[PATCH net-next v6 2/2] net: mana: force full-page RX buffers via ethtool private flag

Dipayaan Roy
2026-04-07T20:02:53Z

On some ARM64 platforms with 4K PAGE_SIZE, page_pool fragment
allocation in the RX refill path can cause 15-20% throughput
regression under high connection counts (>16 TCP streams).

Add an ethtool private flag "full-page-rx" that allows the user to
force one RX buffer per page, bypassing the page_pool fragment path.
This restores line-rate (180+ Gbps) performance on affected platforms.

Usage:
ethtool --set-priv-flags eth0 full-page-rx on

There is no behavioral change by default. The flag must be explicitly
enabled by the user or udev rule.

The existing single-buffer-per-page logic for XDP and jumbo frames is
consolidated into a new helper mana_use_single_rxbuf_per_page() which
is now the single decision point for both the automatic and
user-controlled paths.

Signed-off-by: Dipayaan Roy <dipayanroy@linux.microsoft.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 22 ++++-
.../ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c | 89 +++++++++++++++++++
include/net/mana/mana.h | 8 ++
3 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
index 49c65cc1697c..59a1626c2be1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
@@ -744,6 +744,25 @@ static void *mana_get_rxbuf_pre(struct mana_rxq *rxq, dma_addr_t *da)
return va;
}

+static bool
+mana_use_single_rxbuf_per_page(struct mana_port_context *apc, u32 mtu)
+{
+ /* On some platforms with 4K PAGE_SIZE, page_pool fragment allocation
+ * in the RX refill path (~2kB buffer) can cause significant throughput
+ * regression under high connection counts. Allow user to force one RX
+ * buffer per page via ethtool private flag to bypass the fragment
+ * path.
+ */
+ if (apc->priv_flags & BIT(MANA_PRIV_FLAG_USE_FULL_PAGE_RXBUF))
+ return true;
+
+ /* For xdp and jumbo frames make sure only one packet fits per page. */
+ if (mtu + MANA_RXBUF_PAD > PAGE_SIZE / 2 || mana_xdp_get(apc))
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
/* Get RX buffer's data size, alloc size, XDP headroom based on MTU */
static void mana_get_rxbuf_cfg(struct mana_port_context *apc,
int mtu, u32 *datasize, u32 *alloc_size,
@@ -754,8 +773,7 @@ static void mana_get_rxbuf_cfg(struct mana_port_context *apc,
/* Calculate datasize first (consistent across all cases) */
*datasize = mtu + ETH_HLEN;

- /* For xdp and jumbo frames make sure only one packet fits per page */
- if (mtu + MANA_RXBUF_PAD > PAGE_SIZE / 2 || mana_xdp_get(apc)) {
+ if (mana_use_single_rxbuf_per_page(apc, mtu)) {
if (mana_xdp_get(apc)) {
*headroom = XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM;
*alloc_size = PAGE_SIZE;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c
index a28ca461c135..0547c903f613 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ static const struct mana_stats_desc mana_phy_stats[] = {
{ "hc_tc7_tx_pause_phy", offsetof(struct mana_ethtool_phy_stats, tx_pause_tc7_phy) },
};

+static const char mana_priv_flags[MANA_PRIV_FLAG_MAX][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
+ [MANA_PRIV_FLAG_USE_FULL_PAGE_RXBUF] = "full-page-rx"
+};
+
static int mana_get_sset_count(struct net_device *ndev, int stringset)
{
struct mana_port_context *apc = netdev_priv(ndev);
@@ -144,6 +148,10 @@ static int mana_get_sset_count(struct net_device *ndev, int stringset)
ARRAY_SIZE(mana_phy_stats) +
ARRAY_SIZE(mana_hc_stats) +
num_queues * (MANA_STATS_RX_COUNT + MANA_STATS_TX_COUNT);
+
+ case ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS:
+ return MANA_PRIV_FLAG_MAX;
+
default:
return -EINVAL;
}
@@ -192,6 +200,14 @@ static void mana_get_strings_stats(struct mana_port_context *apc, u8 **data)
}
}

+static void mana_get_strings_priv_flags(u8 **data)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < MANA_PRIV_FLAG_MAX; i++)
+ ethtool_puts(data, mana_priv_flags[i]);
+}
+
static void mana_get_strings(struct net_device *ndev, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
{
struct mana_port_context *apc = netdev_priv(ndev);
@@ -200,6 +216,9 @@ static void mana_get_strings(struct net_device *ndev, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
case ETH_SS_STATS:
mana_get_strings_stats(apc, &data);
break;
+ case ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS:
+ mana_get_strings_priv_flags(&data);
+ break;
default:
break;
}
@@ -590,6 +609,74 @@ static int mana_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *ndev,
return 0;
}

+static u32 mana_get_priv_flags(struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+ struct mana_port_context *apc = netdev_priv(ndev);
+
+ return apc->priv_flags;
+}
+
+static int mana_set_priv_flags(struct net_device *ndev, u32 priv_flags)
+{
+ struct mana_port_context *apc = netdev_priv(ndev);
+ u32 changed = apc->priv_flags ^ priv_flags;
+ u32 old_priv_flags = apc->priv_flags;
+ bool schedule_port_reset = false;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ if (!changed)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Reject unknown bits */
+ if (priv_flags & ~GENMASK(MANA_PRIV_FLAG_MAX - 1, 0))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (changed & BIT(MANA_PRIV_FLAG_USE_FULL_PAGE_RXBUF)) {
+ apc->priv_flags = priv_flags;
+
+ if (!apc->port_is_up) {
+ /* Port is down, flag updated to apply on next up
+ * so just return.
+ */
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /* Pre-allocate buffers to prevent failure in mana_attach
+ * later
+ */
+ err = mana_pre_alloc_rxbufs(apc, ndev->mtu, apc->num_queues);
+ if (err) {
+ netdev_err(ndev,
+ "Insufficient memory for new allocations\n");
+ apc->priv_flags = old_priv_flags;
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ err = mana_detach(ndev, false);
+ if (err) {
+ netdev_err(ndev, "mana_detach failed: %d\n", err);
+ apc->priv_flags = old_priv_flags;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ err = mana_attach(ndev);
+ if (err) {
+ netdev_err(ndev, "mana_attach failed: %d\n", err);
+ apc->priv_flags = old_priv_flags;
+ schedule_port_reset = true;
+ }
+ }
+
+out:
+ mana_pre_dealloc_rxbufs(apc);
+
+ if (err && schedule_port_reset)
+ queue_work(apc->ac->per_port_queue_reset_wq,
+ &apc->queue_reset_work);
+
+ return err;
+}
+
const struct ethtool_ops mana_ethtool_ops = {
.supported_coalesce_params = ETHTOOL_COALESCE_RX_CQE_FRAMES,
.get_ethtool_stats = mana_get_ethtool_stats,
@@ -608,4 +695,6 @@ const struct ethtool_ops mana_ethtool_ops = {
.set_ringparam = mana_set_ringparam,
.get_link_ksettings = mana_get_link_ksettings,
.get_link = ethtool_op_get_link,
+ .get_priv_flags = mana_get_priv_flags,
+ .set_priv_flags = mana_set_priv_flags,
};
diff --git a/include/net/mana/mana.h b/include/net/mana/mana.h
index 3336688fed5e..fd87e3d6c1f4 100644
--- a/include/net/mana/mana.h
+++ b/include/net/mana/mana.h
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ enum TRI_STATE {
TRI_STATE_TRUE = 1
};

+/* MANA ethtool private flag bit positions */
+enum mana_priv_flag_bits {
+ MANA_PRIV_FLAG_USE_FULL_PAGE_RXBUF = 0,
+ MANA_PRIV_FLAG_MAX,
+};
+
/* Number of entries for hardware indirection table must be in power of 2 */
#define MANA_INDIRECT_TABLE_MAX_SIZE 512
#define MANA_INDIRECT_TABLE_DEF_SIZE 64
@@ -531,6 +537,8 @@ struct mana_port_context {
u32 rxbpre_headroom;
u32 rxbpre_frag_count;

+ u32 priv_flags;
+
struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog;

/* Create num_queues EQs, SQs, SQ-CQs, RQs and RQ-CQs, respectively. */
--
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