[RFC net-next v3 0/9] Add support for per-NAPI config via netlink

[Joe Damato <jdamato@fastly.com>]

Greetings:

Welcome to RFC v3.

This implementation allocates an array of "struct napi_config" in
net_device and each NAPI instance is assigned an index into the config
array.

Per-NAPI settings like:
  - NAPI ID
  - gro_flush_timeout
  - defer_hard_irqs

are persisted in napi_config and restored on napi_disable/napi_enable
respectively.

To help illustrate how this would end up working, I've added patches for
3 drivers, of which I have access to only 1:
  - mlx5 which is the basis of the examples below
  - mlx4 which has TX only NAPIs, just to highlight that case. I have
    only compile tested this patch; I don't have this hardware.
  - bnxt which I have only compiled tested. I don't have this
    hardware.

NOTE: I only tested this on mlx5; I have no access to the other hardware
for which I provided patches. Hopefully other folks can help test :)

This iteration seems to persist NAPI IDs and settings even when resizing
queues, see below, so I think maybe this is getting close to where we
want to land?

Here's an example of how it works on my mlx5:

# start with 2 queues

$ ethtool -l eth4 | grep Combined | tail -1
Combined:	2

First, output the current NAPI settings:

$ ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
                         --dump napi-get --json='{"ifindex": 7}'
[{'defer-hard-irqs': 0,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 0,
  'id': 345,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 527},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 0,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 0,
  'id': 344,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 327}]

Now, set the global sysfs parameters:

$ sudo bash -c 'echo 20000 >/sys/class/net/eth4/gro_flush_timeout'
$ sudo bash -c 'echo 100 >/sys/class/net/eth4/napi_defer_hard_irqs'

Output current NAPI settings again:

$ ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
                         --dump napi-get --json='{"ifindex": 7}'
[{'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 345,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 527},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 344,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 327}]

Now set NAPI ID 345, via its NAPI ID to specific values:

$ sudo ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py \
          --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
          --do napi-set \
          --json='{"id": 345,
                   "defer-hard-irqs": 111,
                   "gro-flush-timeout": 11111}'
None

Now output current NAPI settings again to ensure only NAPI ID 345
changed:

$ ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
                         --dump napi-get --json='{"ifindex": 7}'

[{'defer-hard-irqs': 111,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 11111,
  'id': 345,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 527},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 344,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 327}]

Now, increase gro-flush-timeout only:

$ sudo ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py \
       --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
       --do napi-set --json='{"id": 345,
                              "gro-flush-timeout": 44444}'
None

Now output the current NAPI settings once more:

$ ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
                         --dump napi-get --json='{"ifindex": 7}'
[{'defer-hard-irqs': 111,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 44444,
  'id': 345,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 527},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 344,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 327}]

Now set NAPI ID 345 to have gro_flush_timeout of 0:

$ sudo ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py \
       --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
       --do napi-set --json='{"id": 345,
                              "gro-flush-timeout": 0}'
None

Check that NAPI ID 345 has a value of 0:

$ ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
                         --dump napi-get --json='{"ifindex": 7}'

[{'defer-hard-irqs': 111,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 0,
  'id': 345,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 527},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 344,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 327}]

Change the queue count, ensuring that NAPI ID 345 retains its settings:

$ sudo ethtool -L eth4 combined 4

Check that the new queues have the system wide settings but that NAPI ID
345 remains unchanged:

$ ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
                         --dump napi-get --json='{"ifindex": 7}'

[{'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 347,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 529},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 346,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 528},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 111,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 0,
  'id': 345,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 527},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 344,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 327}]

Now reduce the queue count below where NAPI ID 345 is indexed:

$ sudo ethtool -L eth4 combined 1

Check the output:

$ ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
                         --dump napi-get --json='{"ifindex": 7}'
[{'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 344,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 327}]

Re-increase the queue count to ensure NAPI ID 345 is re-assigned the same
values:

$ sudo ethtool -L eth4 combined 2

$ ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
                         --dump napi-get --json='{"ifindex": 7}'
[{'defer-hard-irqs': 111,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 0,
  'id': 345,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 527},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 344,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 327}]

Create new queues to ensure the sysfs globals are used for the new NAPIs
but that NAPI ID 345 is unchanged:

$ sudo ethtool -L eth4 comabined 8

$ ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
                         --dump napi-get --json='{"ifindex": 7}'
[...]
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 346,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 528},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 111,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 0,
  'id': 345,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 527},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 100,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 20000,
  'id': 344,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 327}]

Last, but not least, let's try writing the sysfs parameters to ensure
all NAPIs are rewritten:

$ sudo bash -c 'echo 33333 >/sys/class/net/eth4/gro_flush_timeout'
$ sudo bash -c 'echo 222 >/sys/class/net/eth4/napi_defer_hard_irqs'

Check that worked:

$ ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
                         --dump napi-get --json='{"ifindex": 7}'

[...]
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 222,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 33333,
  'id': 346,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 528},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 222,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 33333,
  'id': 345,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 527},
 {'defer-hard-irqs': 222,
  'gro-flush-timeout': 33333,
  'id': 344,
  'ifindex': 7,
  'irq': 327}]

Thanks,
Joe

rfcv3:
  - Renamed napi_storage to napi_config
  - Reordered patches
  - Added defer_hard_irqs and gro_flush_timeout to napi_struct
  - Attempt to save and restore settings on napi_disable/napi_enable
  - Removed weight as a parameter to netif_napi_add_storage
  - Updated driver patches to no longer pass in weight

rfcv2:
  - Almost total rewrite from v1

Joe Damato (9):
  net: napi: Make napi_defer_hard_irqs per-NAPI
  netdev-genl: Dump napi_defer_hard_irqs
  net: napi: Make gro_flush_timeout per-NAPI
  netdev-genl: Dump gro_flush_timeout
  net: napi: Add napi_config
  netdev-genl: Support setting per-NAPI config values
  bnxt: Add support for napi storage
  mlx5: Add support for napi storage
  mlx4: Add support for napi storage to RX CQs

 Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml       | 25 ++++++
 .../networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst  |  5 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c     |  3 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_cq.c    |  3 +-
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c |  2 +-
 include/linux/netdevice.h                     | 40 ++++++++-
 include/uapi/linux/netdev.h                   |  3 +
 net/core/dev.c                                | 90 +++++++++++++++----
 net/core/dev.h                                | 87 ++++++++++++++++++
 net/core/net-sysfs.c                          |  4 +-
 net/core/netdev-genl-gen.c                    | 14 +++
 net/core/netdev-genl-gen.h                    |  1 +
 net/core/netdev-genl.c                        | 55 ++++++++++++
 tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h             |  3 +
 14 files changed, 310 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

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