_map, index, 0);
return XDP_PASS;


This works because bpf_redirect_map() prior to 43e74c0267a3 will return
XDP_ABORTED on a non-0 flags value.

-Toke