From: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
To: anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, bjorn@kernel.org,
magnus.karlsson@intel.com, maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com,
jonathan.lemon@gmail.com, sdf@fomichev.me, ast@kernel.org,
daniel@iogearbox.net, hawk@kernel.org, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com, alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com
Cc: linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] igb: xsk: solve underflow of nb_pkts in zerocopy mode
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:33:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250721083343.16482-3-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250721083343.16482-1-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
There is no break time in the while() loop, so every time at the end of
igb_xmit_zc(), underflow of nb_pkts will occur, which renders the return
value always false. But theoretically, the result should be set after
calling xsk_tx_peek_release_desc_batch(). We can take i40e_xmit_zc() as
a good example.
Returning false means we're not done with transmission and we need one
more poll, which is exactly what igb_xmit_zc() always did before this
patch. After this patch, the return value depends on the nb_pkts value.
Two cases might happen then:
1. if (nb_pkts < budget), it means we process all the possible data, so
return true and no more necessary poll will be triggered because of
this.
2. if (nb_pkts == budget), it means we might have more data, so return
false to let another poll run again.
Fixes: f8e284a02afc ("igb: Add AF_XDP zero-copy Tx support")
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_xsk.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_xsk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_xsk.c
index 5cf67ba29269..243f4246fee8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_xsk.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_xsk.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ bool igb_xmit_zc(struct igb_ring *tx_ring, struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool)
if (!nb_pkts)
return true;
- while (nb_pkts-- > 0) {
+ while (i < nb_pkts) {
dma = xsk_buff_raw_get_dma(xsk_pool, descs[i].addr);
xsk_buff_raw_dma_sync_for_device(xsk_pool, dma, descs[i].len);
--
2.41.3
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
To: anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, bjorn@kernel.org,
magnus.karlsson@intel.com, maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com,
jonathan.lemon@gmail.com, sdf@fomichev.me, ast@kernel.org,
daniel@iogearbox.net, hawk@kernel.org, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com, alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com
Cc: linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 2/2] igb: xsk: solve underflow of nb_pkts in zerocopy mode
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:33:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250721083343.16482-3-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250721083343.16482-1-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
There is no break time in the while() loop, so every time at the end of
igb_xmit_zc(), underflow of nb_pkts will occur, which renders the return
value always false. But theoretically, the result should be set after
calling xsk_tx_peek_release_desc_batch(). We can take i40e_xmit_zc() as
a good example.
Returning false means we're not done with transmission and we need one
more poll, which is exactly what igb_xmit_zc() always did before this
patch. After this patch, the return value depends on the nb_pkts value.
Two cases might happen then:
1. if (nb_pkts < budget), it means we process all the possible data, so
return true and no more necessary poll will be triggered because of
this.
2. if (nb_pkts == budget), it means we might have more data, so return
false to let another poll run again.
Fixes: f8e284a02afc ("igb: Add AF_XDP zero-copy Tx support")
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_xsk.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_xsk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_xsk.c
index 5cf67ba29269..243f4246fee8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_xsk.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_xsk.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ bool igb_xmit_zc(struct igb_ring *tx_ring, struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool)
if (!nb_pkts)
return true;
- while (nb_pkts-- > 0) {
+ while (i < nb_pkts) {
dma = xsk_buff_raw_get_dma(xsk_pool, descs[i].addr);
xsk_buff_raw_dma_sync_for_device(xsk_pool, dma, descs[i].len);
--
2.41.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-21 8:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-21 8:33 [PATCH net-next 0/2] xsk: fix underflow issues in zerocopy xmit Jason Xing
2025-07-21 8:33 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Jason Xing
2025-07-21 8:33 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] stmmac: xsk: fix underflow of budget in zerocopy mode Jason Xing
2025-07-21 8:33 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Jason Xing
2025-07-21 8:56 ` Paul Menzel
2025-07-21 9:15 ` Jason Xing
2025-07-22 14:16 ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-07-22 15:53 ` Jason Xing
2025-07-22 17:29 ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-07-22 23:04 ` Jason Xing
2025-07-21 15:37 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2025-07-21 15:37 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Stanislav Fomichev
2025-07-21 23:05 ` Jason Xing
2025-07-21 23:05 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Jason Xing
2025-07-22 0:12 ` Jason Xing
2025-07-22 0:12 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Jason Xing
2025-07-21 8:33 ` Jason Xing [this message]
2025-07-21 8:33 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 2/2] igb: xsk: solve underflow of nb_pkts " Jason Xing
2025-07-21 10:12 ` Simon Horman
2025-07-21 10:12 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Simon Horman
2025-07-21 10:22 ` Jason Xing
2025-07-21 10:22 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Jason Xing
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