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Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 23:03:52 +0300
From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, "Andrew
Lunn" <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>
CC: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
"Daniel Borkmann" <daniel@...earbox.net>, Jesper Dangaard Brouer
<hawk@...nel.org>, John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Moshe Shemesh
<moshe@...dia.com>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@...dia.com>, Gal Pressman
<gal@...dia.com>, Carolina Jubran <cjubran@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx5e: Reuse per-RQ XDP buffer to avoid stack zeroing overhead
From: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@...dia.com>
CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO introduces a performance cost by
zero-initializing all stack variables on function entry. The mlx5 XDP
RX path previously allocated a struct mlx5e_xdp_buff on the stack per
received CQE, resulting in measurable performance degradation under
this config.
This patch reuses a mlx5e_xdp_buff stored in the mlx5e_rq struct,
avoiding per-CQE stack allocations and repeated zeroing.
With this change, XDP_DROP and XDP_TX performance matches that of
kernels built without CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO.
Performance was measured on a ConnectX-6Dx using a single RX channel
(1 CPU at 100% usage) at ~50 Mpps. The baseline results were taken from
net-next-6.15.
Stack zeroing disabled:
- XDP_DROP:
* baseline: 31.47 Mpps
* baseline + per-RQ allocation: 32.31 Mpps (+2.68%)
- XDP_TX:
* baseline: 12.41 Mpps
* baseline + per-RQ allocation: 12.95 Mpps (+4.30%)
Stack zeroing enabled:
- XDP_DROP:
* baseline: 24.32 Mpps
* baseline + per-RQ allocation: 32.27 Mpps (+32.7%)
- XDP_TX:
* baseline: 11.80 Mpps
* baseline + per-RQ allocation: 12.24 Mpps (+3.72%)
Reported-by: Sebastiano Miano <mianosebastiano@...il.com>
Reported-by: Samuel Dobron <sdobron@...hat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAMENy5pb8ea+piKLg5q5yRTMZacQqYWAoVLE1FE9WhQPq92E0g@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h | 7 ++
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.h | 6 --
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c | 81 ++++++++++---------
3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index 32ed4963b8ad..5b0d03b3efe8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -520,6 +520,12 @@ struct mlx5e_xdpsq {
struct mlx5e_channel *channel;
} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+struct mlx5e_xdp_buff {
+ struct xdp_buff xdp;
+ struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe;
+ struct mlx5e_rq *rq;
+};
+
struct mlx5e_ktls_resync_resp;
struct mlx5e_icosq {
@@ -716,6 +722,7 @@ struct mlx5e_rq {
struct mlx5e_xdpsq *xdpsq;
DECLARE_BITMAP(flags, 8);
struct page_pool *page_pool;
+ struct mlx5e_xdp_buff mxbuf;
/* AF_XDP zero-copy */
struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.h
index 446e492c6bb8..46ab0a9e8cdd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.h
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
(MLX5E_XDP_INLINE_WQE_MAX_DS_CNT * MLX5_SEND_WQE_DS - \
sizeof(struct mlx5_wqe_inline_seg))
-struct mlx5e_xdp_buff {
- struct xdp_buff xdp;
- struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe;
- struct mlx5e_rq *rq;
-};
-
/* XDP packets can be transmitted in different ways. On completion, we need to
* distinguish between them to clean up things in a proper way.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
index 5fd70b4d55be..84b1ab8233b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
@@ -1684,17 +1684,17 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_linear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *wi,
prog = rcu_dereference(rq->xdp_prog);
if (prog) {
- struct mlx5e_xdp_buff mxbuf;
+ struct mlx5e_xdp_buff *mxbuf = &rq->mxbuf;
net_prefetchw(va); /* xdp_frame data area */
mlx5e_fill_mxbuf(rq, cqe, va, rx_headroom, rq->buff.frame0_sz,
- cqe_bcnt, &mxbuf);
- if (mlx5e_xdp_handle(rq, prog, &mxbuf))
+ cqe_bcnt, mxbuf);
+ if (mlx5e_xdp_handle(rq, prog, mxbuf))
return NULL; /* page/packet was consumed by XDP */
- rx_headroom = mxbuf.xdp.data - mxbuf.xdp.data_hard_start;
- metasize = mxbuf.xdp.data - mxbuf.xdp.data_meta;
- cqe_bcnt = mxbuf.xdp.data_end - mxbuf.xdp.data;
+ rx_headroom = mxbuf->xdp.data - mxbuf->xdp.data_hard_start;
+ metasize = mxbuf->xdp.data - mxbuf->xdp.data_meta;
+ cqe_bcnt = mxbuf->xdp.data_end - mxbuf->xdp.data;
}
frag_size = MLX5_SKB_FRAG_SZ(rx_headroom + cqe_bcnt);
skb = mlx5e_build_linear_skb(rq, va, frag_size, rx_headroom, cqe_bcnt, metasize);
@@ -1713,11 +1713,11 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *wi
struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe, u32 cqe_bcnt)
{
struct mlx5e_rq_frag_info *frag_info = &rq->wqe.info.arr[0];
+ struct mlx5e_xdp_buff *mxbuf = &rq->mxbuf;
struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *head_wi = wi;
u16 rx_headroom = rq->buff.headroom;
struct mlx5e_frag_page *frag_page;
struct skb_shared_info *sinfo;
- struct mlx5e_xdp_buff mxbuf;
u32 frag_consumed_bytes;
struct bpf_prog *prog;
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -1737,8 +1737,8 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *wi
net_prefetch(va + rx_headroom);
mlx5e_fill_mxbuf(rq, cqe, va, rx_headroom, rq->buff.frame0_sz,
- frag_consumed_bytes, &mxbuf);
- sinfo = xdp_get_shared_info_from_buff(&mxbuf.xdp);
+ frag_consumed_bytes, mxbuf);
+ sinfo = xdp_get_shared_info_from_buff(&mxbuf->xdp);
truesize = 0;
cqe_bcnt -= frag_consumed_bytes;
@@ -1750,8 +1750,9 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *wi
frag_consumed_bytes = min_t(u32, frag_info->frag_size, cqe_bcnt);
- mlx5e_add_skb_shared_info_frag(rq, sinfo, &mxbuf.xdp, frag_page,
- wi->offset, frag_consumed_bytes);
+ mlx5e_add_skb_shared_info_frag(rq, sinfo, &mxbuf->xdp,
+ frag_page, wi->offset,
+ frag_consumed_bytes);
truesize += frag_info->frag_stride;
cqe_bcnt -= frag_consumed_bytes;
@@ -1760,7 +1761,7 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *wi
}
prog = rcu_dereference(rq->xdp_prog);
- if (prog && mlx5e_xdp_handle(rq, prog, &mxbuf)) {
+ if (prog && mlx5e_xdp_handle(rq, prog, mxbuf)) {
if (__test_and_clear_bit(MLX5E_RQ_FLAG_XDP_XMIT, rq->flags)) {
struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *pwi;
@@ -1770,21 +1771,23 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *wi
return NULL; /* page/packet was consumed by XDP */
}
- skb = mlx5e_build_linear_skb(rq, mxbuf.xdp.data_hard_start, rq->buff.frame0_sz,
- mxbuf.xdp.data - mxbuf.xdp.data_hard_start,
- mxbuf.xdp.data_end - mxbuf.xdp.data,
- mxbuf.xdp.data - mxbuf.xdp.data_meta);
+ skb = mlx5e_build_linear_skb(
+ rq, mxbuf->xdp.data_hard_start, rq->buff.frame0_sz,
+ mxbuf->xdp.data - mxbuf->xdp.data_hard_start,
+ mxbuf->xdp.data_end - mxbuf->xdp.data,
+ mxbuf->xdp.data - mxbuf->xdp.data_meta);
if (unlikely(!skb))
return NULL;
skb_mark_for_recycle(skb);
head_wi->frag_page->frags++;
- if (xdp_buff_has_frags(&mxbuf.xdp)) {
+ if (xdp_buff_has_frags(&mxbuf->xdp)) {
/* sinfo->nr_frags is reset by build_skb, calculate again. */
xdp_update_skb_shared_info(skb, wi - head_wi - 1,
sinfo->xdp_frags_size, truesize,
- xdp_buff_is_frag_pfmemalloc(&mxbuf.xdp));
+ xdp_buff_is_frag_pfmemalloc(
+ &mxbuf->xdp));
for (struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *pwi = head_wi + 1; pwi < wi; pwi++)
pwi->frag_page->frags++;
@@ -1984,10 +1987,10 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *w
struct mlx5e_frag_page *frag_page = &wi->alloc_units.frag_pages[page_idx];
u16 headlen = min_t(u16, MLX5E_RX_MAX_HEAD, cqe_bcnt);
struct mlx5e_frag_page *head_page = frag_page;
+ struct mlx5e_xdp_buff *mxbuf = &rq->mxbuf;
u32 frag_offset = head_offset;
u32 byte_cnt = cqe_bcnt;
struct skb_shared_info *sinfo;
- struct mlx5e_xdp_buff mxbuf;
unsigned int truesize = 0;
struct bpf_prog *prog;
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -2033,9 +2036,10 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *w
}
}
- mlx5e_fill_mxbuf(rq, cqe, va, linear_hr, linear_frame_sz, linear_data_len, &mxbuf);
+ mlx5e_fill_mxbuf(rq, cqe, va, linear_hr, linear_frame_sz,
+ linear_data_len, mxbuf);
- sinfo = xdp_get_shared_info_from_buff(&mxbuf.xdp);
+ sinfo = xdp_get_shared_info_from_buff(&mxbuf->xdp);
while (byte_cnt) {
/* Non-linear mode, hence non-XSK, which always uses PAGE_SIZE. */
@@ -2046,7 +2050,8 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *w
else
truesize += ALIGN(pg_consumed_bytes, BIT(rq->mpwqe.log_stride_sz));
- mlx5e_add_skb_shared_info_frag(rq, sinfo, &mxbuf.xdp, frag_page, frag_offset,
+ mlx5e_add_skb_shared_info_frag(rq, sinfo, &mxbuf->xdp,
+ frag_page, frag_offset,
pg_consumed_bytes);
byte_cnt -= pg_consumed_bytes;
frag_offset = 0;
@@ -2054,7 +2059,7 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *w
}
if (prog) {
- if (mlx5e_xdp_handle(rq, prog, &mxbuf)) {
+ if (mlx5e_xdp_handle(rq, prog, mxbuf)) {
if (__test_and_clear_bit(MLX5E_RQ_FLAG_XDP_XMIT, rq->flags)) {
struct mlx5e_frag_page *pfp;
@@ -2067,10 +2072,10 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *w
return NULL; /* page/packet was consumed by XDP */
}
- skb = mlx5e_build_linear_skb(rq, mxbuf.xdp.data_hard_start,
- linear_frame_sz,
- mxbuf.xdp.data - mxbuf.xdp.data_hard_start, 0,
- mxbuf.xdp.data - mxbuf.xdp.data_meta);
+ skb = mlx5e_build_linear_skb(
+ rq, mxbuf->xdp.data_hard_start, linear_frame_sz,
+ mxbuf->xdp.data - mxbuf->xdp.data_hard_start, 0,
+ mxbuf->xdp.data - mxbuf->xdp.data_meta);
if (unlikely(!skb)) {
mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq, &wi->linear_page);
return NULL;
@@ -2080,13 +2085,14 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *w
wi->linear_page.frags++;
mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq, &wi->linear_page);
- if (xdp_buff_has_frags(&mxbuf.xdp)) {
+ if (xdp_buff_has_frags(&mxbuf->xdp)) {
struct mlx5e_frag_page *pagep;
/* sinfo->nr_frags is reset by build_skb, calculate again. */
xdp_update_skb_shared_info(skb, frag_page - head_page,
sinfo->xdp_frags_size, truesize,
- xdp_buff_is_frag_pfmemalloc(&mxbuf.xdp));
+ xdp_buff_is_frag_pfmemalloc(
+ &mxbuf->xdp));
pagep = head_page;
do
@@ -2097,12 +2103,13 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *w
} else {
dma_addr_t addr;
- if (xdp_buff_has_frags(&mxbuf.xdp)) {
+ if (xdp_buff_has_frags(&mxbuf->xdp)) {
struct mlx5e_frag_page *pagep;
xdp_update_skb_shared_info(skb, sinfo->nr_frags,
sinfo->xdp_frags_size, truesize,
- xdp_buff_is_frag_pfmemalloc(&mxbuf.xdp));
+ xdp_buff_is_frag_pfmemalloc(
+ &mxbuf->xdp));
pagep = frag_page - sinfo->nr_frags;
do
@@ -2152,20 +2159,20 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_linear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *wi,
prog = rcu_dereference(rq->xdp_prog);
if (prog) {
- struct mlx5e_xdp_buff mxbuf;
+ struct mlx5e_xdp_buff *mxbuf = &rq->mxbuf;
net_prefetchw(va); /* xdp_frame data area */
mlx5e_fill_mxbuf(rq, cqe, va, rx_headroom, rq->buff.frame0_sz,
- cqe_bcnt, &mxbuf);
- if (mlx5e_xdp_handle(rq, prog, &mxbuf)) {
+ cqe_bcnt, mxbuf);
+ if (mlx5e_xdp_handle(rq, prog, mxbuf)) {
if (__test_and_clear_bit(MLX5E_RQ_FLAG_XDP_XMIT, rq->flags))
frag_page->frags++;
return NULL; /* page/packet was consumed by XDP */
}
- rx_headroom = mxbuf.xdp.data - mxbuf.xdp.data_hard_start;
- metasize = mxbuf.xdp.data - mxbuf.xdp.data_meta;
- cqe_bcnt = mxbuf.xdp.data_end - mxbuf.xdp.data;
+ rx_headroom = mxbuf->xdp.data - mxbuf->xdp.data_hard_start;
+ metasize = mxbuf->xdp.data - mxbuf->xdp.data_meta;
+ cqe_bcnt = mxbuf->xdp.data_end - mxbuf->xdp.data;
}
frag_size = MLX5_SKB_FRAG_SZ(rx_headroom + cqe_bcnt);
skb = mlx5e_build_linear_skb(rq, va, frag_size, rx_headroom, cqe_bcnt, metasize);
base-commit: 664bf117a30804b442a88a8462591bb23f5a0f22
--
2.31.1
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