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Date:	Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:15:08 -0700
From:	Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
To:	Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>,
	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Maciej Zenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] bonding: Do not try to send packets over dead link in
 TLB mode.

In my tests with added instrumentation (similar to __might_sleep()) in
the update_arr function; the calls were never in the automic context
so did not change the GFP flag to GFP_ATOMIC.

On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com> wrote:
> In TLB mode if tlb_dynamic_lb is NOT set, slaves from the bond
> group are selected based on the hash distribution. This does not
> exclude dead links which are part of the bond. Also if there is a
> temporary link event which brings down the interface, packets
> hashed on that interface would be dropped too.
>
> This patch fixes these issues and distributes flows across the
> UP links only. Also the array construction of links which are
> capable of sending packets happen in the control path leaving
> only link-selection during the data-path.
>
> One possible side effect of this is - at a link event; all
> flows will be shuffled to get good distribution. But impact of
> this should be minimum with the assumption that a member or
> members of the bond group are not available is a very temporary
> situation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.h |  8 ++++++++
>  drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h  |  6 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> [v1]
>   * Initial patch
> [v2]
>   * Removed spinlock protection
>   * Removed explicit rcu_read_(un)lock() calls since Xmit fn run in RCU
>   * Updated condition during bond-dismantle to check for only arrays' existance.
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
> index 76c0dade233f..7fb2066432b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
> @@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ static void tlb_deinitialize(struct bonding *bond)
>         bond_info->tx_hashtbl = NULL;
>
>         _unlock_tx_hashtbl_bh(bond);
> +
> +       if (bond_info->slave_arr)
> +               kfree_rcu(bond_info->slave_arr, rcu);
>  }
>
>  static long long compute_gap(struct slave *slave)
> @@ -1406,9 +1409,35 @@ out:
>         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>  }
>
> +static int bond_tlb_update_slave_arr(struct bonding *bond)
> +{
> +       struct alb_bond_info *bond_info = &(BOND_ALB_INFO(bond));
> +       struct slave *tx_slave;
> +       struct list_head *iter;
> +       struct tlb_up_slave *new_arr, *old_arr;
> +
> +       new_arr = kzalloc(offsetof(struct tlb_up_slave, arr[bond->slave_cnt]),
> +                         GFP_KERNEL);
> +       if (!new_arr)
> +               return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +       bond_for_each_slave(bond, tx_slave, iter) {
> +               if (bond_slave_can_tx(tx_slave))
> +                       new_arr->arr[new_arr->count++] = tx_slave;
> +       }
> +
> +       old_arr = bond_info->slave_arr;
> +       rcu_assign_pointer(bond_info->slave_arr, new_arr);
> +       if (old_arr)
> +               kfree_rcu(old_arr, rcu);
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
>  int bond_tlb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev)
>  {
>         struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
> +       struct alb_bond_info *bond_info = &(BOND_ALB_INFO(bond));
>         struct ethhdr *eth_data;
>         struct slave *tx_slave = NULL;
>         u32 hash_index;
> @@ -1429,12 +1458,12 @@ int bond_tlb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev)
>                                                               hash_index & 0xFF,
>                                                               skb->len);
>                         } else {
> -                               struct list_head *iter;
> -                               int idx = hash_index % bond->slave_cnt;
> +                               struct tlb_up_slave *slaves;
>
> -                               bond_for_each_slave_rcu(bond, tx_slave, iter)
> -                                       if (--idx < 0)
> -                                               break;
> +                               slaves = rcu_dereference(bond_info->slave_arr);
> +                               if (slaves && slaves->count)
> +                                       tx_slave = slaves->arr[hash_index %
> +                                                              slaves->count];
>                         }
>                         break;
>                 }
> @@ -1721,6 +1750,11 @@ void bond_alb_handle_link_change(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *slave, char
>                          */
>                 }
>         }
> +
> +       if (bond_is_nondyn_tlb(bond)) {
> +               if (bond_tlb_update_slave_arr(bond))
> +                       pr_err("Failed to build slave-array for TLB mode.\n");
> +       }
>  }
>
>  /**
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.h
> index 5fc76c01636c..aaeac61d03cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.h
> @@ -139,12 +139,20 @@ struct tlb_slave_info {
>                          */
>  };
>
> +struct tlb_up_slave {
> +       unsigned int    count;
> +       struct rcu_head rcu;
> +       struct slave    *arr[0];
> +};
> +
>  struct alb_bond_info {
>         struct tlb_client_info  *tx_hashtbl; /* Dynamically allocated */
>         spinlock_t              tx_hashtbl_lock;
>         u32                     unbalanced_load;
>         int                     tx_rebalance_counter;
>         int                     lp_counter;
> +       /* -------- non-dynamic tlb mode only ---------*/
> +       struct tlb_up_slave __rcu *slave_arr;     /* Up slaves */
>         /* -------- rlb parameters -------- */
>         int rlb_enabled;
>         struct rlb_client_info  *rx_hashtbl;    /* Receive hash table */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
> index 0b4d9cde0b05..ad9b3dce07d8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
> @@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ static inline bool bond_is_lb(const struct bonding *bond)
>                BOND_MODE(bond) == BOND_MODE_ALB;
>  }
>
> +static inline bool bond_is_nondyn_tlb(const struct bonding *bond)
> +{
> +       return (BOND_MODE(bond) == BOND_MODE_TLB)  &&
> +              (bond->params.tlb_dynamic_lb == 0);
> +}
> +
>  static inline bool bond_mode_uses_arp(int mode)
>  {
>         return mode != BOND_MODE_8023AD && mode != BOND_MODE_TLB &&
> --
> 2.0.0.526.g5318336
>
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