Re: [PATCH net-next v3 05/18] xdp: Use nested-BH locking for system_page_pool

[Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>]

Cc. Toke

On 30/04/2025 14.47, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> system_page_pool is a per-CPU variable and relies on disabled BH for its
> locking. Without per-CPU locking in local_bh_disable() on PREEMPT_RT
> this data structure requires explicit locking.
> 
> Make a struct with a page_pool member (original system_page_pool) and a
> local_lock_t and use local_lock_nested_bh() for locking. This change
> adds only lockdep coverage and does not alter the functional behaviour
> for !PREEMPT_RT.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>
> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
> Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>
> Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
> ---
>   include/linux/netdevice.h |  7 ++++++-
>   net/core/dev.c            | 15 ++++++++++-----
>   net/core/xdp.c            | 11 +++++++++--
>   3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> index 2d11d013cabed..2018e2432cb56 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> @@ -3502,7 +3502,12 @@ struct softnet_data {
>   };
>   
>   DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct softnet_data, softnet_data);
> -DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct page_pool *, system_page_pool);
> +
> +struct page_pool_bh {
> +	struct page_pool *pool;
> +	local_lock_t bh_lock;
> +};
> +DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct page_pool_bh, system_page_pool);
>   
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
>   static inline int dev_recursion_level(void)
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index 1be7cb73a6024..b56becd070bc7 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -462,7 +462,9 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(softnet_data);
>    * PP consumers must pay attention to run APIs in the appropriate context
>    * (e.g. NAPI context).
>    */
> -DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct page_pool *, system_page_pool);
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct page_pool_bh, system_page_pool) = {
> +	.bh_lock = INIT_LOCAL_LOCK(bh_lock),
> +};
>   
>   #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
>   /*
> @@ -5238,7 +5240,10 @@ netif_skb_check_for_xdp(struct sk_buff **pskb, const struct bpf_prog *prog)
>   	struct sk_buff *skb = *pskb;
>   	int err, hroom, troom;
>   
> -	if (!skb_cow_data_for_xdp(this_cpu_read(system_page_pool), pskb, prog))
> +	local_lock_nested_bh(&system_page_pool.bh_lock);
> +	err = skb_cow_data_for_xdp(this_cpu_read(system_page_pool.pool), pskb, prog);
> +	local_unlock_nested_bh(&system_page_pool.bh_lock);
> +	if (!err)
>   		return 0;
>   
>   	/* In case we have to go down the path and also linearize,
> @@ -12629,7 +12634,7 @@ static int net_page_pool_create(int cpuid)
>   		return err;
>   	}
>   
> -	per_cpu(system_page_pool, cpuid) = pp_ptr;
> +	per_cpu(system_page_pool.pool, cpuid) = pp_ptr;
>   #endif
>   	return 0;
>   }
> @@ -12759,13 +12764,13 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void)
>   		for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
>   			struct page_pool *pp_ptr;
>   
> -			pp_ptr = per_cpu(system_page_pool, i);
> +			pp_ptr = per_cpu(system_page_pool.pool, i);
>   			if (!pp_ptr)
>   				continue;
>   
>   			xdp_unreg_page_pool(pp_ptr);
>   			page_pool_destroy(pp_ptr);
> -			per_cpu(system_page_pool, i) = NULL;
> +			per_cpu(system_page_pool.pool, i) = NULL;
>   		}
>   	}
>   
> diff --git a/net/core/xdp.c b/net/core/xdp.c
> index f86eedad586a7..b2a5c934fe7b7 100644
> --- a/net/core/xdp.c
> +++ b/net/core/xdp.c
> @@ -737,10 +737,10 @@ static noinline bool xdp_copy_frags_from_zc(struct sk_buff *skb,
>    */
>   struct sk_buff *xdp_build_skb_from_zc(struct xdp_buff *xdp)
>   {
> -	struct page_pool *pp = this_cpu_read(system_page_pool);
>   	const struct xdp_rxq_info *rxq = xdp->rxq;
>   	u32 len = xdp->data_end - xdp->data_meta;
>   	u32 truesize = xdp->frame_sz;
> +	struct page_pool *pp;
>   	struct sk_buff *skb;
>   	int metalen;
>   	void *data;
> @@ -748,13 +748,18 @@ struct sk_buff *xdp_build_skb_from_zc(struct xdp_buff *xdp)
>   	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_POOL))
>   		return NULL;
>   
> +	local_lock_nested_bh(&system_page_pool.bh_lock);
> +	pp = this_cpu_read(system_page_pool.pool);
>   	data = page_pool_dev_alloc_va(pp, &truesize);
> -	if (unlikely(!data))
> +	if (unlikely(!data)) {
> +		local_unlock_nested_bh(&system_page_pool.bh_lock);
>   		return NULL;
> +	}
>   
>   	skb = napi_build_skb(data, truesize);
>   	if (unlikely(!skb)) {
>   		page_pool_free_va(pp, data, true);
> +		local_unlock_nested_bh(&system_page_pool.bh_lock);
>   		return NULL;
>   	}
>   
> @@ -773,9 +778,11 @@ struct sk_buff *xdp_build_skb_from_zc(struct xdp_buff *xdp)
>   
>   	if (unlikely(xdp_buff_has_frags(xdp)) &&
>   	    unlikely(!xdp_copy_frags_from_zc(skb, xdp, pp))) {
> +		local_unlock_nested_bh(&system_page_pool.bh_lock);
>   		napi_consume_skb(skb, true);
>   		return NULL;
>   	}
> +	local_unlock_nested_bh(&system_page_pool.bh_lock);
>   
>   	xsk_buff_free(xdp);
>