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Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 10:56:45 +0800
From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To: Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 1/2] virtio-net: support zerocopy multi
buffer XDP in mergeable
On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/29/25 12:59, Jason Wang wrote:
> > On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM Bui Quang Minh
> > <minhquangbui99@...il.com> wrote:
> >> Currently, in zerocopy mode with mergeable receive buffer, virtio-net
> >> does not support multi buffer but a single buffer only. This commit adds
> >> support for multi mergeable receive buffer in the zerocopy XDP path by
> >> utilizing XDP buffer with frags.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@...il.com>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> >> 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> index e53ba600605a..a9558650f205 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ module_param(napi_tx, bool, 0644);
> >> #define VIRTIO_XDP_TX BIT(0)
> >> #define VIRTIO_XDP_REDIR BIT(1)
> >>
> >> +#define VIRTNET_MAX_ZC_SEGS 8
> >> +
> >> /* RX packet size EWMA. The average packet size is used to determine the packet
> >> * buffer size when refilling RX rings. As the entire RX ring may be refilled
> >> * at once, the weight is chosen so that the EWMA will be insensitive to short-
> >> @@ -1232,65 +1234,53 @@ static void xsk_drop_follow_bufs(struct net_device *dev,
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >> -static int xsk_append_merge_buffer(struct virtnet_info *vi,
> >> - struct receive_queue *rq,
> >> - struct sk_buff *head_skb,
> >> - u32 num_buf,
> >> - struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *hdr,
> >> - struct virtnet_rq_stats *stats)
> >> +static int virtnet_build_xsk_buff_mrg(struct virtnet_info *vi,
> >> + struct receive_queue *rq,
> >> + u32 num_buf,
> >> + struct xdp_buff *xdp,
> >> + struct virtnet_rq_stats *stats)
> >> {
> >> - struct sk_buff *curr_skb;
> >> - struct xdp_buff *xdp;
> >> - u32 len, truesize;
> >> - struct page *page;
> >> + unsigned int len;
> >> void *buf;
> >>
> >> - curr_skb = head_skb;
> >> + if (num_buf < 2)
> >> + return 0;
> >> +
> >> + while (num_buf > 1) {
> >> + struct xdp_buff *new_xdp;
> >>
> >> - while (--num_buf) {
> >> buf = virtqueue_get_buf(rq->vq, &len);
> >> - if (unlikely(!buf)) {
> >> - pr_debug("%s: rx error: %d buffers out of %d missing\n",
> >> - vi->dev->name, num_buf,
> >> - virtio16_to_cpu(vi->vdev,
> >> - hdr->num_buffers));
> >> + if (!unlikely(buf)) {
> >> + pr_debug("%s: rx error: %d buffers missing\n",
> >> + vi->dev->name, num_buf);
> >> DEV_STATS_INC(vi->dev, rx_length_errors);
> >> - return -EINVAL;
> >> - }
> >> -
> >> - u64_stats_add(&stats->bytes, len);
> >> -
> >> - xdp = buf_to_xdp(vi, rq, buf, len);
> >> - if (!xdp)
> >> - goto err;
> >> -
> >> - buf = napi_alloc_frag(len);
> >> - if (!buf) {
> >> - xsk_buff_free(xdp);
> >> - goto err;
> >> + return -1;
> >> }
> >>
> >> - memcpy(buf, xdp->data - vi->hdr_len, len);
> >> -
> >> - xsk_buff_free(xdp);
> >> + new_xdp = buf_to_xdp(vi, rq, buf, len);
> >> + if (!new_xdp)
> >> + goto drop_bufs;
> >>
> >> - page = virt_to_page(buf);
> >> + /* In virtnet_add_recvbuf_xsk(), we ask the host to fill from
> >> + * xdp->data - vi->hdr_len with both virtio_net_hdr and data.
> >> + * However, only the first packet has the virtio_net_hdr, the
> >> + * following ones do not. So we need to adjust the following
> > Typo here.
>
> I'm sorry, could you clarify which word contains the typo?
>
> >
> >> + * packets' data pointer to the correct place.
> >> + */
> > I wonder what happens if we don't use this trick? I meant we don't
> > reuse the header room for the virtio-net header. This seems to be fine
> > for a mergeable buffer and can help to reduce the trick.
>
> I don't think using the header room for virtio-net header creates this
> case handling. In my opinion, it comes from the slightly difference in
> the recvbuf between single buffer and multi-buffer. When we have n
> single-buffer packets, each buffer will have its own virtio-net header.
> But when we have 1 multi-buffer packet (which spans across n buffers),
> only the first buffer has virtio-net header, the following buffers do not.
>
> There 2 important pointers here. The pointer we announce to the vhost
> side to fill the data, let's call it announced_addr, and xdp_buff->data
> which is expected to point the the start of Ethernet frame. Currently,
>
> announced_addr = xdp_buff->data - hdr_len
>
> The host side will write the virtio-net header to announced_addr then
> the Ethernet frame's data in the first buffer. In case of multi-buffer
> packet, in the following buffers, host side writes the Ethernet frame's
> data to the announced_addr no virtio-net header. So in the virtio-net,
> we need to subtract xdp_buff->data, otherwise, we lose some Ethernet
> frame's data.
>
> I think a slightly better solution is that we set announced_addr =
> xdp_buff->data then we only need to xdp_buff->data += hdr_len for the
> first buffer and do need to adjust xdp_buff->data of the following buffers.
Exactly my point.
>
> >
> >> + new_xdp->data -= vi->hdr_len;
> >> + new_xdp->data_end = new_xdp->data + len;
> >>
> >> - truesize = len;
> >> + if (!xsk_buff_add_frag(xdp, new_xdp))
> >> + goto drop_bufs;
> >>
> >> - curr_skb = virtnet_skb_append_frag(head_skb, curr_skb, page,
> >> - buf, len, truesize);
> >> - if (!curr_skb) {
> >> - put_page(page);
> >> - goto err;
> >> - }
> >> + num_buf--;
> >> }
> >>
> >> return 0;
> >>
> >> -err:
> >> +drop_bufs:
> >> xsk_drop_follow_bufs(vi->dev, rq, num_buf, stats);
> >> - return -EINVAL;
> >> + return -1;
> >> }
> >>
> >> static struct sk_buff *virtnet_receive_xsk_merge(struct net_device *dev, struct virtnet_info *vi,
> >> @@ -1307,23 +1297,42 @@ static struct sk_buff *virtnet_receive_xsk_merge(struct net_device *dev, struct
> >> num_buf = virtio16_to_cpu(vi->vdev, hdr->num_buffers);
> >>
> >> ret = XDP_PASS;
> >> + if (virtnet_build_xsk_buff_mrg(vi, rq, num_buf, xdp, stats))
> >> + goto drop;
> >> +
> >> rcu_read_lock();
> >> prog = rcu_dereference(rq->xdp_prog);
> >> - /* TODO: support multi buffer. */
> >> - if (prog && num_buf == 1)
> >> - ret = virtnet_xdp_handler(prog, xdp, dev, xdp_xmit, stats);
> > Without this patch it looks like we had a bug:
> >
> > ret = XDP_PASS;
> > rcu_read_lock();
> > prog = rcu_dereference(rq->xdp_prog);
> > /* TODO: support multi buffer. */
> > if (prog && num_buf == 1)
> > ret = virtnet_xdp_handler(prog, xdp, dev, xdp_xmit, stats);
> > rcu_read_unlock();
> >
> > This implies if num_buf is greater than 1, we will assume XDP_PASS?
>
> Yes, I think XDP_DROP should be returned in that case.
Care to post a patch and cc stable?
>
> >
> >> + if (prog) {
> >> + /* We are in zerocopy mode so we cannot copy the multi-buffer
> >> + * xdp buff to a single linear xdp buff. If we do so, in case
> >> + * the BPF program decides to redirect to a XDP socket (XSK),
> >> + * it will trigger the zerocopy receive logic in XDP socket.
> >> + * The receive logic thinks it receives zerocopy buffer while
> >> + * in fact, it is the copy one and everything is messed up.
> >> + * So just drop the packet here if we have a multi-buffer xdp
> >> + * buff and the BPF program does not support it.
> >> + */
> >> + if (xdp_buff_has_frags(xdp) && !prog->aux->xdp_has_frags)
> >> + ret = XDP_DROP;
> > Could we move the check before trying to build a multi-buffer XDP buff?
>
> Yes, I'll fix this in next version.
>
> >
> >> + else
> >> + ret = virtnet_xdp_handler(prog, xdp, dev, xdp_xmit,
> >> + stats);
> >> + }
> >> rcu_read_unlock();
> >>
> >> switch (ret) {
> >> case XDP_PASS:
> >> - skb = xsk_construct_skb(rq, xdp);
> >> + skb = xdp_build_skb_from_zc(xdp);
> > Is this better to make this change a separate patch?
>
> Okay, I'll create a separate patch to convert the current XDP_PASS
> handler to use xdp_build_skb_from_zc helper.
That would be better.
>
> >
> >> if (!skb)
> >> - goto drop_bufs;
> >> + break;
> >>
> >> - if (xsk_append_merge_buffer(vi, rq, skb, num_buf, hdr, stats)) {
> >> - dev_kfree_skb(skb);
> >> - goto drop;
> >> - }
> >> + /* Later, in virtnet_receive_done(), eth_type_trans()
> >> + * is called. However, in xdp_build_skb_from_zc(), it is called
> >> + * already. As a result, we need to reset the data to before
> >> + * the mac header so that the later call in
> >> + * virtnet_receive_done() works correctly.
> >> + */
> >> + skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
> >>
> >> return skb;
> >>
> >> @@ -1332,14 +1341,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *virtnet_receive_xsk_merge(struct net_device *dev, struct
> >> return NULL;
> >>
> >> default:
> >> - /* drop packet */
> >> - xsk_buff_free(xdp);
> >> + break;
> >> }
> >>
> >> -drop_bufs:
> >> - xsk_drop_follow_bufs(dev, rq, num_buf, stats);
> >> -
> >> drop:
> >> + xsk_buff_free(xdp);
> >> u64_stats_inc(&stats->drops);
> >> return NULL;
> >> }
> >> @@ -1396,6 +1402,8 @@ static int virtnet_add_recvbuf_xsk(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue
> >> return -ENOMEM;
> >>
> >> len = xsk_pool_get_rx_frame_size(pool) + vi->hdr_len;
> >> + /* Reserve some space for skb_shared_info */
> >> + len -= SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
> >>
> >> for (i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
> >> /* Use the part of XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM as the virtnet hdr space.
> >> @@ -6734,6 +6742,7 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> >> dev->netdev_ops = &virtnet_netdev;
> >> dev->stat_ops = &virtnet_stat_ops;
> >> dev->features = NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
> >> + dev->xdp_zc_max_segs = VIRTNET_MAX_ZC_SEGS;
> >>
> >> dev->ethtool_ops = &virtnet_ethtool_ops;
> >> SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &vdev->dev);
> >> --
> >> 2.43.0
> >>
> > Thanks
> >
>
Thanks
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