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Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 20:00:50 +0200
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Jon Kohler <jon@...anix.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] flow_dissector: introduce skb_get_hash_symmetric()
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 7:47 PM Jon Kohler <jon@...anix.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On May 31, 2023, at 1:33 PM, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 7:22 PM Jon Kohler <jon@...anix.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> tun.c changed from skb_get_hash() to __skb_get_hash_symmetric() on
> >> commit feec084a7cf4 ("tun: use symmetric hash"), which exposes an
> >> overhead for OVS datapath, where ovs_dp_process_packet() has to
> >> calculate the hash again because __skb_get_hash_symmetric() does not
> >> retain the hash that it calculates.
> >>
> >> Introduce skb_get_hash_symmetric(), which will get and save the hash
> >> in one go, so that calcuation work does not go to waste, and plumb it
> >> into tun.c.
> >>
> >> Fixes: feec084a7cf4 ("tun: use symmetric hash")
> >
> >
> >> Signed-off-by: Jon Kohler <jon@...anix.com>
> >> CC: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> >> CC: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> >> ---
> >>
> >
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> >> index 0b40417457cd..8112b1ab5735 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> >> @@ -1474,6 +1474,7 @@ __skb_set_sw_hash(struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 hash, bool is_l4)
> >>
> >> void __skb_get_hash(struct sk_buff *skb);
> >> u32 __skb_get_hash_symmetric(const struct sk_buff *skb);
> >> +u32 skb_get_hash_symmetric(struct sk_buff *skb);
> >> u32 skb_get_poff(const struct sk_buff *skb);
> >> u32 __skb_get_poff(const struct sk_buff *skb, const void *data,
> >> const struct flow_keys_basic *keys, int hlen);
> >> diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
> >> index 25fb0bbc310f..d8c0e804bbfe 100644
> >> --- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
> >> +++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
> >> @@ -1747,6 +1747,35 @@ u32 __skb_get_hash_symmetric(const struct sk_buff *skb)
> >> }
> >> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__skb_get_hash_symmetric);
> >>
> >> +/**
> >> + * skb_get_hash_symmetric: calculate and set a flow hash in @skb, using
> >> + * flow_keys_dissector_symmetric.
> >> + * @skb: sk_buff to calculate flow hash from
> >> + *
> >> + * This function is similar to __skb_get_hash_symmetric except that it
> >> + * retains the hash within the skb, such that it can be reused without
> >> + * being recalculated later.
> >> + */
> >> +u32 skb_get_hash_symmetric(struct sk_buff *skb)
> >> +{
> >> + struct flow_keys keys;
> >> + u32 hash;
> >> +
> >> + __flow_hash_secret_init();
> >> +
> >> + memset(&keys, 0, sizeof(keys));
> >> + __skb_flow_dissect(NULL, skb, &flow_keys_dissector_symmetric,
> >> + &keys, NULL, 0, 0, 0,
> >> + FLOW_DISSECTOR_F_STOP_AT_FLOW_LABEL);
> >> +
> >> + hash = __flow_hash_from_keys(&keys, &hashrnd);
> >> +
> >> + __skb_set_sw_hash(skb, hash, flow_keys_have_l4(&keys));
> >> +
> >> + return hash;
> >> +}
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_get_hash_symmetric);
> >> +
> >
> > Why copy/pasting __skb_get_hash_symmetric() ?
> >
> > Can you reuse it ?
>
> Not directly, because to use __skb_set_sw_hash requires struct flow_keys
> when using flow_keys_have_l4(). __skb_get_hash_symmetric() does not
> take or return that struct, so we’d either have to refactor that (and its callers)
> or introduce yet another function and consolidate down to that “new one”.
>
> I played around with that exact thought by taking the functional guts out of
> __skb_get_hash_symmetric, making it a new static function, plumbing that
> into __skb_get_hash_symmetric and this new skb_get_hash_symmetric, but
> the LOC churn was basically the same and it felt a bit worse than just a
> copy/paste.
>
> Alternatively, if it turned out that flow_keys_have_l4() wasn’t important, we
> Could simply set that to false and then reuse __skb_get_hash_symmetric
> in a trivial manner. I couldn’t quite figure out if L4 flag was necessary, so I
> went the safe(maybe?) route and copy/paste instead.
>
> Happy to take suggestions either way!
There are 6 callers of __skb_get_hash_symmetric()
I would convert __skb_get_hash_symmetric() to
skb_get_hash_symmetric(struct sk_buff *skb, bool record_hash)
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