Re: [PATCH net-next v3] xsk: support use vaddr as ring

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From: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:48:21 +0800

> On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:45:12 +0100, Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 09:51:12 +0800
>>
>>> When we try to start AF_XDP on some machines with long running time, due
>>> to the machine's memory fragmentation problem, there is no sufficient
>>> contiguous physical memory that will cause the start failure.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> @@ -1319,13 +1317,10 @@ static int xsk_mmap(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
>>>
>>>  	/* Matches the smp_wmb() in xsk_init_queue */
>>>  	smp_rmb();
>>> -	qpg = virt_to_head_page(q->ring);
>>> -	if (size > page_size(qpg))
>>> +	if (size > PAGE_ALIGN(q->ring_size))
>>
>> You can set q->ring_size as PAGE_ALIGN(size) already at the allocation
>> to simplify this. I don't see any other places where you use it.
> 
> That's it, but I think it is not particularly appropriate to change the
> the semantics of ring_size just for simplify this code. This may make
> people feel strange.

You can name it 'vmalloc_size' then. By "ring_size" I first of all
assume the number of elements, not the allocation size.

Also, wait, shouldn't you do this PAGE_ALIGN() *before* you actually
vmalloc() it? Can't here be out-of-bounds with the current approach?

> 
> I agree with you other opinions.
> 
> Thanks.

Thanks,
Olek



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