On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 06:49:03AM -0800, John Fastabend wrote: > On 16-12-12 06:14 AM, Mike Rapoport wrote: > >> > > We were not considered using XDP yet, so we've decided to limit the initial > > implementation to macvtap because we can ensure correspondence between a > > NIC queue and virtual NIC, which is not the case with more generic tap > > device. It could be that use of XDP will allow for a generic solution for > > virtio case as well. > > Interesting this was one of the original ideas behind the macvlan > offload mode. iirc Vlad also was interested in this. > > I'm guessing this was used because of the ability to push macvlan onto > its own queue? Yes, with a queue dedicated to a virtual NIC we only need to ensure that guest memory is used for RX buffers. > >> > >>> Have you considered using "push" model for setting the NIC's RX memory? > >> > >> I don't understand what you mean by a "push" model? > > > > Currently, memory allocation in NIC drivers boils down to alloc_page with > > some wrapping code. I see two possible ways to make NIC use of some > > preallocated pages: either NIC driver will call an API (probably different > > from alloc_page) to obtain that memory, or there will be NDO API that > > allows to set the NIC's RX buffers. I named the later case "push". > > I prefer the ndo op. This matches up well with AF_PACKET model where we > have "slots" and offload is just a transparent "push" of these "slots" > to the driver. Below we have a snippet of our proposed API, > > (https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/396714/ note the descriptor mapping > bits will be dropped) > > + * int (*ndo_direct_qpair_page_map) (struct vm_area_struct *vma, > + * struct net_device *dev) > + * Called to map queue pair range from split_queue_pairs into > + * mmap region. > + > > > + > > +static int > > +ixgbe_ndo_qpair_page_map(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct net_device *dev) > > +{ > > + struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(dev); > > + phys_addr_t phy_addr = pci_resource_start(adapter->pdev, 0); > > + unsigned long pfn_rx = (phy_addr + RX_DESC_ADDR_OFFSET) >> PAGE_SHIFT; > > + unsigned long pfn_tx = (phy_addr + TX_DESC_ADDR_OFFSET) >> PAGE_SHIFT; > > + unsigned long dummy_page_phy; > > + pgprot_t pre_vm_page_prot; > > + unsigned long start; > > + unsigned int i; > > + int err; > > + > > + if (!dummy_page_buf) { > > + dummy_page_buf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE_4K, GFP_KERNEL); > > + if (!dummy_page_buf) > > + return -ENOMEM; > > + > > + for (i = 0; i < PAGE_SIZE_4K / sizeof(unsigned int); i++) > > + dummy_page_buf[i] = 0xdeadbeef; > > + } > > + > > + dummy_page_phy = virt_to_phys(dummy_page_buf); > > + pre_vm_page_prot = vma->vm_page_prot; > > + vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot); > > + > > + /* assume the vm_start is 4K aligned address */ > > + for (start = vma->vm_start; > > + start < vma->vm_end; > > + start += PAGE_SIZE_4K) { > > + if (start == vma->vm_start + RX_DESC_ADDR_OFFSET) { > > + err = remap_pfn_range(vma, start, pfn_rx, PAGE_SIZE_4K, > > + vma->vm_page_prot); > > + if (err) > > + return -EAGAIN; > > + } else if (start == vma->vm_start + TX_DESC_ADDR_OFFSET) { > > + err = remap_pfn_range(vma, start, pfn_tx, PAGE_SIZE_4K, > > + vma->vm_page_prot); > > + if (err) > > + return -EAGAIN; > > + } else { > > + unsigned long addr = dummy_page_phy > PAGE_SHIFT; > > + > > + err = remap_pfn_range(vma, start, addr, PAGE_SIZE_4K, > > + pre_vm_page_prot); > > + if (err) > > + return -EAGAIN; > > + } > > + } > > + return 0; > > +} > > + > > Any thoughts on something like the above? We could push it when net-next > opens. One piece that fits naturally into vhost/macvtap is the kicks and > queue splicing are already there so no need to implement this making the > above patch much simpler. Sorry, but I don't quite follow you here. The vhost does not use vma mappings, it just sees a bunch of pages pointed by the vring descriptors... > .John -- Sincerely yours, Mike. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>