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 v9 00/14] netkit: Support for io_uring zero-copy and AF_XDP
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:18:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260320221814.236775-1-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.
v8->v9:
- Use ynl --family netdev in commit desc (Jakub)
- Update docs and comments about locking (Jakub)
- Propagate extack to the driver in ndo_queue_create (Jakub)
- Move function to net/core/dev.h core where possible (Jakub)
- Add comment about lease in netdev_rx_queue struct (Jakub)
- Add min: 0 check to netns id in policy (Jakub)
- Drop ifindex == ifindex_lease test in netdev_nl_queue_create_doit (Jakub)
- Detailed extack errors in netkit's ndo_queue_create (Jakub)
- Refactor lease dump into own function in netdev_nl_queue_fill_one (Jakub)
- Dump mp and xsk info for both queues in netdev_nl_queue_fill_one (Jakub)
- Replace the net_ prefix with netif_ for net_mp_{open,close}_rxq (Jakub)
- Remove ifq_idx naming cleanup from net_mp_{open,close}_rxq (Jakub)
- Rework the mp entry points to have explicit code that deals with
the lease (Jakub)
- Fix locking in netdev_queue_get_dma_dev (Jakub)
- Remove unneeded carrier flap in netkit_queue_create (Jakub)
- Drop base net selftests that were already merged
- Add more nekit queue leasing coverage of base functionality (Jakub)
- Remove any mp leftovers upon unlease found via test cases
- Rebase and retested everything with mlx5 + bnxt_en
v7->v8:
- Rework and refactor net_mp_{open,close}_rxq patch (Jakub)
- Moved queue lease netlink command from env into test (Jakub)
- Support netns_id also in queue create call and not only dump
- Rebase and retested everything with mlx5 + bnxt_en
v6->v7:
- Add xsk_dev_queue_valid real_num_rx_queues check given bound
xs->queue_id could be from a TX queue (AI review bot)
- Fix up exception path in queue leasing selftest (AI review bot)
- Rebase and retested everything with mlx5 + bnxt_en
v5->v6:
- Fix nest_queue test in netdev_nl_queue_fill_one (Jakub/AI review bot)
- Fix netdev notifier locking leak (Jakub/AI review 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)
- Rebase and retested everything with mlx5 + bnxt_en
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 (10):
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
net: Slightly simplify net_mp_{open,close}_rxq
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 (4):
net: Proxy netif_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 queue lease tests
Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml | 46 ++
Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst | 6 +
drivers/net/netkit.c | 372 +++++++++--
include/linux/netdevice.h | 11 +-
include/net/netdev_queues.h | 21 +-
include/net/netdev_rx_queue.h | 29 +-
include/net/page_pool/memory_provider.h | 8 +-
include/net/xdp_sock_drv.h | 2 +-
include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 6 +
include/uapi/linux/netdev.h | 11 +
io_uring/zcrx.c | 9 +-
net/core/dev.c | 13 +
net/core/dev.h | 7 +
net/core/devmem.c | 6 +-
net/core/netdev-genl-gen.c | 20 +
net/core/netdev-genl-gen.h | 2 +
net/core/netdev-genl.c | 232 ++++++-
net/core/netdev_queues.c | 95 ++-
net/core/netdev_rx_queue.c | 194 +++++-
net/ethtool/channels.c | 12 +-
net/ethtool/ioctl.c | 9 +-
net/xdp/xsk.c | 79 ++-
tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h | 11 +
.../testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/Makefile | 1 +
.../drivers/net/hw/lib/py/__init__.py | 4 +-
.../selftests/drivers/net/hw/nk_qlease.py | 614 ++++++++++++++++++
26 files changed, 1675 insertions(+), 145 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/nk_qlease.py
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2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-20 22:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-20 22:18 Daniel Borkmann [this message]
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 01/14] net: Add queue-create operation Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 02/14] net: Implement netdev_nl_queue_create_doit Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 03/14] net: Add lease info to queue-get response Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 04/14] net, ethtool: Disallow leased real rxqs to be resized Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 05/14] net: Slightly simplify net_mp_{open,close}_rxq Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 06/14] net: Proxy netif_mp_{open,close}_rxq for leased queues Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 07/14] net: Proxy netdev_queue_get_dma_dev " Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 08/14] xsk: Extend xsk_rcv_check validation Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 09/14] xsk: Proxy pool management for leased queues Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 10/14] netkit: Add single device mode for netkit Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 11/14] netkit: Implement rtnl_link_ops->alloc and ndo_queue_create Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 12/14] netkit: Add netkit notifier to check for unregistering devices Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 13/14] netkit: Add xsk support for af_xdp applications Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-20 22:18 ` [PATCH net-next v9 14/14] selftests/net: Add queue lease tests Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-24 2:55 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-24 9:29 ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-24 21:40 ` Jakub Kicinski
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