linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 2/6 net-next] netdevice.h: Add zero-copy flag in netdevice

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Message-ID: <1305729507.32080.6.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 18 May 2011 07:38:27 -0700
From:	Shirley Ma <mashirle@...ibm.com>
To:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>
Cc:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 2/6 net-next] netdevice.h: Add zero-copy flag in
 netdevice

On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 13:40 +0200, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> >> >> Not more other restrictions, skb clone is OK. pskb_expand_head()
> looks
> >> >> OK to me from code review.
> >> > Hmm. pskb_expand_head calls skb_release_data while keeping
> >> > references to pages. How is that ok? What do I miss?
> >> It's making copy of the skb_shinfo earlier, so the pages refcount
> >> stays the same.
> > Exactly. But the callback is invoked so the guest thinks it's ok to
> > change this memory. If it does a corrupted packet will be sent out.
> 
> Hmm. I tool a quick look at skb_clone(), and it looks like this
> sequence will break this scheme:
> 
> skb2 = skb_clone(skb...);
> kfree_skb(skb) or pskb_expand_head(skb);  /* callback called */
> [use skb2, pages still referenced]
> kfree_skb(skb); /* callback called again */
> 
> This sequence is common in bridge, might be in other places.
> 
> Maybe this ubuf thing should just track clones? This will make it work
> on all devices then.

The callback was only invoked when last reference of skb was gone.
skb_clone does increase skb refcnt. I tested tcpdump on lower device, it
worked.

For the sequence of:

skb_clone  -> last refcnt + 1
kfree_skb() or pskb_expand_head -> callback not called
kfree_skb() -> callback called

I will check page refcount to see whether it's balanced.

Thanks
shirley

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