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Message-ID: <Y/X9OKgGEbxCVdn9@nanopsycho>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:32:08 +0100
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
alvaro.karsz@...id-run.com, vmireyno@...vell.com, parav@...dia.com,
willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3] net: virtio_net: implement exact header
length guest feature
Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 12:24:18PM CET, mst@...hat.com wrote:
>On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 09:06:38AM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
>>
>> Virtio spec introduced a feature VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_HDRLEN which when
>> which when
>
>which when which when is probably unintentional :)
I copy-pasted your text :)
Anyway, I guess net-next is closed anyway. Will fix&send after merge
window closes.
>
>>set implicates that device benefits from knowing the exact
>> size of the header. For compatibility, to signal to the device that
>> the header is reliable driver also needs to set this feature.
>> Without this feature set by driver, device has to figure
>> out the header size itself.
>>
>> Quoting the original virtio spec:
>> "hdr_len is a hint to the device as to how much of the header needs to
>> be kept to copy into each packet"
>>
>> "a hint" might not be clear for the reader what does it mean, if it is
>> "maybe like that" of "exactly like that". This feature just makes it
>> crystal clear and let the device count on the hdr_len being filled up
>> by the exact length of header.
>>
>> Also note the spec already has following note about hdr_len:
>> "Due to various bugs in implementations, this field is not useful
>> as a guarantee of the transport header size."
>>
>> Without this feature the device needs to parse the header in core
>> data path handling. Accurate information helps the device to eliminate
>> such header parsing and directly use the hardware accelerators
>> for GSO operation.
>>
>> virtio_net_hdr_from_skb() fills up hdr_len to skb_headlen(skb).
>> The driver already complies to fill the correct value. Introduce the
>> feature and advertise it.
>>
>> Note that virtio spec also includes following note for device
>> implementation:
>> "Caution should be taken by the implementation so as to prevent
>> a malicious driver from attacking the device by setting
>> an incorrect hdr_len."
>>
>> There is a plan to support this feature in our emulated device.
>> A device of SolidRun offers this feature bit. They claim this feature
>> will save the device a few cycles for every GSO packet.
>>
>> Link: https://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.2/cs01/virtio-v1.2-cs01.html#x1-230006x3
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Alvaro Karsz <alvaro.karsz@...id-run.com>
>> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
>> ---
>> v2->v3:
>> - changed the first paragraph in patch description according to
>> Michael's suggestion
>> - added Link tag with link to the spec
>> v1->v2:
>> - extended patch description
>> ---
>> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 6 ++++--
>> include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h | 1 +
>> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>> index fb5e68ed3ec2..e85b03988733 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>> @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ static const unsigned long guest_offloads[] = {
>> VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_UFO,
>> VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM,
>> VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_USO4,
>> - VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_USO6
>> + VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_USO6,
>> + VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_HDRLEN
>> };
>>
>> #define GUEST_OFFLOAD_GRO_HW_MASK ((1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4) | \
>> @@ -4213,7 +4214,8 @@ static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
>> VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR, \
>> VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS, \
>> VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX, VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY, \
>> - VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS, VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_NET_F_NOTF_COAL
>> + VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS, VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_NET_F_NOTF_COAL, \
>> + VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_HDRLEN
>>
>> static unsigned int features[] = {
>> VIRTNET_FEATURES,
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
>> index b4062bed186a..12c1c9699935 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
>> @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
>> #define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_USO6 55 /* Guest can handle USOv6 in. */
>> #define VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_USO 56 /* Host can handle USO in. */
>> #define VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT 57 /* Supports hash report */
>> +#define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_HDRLEN 59 /* Guest provides the exact hdr_len value. */
>> #define VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS 60 /* Supports RSS RX steering */
>> #define VIRTIO_NET_F_RSC_EXT 61 /* extended coalescing info */
>> #define VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY 62 /* Act as standby for another device
>> --
>> 2.39.0
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