Re: [PATCH net-next v7] virtio_net: Support RX hash XDP hint

Liang Chen
2024-04-16T06:05:17Z

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 3:36 PM Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org> wrote:
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> On 13/04/2024 06.10, Liang Chen wrote:
> > The RSS hash report is a feature that's part of the virtio specification.
> > Currently, virtio backends like qemu, vdpa (mlx5), and potentially vhost
> > (still a work in progress as per [1]) support this feature. While the
> > capability to obtain the RSS hash has been enabled in the normal path,
> > it's currently missing in the XDP path. Therefore, we are introducing
> > XDP hints through kfuncs to allow XDP programs to access the RSS hash.
> >
> > 1.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231015141644.260646-1-akihiko.odaki@daynix.com/#r
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Liang Chen <liangchen.linux@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Changes from v6:
> > - fix a coding style issue
> > Changes from v5:
> > - Preservation of the hash value has been dropped, following the conclusion
> > from discussions in V3 reviews. The virtio_net driver doesn't
> > accessing/using the virtio_net_hdr after the XDP program execution, so
> > nothing tragic should happen. As to the xdp program, if it smashes the
> > entry in virtio header, it is likely buggy anyways. Additionally, looking
> > up the Intel IGC driver, it also does not bother with this particular
> > aspect.
> > ---
> > drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > index c22d1118a133..2a1892b7b8d3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > @@ -4621,6 +4621,60 @@ static void virtnet_set_big_packets(struct virtnet_info *vi, const int mtu)
> > }
> > }
> >
> > +static int virtnet_xdp_rx_hash(const struct xdp_md *_ctx, u32 *hash,
> > + enum xdp_rss_hash_type *rss_type)
> > +{
> > + const struct xdp_buff *xdp = (void *)_ctx;
> > + struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash *hdr_hash;
> > + struct virtnet_info *vi;
> > +
> > + if (!(xdp->rxq->dev->features & NETIF_F_RXHASH))
> > + return -ENODATA;
> > +
> > + vi = netdev_priv(xdp->rxq->dev);
> > + hdr_hash = (struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash *)(xdp->data - vi->hdr_len);
> > +
> > + switch (__le16_to_cpu(hdr_hash->hash_report)) {
> > + case VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_TCPv4:
> > + *rss_type = XDP_RSS_TYPE_L4_IPV4_TCP;
> > + break;
> > + case VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_UDPv4:
> > + *rss_type = XDP_RSS_TYPE_L4_IPV4_UDP;
> > + break;
> > + case VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_TCPv6:
> > + *rss_type = XDP_RSS_TYPE_L4_IPV6_TCP;
> > + break;
> > + case VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_UDPv6:
> > + *rss_type = XDP_RSS_TYPE_L4_IPV6_UDP;
> > + break;
> > + case VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_TCPv6_EX:
> > + *rss_type = XDP_RSS_TYPE_L4_IPV6_TCP_EX;
> > + break;
> > + case VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_UDPv6_EX:
> > + *rss_type = XDP_RSS_TYPE_L4_IPV6_UDP_EX;
> > + break;
> > + case VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_IPv4:
> > + *rss_type = XDP_RSS_TYPE_L3_IPV4;
> > + break;
> > + case VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_IPv6:
> > + *rss_type = XDP_RSS_TYPE_L3_IPV6;
> > + break;
> > + case VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_IPv6_EX:
> > + *rss_type = XDP_RSS_TYPE_L3_IPV6_EX;
> > + break;
> > + case VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_NONE:
> > + default:
> > + *rss_type = XDP_RSS_TYPE_NONE;
> > + }
>
> Why is this not implemented as a table lookup?
>

Sure. Thanks for the suggestion!

> Like:
>
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.9-rc4/source/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c#L6652
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/A/ident/xdp_rss_hash_type
>
> --Jesper
>
> > +
> > + *hash = __le32_to_cpu(hdr_hash->hash_value);
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static const struct xdp_metadata_ops virtnet_xdp_metadata_ops = {
> > + .xmo_rx_hash = virtnet_xdp_rx_hash,
> > +};
> > +
> > static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > {
> > int i, err = -ENOMEM;
> > @@ -4747,6 +4801,7 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > VIRTIO_NET_RSS_HASH_TYPE_UDP_EX);
> >
> > dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_RXHASH;
> > + dev->xdp_metadata_ops = &virtnet_xdp_metadata_ops;
> > }
> >
> > if (vi->has_rss_hash_report)