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Message-ID: <4E14E939.5040904@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:01:13 -0600
From: Zan Lynx <zlynx@....org>
To: Shirley Ma <mashirle@...ibm.com>
CC: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, mst@...hat.com,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 2/4 net-next] skbuff: skb supports zero-copy buffers
On 7/6/2011 4:22 PM, Shirley Ma wrote:
> This patch adds userspace buffers support in skb shared info. A new
> struct skb_ubuf_info is needed to maintain the userspace buffers
> argument and index, a callback is used to notify userspace to release
> the buffers once lower device has done DMA (Last reference to that skb
> has gone).
>
> If there is any userspace apps to reference these userspace buffers,
> then these userspaces buffers will be copied into kernel. This way we
> can prevent userspace apps from holding these userspace buffers too long.
>
> Use destructor_arg to point to the userspace buffer info; a new tx flags
> SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY is added for zero-copy buffer check.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shirley Ma <xma@...ibm.com>
I was just reading this patch and noticed that you check if
uarg->callback is set before calling it in skb_release_data, but you do
not check before calling it in skb_copy_ubufs.
I was only skimming so I have probably missed something...
> ---
>
> include/linux/skbuff.h | 16 ++++++++++
> net/core/skbuff.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> index 3e54337..08d4507 100644
> --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
> +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> @@ -187,6 +187,20 @@ enum {
>
> /* ensure the originating sk reference is available on driver level */
> SKBTX_DRV_NEEDS_SK_REF = 1 << 3,
> +
> + /* device driver supports TX zero-copy buffers */
> + SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY = 1 << 4,
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * The callback notifies userspace to release buffers when skb DMA is done in
> + * lower device, the skb last reference should be 0 when calling this.
> + * The desc is used to track userspace buffer index.
> + */
> +struct ubuf_info {
> + void (*callback)(void *);
> + void *arg;
> + unsigned long desc;
> };
>
> /* This data is invariant across clones and lives at
> @@ -211,6 +225,7 @@ struct skb_shared_info {
> /* Intermediate layers must ensure that destructor_arg
> * remains valid until skb destructor */
> void * destructor_arg;
> +
> /* must be last field, see pskb_expand_head() */
> skb_frag_t frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS];
> };
> @@ -2265,5 +2280,6 @@ static inline void skb_checksum_none_assert(struct sk_buff *skb)
> }
>
> bool skb_partial_csum_set(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 start, u16 off);
> +
> #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
> #endif /* _LINUX_SKBUFF_H */
> diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
> index 46cbd28..42462f5 100644
> --- a/net/core/skbuff.c
> +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
> @@ -329,6 +329,18 @@ static void skb_release_data(struct sk_buff *skb)
> put_page(skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page);
> }
>
> + /*
> + * If skb buf is from userspace, we need to notify the caller
> + * the lower device DMA has done;
> + */
> + if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY) {
> + struct ubuf_info *uarg;
> +
> + uarg = skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg;
> + if (uarg->callback)
> + uarg->callback(uarg);
> + }
> +
> if (skb_has_frag_list(skb))
> skb_drop_fraglist(skb);
>
> @@ -481,6 +493,9 @@ bool skb_recycle_check(struct sk_buff *skb, int skb_size)
> if (irqs_disabled())
> return false;
>
> + if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY)
> + return false;
> +
> if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb) || skb->fclone != SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE)
> return false;
>
> @@ -596,6 +611,50 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_morph(struct sk_buff *dst, struct sk_buff *src)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_morph);
>
> +/* skb frags copy userspace buffers to kernel */
> +static int skb_copy_ubufs(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> +{
> + int i;
> + int num_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
> + struct page *page, *head = NULL;
> + struct ubuf_info *uarg = skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < num_frags; i++) {
> + u8 *vaddr;
> + skb_frag_t *f = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
> +
> + page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
> + if (!page) {
> + while (head) {
> + put_page(head);
> + head = (struct page *)head->private;
> + }
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> + vaddr = kmap_skb_frag(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i]);
> + memcpy(page_address(page),
> + vaddr + f->page_offset, f->size);
> + kunmap_skb_frag(vaddr);
> + page->private = (unsigned long)head;
> + head = page;
> + }
> +
> + /* skb frags release userspace buffers */
> + for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++)
> + put_page(skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page);
> +
> + uarg->callback(uarg);
> +
> + /* skb frags point to kernel buffers */
> + for (i = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i > 0; i--) {
> + skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i - 1].page_offset = 0;
> + skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i - 1].page = head;
> + head = (struct page *)head->private;
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +
> /**
> * skb_clone - duplicate an sk_buff
> * @skb: buffer to clone
> @@ -614,6 +673,11 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_clone(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> {
> struct sk_buff *n;
>
> + if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY) {
> + if (skb_copy_ubufs(skb, gfp_mask))
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> n = skb + 1;
> if (skb->fclone == SKB_FCLONE_ORIG &&
> n->fclone == SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE) {
> @@ -731,6 +795,12 @@ struct sk_buff *pskb_copy(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags) {
> int i;
>
> + if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY) {
> + if (skb_copy_ubufs(skb, gfp_mask)) {
> + kfree(n);
> + goto out;
> + }
> + }
> for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
> skb_shinfo(n)->frags[i] = skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
> get_page(skb_shinfo(n)->frags[i].page);
> @@ -788,7 +858,6 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
> fastpath = true;
> else {
> int delta = skb->nohdr ? (1 << SKB_DATAREF_SHIFT) + 1 : 1;
> -
> fastpath = atomic_read(&skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref) == delta;
> }
>
> @@ -819,6 +888,11 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
> if (fastpath) {
> kfree(skb->head);
> } else {
> + /* copy this zero copy skb frags */
> + if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY) {
> + if (skb_copy_ubufs(skb, gfp_mask))
> + goto nofrags;
> + }
> for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++)
> get_page(skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page);
>
> @@ -853,6 +927,8 @@ adjust_others:
> atomic_set(&skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref, 1);
> return 0;
>
> +nofrags:
> + kfree(data);
> nodata:
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
> @@ -1354,6 +1430,7 @@ int skb_copy_bits(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, void *to, int len)
> }
> start = end;
> }
> +
> if (!len)
> return 0;
>
>
>
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