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Message-ID: <CALnjE+pnJqHFaKZAGgN2Q_q-sAfuGYOb6fX0utkb-J1-JFv7dg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 22:11:38 -0800
From: Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
To: Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>
Cc: netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"dev@...nvswitch.org" <dev@...nvswitch.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv11 net-next 2/2] openvswitch: Add support for unique flow IDs.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com> wrote:
> On 9 December 2014 at 10:32, Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com> wrote:
>>> @@ -662,11 +664,18 @@ static void get_dp_stats(const struct datapath *dp, struct ovs_dp_stats *stats,
>>> }
>>> }
>>> + error = ovs_nla_copy_ufid(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID], &ufid, log);
>>> + if (error)
>>> + return error;
>>> + if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY]) {
>>> + ovs_match_init(&match, &key, &mask);
>>> + error = ovs_nla_get_match(&match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY],
>>> + a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK], log);
>>> + } else if (!ufid) {
>>> OVS_NLERR(log, "Flow key attribute not present in set flow.");
>>> - goto error;
>>> + error = -EINVAL;
>>> }
>>> -
>>> - ovs_match_init(&match, &key, &mask);
>>> - error = ovs_nla_get_match(&match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY],
>>> - a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK], log);
>>> if (error)
>>> goto error;
>>>
>>> - /* Validate actions. */
>>> - if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS]) {
>>> - acts = get_flow_actions(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS], &key, &mask,
>>> - log);
>>> - if (IS_ERR(acts)) {
>>> - error = PTR_ERR(acts);
>>> - goto error;
>>> - }
>>> -
>>> - /* Can allocate before locking if have acts. */
>>> - reply = ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(acts, info, false);
>>> - if (IS_ERR(reply)) {
>>> - error = PTR_ERR(reply);
>>> - goto err_kfree_acts;
>>> - }
>>> - }
>>> -
>> Why are you moving this action validation under ovs-lock?
>
> The thought was that flow_cmd_set may receive UFID and not key/mask.
> One could imagine a command that sends a UFID and actions, telling OVS
> kmod to update just the actions. Masked key is required for
> ovs_nla_copy_actions(), so in this case a lookup would be required to
> get a masked key.
>
> Perhaps the better alternative for the moment is to still require flow
> key and mask for this command (just as we do for flow_cmd_new). That
> would simplify this change greatly, and doesn't affect current OVS
> userspace.
>
sounds good.
>>> @@ -1194,9 +1254,18 @@ unlock:
>>>
>>> static int ovs_flow_cmd_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
>>> {
>>> + struct nlattr *a[__OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MAX];
>>> struct ovs_header *ovs_header = genlmsg_data(nlmsg_data(cb->nlh));
>>> struct table_instance *ti;
>>> struct datapath *dp;
>>> + u32 ufid_flags;
>>> + int err;
>>> +
>>> + err = nlmsg_parse(cb->nlh, GENL_HDRLEN + dp_flow_genl_family.hdrsize,
>>> + a, dp_flow_genl_family.maxattr, flow_policy);
>>
>> Can you add genl helper function for this?
>
> OK.
>
>>> @@ -1235,6 +1304,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy flow_policy[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
>>> [OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
>>> [OVS_FLOW_ATTR_CLEAR] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
>>> [OVS_FLOW_ATTR_PROBE] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
>>> + [OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID] = { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
>>> + [OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID_FLAGS] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
>>> };
>>>
>>> static const struct genl_ops dp_flow_genl_ops[] = {
>>> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.h b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
>>> index a8b30f3..7f31dbf 100644
>>> --- a/net/openvswitch/flow.h
>>> +++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
>>> @@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ struct sw_flow_match {
>>> struct sw_flow_mask *mask;
>>> };
>>>
>>> +#define MAX_UFID_LENGTH 256
>>> +
>> For now we can limit this to 128 bits.
>
> Is there a reason beyond trying to avoid the warning in flow_cmd_set()?
> I suppose that its purpose as an identifier means that it's unlikely to
> need to be much bigger in future (indeed, the larger it gets, the more
> it would trade off the performance gains from using it).
>
I am also not sure why would we need ID larger than 128 bit. In such
unlikely scenario I think we can increase it later if we need it.
>>> @@ -213,13 +220,16 @@ struct flow_stats {
>>>
>>> struct sw_flow {
>>> struct rcu_head rcu;
>>> - struct hlist_node hash_node[2];
>>> - u32 hash;
>>> + struct {
>>> + struct hlist_node node[2];
>>> + u32 hash;
>>> + } flow_hash, ufid_hash;
>> I am not sure about _hash suffix here, Can you explain it? I think
>> _table is better.
>
> Agreed, table is better.
>
>>> int stats_last_writer; /* NUMA-node id of the last writer on
>>> * 'stats[0]'.
>>> */
>>> struct sw_flow_key key;
>>> - struct sw_flow_key unmasked_key;
>>> + struct sw_flow_id *ufid;
>> Lets move this structure inside sw_flow, so that we can avoid one
>> kmalloc during flow-install in case of UFID. something like:
>>
>> struct {
>> u32 ufid_len;
>> union {
>> u32 ufid[MAX_UFID_LENGTH / 4];
>> struct sw_flow_key *unmasked_key;
>> }
>> } id;
>
> Agreed.
>
>>> @@ -424,10 +475,9 @@ static struct sw_flow *masked_flow_lookup(struct table_instance *ti,
>>> ovs_flow_mask_key(&masked_key, unmasked, mask);
>>> hash = flow_hash(&masked_key, key_start, key_end);
>>> head = find_bucket(ti, hash);
>>> - hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(flow, head, hash_node[ti->node_ver]) {
>>> - if (flow->mask == mask && flow->hash == hash &&
>>> - flow_cmp_masked_key(flow, &masked_key,
>>> - key_start, key_end))
>>> + hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(flow, head, flow_hash.node[ti->node_ver]) {
>>> + if (flow->mask == mask && flow->flow_hash.hash == hash &&
>>> + flow_cmp_masked_key(flow, &masked_key, key_start, key_end))
>>> return flow;
>>> }
>>> return NULL;
>>> @@ -469,7 +519,40 @@ struct sw_flow *ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact(struct flow_table *tbl,
>>> /* Always called under ovs-mutex. */
>>> list_for_each_entry(mask, &tbl->mask_list, list) {
>>> flow = masked_flow_lookup(ti, match->key, mask);
>>> - if (flow && ovs_flow_cmp_unmasked_key(flow, match)) /* Found */
>>> + if (flow && !flow->ufid &&
>> why not NULL check for flow->unmasked_key here rather than ufid?
>
> In this version, I tried to consistently use flow->ufid as the switch
> for whether UFID exists or not. In the next version, this statement
> would refer to flow->id->ufid_len.
>
> The current approach means that ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact() is really
> ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_unmasked_key(). Do you think this should remain
> specific to unmasked key or should it be made to check that the
> identifier (ufid OR unmasked key) is the same?
It is easier to read code if we check for flow->unmasked_key here.
ovs_flow_cmp_unmasked_key() has assert on ufid anyways.
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