Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] virtio-net: support coexistence of XDP and GUEST_CSUM

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On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 11:42 AM Heng Qi <hengqi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 在 2023/6/28 上午11:22, Jason Wang 写道:
> > On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 11:05 AM Heng Qi <hengqi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> We are now re-probing the csum related fields and trying
> >> to have XDP and RX hw checksum capabilities coexist on the
> >> XDP path. For the benefit of:
> >> 1. RX hw checksum capability can be used if XDP is loaded.
> >> 2. Avoid packet loss when loading XDP in the vm-vm scenario.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Heng Qi <hengqi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> v3->v4:
> >>    - Rewrite some comments.
> >>
> >> v2->v3:
> >>    - Use skb_checksum_setup() instead of virtnet_flow_dissect_udp_tcp().
> >>      Essentially equivalent.
> >>
> >>   drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >>   1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> index 5a7f7a76b920..a47342f972b5 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> @@ -1568,6 +1568,41 @@ static void virtio_skb_set_hash(const struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash *hdr_hash,
> >>          skb_set_hash(skb, __le32_to_cpu(hdr_hash->hash_value), rss_hash_type);
> >>   }
> >>
> >> +static int virtnet_set_csum_after_xdp(struct virtnet_info *vi,
> >> +                                     struct sk_buff *skb,
> >> +                                     __u8 flags)
> >> +{
> >> +       int err = 0;
> >> +
> >> +       /* When XDP program is loaded, the vm-vm scenario on the same host,
> >> +        * packets marked VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM without a complete checksum
> >> +        * will travel. Although these packets are safe from the point of
> >> +        * view of the vm, in order to be successfully forwarded on the upper
> >> +        * layer and to avoid packet loss caused by XDP modification,
> >> +        * we re-probe the necessary checksum related information:
> >> +        * skb->csum_{start, offset}, pseudo-header checksum.
> >> +        *
> >> +        * If the received packet is marked VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID:
> >> +        * when _F_GUEST_CSUM is negotiated, the device validates the checksum
> >> +        * and virtio-net sets skb->ip_summed to CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
> >> +        * otherwise, virtio-net hands over to the stack to validate the checksum.
> >> +        */
> >> +       if (flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) {
> >> +               /* No need to care about SCTP because virtio-net currently doesn't
> >> +                * support SCTP CRC checksum offloading, that is, SCTP packets have
> >> +                * complete checksums.
> >> +                */
> >> +               err = skb_checksum_setup(skb, true);
> > A second thought, any reason why a checksum is a must here. Could we simply:
>
> When net.ipv4.ip_forward sysctl is enabled, such packets may be
> forwarded (return to the tx path) at the IP layer.
> If the device has the tx hw checksum offloading cap, packets will have
> complete checksums based on our calculated 'check' value.

Actually, I mean why can't we offload the checksum to the hardware in this case?

>
> >
> > 1) probe the csum_start/offset
> > 2) leave it as CHECKSUM_PARTIAL
> >
> > ?
>
> The reason is as I explained above.
>
> >
> >> +       } else if (flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID) {
> >> +               /* XDP guarantees that packets marked as VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID
> >> +                * still have correct checksum after they are processed.
> >> +                */
> > Do you mean it's the charge of the XDP program to calculate the csum
> > in this case? Seems strange.
>
> Packet with complete checksum (and has been verified by rx device
> because it has VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID)
> when modified by XDP, XDP program should use the helper provided by XDP
> core to make the checksum correct,

Could you give me a pointer to that helper? Btw, is there a way for
the XDP program to know whether the csum has been verified by the
device? ( I guess not).

Thanks


> otherwise, VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID has been cleared and skb
> ->ip_summed=CHECKSUM_NONE, so the stack
> will re-verify the checksum, causing packet loss due to wrong checksum.
>
> Thanks.
>
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >> +               skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
> >> +       }
> >> +
> >> +       return err;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >>   static void receive_buf(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq,
> >>                          void *buf, unsigned int len, void **ctx,
> >>                          unsigned int *xdp_xmit,
> >> @@ -1576,6 +1611,7 @@ static void receive_buf(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq,
> >>          struct net_device *dev = vi->dev;
> >>          struct sk_buff *skb;
> >>          struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *hdr;
> >> +       __u8 flags;
> >>
> >>          if (unlikely(len < vi->hdr_len + ETH_HLEN)) {
> >>                  pr_debug("%s: short packet %i\n", dev->name, len);
> >> @@ -1584,6 +1620,12 @@ static void receive_buf(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq,
> >>                  return;
> >>          }
> >>
> >> +       /* XDP may modify/overwrite the packet, including the virtnet hdr,
> >> +        * so save the flags of the virtnet hdr before XDP processing.
> >> +        */
> >> +       if (unlikely(vi->xdp_enabled))
> >> +               flags = ((struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *)buf)->hdr.flags;
> >> +
> >>          if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
> >>                  skb = receive_mergeable(dev, vi, rq, buf, ctx, len, xdp_xmit,
> >>                                          stats);
> >> @@ -1595,23 +1637,37 @@ static void receive_buf(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq,
> >>          if (unlikely(!skb))
> >>                  return;
> >>
> >> -       hdr = skb_vnet_hdr(skb);
> >> -       if (dev->features & NETIF_F_RXHASH && vi->has_rss_hash_report)
> >> -               virtio_skb_set_hash((const struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash *)hdr, skb);
> >> -
> >> -       if (hdr->hdr.flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID)
> >> -               skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
> >> +       if (unlikely(vi->xdp_enabled)) {
> >> +               /* Required to do this before re-probing and calculating
> >> +                * the pseudo-header checksum.
> >> +                */
> >> +               skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
> >> +               skb_reset_network_header(skb);
> >> +               if (virtnet_set_csum_after_xdp(vi, skb, flags) < 0) {
> >> +                       pr_debug("%s: errors occurred in setting partial csum",
> >> +                                dev->name);
> >> +                       goto frame_err;
> >> +               }
> >> +       } else {
> >> +               hdr = skb_vnet_hdr(skb);
> >> +               if (dev->features & NETIF_F_RXHASH && vi->has_rss_hash_report)
> >> +                       virtio_skb_set_hash((const struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash *)hdr, skb);
> >> +
> >> +               if (hdr->hdr.flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID)
> >> +                       skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
> >> +
> >> +               if (virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, &hdr->hdr,
> >> +                                         virtio_is_little_endian(vi->vdev))) {
> >> +                       net_warn_ratelimited("%s: bad gso: type: %u, size: %u\n",
> >> +                                            dev->name, hdr->hdr.gso_type,
> >> +                                            hdr->hdr.gso_size);
> >> +                       goto frame_err;
> >> +               }
> >>
> >> -       if (virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, &hdr->hdr,
> >> -                                 virtio_is_little_endian(vi->vdev))) {
> >> -               net_warn_ratelimited("%s: bad gso: type: %u, size: %u\n",
> >> -                                    dev->name, hdr->hdr.gso_type,
> >> -                                    hdr->hdr.gso_size);
> >> -               goto frame_err;
> >> +               skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
> >>          }
> >>
> >>          skb_record_rx_queue(skb, vq2rxq(rq->vq));
> >> -       skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
> >>          pr_debug("Receiving skb proto 0x%04x len %i type %i\n",
> >>                   ntohs(skb->protocol), skb->len, skb->pkt_type);
> >>
> >> --
> >> 2.19.1.6.gb485710b
> >>
>





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