On Fri, 2016-12-09 at 11:24 +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> Hi Paul,
Hi Pablo
Given that bytes/packets counters are modified without cmpxchg64() :
static inline void nft_counter_do_eval(struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv,
struct nft_regs *regs,
const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
{
struct nft_counter_percpu *this_cpu;
local_bh_disable();
this_cpu = this_cpu_ptr(priv->counter);
u64_stats_update_begin(&this_cpu->syncp);
this_cpu->counter.bytes += pkt->skb->len;
this_cpu->counter.packets++;
u64_stats_update_end(&this_cpu->syncp);
local_bh_enable();
}
It means that the cmpxchg64() used to clear the stats is not good enough.
It does not help to make sure stats are properly cleared.
On 64 bit, the ->syncp is not there, so the nft_counter_reset() might
not see that a bytes or packets counter was modified by another cpu.
CPU 1 CPU 2
LOAD PTR->BYTES into REG_A old = *counter;
REG_A += skb->len;
cmpxchg64(counter, old, 0);
PTR->BYTES = REG_A
It looks that you want a seqcount, even on 64bit arches,
so that CPU 2 can restart its loop, and more importantly you need
to not accumulate the values you read, because they might be old/invalid.
Another way would be to not use cmpxchg64() at all.
Way to expensive in fast path !
The percpu value would never be modified by an other cpu than the owner.
You need a per cpu seqcount, no need to add a syncp per nft percpu counter.
static DEFINE_PERCPU(seqcount_t, nft_pcpu_seq);
static inline void nft_counter_do_eval(struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv,
struct nft_regs *regs,
const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
{
struct nft_counter_percpu *this_cpu;
seqcount_t *myseq;
local_bh_disable();
this_cpu = this_cpu_ptr(priv->counter);
myseq = this_cpu_ptr(&nft_pcpu_seq);
write_seqcount_begin(myseq);
this_cpu->counter.bytes += pkt->skb->len;
this_cpu->counter.packets++;
write_seqcount_end(myseq);
local_bh_enable();
}
Thanks !
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