Re: [PATCH bpf 2/2] libbpf: remove dependency on barrier.h in xsk.h

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Hi, Magnus!

>>>>> On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 08:39:24 +0200, Magnus Karlsson  wrote:

 > On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 7:32 AM Yauheni Kaliuta
 > <yauheni.kaliuta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 >> 
 >> Hi, Magnus!
 >> 
 >> >>>>> On Tue,  9 Apr 2019 08:44:13 +0200, Magnus Karlsson  wrote:
 >> 
 >> > The use of smp_rmb() and smp_wmb() creates a Linux header dependency
 >> > on barrier.h that is uneccessary in most parts. This patch implements
 >> > the two small defines that are needed from barrier.h. As a bonus, the
 >> > new implementations are faster than the default ones as they default
 >> > to sfence and lfence for x86, while we only need a compiler barrier in
 >> > our case. Just as it is when the same ring access code is compiled in
 >> > the kernel.
 >> 
 >> > Fixes: 1cad07884239 ("libbpf: add support for using AF_XDP sockets")
 >> > Signed-off-by: Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@xxxxxxxxx>
 >> > ---
 >> >  tools/lib/bpf/xsk.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 >> >  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 >> 
 >> > diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.h b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.h
 >> > index 3638147..317b44f 100644
 >> > --- a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.h
 >> > +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.h
 >> > @@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ DEFINE_XSK_RING(xsk_ring_cons);
 >> >  struct xsk_umem;
 >> >  struct xsk_socket;
 >> 
 >> > +#if !defined bpf_smp_rmb && !defined bpf_smp_wmb
 >> > +# if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
 >> > +#  define bpf_smp_rmb() asm volatile("" : : : "memory")
 >> > +#  define bpf_smp_wmb() asm volatile("" : : : "memory")
 >> > +# elif defined(__aarch64__)
 >> > +#  define bpf_smp_rmb() asm volatile("dmb ishld" : : : "memory")
 >> > +#  define bpf_smp_wmb() asm volatile("dmb ishst" : : : "memory")
 >> > +# elif defined(__arm__)
 >> > +#  define bpf_smp_rmb() asm volatile("dmb ish" : : : "memory")
 >> > +#  define bpf_smp_wmb() asm volatile("dmb ishst" : : : "memory")
 >> > +# else
 >> > +#  error Architecture not supported by the XDP socket code in libbpf.
 >> > +# endif
 >> > +#endif
 >> > +
 >> 
 >> What about other architectures then?

 > AF_XDP has not been tested on anything else, as far as I
 > know. But contributions that extend it to more archs are very
 > welcome.

Well, I'll may be try to fetch something from barrier.h's (since
I cannot consider myself as a specialist in the area), but at the
moment the patch breaks the build on that arches.

 > /Magnus

 >> 
 >> >  static inline __u64 *xsk_ring_prod__fill_addr(struct xsk_ring_prod *fill,
 >> >                                            __u32 idx)
 >> >  {
 >> > @@ -119,7 +134,7 @@ static inline void xsk_ring_prod__submit(struct xsk_ring_prod *prod, size_t nb)
 >> >      /* Make sure everything has been written to the ring before signalling
 >> >       * this to the kernel.
 >> >       */
 >> > -    smp_wmb();
 >> > +    bpf_smp_wmb();
 >> 
 >> >      *prod->producer += nb;
 >> >  }
 >> > @@ -133,7 +148,7 @@ static inline size_t xsk_ring_cons__peek(struct xsk_ring_cons *cons,
 >> >              /* Make sure we do not speculatively read the data before
 >> >               * we have received the packet buffers from the ring.
 >> >               */
 >> > -            smp_rmb();
 >> > +            bpf_smp_rmb();
 >> 
 >> >              *idx = cons->cached_cons;
 cons-> cached_cons += entries;
 >> > --
 >> > 2.7.4
 >> 
 >> 
 >> --
 >> WBR,
 >> Yauheni Kaliuta

-- 
WBR,
Yauheni Kaliuta



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