Virtualization - Jul 2023 - [PATCH net-next v4 0/2] virtio-net: don't busy poll for cvq command

Hi all:

The code used to busy poll for cvq command which turns out to have
several side effects:

1) infinite poll for buggy devices
2) bad interaction with scheduler

So this series tries to use cond_resched() in the waiting loop. Before
doing this we need first make sure the cvq command is not executed in
atomic environment, so we need first convert rx mode handling to a
workqueue.

Note that, this doesn't try to solve the case that a malicous device
may block networking stack (RTNL) or break freezer which requries more
thought to gracefully exit and resend the commands.

Please review.

Changes since V3:

- Tweak the comments
- Tweak the changelog to explain the rx mode lost after resuming.
- No functional changes

Changes since V2:

- Don't use interrupt but cond_resched()

Changes since V1:

- use RTNL to synchronize rx mode worker
- use completion for simplicity
- don't try to harden CVQ command

Changes since RFC:

- switch to use BAD_RING in virtio_break_device()
- check virtqueue_is_broken() after being woken up
- use more_used() instead of virtqueue_get_buf() to allow caller to
  get buffers afterwards
- break the virtio-net device when timeout
- get buffer manually since the virtio core check more_used() instead

Jason Wang (2):
  virtio-net: convert rx mode setting to use workqueue
  virtio-net: add cond_resched() to the command waiting loop

 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

-- 
2.39.3

This patch convert rx mode setting to be done in a workqueue, this is
a must for allow to sleep when waiting for the cvq command to
response since current code is executed under addr spin lock.

Note that we need to disable and flush the workqueue during freeze,
this means the rx mode setting is lost after resuming. This is not the
bug of this patch as we never try to restore rx mode setting during
resume.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index d67b36fdba0d..9f3b1d6ac33d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -274,6 +274,12 @@ struct virtnet_info {
 	/* Work struct for config space updates */
 	struct work_struct config_work;
 
+	/* Work struct for setting rx mode */
+	struct work_struct rx_mode_work;
+
+	/* OK to queue work setting RX mode? */
+	bool rx_mode_work_enabled;
+
 	/* Does the affinity hint is set for virtqueues? */
 	bool affinity_hint_set;
 
@@ -397,6 +403,20 @@ static void disable_delayed_refill(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vi->refill_lock);
 }
 
+static void enable_rx_mode_work(struct virtnet_info *vi)
+{
+	rtnl_lock();
+	vi->rx_mode_work_enabled = true;
+	rtnl_unlock();
+}
+
+static void disable_rx_mode_work(struct virtnet_info *vi)
+{
+	rtnl_lock();
+	vi->rx_mode_work_enabled = false;
+	rtnl_unlock();
+}
+
 static void virtqueue_napi_schedule(struct napi_struct *napi,
 				    struct virtqueue *vq)
 {
@@ -2448,9 +2468,11 @@ static int virtnet_close(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void virtnet_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
+static void virtnet_rx_mode_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct virtnet_info *vi +		container_of(work, struct virtnet_info,
rx_mode_work);
+	struct net_device *dev = vi->dev;
 	struct scatterlist sg[2];
 	struct virtio_net_ctrl_mac *mac_data;
 	struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
@@ -2463,6 +2485,8 @@ static void virtnet_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (!virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX))
 		return;
 
+	rtnl_lock();
+
 	vi->ctrl->promisc = ((dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) != 0);
 	vi->ctrl->allmulti = ((dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) != 0);
 
@@ -2480,14 +2504,19 @@ static void virtnet_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 		dev_warn(&dev->dev, "Failed to %sable allmulti mode.\n",
 			 vi->ctrl->allmulti ? "en" : "dis");
 
+	netif_addr_lock_bh(dev);
+
 	uc_count = netdev_uc_count(dev);
 	mc_count = netdev_mc_count(dev);
 	/* MAC filter - use one buffer for both lists */
 	buf = kzalloc(((uc_count + mc_count) * ETH_ALEN) +
 		      (2 * sizeof(mac_data->entries)), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	mac_data = buf;
-	if (!buf)
+	if (!buf) {
+		netif_addr_unlock_bh(dev);
+		rtnl_unlock();
 		return;
+	}
 
 	sg_init_table(sg, 2);
 
@@ -2508,6 +2537,8 @@ static void virtnet_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 	netdev_for_each_mc_addr(ha, dev)
 		memcpy(&mac_data->macs[i++][0], ha->addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
+	netif_addr_unlock_bh(dev);
+
 	sg_set_buf(&sg[1], mac_data,
 		   sizeof(mac_data->entries) + (mc_count * ETH_ALEN));
 
@@ -2515,9 +2546,19 @@ static void virtnet_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 				  VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MAC_TABLE_SET, sg))
 		dev_warn(&dev->dev, "Failed to set MAC filter table.\n");
 
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
 	kfree(buf);
 }
 
+static void virtnet_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	if (vi->rx_mode_work_enabled)
+		schedule_work(&vi->rx_mode_work);
+}
+
 static int virtnet_vlan_rx_add_vid(struct net_device *dev,
 				   __be16 proto, u16 vid)
 {
@@ -3286,6 +3327,8 @@ static void virtnet_freeze_down(struct virtio_device
*vdev)
 
 	/* Make sure no work handler is accessing the device */
 	flush_work(&vi->config_work);
+	disable_rx_mode_work(vi);
+	flush_work(&vi->rx_mode_work);
 
 	netif_tx_lock_bh(vi->dev);
 	netif_device_detach(vi->dev);
@@ -3308,6 +3351,7 @@ static int virtnet_restore_up(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
 
 	enable_delayed_refill(vi);
+	enable_rx_mode_work(vi);
 
 	if (netif_running(vi->dev)) {
 		err = virtnet_open(vi->dev);
@@ -4121,6 +4165,7 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	vdev->priv = vi;
 
 	INIT_WORK(&vi->config_work, virtnet_config_changed_work);
+	INIT_WORK(&vi->rx_mode_work, virtnet_rx_mode_work);
 	spin_lock_init(&vi->refill_lock);
 
 	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)) {
@@ -4229,6 +4274,8 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	if (vi->has_rss || vi->has_rss_hash_report)
 		virtnet_init_default_rss(vi);
 
+	enable_rx_mode_work(vi);
+
 	/* serialize netdev register + virtio_device_ready() with ndo_open() */
 	rtnl_lock();
 
@@ -4326,6 +4373,8 @@ static void virtnet_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 	/* Make sure no work handler is accessing the device. */
 	flush_work(&vi->config_work);
+	disable_rx_mode_work(vi);
+	flush_work(&vi->rx_mode_work);
 
 	unregister_netdev(vi->dev);
 
-- 
2.39.3

Adding cond_resched() to the command waiting loop for a better
co-operation with the scheduler. This allows to give CPU a breath to
run other task(workqueue) instead of busy looping when preemption is
not allowed on a device whose CVQ might be slow.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 9f3b1d6ac33d..e7533f29b219 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -2314,8 +2314,10 @@ static bool virtnet_send_command(struct virtnet_info *vi,
u8 class, u8 cmd,
 	 * into the hypervisor, so the request should be handled immediately.
 	 */
 	while (!virtqueue_get_buf(vi->cvq, &tmp) &&
-	       !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq))
+	       !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq)) {
+		cond_resched();
 		cpu_relax();
+	}
 
 	return vi->ctrl->status == VIRTIO_NET_OK;
 }
-- 
2.39.3