[PATCH net-next v2] net: sysfs: Do not create sysfs for non BQL device

Breno Leitao
2024-02-16T09:42:18Z

Creation of sysfs entries is expensive, mainly for workloads that
constantly creates netdev and netns often.

Do not create BQL sysfs entries for devices that don't need,
basically those that do not have a real queue, i.e, devices that has
NETIF_F_LLTX and IFF_NO_QUEUE, such as `lo` interface.

This will remove the /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/tx-X/byte_queue_limits/
directory for these devices.

In the example below, eth0 has the `byte_queue_limits` directory but not
`lo`.

# ls /sys/class/net/lo/queues/tx-0/
traffic_class tx_maxrate tx_timeout xps_cpus xps_rxqs

# ls /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/tx-0/byte_queue_limits/
hold_time inflight limit limit_max limit_min

This also removes the #ifdefs, since we can also use netdev_uses_bql() to
check if the config is enabled. (as suggested by Jakub).

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
net/core/net-sysfs.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 946caefdd959..af238026ac3c 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -1459,6 +1459,9 @@ static const struct attribute_group dql_group = {
.name = "byte_queue_limits",
.attrs = dql_attrs,
};
+#else
+/* Fake declaration, all the code using it should be dead */
+extern const struct attribute_group dql_group;
#endif /* CONFIG_BQL */

#ifdef CONFIG_XPS
@@ -1696,6 +1699,15 @@ static const struct kobj_type netdev_queue_ktype = {
.get_ownership = netdev_queue_get_ownership,
};

+static bool netdev_uses_bql(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ if (dev->features & NETIF_F_LLTX ||
+ dev->priv_flags & IFF_NO_QUEUE)
+ return false;
+
+ return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BQL);
+}
+
static int netdev_queue_add_kobject(struct net_device *dev, int index)
{
struct netdev_queue *queue = dev->_tx + index;
@@ -1713,11 +1725,11 @@ static int netdev_queue_add_kobject(struct net_device *dev, int index)
if (error)
goto err;

-#ifdef CONFIG_BQL
- error = sysfs_create_group(kobj, &dql_group);
- if (error)
- goto err;
-#endif
+ if (netdev_uses_bql(dev)) {
+ error = sysfs_create_group(kobj, &dql_group);
+ if (error)
+ goto err;
+ }

kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
return 0;
@@ -1738,9 +1750,9 @@ static int tx_queue_change_owner(struct net_device *ndev, int index,
if (error)
return error;

-#ifdef CONFIG_BQL
- error = sysfs_group_change_owner(kobj, &dql_group, kuid, kgid);
-#endif
+ if (netdev_uses_bql(ndev))
+ error = sysfs_group_change_owner(kobj, &dql_group, kuid, kgid);
+
return error;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
@@ -1772,9 +1784,10 @@ netdev_queue_update_kobjects(struct net_device *dev, int old_num, int new_num)

if (!refcount_read(&dev_net(dev)->ns.count))
queue->kobj.uevent_suppress = 1;
-#ifdef CONFIG_BQL
- sysfs_remove_group(&queue->kobj, &dql_group);
-#endif
+
+ if (netdev_uses_bql(dev))
+ sysfs_remove_group(&queue->kobj, &dql_group);
+
kobject_put(&queue->kobj);
}

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