[RFC PATCH v2 01/10] net: sched: allow qdiscs to handle locking

John Fastabend
2016-07-14T06:20:15Z

This patch adds a flag for queueing disciplines to indicate the stack
does not need to use the qdisc lock to protect operations. This can
be used to build lockless scheduling algorithms and improving
performance.

The flag is checked in the tx path and the qdisc lock is only taken
if it is not set. For now use a conditional if statement. Later we
could be more aggressive if it proves worthwhile and use a static key
or wrap this in a likely().

Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>
---
include/net/sch_generic.h | 1 +
net/core/dev.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
net/sched/sch_generic.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index 909aff2..3de6a8c 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct Qdisc {
#define TCQ_F_NOPARENT 0x40 /* root of its hierarchy :
* qdisc_tree_decrease_qlen() should stop.
*/
+#define TCQ_F_NOLOCK 0x80 /* qdisc does not require locking */
u32 limit;
const struct Qdisc_ops *ops;
struct qdisc_size_table __rcu *stab;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index b92d63b..f35d449 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3075,6 +3075,27 @@ static inline int __dev_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
int rc;

qdisc_calculate_pkt_len(skb, q);
+
+ if (q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
+ if (unlikely(test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED, &q->state))) {
+ __qdisc_drop(skb, &to_free);
+ rc = NET_XMIT_DROP;
+ } else if ((q->flags & TCQ_F_CAN_BYPASS) && !qdisc_qlen(q)) {
+ qdisc_bstats_cpu_update(q, skb);
+ __qdisc_run(q);
+ if (sch_direct_xmit(skb, q, dev, txq, root_lock, true))
+ __qdisc_run(q);
+ rc = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
+ } else {
+ rc = q->enqueue(skb, q, &to_free) & NET_XMIT_MASK;
+ __qdisc_run(q);
+ }
+
+ if (unlikely(to_free))
+ kfree_skb_list(to_free);
+ return rc;
+ }
+
/*
* Heuristic to force contended enqueues to serialize on a
* separate lock before trying to get qdisc main lock.
@@ -3896,19 +3917,22 @@ static void net_tx_action(struct softirq_action *h)

while (head) {
struct Qdisc *q = head;
- spinlock_t *root_lock;
+ spinlock_t *root_lock = NULL;

head = head->next_sched;

- root_lock = qdisc_lock(q);
- spin_lock(root_lock);
+ if (!(q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK)) {
+ root_lock = qdisc_lock(q);
+ spin_lock(root_lock);
+ }
/* We need to make sure head->next_sched is read
* before clearing __QDISC_STATE_SCHED
*/
smp_mb__before_atomic();
clear_bit(__QDISC_STATE_SCHED, &q->state);
qdisc_run(q);
- spin_unlock(root_lock);
+ if (!(q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK))
+ spin_unlock(root_lock);
}
}
}
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index e95b67c..2c3e23b 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ int sch_direct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
int ret = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;

/* And release qdisc */
- spin_unlock(root_lock);
+ if (!(q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK))
+ spin_unlock(root_lock);

/* Note that we validate skb (GSO, checksum, ...) outside of locks */
if (validate)
@@ -183,10 +184,13 @@ int sch_direct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,

HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
} else {
- spin_lock(root_lock);
+ if (!(q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK))
+ spin_lock(root_lock);
return qdisc_qlen(q);
}
- spin_lock(root_lock);
+
+ if (!(q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK))
+ spin_lock(root_lock);

if (dev_xmit_complete(ret)) {
/* Driver sent out skb successfully or skb was consumed */
@@ -868,14 +872,18 @@ static bool some_qdisc_is_busy(struct net_device *dev)

dev_queue = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i);
q = dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping;
- root_lock = qdisc_lock(q);

- spin_lock_bh(root_lock);
+ if (q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
+ val = test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_SCHED, &q->state);
+ } else {
+ root_lock = qdisc_lock(q);
+ spin_lock_bh(root_lock);

- val = (qdisc_is_running(q) ||
- test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_SCHED, &q->state));
+ val = (qdisc_is_running(q) ||
+ test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_SCHED, &q->state));

- spin_unlock_bh(root_lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(root_lock);
+ }

if (val)
return true;