From: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Justin Chen <justin.chen@broadcom.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Mohsin Bashir <mohsin.bashr@gmail.com>,
Doug Berger <opendmb@gmail.com>,
Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>,
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Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v6 0/7] net: bcmgenet: add XDP support
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 10:35:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260406083536.839517-1-nb@tipi-net.de> (raw)
Add XDP support to the bcmgenet driver, covering XDP_PASS, XDP_DROP,
XDP_TX, XDP_REDIRECT, and ndo_xdp_xmit.
The first patch converts the RX path from the existing kmalloc-based
allocation to page_pool, which is a prerequisite for XDP. The remaining
patches incrementally add XDP functionality and per-action statistics.
Tested on Raspberry Pi CM4 (BCM2711, bcmgenet, 1Gbps link):
- XDP_PASS: 943 Mbit/s TX, 935 Mbit/s RX (no regression vs baseline)
- XDP_PASS latency: 0.164ms avg, 0% packet loss
- XDP_DROP: all inbound traffic blocked as expected
- XDP_TX: TX counter increments (packet reflection working)
- Link flap with XDP attached: no errors
- Program swap under iperf3 load: no errors
- Upstream XDP selftests (xdp.py): pass_sb, drop_sb, tx_sb passing
- XDP-based EtherCAT master (~37 kHz cycle rate, all packet processing
in BPF/XDP), stable over multiple days
Previous versions:
v5: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260328230513.415790-1-nb@tipi-net.de/
v4: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260323120539.136029-1-nb@tipi-net.de/
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260319115402.353509-1-nb@tipi-net.de/
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260315214914.1555777-1-nb@tipi-net.de/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260313092101.1344954-1-nb@tipi-net.de/
Changes since v5:
- Refactored desc_rx: always prepare xdp_buff and use
bcmgenet_xdp_build_skb for both XDP and non-XDP paths, treating
no-prog as XDP_PASS. (Jakub Kicinski)
- Removed synchronize_net() before bpf_prog_put(), RCU handles
the grace period. (Jakub Kicinski)
- Save status->rx_csum before running XDP program to prevent
bpf_xdp_adjust_head from corrupting the RSB checksum.
(Jakub Kicinski)
- Tightened TSB headroom check to include sizeof(struct xdp_frame).
(Jakub Kicinski)
- Fixed reclaim gating: check for pending frames on the XDP TX ring
instead of priv->xdp_prog, so in-flight frames are still reclaimed
after XDP program detach. (Jakub Kicinski)
- Removed dead len -= ETH_FCS_LEN in patch 1. (Mohsin Bashir)
- Added patch 7: minimal ndo_change_mtu that rejects MTU values
incompatible with XDP when a program is attached. (Mohsin Bashir,
Florian Fainelli)
Changes since v4:
- Fixed unused variable warning: moved tx_ring declaration from
patch 4 to patch 5 where it is first used. (Jakub Kicinski)
Changes since v3:
- Fixed xdp_prepare_buff() called with meta_valid=false, causing
bcmgenet_xdp_build_skb() to compute metasize=UINT_MAX and corrupt
skb meta_len. Now passes true. (Simon Horman)
- Removed bcmgenet_dump_tx_queue() for ring 16 in bcmgenet_timeout().
Ring 16 has no netdev TX queue, so netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, 16)
accessed beyond the allocated _tx array. (Simon Horman)
- Fixed checkpatch alignment warnings in patches 4 and 5.
Changes since v2:
- Fixed page leak on partial bcmgenet_alloc_rx_buffers() failure:
free already-allocated rx_cbs before destroying page pool.
(Simon Horman)
- Fixed GENET_Q16_TX_BD_CNT defined as 64 instead of 32.
(Simon Horman)
- Moved XDP TX ring to a separate struct member (xdp_tx_ring)
instead of expanding tx_rings[] to DESC_INDEX+1. (Justin Chen)
- Added synchronize_net() before bpf_prog_put() in XDP prog swap.
- Removed goto drop_page inside switch; inlined page_pool_put
calls in each failure path. (Justin Chen)
- Removed unnecessary curly braces around case XDP_TX. (Justin Chen)
- Moved int err hoisting from patch 2 to patch 1. (Justin Chen)
- Kept return type on same line as function name, per driver
convention. (Justin Chen)
- XDP TX packets/bytes now counted in TX reclaim for standard
network statistics.
Changes since v1:
- Fixed tx_rings[DESC_INDEX] out-of-bounds access. Expanded array
to DESC_INDEX+1 and initialized ring 16 with dedicated BDs.
- Use ring 16 (hardware default descriptor ring) for XDP TX,
isolating from normal SKB TX queues.
- Piggyback ring 16 TX completion on RX NAPI poll (INTRL2_1 bit
collision with RX ring 0).
- Fixed ring 16 TX reclaim: skip INTRL2_1 clear, skip BQL
completion, use non-destructive reclaim in RX poll path.
- Prepend zeroed TSB before XDP TX frame data (TBUF_64B_EN requires
64-byte struct status_64 prefix on all TX buffers).
- Tested with upstream XDP selftests (xdp.py): pass_sb, drop_sb,
tx_sb all passing. The multi-buffer tests (pass_mb, drop_mb,
tx_mb) fail because bcmgenet does not support jumbo frames /
MTU changes; I plan to add ndo_change_mtu support in a follow-up
series.
Nicolai Buchwitz (7):
net: bcmgenet: convert RX path to page_pool
net: bcmgenet: register xdp_rxq_info for each RX ring
net: bcmgenet: add basic XDP support (PASS/DROP)
net: bcmgenet: add XDP_TX support
net: bcmgenet: add XDP_REDIRECT and ndo_xdp_xmit support
net: bcmgenet: add XDP statistics counters
net: bcmgenet: reject MTU changes incompatible with XDP
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/Kconfig | 1 +
.../net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c | 643 +++++++++++++++---
.../net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h | 19 +
3 files changed, 565 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-06 8:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-06 8:35 Nicolai Buchwitz [this message]
2026-04-06 8:35 ` [PATCH net-next v6 1/7] net: bcmgenet: convert RX path to page_pool Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-06 17:10 ` Florian Fainelli
2026-04-12 19:10 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-06 8:35 ` [PATCH net-next v6 2/7] net: bcmgenet: register xdp_rxq_info for each RX ring Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-06 17:22 ` Florian Fainelli
2026-04-06 8:35 ` [PATCH net-next v6 3/7] net: bcmgenet: add basic XDP support (PASS/DROP) Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-06 18:57 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-12 19:22 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-06 8:35 ` [PATCH net-next v6 4/7] net: bcmgenet: add XDP_TX support Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-06 18:52 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-06 8:35 ` [PATCH net-next v6 5/7] net: bcmgenet: add XDP_REDIRECT and ndo_xdp_xmit support Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-06 8:35 ` [PATCH net-next v6 6/7] net: bcmgenet: add XDP statistics counters Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-06 17:20 ` Florian Fainelli
2026-04-06 8:35 ` [PATCH net-next v6 7/7] net: bcmgenet: reject MTU changes incompatible with XDP Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-06 17:19 ` Florian Fainelli
2026-04-06 18:30 ` Mohsin Bashir
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