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Date:   Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:28:29 +0100 (CET)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     haiyangz@...rosoft.com
Cc:     sashal@...nel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kys@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        olaf@...fle.de, vkuznets@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2,net-next, 1/2] hv_netvsc: Add XDP support

From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:53:28 +0000

> Sorry I was replying too quickly. See more detailed explanation below.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-hyperv-owner@...r.kernel.org <linux-hyperv-
>> owner@...r.kernel.org> On Behalf Of David Miller
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 5:05 AM
>> To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
>> Cc: sashal@...nel.org; linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org;
>> KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>; Stephen Hemminger
>> <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>; olaf@...fle.de; vkuznets
>> <vkuznets@...hat.com>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2,net-next, 1/2] hv_netvsc: Add XDP support
>> 
>> From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
>> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:22:36 -0800
>> 
>> > +u32 netvsc_run_xdp(struct net_device *ndev, struct netvsc_channel *nvchan,
>> > +		   struct xdp_buff *xdp)
>> > +{
>> > +	struct page *page = NULL;
>> > +	void *data = nvchan->rsc.data[0];
>> > +	u32 len = nvchan->rsc.len[0];
>> > +	struct bpf_prog *prog;
>> > +	u32 act = XDP_PASS;
>> 
>> Please use reverse christmas tree ordering of local variables.
> Will do.
> 
>> 
>> > +	xdp->data_hard_start = page_address(page);
>> > +	xdp->data = xdp->data_hard_start + NETVSC_XDP_HDRM;
>> > +	xdp_set_data_meta_invalid(xdp);
>> > +	xdp->data_end = xdp->data + len;
>> > +	xdp->rxq = &nvchan->xdp_rxq;
>> > +	xdp->handle = 0;
>> > +
>> > +	memcpy(xdp->data, data, len);
>> 
>> Why can't the program run directly on nvchan->rsc.data[0]?
> 
> The Azure/Hyper-V synthetic NIC receive buffer doesn't provide headroom 
> for XDP. We thought about re-use the RNDIS header space, but it's too 
> small. So we decided to copy the packets to a page buffer for XDP. And, 
> most of our VMs on Azure have Accelerated  Network (SRIOV) enabled, so 
> most of the packets run on VF NIC. The synthetic NIC is considered as a 
> fallback data-path. So the data copy on netvsc won't impact performance 
> significantly.

You need to explain this in your commit message otherwise every reviewer with
XDP expertiece will ask the same question.