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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 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

-- 
2.43.0


             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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