Message-ID: <aJO+Uq6qNMqTsgtI@boxer>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 22:42:58 +0200
From: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>
To: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@...il.com>
CC: <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, <ast@...nel.org>, <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	<andrii@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
	<aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>, Eryk Kubanski
	<e.kubanski@...tner.samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf] xsk: fix immature cq descriptor production

On Wed, Aug 06, 2025 at 09:43:53AM -0700, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> On 08/06, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> > Eryk reported an issue that I have put under Closes: tag, related to
> > umem addrs being prematurely produced onto pool's completion queue.
> > Let us make the skb's destructor responsible for producing all addrs
> > that given skb used.
> > 
> > Introduce struct xsk_addrs which will carry descriptor count with array
> > of addresses taken from processed descriptors that will be carried via
> > skb_shared_info::destructor_arg. This way we can refer to it within
> > xsk_destruct_skb(). In order to mitigate the overhead that will be
> > coming from memory allocations, let us introduce kmem_cache of xsk_addrs
> > onto xdp_sock. Utilize the existing struct hole in xdp_sock for that.
> > 
> > Commit from fixes tag introduced the buggy behavior, it was not broken
> > from day 1, but rather when xsk multi-buffer got introduced.
> > 
> > Fixes: b7f72a30e9ac ("xsk: introduce wrappers and helpers for supporting multi-buffer in Tx path")
> > Reported-by: Eryk Kubanski <e.kubanski@...tner.samsung.com>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250530103456.53564-1-e.kubanski@partner.samsung.com/
> > Signed-off-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>
> > ---
> > v1:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250702101648.1942562-1-maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com/
> > v2:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250705135512.1963216-1-maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com/
> > 
> > v1->v2:
> > * store addrs in array carried via destructor_arg instead having them
> >   stored in skb headroom; cleaner and less hacky approach;
> > v2->v3:
> > * use kmem_cache for xsk_addrs allocation (Stan/Olek)
> > * set err when xsk_addrs allocation fails (Dan)
> > * change xsk_addrs layout to avoid holes
> > * free xsk_addrs on error path
> > * rebase
> > ---
> >  include/net/xdp_sock.h |  1 +
> >  net/xdp/xsk.c          | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >  net/xdp/xsk_queue.h    | 12 ++++++
> >  3 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/net/xdp_sock.h b/include/net/xdp_sock.h
> > index ce587a225661..5ba9ad4c110f 100644
> > --- a/include/net/xdp_sock.h
> > +++ b/include/net/xdp_sock.h
> > @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct xdp_sock {
> >  		XSK_BOUND,
> >  		XSK_UNBOUND,
> >  	} state;
> > +	struct kmem_cache *xsk_addrs_cache;
> >  
> >  	struct xsk_queue *tx ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
> >  	struct list_head tx_list;
> > diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.c b/net/xdp/xsk.c
> > index 9c3acecc14b1..d77cde0131be 100644
> > --- a/net/xdp/xsk.c
> > +++ b/net/xdp/xsk.c
> > @@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
> >  #define TX_BATCH_SIZE 32
> >  #define MAX_PER_SOCKET_BUDGET 32
> >  
> > +struct xsk_addrs {
> > +	u64 addrs[MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1];
> > +	u32 num_descs;
> > +};
> > +
> >  void xsk_set_rx_need_wakeup(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool)
> >  {
> >  	if (pool->cached_need_wakeup & XDP_WAKEUP_RX)
> > @@ -532,25 +537,39 @@ static int xsk_wakeup(struct xdp_sock *xs, u8 flags)
> >  	return dev->netdev_ops->ndo_xsk_wakeup(dev, xs->queue_id, flags);
> >  }
> >  
> > -static int xsk_cq_reserve_addr_locked(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, u64 addr)
> > +static int xsk_cq_reserve_locked(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool)
> >  {
> >  	unsigned long flags;
> >  	int ret;
> >  
> >  	spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->cq_lock, flags);
> > -	ret = xskq_prod_reserve_addr(pool->cq, addr);
> > +	ret = xskq_prod_reserve(pool->cq);
> >  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->cq_lock, flags);
> >  
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> >  
> > -static void xsk_cq_submit_locked(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, u32 n)
> > +static void xsk_cq_submit_addr_locked(struct xdp_sock *xs,
> > +				      struct sk_buff *skb)
> >  {
> > +	struct xsk_buff_pool *pool = xs->pool;
> > +	struct xsk_addrs *xsk_addrs;
> >  	unsigned long flags;
> > +	u32 num_desc, i;
> > +	u32 idx;
> > +
> > +	xsk_addrs = (struct xsk_addrs *)skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg;
> > +	num_desc = xsk_addrs->num_descs;
> >  
> >  	spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->cq_lock, flags);
> > -	xskq_prod_submit_n(pool->cq, n);
> > +	idx = xskq_get_prod(pool->cq);
> > +
> > +	for (i = 0; i < num_desc; i++, idx++)
> > +		xskq_prod_write_addr(pool->cq, idx, xsk_addrs->addrs[i]);
> 
> optional nit: maybe do xskq_prod_write_addr(, idx+i, ) instead of 'idx++'
> in the loop? I got a bit confused here until I spotted that idx++..
> But up to you, feel free to ignore, maybe it's just me.
> 
> > +	xskq_prod_submit_n(pool->cq, num_desc);
> > +
> >  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->cq_lock, flags);
> > +	kmem_cache_free(xs->xsk_addrs_cache, xsk_addrs);
> >  }
> >  
> >  static void xsk_cq_cancel_locked(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, u32 n)
> > @@ -562,35 +581,45 @@ static void xsk_cq_cancel_locked(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, u32 n)
> >  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->cq_lock, flags);
> >  }
> >  
> > -static u32 xsk_get_num_desc(struct sk_buff *skb)
> > -{
> > -	return skb ? (long)skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg : 0;
> > -}
> > -
> >  static void xsk_destruct_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
> >  {
> >  	struct xsk_tx_metadata_compl *compl = &skb_shinfo(skb)->xsk_meta;
> >  
> 
> [..]
> 
> > -	if (compl->tx_timestamp) {
> > +	if (compl->tx_timestamp)
> >  		/* sw completion timestamp, not a real one */
> >  		*compl->tx_timestamp = ktime_get_tai_fast_ns();
> > -	}
> 
> Seems to be unrelated, can probably drop if you happen to respin?
> 
> > -	xsk_cq_submit_locked(xdp_sk(skb->sk)->pool, xsk_get_num_desc(skb));
> > +	xsk_cq_submit_addr_locked(xdp_sk(skb->sk), skb);
> >  	sock_wfree(skb);
> >  }
> >  
> > -static void xsk_set_destructor_arg(struct sk_buff *skb)
> > +static u32 xsk_get_num_desc(struct sk_buff *skb)
> > +{
> > +	struct xsk_addrs *addrs;
> > +
> > +	addrs = (struct xsk_addrs *)skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg;
> > +	return addrs->num_descs;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void xsk_set_destructor_arg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xsk_addrs *addrs)
> >  {
> > -	long num = xsk_get_num_desc(xdp_sk(skb->sk)->skb) + 1;
> > +	skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg = (void *)addrs;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void xsk_inc_skb_descs(struct sk_buff *skb)
> > +{
> > +	struct xsk_addrs *addrs;
> >  
> > -	skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg = (void *)num;
> > +	addrs = (struct xsk_addrs *)skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg;
> > +	addrs->num_descs++;
> >  }
> >  
> >  static void xsk_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
> >  {
> >  	struct xdp_sock *xs = xdp_sk(skb->sk);
> >  
> > +	kmem_cache_free(xs->xsk_addrs_cache,
> > +			(struct xsk_addrs *)skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg);
> >  	skb->destructor = sock_wfree;
> >  	xsk_cq_cancel_locked(xs->pool, xsk_get_num_desc(skb));
> >  	/* Free skb without triggering the perf drop trace */
> > @@ -609,6 +638,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *xsk_build_skb_zerocopy(struct xdp_sock *xs,
> >  {
> >  	struct xsk_buff_pool *pool = xs->pool;
> >  	u32 hr, len, ts, offset, copy, copied;
> > +	struct xsk_addrs *addrs = NULL;
> >  	struct sk_buff *skb = xs->skb;
> >  	struct page *page;
> >  	void *buffer;
> > @@ -623,6 +653,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *xsk_build_skb_zerocopy(struct xdp_sock *xs,
> >  			return ERR_PTR(err);
> >  
> >  		skb_reserve(skb, hr);
> > +
> > +		addrs = kmem_cache_zalloc(xs->xsk_addrs_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +		if (!addrs)
> > +			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > +
> > +		xsk_set_destructor_arg(skb, addrs);
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	addr = desc->addr;
> > @@ -662,6 +698,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *xsk_build_skb(struct xdp_sock *xs,
> >  {
> >  	struct xsk_tx_metadata *meta = NULL;
> >  	struct net_device *dev = xs->dev;
> > +	struct xsk_addrs *addrs = NULL;
> >  	struct sk_buff *skb = xs->skb;
> >  	bool first_frag = false;
> >  	int err;
> > @@ -694,6 +731,15 @@ static struct sk_buff *xsk_build_skb(struct xdp_sock *xs,
> >  			err = skb_store_bits(skb, 0, buffer, len);
> >  			if (unlikely(err))
> >  				goto free_err;
> > +
> > +			addrs = kmem_cache_zalloc(xs->xsk_addrs_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +			if (!addrs) {
> > +				err = -ENOMEM;
> > +				goto free_err;
> > +			}
> > +
> > +			xsk_set_destructor_arg(skb, addrs);
> > +
> >  		} else {
> >  			int nr_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
> >  			struct page *page;
> > @@ -759,7 +805,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *xsk_build_skb(struct xdp_sock *xs,
> >  	skb->mark = READ_ONCE(xs->sk.sk_mark);
> >  	skb->destructor = xsk_destruct_skb;
> >  	xsk_tx_metadata_to_compl(meta, &skb_shinfo(skb)->xsk_meta);
> > -	xsk_set_destructor_arg(skb);
> > +
> > +	addrs = (struct xsk_addrs *)skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg;
> > +	addrs->addrs[addrs->num_descs++] = desc->addr;
> >  
> >  	return skb;
> >  
> > @@ -769,7 +817,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *xsk_build_skb(struct xdp_sock *xs,
> >  
> >  	if (err == -EOVERFLOW) {
> >  		/* Drop the packet */
> > -		xsk_set_destructor_arg(xs->skb);
> > +		xsk_inc_skb_descs(xs->skb);
> >  		xsk_drop_skb(xs->skb);
> >  		xskq_cons_release(xs->tx);
> >  	} else {
> > @@ -812,7 +860,7 @@ static int __xsk_generic_xmit(struct sock *sk)
> >  		 * if there is space in it. This avoids having to implement
> >  		 * any buffering in the Tx path.
> >  		 */
> > -		err = xsk_cq_reserve_addr_locked(xs->pool, desc.addr);
> > +		err = xsk_cq_reserve_locked(xs->pool);
> >  		if (err) {
> >  			err = -EAGAIN;
> >  			goto out;
> > @@ -1122,6 +1170,7 @@ static int xsk_release(struct socket *sock)
> >  	xskq_destroy(xs->tx);
> >  	xskq_destroy(xs->fq_tmp);
> >  	xskq_destroy(xs->cq_tmp);
> > +	kmem_cache_destroy(xs->xsk_addrs_cache);
> >  
> >  	sock_orphan(sk);
> >  	sock->sk = NULL;
> > @@ -1765,6 +1814,15 @@ static int xsk_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
> >  
> >  	sock_prot_inuse_add(net, &xsk_proto, 1);
> >  
> 
> [..]
> 
> > +	xs->xsk_addrs_cache = kmem_cache_create("xsk_generic_xmit_cache",
> > +						sizeof(struct xsk_addrs), 0,
> > +						SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
> > +
> > +	if (!xs->xsk_addrs_cache) {
> > +		sk_free(sk);
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +	}
> 
> Should we move this up to happen before sk_add_node_rcu? Otherwise we
> also have to do sk_del_node_init_rcu on !xs->xsk_addrs_cache here?
> 
> Btw, alternatively, why not make this happen at bind time when we know
> whether the socket is gonna be copy or zc? And do it only for the copy
> mode?

thanks for quick review Stan. makes sense to do it for copy mode only.
i'll send next revision tomorrow.

Maciej

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