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From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
	razor@blackwall.org, pabeni@redhat.com, willemb@google.com,
	sdf@fomichev.me, john.fastabend@gmail.com, martin.lau@kernel.org,
	jordan@jrife.io, maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com,
	magnus.karlsson@intel.com, dw@davidwei.uk, toke@redhat.com,
	yangzhenze@bytedance.com, wangdongdong.6@bytedance.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v6 00/16] netkit: Support for io_uring zero-copy and AF_XDP
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:22:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260113232257.200036-1-daniel@iogearbox.net> (raw)

Containers use virtual netdevs to route traffic from a physical netdev
in the host namespace. They do not have access to the physical netdev
in the host and thus can't use memory providers or AF_XDP that require
reconfiguring/restarting queues in the physical netdev.

This patchset adds the concept of queue leasing to virtual netdevs that
allow containers to use memory providers and AF_XDP at native speed.
Leased queues are bound to a real queue in a physical netdev and act
as a proxy.

Memory providers and AF_XDP operations take an ifindex and queue id,
so containers would pass in an ifindex for a virtual netdev and a queue
id of a leased queue, which then gets proxied to the underlying real
queue.

We have implemented support for this concept in netkit and tested the
latter against Nvidia ConnectX-6 (mlx5) as well as Broadcom BCM957504
(bnxt_en) 100G NICs. For more details see the individual patches.

v5->v6:
 - Fix nest_queue test in netdev_nl_queue_fill_one (Jakub/AI bot)
 - Fix netdev notifier locking leak (Jakub/AI bot)
 - Drop NETREG_UNREGISTERING WARN_ON_ONCE to avoid confusion (Stan)
 - Remove slipped-in .gitignore cruft in net selftest (Stan)
 - Fix Pylint warnings in net selftest (Jakub)
v4->v5:
 - Rework of the core API into queue-create op (Jakub)
 - Rename from queue peering to queue leasing (Jakub)
 - Add net selftests for queue leasing (Stan, Jakub)
 - Move netkit_queue_get_dma_dev into core (Jakub)
 - Dropped netkit_get_channels (Jakub)
 - Moved ndo_queue_create back to return index or error (Jakub)
 - Inline __netdev_rx_queue_{peer,unpeer} helpers (Jakub)
 - Adding helpers in patches where they are used (Jakub)
 - Undo inline for netdev_put_lock (Jakub)
 - Factoring out checks whether device can lease (Jakub)
 - Fix up return codes in netdev_nl_bind_queue_doit (Jakub)
 - Reject when AF_XDP or mp already bound (Jakub)
 - Switch some error cases to NL_SET_BAD_ATTR() (Jakub)
 - Rebase and retested everything with mlx5 + bnxt_en
v3->v4:
 - ndo_queue_create store dst queue via arg (Nikolay)
 - Small nits like a spelling issue + rev xmas (Nikolay)
 - admin-perm flag in bind-queue spec (Jakub)
 - Fix potential ABBA deadlock situation in bind (Jakub, Paolo, Stan)
 - Add a peer dev_tracker to not reuse the sysfs one (Jakub)
 - New patch (12/14) to handle the underlying device going away (Jakub)
 - Improve commit message on queue-get (Jakub)
 - Do not expose phys dev info from container on queue-get (Jakub)
 - Add netif_put_rx_queue_peer_locked to simplify code (Stan)
 - Rework xsk handling to simplify the code and drop a few patches
 - Rebase and retested everything with mlx5 + bnxt_en
v2->v3:
 - Use netdev_ops_assert_locked instead of netdev_assert_locked (syzbot)
 - Add missing netdev_lockdep_set_classes in netkit
v1->v2:
 - Removed bind sample ynl code (Stan)
 - Reworked netdev locking to have consistent order (Stan, Kuba)
 - Return 'not supported' in API patch (Stan)
 - Improved ynl documentation (Kuba)
 - Added 'max: s32-max' in ynl spec for ifindex (Kuba)
 - Added also queue type in ynl to have user specify rx to make
   it obvious (Kuba)
 - Use of netdev_hold (Kuba)
 - Avoid static inlines from another header (Kuba)
 - Squashed some commits (Kuba, Stan)
 - Removed ndo_{peer,unpeer}_queues callback and simplified
   code (Kuba)
 - Improved commit messages (Toke, Kuba, Stan, zf)
 - Got rid of locking genl_sk_priv_get (Stan)
 - Removed af_xdp cleanup churn (Maciej)
 - Added netdev locking asserts (Stan)
 - Reject ethtool ioctl path queue resizing (Kuba)
 - Added kdoc for ndo_queue_create (Stan)
 - Uninvert logic in netkit single dev mode (Jordan)
 - Added binding support for multiple queues

Daniel Borkmann (9):
  net: Add queue-create operation
  net: Implement netdev_nl_queue_create_doit
  net: Add lease info to queue-get response
  net, ethtool: Disallow leased real rxqs to be resized
  xsk: Extend xsk_rcv_check validation
  xsk: Proxy pool management for leased queues
  netkit: Add single device mode for netkit
  netkit: Add netkit notifier to check for unregistering devices
  netkit: Add xsk support for af_xdp applications

David Wei (7):
  net: Proxy net_mp_{open,close}_rxq for leased queues
  net: Proxy netdev_queue_get_dma_dev for leased queues
  netkit: Implement rtnl_link_ops->alloc and ndo_queue_create
  selftests/net: Add bpf skb forwarding program
  selftests/net: Add env for container based tests
  selftests/net: Make NetDrvContEnv support queue leasing
  selftests/net: Add netkit container tests

 Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml       |  44 +++
 drivers/net/netkit.c                          | 358 +++++++++++++++---
 include/linux/netdevice.h                     |   6 +
 include/net/netdev_queues.h                   |  19 +-
 include/net/netdev_rx_queue.h                 |  21 +-
 include/net/page_pool/memory_provider.h       |   4 +-
 include/net/xdp_sock_drv.h                    |   2 +-
 include/uapi/linux/if_link.h                  |   6 +
 include/uapi/linux/netdev.h                   |  11 +
 net/core/dev.c                                |   7 +
 net/core/dev.h                                |   2 +
 net/core/netdev-genl-gen.c                    |  20 +
 net/core/netdev-genl-gen.h                    |   2 +
 net/core/netdev-genl.c                        | 185 +++++++++
 net/core/netdev_queues.c                      |  74 +++-
 net/core/netdev_rx_queue.c                    | 169 +++++++--
 net/ethtool/channels.c                        |  12 +-
 net/ethtool/ioctl.c                           |   9 +-
 net/xdp/xsk.c                                 |  73 +++-
 tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h             |  11 +
 .../testing/selftests/drivers/net/README.rst  |   7 +
 .../testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/Makefile |   2 +
 .../drivers/net/hw/lib/py/__init__.py         |   7 +-
 .../selftests/drivers/net/hw/nk_forward.bpf.c |  49 +++
 .../selftests/drivers/net/hw/nk_netns.py      |  23 ++
 .../selftests/drivers/net/hw/nk_qlease.py     |  55 +++
 .../selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/__init__.py  |   7 +-
 .../selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/env.py       | 157 +++++++-
 28 files changed, 1224 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/nk_forward.bpf.c
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/nk_netns.py
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/nk_qlease.py

-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-01-13 23:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-13 23:22 Daniel Borkmann [this message]
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 01/16] net: Add queue-create operation Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 02/16] net: Implement netdev_nl_queue_create_doit Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 03/16] net: Add lease info to queue-get response Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 04/16] net, ethtool: Disallow leased real rxqs to be resized Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 05/16] net: Proxy net_mp_{open,close}_rxq for leased queues Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 06/16] net: Proxy netdev_queue_get_dma_dev " Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 07/16] xsk: Extend xsk_rcv_check validation Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 08/16] xsk: Proxy pool management for leased queues Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 09/16] netkit: Add single device mode for netkit Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 10/16] netkit: Implement rtnl_link_ops->alloc and ndo_queue_create Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 11/16] netkit: Add netkit notifier to check for unregistering devices Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 12/16] netkit: Add xsk support for af_xdp applications Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 13/16] selftests/net: Add bpf skb forwarding program Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 14/16] selftests/net: Add env for container based tests Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 15/16] selftests/net: Make NetDrvContEnv support queue leasing Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-13 23:22 ` [PATCH net-next v6 16/16] selftests/net: Add netkit container tests Daniel Borkmann
2026-01-14 22:39 ` [PATCH net-next v6 00/16] netkit: Support for io_uring zero-copy and AF_XDP Daniel Borkmann

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