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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: <netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: sbrivio@redhat.com, Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Subject: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: restore performance optimization
Date: Wed,  1 Apr 2026 13:02:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401110230.19226-1-fw@strlen.de> (raw)

The avx2 lookup routines get the next map index to process passes as a
function argument, but this isn't bery obvious because its hidden in the
lookup macro.

In commit 17a20e09f086 ("netfilter: nft_set: remove one argument from
lookup and update functions") I incorrectly moved the "ret" scope into
the loop.

This has no effect on the correctness, but it can (depending on map sizes)
cause a redundant repeat of an earlier processing step.

Restore the intended 'pass map index' instead of always-0.
Note that I did not see any change in performance numbers, so
an alternative would be to axe this optimization and go with
slightly simpler code instead.

Additionally, a recent LLM review pointed out following "bug":
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 >               b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 >               if (last)
 > -                     return b;
 > +                     ret = b;
 >
 >               if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 >                       ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;

 Does this change introduce a logic error when last=true and no match is
 found? The old code used 'return b;' which immediately exited the loop. The
 new code changes this to 'ret = b;' to allow loop continuation, but when
 last=true and nft_pipapo_avx2_refill() returns -1 (no match found), the
 execution flow becomes:

 1. ret = -1 (from 'if (last) ret = b;')
 2. The condition 'if (unlikely(ret == -1))' evaluates to TRUE
 3. ret = -1 / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE = -1 / 32 = 0 (integer division)
 4. Loop continues with ret=0

 [..]

 Should this be changed to an else-if structure instead?
 -------------------------------------------------------------

All call sites invoke nft_pipapo_avx2_refill() only when at least one
bit in the map is set, i.e. nft_pipapo_avx2_refill() never returns -1.

Add a runtime debug check that fires if we'd return -1 as additional
documentation and also make the suggested change, code might be easier
to understand this way.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
 net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c | 35 ++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c
index dad265807b8b..b3f105520a85 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ static void nft_pipapo_avx2_fill(unsigned long *data, int start, int len)
  * This is an alternative implementation of pipapo_refill() suitable for usage
  * with AVX2 lookup routines: we know there are four words to be scanned, at
  * a given offset inside the map, for each matching iteration.
+ * The caller must ensure at least one bit in the four words is set.
  *
  * This function doesn't actually use any AVX2 instruction.
  *
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(int offset, unsigned long *map,
 	NFT_PIPAPO_AVX2_REFILL_ONE_WORD(3);
 #undef NFT_PIPAPO_AVX2_REFILL_ONE_WORD
 
+	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(ret < 0);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -243,8 +245,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_4b_2(unsigned long *map, unsigned long *fill,
 		b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 		if (last)
 			ret = b;
-
-		if (unlikely(ret == -1))
+		else if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 			ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;
 
 		continue;
@@ -320,8 +321,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_4b_4(unsigned long *map, unsigned long *fill,
 		b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 		if (last)
 			ret = b;
-
-		if (unlikely(ret == -1))
+		else if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 			ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;
 
 		continue;
@@ -415,8 +415,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_4b_8(unsigned long *map, unsigned long *fill,
 		b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 		if (last)
 			ret = b;
-
-		if (unlikely(ret == -1))
+		else if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 			ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;
 
 		continue;
@@ -506,8 +505,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_4b_12(unsigned long *map, unsigned long *fill,
 		b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 		if (last)
 			ret = b;
-
-		if (unlikely(ret == -1))
+		else if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 			ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;
 
 		continue;
@@ -642,8 +640,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_4b_32(unsigned long *map, unsigned long *fill,
 		b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 		if (last)
 			ret = b;
-
-		if (unlikely(ret == -1))
+		else if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 			ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;
 
 		continue;
@@ -700,8 +697,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_8b_1(unsigned long *map, unsigned long *fill,
 		b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 		if (last)
 			ret = b;
-
-		if (unlikely(ret == -1))
+		else if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 			ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;
 
 		continue;
@@ -765,8 +761,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_8b_2(unsigned long *map, unsigned long *fill,
 		b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 		if (last)
 			ret = b;
-
-		if (unlikely(ret == -1))
+		else if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 			ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;
 
 		continue;
@@ -840,8 +835,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_8b_4(unsigned long *map, unsigned long *fill,
 		b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 		if (last)
 			ret = b;
-
-		if (unlikely(ret == -1))
+		else if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 			ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;
 
 		continue;
@@ -926,8 +920,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_8b_6(unsigned long *map, unsigned long *fill,
 		b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 		if (last)
 			ret = b;
-
-		if (unlikely(ret == -1))
+		else if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 			ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;
 
 		continue;
@@ -1020,8 +1013,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_8b_16(unsigned long *map, unsigned long *fill,
 		b = nft_pipapo_avx2_refill(i_ul, &map[i_ul], fill, f->mt, last);
 		if (last)
 			ret = b;
-
-		if (unlikely(ret == -1))
+		else if (unlikely(ret == -1))
 			ret = b / XSAVE_YMM_SIZE;
 
 		continue;
@@ -1143,6 +1135,7 @@ struct nft_pipapo_elem *pipapo_get_avx2(const struct nft_pipapo_match *m,
 	const struct nft_pipapo_field *f;
 	unsigned long *res, *fill, *map;
 	bool map_index;
+	int ret = 0;
 	int i;
 
 	scratch = *raw_cpu_ptr(m->scratch);
@@ -1167,8 +1160,8 @@ struct nft_pipapo_elem *pipapo_get_avx2(const struct nft_pipapo_match *m,
 
 	nft_pipapo_for_each_field(f, i, m) {
 		bool last = i == m->field_count - 1, first = !i;
-		int ret = 0;
 
+		/* NB: previous round @ret is passed to avx2 lookup fn */
 #define NFT_SET_PIPAPO_AVX2_LOOKUP(b, n)				\
 		(ret = nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_##b##b_##n(res, fill, f,	\
 							 ret, data,	\
-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-04-01 11:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-01 11:02 Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-04-11 10:30 ` [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: restore performance optimization Stefano Brivio
2026-04-11 12:14   ` Florian Westphal
2026-04-12  9:44     ` Stefano Brivio

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