netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/5] virtio_net: add dedicated XDP transmit queues

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2016 18:10:04 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
To:     John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc:     tgraf@...g.ch, shm@...ulusnetworks.com,
        alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, daniel@...earbox.net,
        davem@...emloft.net, john.r.fastabend@...el.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bblanco@...mgrid.com, brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] virtio_net: add dedicated XDP transmit queues

On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 13:09:53 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Looks very cool! :)
> 
> On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:00:41 -0800, John Fastabend wrote:
> > @@ -1542,12 +1546,34 @@ static int virtnet_xdp_set(struct net_device *dev, struct bpf_prog *prog)
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	curr_qp = vi->curr_queue_pairs - vi->xdp_queue_pairs;
> > +	if (prog)
> > +		xdp_qp = num_online_cpus();  
> 
> Is num_online_cpus() correct here?

Sorry, I don't know the virto_net code, so I'm probably wrong.  I was
concerned whether the number of cpus can change but also that the cpu
mask may be sparse and therefore offsetting by smp_processor_id()
into the queue table below could bring trouble.

@@ -353,9 +381,15 @@ static u32 do_xdp_prog(struct virtnet_info *vi,
 	switch (act) {
 	case XDP_PASS:
 		return XDP_PASS;
+	case XDP_TX:
+		qp = vi->curr_queue_pairs -
+			vi->xdp_queue_pairs +
+			smp_processor_id();
+		xdp.data = buf + (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs ? 0 : 4);
+		virtnet_xdp_xmit(vi, qp, &xdp);
+		return XDP_TX;
 	default:
 		bpf_warn_invalid_xdp_action(act);
-	case XDP_TX:
 	case XDP_ABORTED:
 	case XDP_DROP:
 		return XDP_DROP;