netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 1/5] net: xdp: introduce bulking for xdp tx return path

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Date:   Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:18:18 +0100
From:   Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:     Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        lorenzo.bianconi@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org, brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 1/5] net: xdp: introduce bulking for xdp tx
 return path

On Fri,  6 Nov 2020 19:19:07 +0100
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org> wrote:

> +void xdp_return_frame_bulk(struct xdp_frame *xdpf,
> +			   struct xdp_frame_bulk *bq)
> +{
> +	struct xdp_mem_info *mem = &xdpf->mem;
> +	struct xdp_mem_allocator *xa;
> +
> +	if (mem->type != MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL) {
> +		__xdp_return(xdpf->data, &xdpf->mem, false);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	rcu_read_lock();

This rcu_read_lock() shows up on my performance benchmarking, and is
unnecessary for the fast-path usage, as in most drivers DMA-TX
completion already holds the rcu_read_lock.

> +	xa = bq->xa;
> +	if (unlikely(!xa)) {
> +		xa = rhashtable_lookup(mem_id_ht, &mem->id, mem_id_rht_params);
> +		bq->count = 0;
> +		bq->xa = xa;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (bq->count == XDP_BULK_QUEUE_SIZE)
> +		xdp_flush_frame_bulk(bq);
> +
> +	if (mem->id != xa->mem.id) {
> +		xdp_flush_frame_bulk(bq);
> +		bq->xa = rhashtable_lookup(mem_id_ht, &mem->id, mem_id_rht_params);
> +	}
> +
> +	bq->q[bq->count++] = xdpf->data;
> +
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xdp_return_frame_bulk);



-- 
Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer