kernel_optimize_test/net
Björn Töpel bbff2f321a xsk: new descriptor addressing scheme
Currently, AF_XDP only supports a fixed frame-size memory scheme where
each frame is referenced via an index (idx). A user passes the frame
index to the kernel, and the kernel acts upon the data.  Some NICs,
however, do not have a fixed frame-size model, instead they have a
model where a memory window is passed to the hardware and multiple
frames are filled into that window (referred to as the "type-writer"
model).

By changing the descriptor format from the current frame index
addressing scheme, AF_XDP can in the future be extended to support
these kinds of NICs.

In the index-based model, an idx refers to a frame of size
frame_size. Addressing a frame in the UMEM is done by offseting the
UMEM starting address by a global offset, idx * frame_size + offset.
Communicating via the fill- and completion-rings are done by means of
idx.

In this commit, the idx is removed in favor of an address (addr),
which is a relative address ranging over the UMEM. To convert an
idx-based address to the new addr is simply: addr = idx * frame_size +
offset.

We also stop referring to the UMEM "frame" as a frame. Instead it is
simply called a chunk.

To transfer ownership of a chunk to the kernel, the addr of the chunk
is passed in the fill-ring. Note, that the kernel will mask addr to
make it chunk aligned, so there is no need for userspace to do
that. E.g., for a chunk size of 2k, passing an addr of 2048, 2050 or
3000 to the fill-ring will refer to the same chunk.

On the completion-ring, the addr will match that of the Tx descriptor,
passed to the kernel.

Changing the descriptor format to use chunks/addr will allow for
future changes to move to a type-writer based model, where multiple
frames can reside in one chunk. In this model passing one single chunk
into the fill-ring, would potentially result in multiple Rx
descriptors.

This commit changes the uapi of AF_XDP sockets, and updates the
documentation.

Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
2018-06-04 17:21:02 +02:00
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bluetooth
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bpfilter bpfilter: don't pass O_CREAT when opening console for debug 2018-05-24 09:36:49 -04:00
bridge net: bridge: add support for port isolation 2018-05-25 14:37:20 -04:00
caif
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ceph
core bpf: flowlabel in bpf_fib_lookup should be flowinfo 2018-06-03 18:29:07 -07:00
dcb net/dcb: Add dcbnl buffer attribute 2018-05-24 14:22:59 -07:00
dccp dccp: don't free ccid2_hc_tx_sock struct in dccp_disconnect() 2018-05-22 13:55:20 -04:00
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ethernet
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ipv4 bpf: Hooks for sys_sendmsg 2018-05-28 17:41:02 +02:00
ipv6 bpf: Hooks for sys_sendmsg 2018-05-28 17:41:02 +02:00
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netlabel
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nfc
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openvswitch openvswitch: Support conntrack zone limit 2018-05-25 16:45:19 -04:00
packet Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-26 19:46:15 -04:00
phonet
psample
qrtr
rds Merge candidates for 4.17-rc 2018-05-24 14:12:05 -07:00
rfkill rfkill: Create rfkill-none LED trigger 2018-05-23 11:26:45 +02:00
rose
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sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-26 19:46:15 -04:00
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smc net/smc: longer delay when freeing client link groups 2018-05-23 16:02:35 -04:00
strparser
sunrpc Merge candidates for 4.17-rc 2018-05-24 14:12:05 -07:00
switchdev
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x25
xdp xsk: new descriptor addressing scheme 2018-06-04 17:21:02 +02:00
xfrm
compat.c
Kconfig net: add skeleton of bpfilter kernel module 2018-05-23 13:23:40 -04:00
Makefile net: add skeleton of bpfilter kernel module 2018-05-23 13:23:40 -04:00
socket.c
sysctl_net.c