Linux Virtualization - Mar 2023 - [PATCH net-next 1/8] virtio_net: mergeable xdp: put old page immediately

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:38:34 +0800, Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng at
huawei.com> wrote:
> On 2023/3/23 9:36, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:22:18 +0800, Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng at
huawei.com> wrote:
> >> On 2023/3/22 11:03, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> >>> In the xdp implementation of virtio-net mergeable, it always
checks
> >>> whether two page is used and a page is selected to release.
This is
> >>> complicated for the processing of action, and be careful.
> >>>
> >>> In the entire process, we have such principles:
> >>> * If xdp_page is used (PASS, TX, Redirect), then we release
the old
> >>>   page.
> >>> * If it is a drop case, we will release two. The old page
obtained from
> >>>   buf is release inside err_xdp, and xdp_page needs be relased
by us.
> >>>
> >>> But in fact, when we allocate a new page, we can release the
old page
> >>> immediately. Then just one is using, we just need to release
the new
> >>> page for drop case. On the drop path, err_xdp will release the
variable
> >>> "page", so we only need to let "page"
point to the new xdp_page in
> >>> advance.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo at linux.alibaba.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 15 ++++++---------
> >>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >>> index e2560b6f7980..4d2bf1ce0730 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >>> @@ -1245,6 +1245,9 @@ static struct sk_buff
*receive_mergeable(struct net_device *dev,
> >>>  			if (!xdp_page)
> >>>  				goto err_xdp;
> >>>  			offset = VIRTIO_XDP_HEADROOM;
> >>> +
> >>> +			put_page(page);
> >>
> >> the error handling of xdp_linearize_page() does not seems self
contained.
> >> Does it not seem better?
> >> 1. if xdp_linearize_page() succesed, call put_page() for first
buffer just
> >>    as put_page() is call for other buffer
> >> 2. or call virtqueue_get_buf() and put_page() for all the buffer
of the packet
> >>    so the error handling is not needed outside the
virtqueue_get_buf().
> >>
> >> In that case, it seems we can just do below without xdp_page:
> >> page = xdp_linearize_page(rq, num_buf, page, ...);
> >
> >
> > This does look better.
> >
> > In fact, we already have vq reset, we can load XDP based on vq reset.
> > In this way, we can run without xdp_linearize_page.
>
> For compatibility, it is still needed, right?
Yes

>
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>> +			page = xdp_page;
> >>>  		} else if (unlikely(headroom <
virtnet_get_headroom(vi))) {
> >>>  			xdp_room = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(VIRTIO_XDP_HEADROOM +
> >>>  						  sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
> >>> @@ -1259,6 +1262,9 @@ static struct sk_buff
*receive_mergeable(struct net_device *dev,
> >>>  			       page_address(page) + offset, len);
> >>>  			frame_sz = PAGE_SIZE;
> >>>  			offset = VIRTIO_XDP_HEADROOM;
> >>> +
> >>> +			put_page(page);
> >>> +			page = xdp_page;
> >>
> >> It seems we can limit the scope of xdp_page in this "else
if" block.
> >>
> >>>  		} else {
> >>>  			xdp_page = page;
> >>>  		}
> >>
> >> It seems the above else block is not needed anymore.
> >
> > Yes, the follow-up patch has this optimization.
>
> Isn't refoctor patch supposed to be self-contianed too, instead of
> depending on follow-up patch?

I mean that the #2 patch do this.

Thanks.