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Date:   Tue, 14 Jun 2022 20:06:27 +0000
From:   Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Paul Rosswurm <paulros@...rosoft.com>,
        Shachar Raindel <shacharr@...rosoft.com>,
        "olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>, vkuznets <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next,2/2] net: mana: Add support of XDP_REDIRECT
 action



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 3:56 AM
> To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>; linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>; KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>;
> Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>; Paul Rosswurm
> <paulros@...rosoft.com>; Shachar Raindel <shacharr@...rosoft.com>;
> olaf@...fle.de; vkuznets <vkuznets@...hat.com>; davem@...emloft.net;
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next,2/2] net: mana: Add support of XDP_REDIRECT
> action
> 
> On Thu, 2022-06-09 at 14:57 -0700, Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> > Support XDP_REDIRECT action
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> 
> You really should expand the changelog a little bit...
> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h    |  6 ++
> >  .../net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_bpf.c    | 64
> +++++++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 13 +++-
> >  .../ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c    | 12 +++-
> >  4 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h
> > index f198b34c232f..d58be64374c8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h
> > @@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ struct mana_stats_rx {
> >  	u64 bytes;
> >  	u64 xdp_drop;
> >  	u64 xdp_tx;
> > +	u64 xdp_redirect;
> >  	struct u64_stats_sync syncp;
> >  };
> >
> >  struct mana_stats_tx {
> >  	u64 packets;
> >  	u64 bytes;
> > +	u64 xdp_xmit;
> >  	struct u64_stats_sync syncp;
> >  };
> >
> > @@ -311,6 +313,8 @@ struct mana_rxq {
> >  	struct bpf_prog __rcu *bpf_prog;
> >  	struct xdp_rxq_info xdp_rxq;
> >  	struct page *xdp_save_page;
> > +	bool xdp_flush;
> > +	int xdp_rc; /* XDP redirect return code */
> >
> >  	/* MUST BE THE LAST MEMBER:
> >  	 * Each receive buffer has an associated mana_recv_buf_oob.
> > @@ -396,6 +400,8 @@ int mana_probe(struct gdma_dev *gd, bool
> resuming);
> >  void mana_remove(struct gdma_dev *gd, bool suspending);
> >
> >  void mana_xdp_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev);
> > +int mana_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *ndev, int n, struct xdp_frame
> **frames,
> > +		  u32 flags);
> >  u32 mana_run_xdp(struct net_device *ndev, struct mana_rxq *rxq,
> >  		 struct xdp_buff *xdp, void *buf_va, uint pkt_len);
> >  struct bpf_prog *mana_xdp_get(struct mana_port_context *apc);
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_bpf.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_bpf.c
> > index 1d2f948b5c00..421fd39ff3a8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_bpf.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_bpf.c
> > @@ -32,9 +32,55 @@ void mana_xdp_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
> net_device *ndev)
> >  	ndev->stats.tx_dropped++;
> >  }
> >
> > +static int mana_xdp_xmit_fm(struct net_device *ndev, struct xdp_frame
> *frame,
> > +			    u16 q_idx)
> > +{
> > +	struct sk_buff *skb;
> > +
> > +	skb = xdp_build_skb_from_frame(frame, ndev);
> > +	if (unlikely(!skb))
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> ... especially considering this implementation choice: converting the
> xdp frame to an skb in very bad for performances.
> 
> You could implement a mana xmit helper working on top of the xdp_frame
> struct, and use it here.
> 
> Additionally you could consider revisiting the XDP_TX path: currently
> it builds a skb from the xdp_buff to xmit it locally, while it could
> resort to a much cheaper xdp_buff to xdp_frame conversion.
> 
> The traditional way to handle all the above is keep all the
> XDP_TX/XDP_REDIRECT bits in the device-specific _run_xdp helper, that
> will additional avoid several conditionals in mana_rx_skb().
> 
> The above refactoring would probably require a bit of work, but it will
> pay-off for sure and will become more costily with time. Your choice ;)
> 
> But at the very least we need a better changelog here.

Hi Paolo,

Thank you for the review.
Sure, I will put more details into the change log.

Other suggestions on removing the SKB conversion, etc., I will work on
them later.

Thanks,
- Haiyang