[RFC][PATCH v4 18/18] Provides multiple submits and async notifications

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From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h |   19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c79a88b..bf79756 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -530,6 +530,22 @@ struct netdev_queue {
 	unsigned long		tx_dropped;
 } ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
+/* Add a structure in structure net_device, the new field is
+ * named as mp_port. It's for mediate passthru (zero-copy).
+ * It contains the capability for the net device driver,
+ * a socket, and an external buffer creator, external means
+ * skb buffer belongs to the device may not be allocated from
+ * kernel space.
+ */
+struct mpassthru_port	{
+	int		hdr_len;
+	int		data_len;
+	int		npages;
+	unsigned	flags;
+	struct socket	*sock;
+	struct skb_external_page *(*ctor)(struct mpassthru_port *,
+				struct sk_buff *, int);
+};
 
 /*
  * This structure defines the management hooks for network devices.
@@ -952,7 +968,8 @@ struct net_device {
 	struct macvlan_port	*macvlan_port;
 	/* GARP */
 	struct garp_port	*garp_port;
-
+	/* mpassthru */
+	struct mpassthru_port	*mp_port;
 	/* class/net/name entry */
 	struct device		dev;
 	/* space for optional device, statistics, and wireless sysfs groups */
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:20 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

The ioctl is used by mp device to bind an underlying
NIC, it will query hardware capability and declare the
NIC to use external buffers.

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---

        memory leak fixed,
        kconfig made,
        do_unbind() made,
        mp_chr_ioctl() cleanup

        by Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>

 drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c |  671 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 671 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c b/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5ede17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c
@@ -0,0 +1,671 @@
+/*
+ *  MPASSTHRU - Mediate passthrough device.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009 ZhaoYu, XinXiaohui, Dike, Jeffery G
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define DRV_NAME        "mpassthru"
+#define DRV_DESCRIPTION "Mediate passthru device driver"
+#define DRV_COPYRIGHT   "(C) 2009 ZhaoYu, XinXiaohui, Dike, Jeffery G"
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/major.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/aio.h>
+
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include ...
From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:20 am

We provide an zero-copy method which driver side may get external
buffers to DMA. Here external means driver don't use kernel space
to allocate skb buffers. Currently the external buffer can be from
guest virtio-net driver.

The idea is simple, just to pin the guest VM user space and then
let host NIC driver has the chance to directly DMA to it. 
The patches are based on vhost-net backend driver. We add a device
which provides proto_ops as sendmsg/recvmsg to vhost-net to
send/recv directly to/from the NIC driver. KVM guest who use the
vhost-net backend may bind any ethX interface in the host side to
get copyless data transfer thru guest virtio-net frontend.

patch 01-12:  	net core changes.
patch 13-17:  	new device as interface to mantpulate external buffers.
patch 18: 	for vhost-net.

The guest virtio-net driver submits multiple requests thru vhost-net
backend driver to the kernel. And the requests are queued and then
completed after corresponding actions in h/w are done.

For read, user space buffers are dispensed to NIC driver for rx when
a page constructor API is invoked. Means NICs can allocate user buffers
from a page constructor. We add a hook in netif_receive_skb() function
to intercept the incoming packets, and notify the zero-copy device.

For write, the zero-copy deivce may allocates a new host skb and puts
payload on the skb_shinfo(skb)->frags, and copied the header to skb->data.
The request remains pending until the skb is transmitted by h/w.

Here, we have ever considered 2 ways to utilize the page constructor
API to dispense the user buffers.

One:	Modify __alloc_skb() function a bit, it can only allocate a 
	structure of sk_buff, and the data pointer is pointing to a 
	user buffer which is coming from a page constructor API.
	Then the shinfo of the skb is also from guest.
	When packet is received from hardware, the skb->data is filled
	directly by h/w. What we have done is in this way.

	Pros:	We can avoid any copy here.
	Cons:	Guest virtio-net driver ...
From: David Miller
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:55 am

From: xiaohui.xin@intel.com

Isn't it much easier to map the RX ring of the network device into the
guest's address space, have DMA map calls translate guest addresses to
physical/DMA addresses as well as do all of this crazy page pinning
stuff, and provide the translations and protections via the IOMMU?

What's being proposed here looks a bit over-engineered.
--

From: Xin, Xiaohui
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 6:33 pm

This solution is what now we can think of to implement zero-copy. Some
modifications are made to net core to try to avoid network device driver
changes.  The major change is to __alloc_skb(), in which we added a dev
parameter to indicate whether the device will DMA to/from guest/user buffer
which is pointed by host skb->data. We also modify skb_release_data() and
skb_reserve(). We made it now works with ixgbe driver with PS mode disabled,
and got some performance data with it.
  
	using netperf with GSO/TSO disabled, 10G NIC, 
	disabled packet split mode, with raw socket case compared to vhost.

	bindwidth will be from 1.1Gbps to 1.7Gbps
	CPU % from 120%-140% to 140%-160%

We are now trying to get decent performance data with advanced features.

-- 
MST
--

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 5:14 am

That's nice. The thing to do is probably to enable GSO/TSO
and see what we get this way. Also, mergeable buffer support
was recently posted and I hope to merge it for 2.6.35.
You might want to take a look.

-- 
MST
--

From: Xin, Xiaohui
Date: Saturday, May 8, 2010 - 12:55 am

Michael,

Currently, we still use the first way. But we now ignore the room which 
host skb_reserve() required when device is doing zero-copy. Now we don't 


I'm looking at the mergeable buffer. I think GSO/GRO support with zero-copy also needs it.
Currently, GSO/TSO is still not supported by vhost-net?
-- 
MST
--

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Sunday, May 9, 2010 - 2:26 am

GSO/TSO are currently supported with tap and macvtap,
AF_PACKET socket backend still needs some work to
--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:20 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Currently, vhost-net is only user to the mp device.

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c |  321 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 317 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c b/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c
index b171f21..0ac1a71 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c
@@ -563,8 +563,321 @@ failed:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void mp_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct mp_struct *mp = container_of(sk, struct mp_sock, sk)->mp;
+	kfree(mp);
+}
+
+static void mp_sock_state_change(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	if (sk_has_sleeper(sk))
+		wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(sk->sk_sleep, POLLIN);
+}
+
+static void mp_sock_write_space(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	if (sk_has_sleeper(sk))
+		wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(sk->sk_sleep, POLLOUT);
+}
+
+static void mp_sock_data_ready(struct sock *sk, int coming)
+{
+	struct mp_struct *mp = container_of(sk, struct mp_sock, sk)->mp;
+	struct page_ctor *ctor = NULL;
+	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
+	struct page_info *info = NULL;
+	struct ethhdr *eth;
+	struct kiocb *iocb = NULL;
+	int len, i;
+
+	struct virtio_net_hdr hdr = {
+		.flags = 0,
+		.gso_type = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE
+	};
+
+	ctor = rcu_dereference(mp->ctor);
+	if (!ctor)
+		return;
+
+	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue)) != NULL) {
+		if (skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg) {
+			info = container_of(skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg,
+					struct page_info, ext_page);
+			info->skb = skb;
+			if (skb->len > info->len) {
+				mp->dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
+				DBG(KERN_INFO "Discarded truncated rx packet: "
+				    " len %d > %zd\n", skb->len, info->len);
+				info->total = skb->len;
+				goto clean;
+			} else {
+				int i;
+				struct skb_shared_info *gshinfo =
+					(struct ...
From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:20 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/Kconfig  |   10 ++++++++++
 drivers/vhost/Makefile |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
index e4e2fd1..a6b8cbf 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
@@ -9,3 +9,13 @@ config VHOST_NET
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
 	  be called vhost_net.
 
+config MEDIATE_PASSTHRU
+	tristate "mediate passthru network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on VHOST_NET
+	---help---
+	  zerocopy network I/O support, we call it as mediate passthru to
+	  be distiguish with hardare passthru.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
+	  be called mpassthru.
+
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Makefile b/drivers/vhost/Makefile
index 72dd020..c18b9fc 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/vhost/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_NET) += vhost_net.o
 vhost_net-y := vhost.o net.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_MEDIATE_PASSTHRU) += mpassthru.o
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:20 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

    Provides multiple submits and asynchronous notifications.

    The vhost-net backend now only supports synchronous send/recv
    operations. The patch provides multiple submits and asynchronous
    notifications. This is needed for zero-copy case.

    Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/net.c   |  236 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/vhost/vhost.c |  120 ++++++++++++++-----------
 drivers/vhost/vhost.h |   14 +++
 3 files changed, 314 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 38989d1..18f6c41 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <linux/if_arp.h>
 #include <linux/if_tun.h>
 #include <linux/if_macvlan.h>
+#include <linux/mpassthru.h>
+#include <linux/aio.h>
 
 #include <net/sock.h>
 
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ struct vhost_net {
 	struct vhost_dev dev;
 	struct vhost_virtqueue vqs[VHOST_NET_VQ_MAX];
 	struct vhost_poll poll[VHOST_NET_VQ_MAX];
+	struct kmem_cache       *cache;
 	/* Tells us whether we are polling a socket for TX.
 	 * We only do this when socket buffer fills up.
 	 * Protected by tx vq lock. */
@@ -92,11 +95,138 @@ static void tx_poll_start(struct vhost_net *net, struct socket *sock)
 	net->tx_poll_state = VHOST_NET_POLL_STARTED;
 }
 
+struct kiocb *notify_dequeue(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+{
+	struct kiocb *iocb = NULL;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&vq->notify_lock, flags);
+	if (!list_empty(&vq->notifier)) {
+		iocb = list_first_entry(&vq->notifier,
+				struct kiocb, ki_list);
+		list_del(&iocb->ki_list);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vq->notify_lock, flags);
+	return iocb;
+}
+
+static void handle_iocb(struct kiocb *iocb)
+{
+	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = iocb->private;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&vq->notify_lock, flags);
+	list_add_tail(&iocb->ki_list, ...
From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:20 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

How external buffer comes from, how to destroy.

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c |  237 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 236 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c b/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c
index c5ede17..b171f21 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/mpassthru.c
@@ -159,6 +159,39 @@ static int mp_dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* The main function to allocate external buffers */
+static struct skb_external_page *page_ctor(struct mpassthru_port *port,
+		struct sk_buff *skb, int npages)
+{
+	int i;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct page_ctor *ctor;
+	struct page_info *info = NULL;
+
+	ctor = container_of(port, struct page_ctor, port);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctor->read_lock, flags);
+	if (!list_empty(&ctor->readq)) {
+		info = list_first_entry(&ctor->readq, struct page_info, list);
+		list_del(&info->list);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctor->read_lock, flags);
+	if (!info)
+		return NULL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < info->pnum; i++) {
+		get_page(info->pages[i]);
+		info->frag[i].page = info->pages[i];
+		info->frag[i].page_offset = i ? 0 : info->offset;
+		info->frag[i].size = port->npages > 1 ? PAGE_SIZE :
+			port->data_len;
+	}
+	info->skb = skb;
+	info->ext_page.frags = info->frag;
+	info->ext_page.ushinfo = &info->ushinfo;
+	return &info->ext_page;
+}
+
 static int page_ctor_attach(struct mp_struct *mp)
 {
 	int rc;
@@ -191,7 +224,7 @@ static int page_ctor_attach(struct mp_struct *mp)
 
 	dev_hold(dev);
 	ctor->dev = dev;
-	ctor->port.ctor = NULL;
+	ctor->port.ctor = page_ctor;
 	ctor->port.sock = &mp->socket;
 	ctor->lock_pages = 0;
 	rc = netdev_mp_port_attach(dev, &ctor->port);
@@ -258,6 +291,52 @@ static int set_memlock_rlimit(struct ...
From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3e3ad23..f275c44 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2780,6 +2780,10 @@ enum gro_result dev_gro_receive(struct napi_struct *napi, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (skb_is_gso(skb) || skb_has_frags(skb))
 		goto normal;
 
+	/* currently GRO is not supported by mediate passthru */
+	if (dev_is_mpassthru(skb->dev))
+		goto normal;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptype, head, list) {
 		if (ptype->type != type || ptype->dev || !ptype->gro_receive)
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:20 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---

 include/linux/mpassthru.h |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/linux/mpassthru.h

diff --git a/include/linux/mpassthru.h b/include/linux/mpassthru.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3983d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/mpassthru.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef __MPASSTHRU_H
+#define __MPASSTHRU_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/if_ether.h>
+
+/* ioctl defines */
+#define MPASSTHRU_BINDDEV      _IOW('M', 213, int)
+#define MPASSTHRU_UNBINDDEV    _IOW('M', 214, int)
+
+/* MPASSTHRU ifc flags */
+#define IFF_MPASSTHRU		0x0001
+#define IFF_MPASSTHRU_EXCL	0x0002
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#if defined(CONFIG_MEDIATE_PASSTHRU) || defined(CONFIG_MEDIATE_PASSTHRU_MODULE)
+struct socket *mp_get_socket(struct file *);
+#else
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+struct file;
+struct socket;
+static inline struct socket *mp_get_socket(struct file *f)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_MEDIATE_PASSTHRU */
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+#endif /* __MPASSTHRU_H */
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

The hook is called in netif_receive_skb().
Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4972bc4..3e3ad23 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2543,6 +2543,37 @@ err:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_mp_port_prep);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_MEDIATE_PASSTHRU) || defined(CONFIG_MEDIATE_PASSTHRU_MODULE)
+/* Add a hook to intercept mediate passthru(zero-copy) packets,
+ * and insert it to the socket queue owned by mp_port specially.
+ */
+static inline struct sk_buff *handle_mpassthru(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					       struct packet_type **pt_prev,
+					       int *ret,
+					       struct net_device *orig_dev)
+{
+	struct mpassthru_port *mp_port = NULL;
+	struct sock *sk = NULL;
+
+	if (!dev_is_mpassthru(skb->dev))
+		return skb;
+	mp_port = skb->dev->mp_port;
+
+	if (*pt_prev) {
+		*ret = deliver_skb(skb, *pt_prev, orig_dev);
+		*pt_prev = NULL;
+	}
+
+	sk = mp_port->sock->sk;
+	skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
+	sk->sk_state_change(sk);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+#else
+#define handle_mpassthru(skb, pt_prev, ret, orig_dev)     (skb)
+#endif
+
 /**
  *	netif_receive_skb - process receive buffer from network
  *	@skb: buffer to process
@@ -2622,6 +2653,10 @@ int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 ncls:
 #endif
 
+	/* To intercept mediate passthru(zero-copy) packets here */
+	skb = handle_mpassthru(skb, &pt_prev, &ret, orig_dev);
+	if (!skb)
+		goto out;
 	skb = handle_bridge(skb, &pt_prev, &ret, orig_dev);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Add a dev parameter to __alloc_skb(), skb->data
points to external buffer, recompute skb->head,
maintain shinfo of the external buffer, record
external buffer info into destructor_arg field.

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---

	__alloc_skb() cleanup by

	Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>

 include/linux/skbuff.h |    7 ++++---
 net/core/skbuff.c      |   43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 96799f5..8949b15 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -448,17 +448,18 @@ extern void kfree_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern void consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern void	       __kfree_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size,
-				   gfp_t priority, int fclone, int node);
+				   gfp_t priority, int fclone,
+				   int node, struct net_device *dev);
 static inline struct sk_buff *alloc_skb(unsigned int size,
 					gfp_t priority)
 {
-	return __alloc_skb(size, priority, 0, -1);
+	return __alloc_skb(size, priority, 0, -1, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_fclone(unsigned int size,
 					       gfp_t priority)
 {
-	return __alloc_skb(size, priority, 1, -1);
+	return __alloc_skb(size, priority, 1, -1, NULL);
 }
 
 extern int skb_recycle_check(struct sk_buff *skb, int skb_size);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 6345acc..ae223d2 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_under_panic);
  *	@fclone: allocate from fclone cache instead of head cache
  *		and allocate a cloned (child) skb
  *	@node: numa node to allocate memory on
- *
+ *	@dev: a device owns the skb if the skb try to get external buffer.
+ *		otherwise is NULL.
  ...
From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Make the skb->data and skb->head from external buffer
to be consistent, we ignore the room reserved by driver
for kernel skb.

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/skbuff.h |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 8949b15..4458dc8 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1206,6 +1206,15 @@ static inline int skb_tailroom(const struct sk_buff *skb)
  */
 static inline void skb_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int len)
 {
+	/* Since skb_reserve() is only for an empty buffer,
+	 * and when the skb is getting external buffer, we cannot
+	 * retain the external buffer has the same reserved space
+	 * in the header which kernel allocatd skb has, so have to
+	 * ignore this. And we have recorded the external buffer
+	 * info in the destructor_arg field, so use it as indicator.
+	 */
+	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg)
+		return;
 	skb->data += len;
 	skb->tail += len;
 }
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 net/core/skbuff.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index ae223d2..169f22c 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -553,6 +553,12 @@ int skb_recycle_check(struct sk_buff *skb, int skb_size)
 	if (skb_shared(skb) || skb_cloned(skb))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* if the device wants to do mediate passthru, the skb may
+	 * get external buffer, so don't recycle
+	 */
+	if (dev_is_mpassthru(skb->dev))
+		return 0;
+
 	skb_release_head_state(skb);
 	shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
 	atomic_set(&shinfo->dataref, 1);
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

If buffer is external, then use the callback to destruct
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 net/core/skbuff.c |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 169f22c..5d93b2d 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -385,6 +385,11 @@ static void skb_clone_fraglist(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static void skb_release_data(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	/* check if the skb has external buffers, we have use destructor_arg
+	 * here to indicate
+	 */
+	struct skb_external_page *ext_page = skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg;
+
 	if (!skb->cloned ||
 	    !atomic_sub_return(skb->nohdr ? (1 << SKB_DATAREF_SHIFT) + 1 : 1,
 			       &skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref)) {
@@ -397,6 +402,12 @@ static void skb_release_data(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (skb_has_frags(skb))
 			skb_drop_fraglist(skb);
 
+		/* if the skb has external buffers, use destructor here,
+		 * since after that skb->head will be kfree, in case skb->head
+		 * from external buffer cannot use kfree to destroy.
+		 */
+		if (dev_is_mpassthru(skb->dev) && ext_page && ext_page->dtor)
+			ext_page->dtor(ext_page);
 		kfree(skb->head);
 	}
 }
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Currently, it can get external buffers from mp device.

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/skbuff.h |   12 ++++++++++++
 net/core/skbuff.c      |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 3104e7d..96799f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1525,6 +1525,18 @@ static inline void netdev_free_page(struct net_device *dev, struct page *page)
 	__free_page(page);
 }
 
+extern struct skb_external_page *netdev_alloc_external_pages(
+					struct net_device *dev,
+					struct sk_buff *skb, int npages);
+
+static inline struct skb_external_page *netdev_alloc_external_page(
+		struct net_device *dev,
+		struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int size)
+{
+	return netdev_alloc_external_pages(dev, skb,
+					   DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE));
+}
+
 /**
  *	skb_clone_writable - is the header of a clone writable
  *	@skb: buffer to check
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 93c4e06..6345acc 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -278,6 +278,22 @@ struct page *__netdev_alloc_page(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netdev_alloc_page);
 
+struct skb_external_page *netdev_alloc_external_pages(struct net_device *dev,
+			struct sk_buff *skb, int npages)
+{
+	struct mpassthru_port *port;
+	struct skb_external_page *ext_page = NULL;
+
+	port = rcu_dereference(dev->mp_port);
+	if (!port)
+		goto out;
+	BUG_ON(npages > port->npages);
+	ext_page = port->ctor(port, skb, npages);
+out:
+	return ext_page;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_alloc_external_pages);
+
 void skb_add_rx_frag(struct sk_buff *skb, int i, struct page *page, int off,
 		int size)
 {
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

If the driver want to allocate external buffers,
then it can export it's capability, as the skb
buffer header length, the page length can be DMA, etc.
The external buffers owner may utilize this.

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 5c473fb..3a1583b 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -707,6 +707,10 @@ struct net_device_ops {
 	int			(*ndo_fcoe_get_wwn)(struct net_device *dev,
 						    u64 *wwn, int type);
 #endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_MEDIATE_PASSTHRU) || defined(CONFIG_MEDIATE_PASSTHRU_MODULE)
+	int			(*ndo_mp_port_prep)(struct net_device *dev,
+						struct mpassthru_port *port);
+#endif
 };
 
 /*
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

The external buffer owner can use the functions to get
the capability of the underlying NIC driver.

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h |    2 +
 net/core/dev.c            |   51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 3a1583b..2f9a4f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1599,6 +1599,8 @@ extern gro_result_t	napi_gro_frags(struct napi_struct *napi);
 extern int netdev_mp_port_attach(struct net_device *dev,
 				 struct mpassthru_port *port);
 extern void netdev_mp_port_detach(struct net_device *dev);
+int netdev_mp_port_prep(struct net_device *dev,
+			struct mpassthru_port *port);
 
 static inline void napi_free_frags(struct napi_struct *napi)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6a73fc7..4972bc4 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2492,6 +2492,57 @@ void netdev_mp_port_detach(struct net_device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_mp_port_detach);
 
+/* To support meidate passthru(zero-copy) with NIC driver,
+ * we'd better query NIC driver for the capability it can
+ * provide, especially for packet split mode, now we only
+ * query for the header size, and the payload a descriptor
+ * may carry. If a driver does not use the API to export,
+ * then we may try to use a default value, currently,
+ * we use the default value from an IGB driver. Now,
+ * it's only called by mpassthru device.
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_MEDIATE_PASSTHRU) || defined(CONFIG_MEDIATE_PASSTHRU_MODULE)
+int netdev_mp_port_prep(struct net_device *dev,
+			struct mpassthru_port *port)
+{
+	int rc;
+	int npages, data_len;
+	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+
+	/* needed by packet split */
+
+	if ...
From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 2f9a4f2..a1a2aaf 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1602,6 +1602,13 @@ extern void netdev_mp_port_detach(struct net_device *dev);
 int netdev_mp_port_prep(struct net_device *dev,
 			struct mpassthru_port *port);
 
+static int dev_is_mpassthru(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	if (dev && dev->mp_port)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline void napi_free_frags(struct napi_struct *napi)
 {
 	kfree_skb(napi->skb);
-- 
1.5.4.4

--

From: Changli Gao
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:33 am

Please make it a inline function. And you would write it with less
lines of code.

return dev && dev->mp_port;


-- 
Regards,
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@gmail.com)
--

From: David Miller
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:51 am

From: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com>

And use "bool" :-)
--

From: Changli Gao
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:35 am

bool return value should be better here.

-- 
Regards,
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@gmail.com)
--

From: David Miller
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:51 am

From: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com>

Right.
--

From: Xin, Xiaohui
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 6:38 pm

Thanks, would fix that.

Thanks
Xiaohui
--

From: xiaohui.xin
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 2:19 am

From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>

Export 2 func for device to assign/deassign new strucure

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h |    3 +++
 net/core/dev.c            |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index bf79756..5c473fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1592,6 +1592,9 @@ extern gro_result_t	napi_frags_finish(struct napi_struct *napi,
 					  gro_result_t ret);
 extern struct sk_buff *	napi_frags_skb(struct napi_struct *napi);
 extern gro_result_t	napi_gro_frags(struct napi_struct *napi);
+extern int netdev_mp_port_attach(struct net_device *dev,
+				 struct mpassthru_port *port);
+extern void netdev_mp_port_detach(struct net_device *dev);
 
 static inline void napi_free_frags(struct napi_struct *napi)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e5972f7..6a73fc7 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2464,6 +2464,34 @@ void netif_nit_deliver(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+/* Export two functions to assign/de-assign mp_port pointer
+ * to a net device.
+ */
+
+int netdev_mp_port_attach(struct net_device *dev,
+			struct mpassthru_port *port)
+{
+	/* locked by mp_mutex */
+	if (rcu_dereference(dev->mp_port))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->mp_port, port);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_mp_port_attach);
+
+void netdev_mp_port_detach(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	/* locked by mp_mutex */
+	if (!rcu_dereference(dev->mp_port))
+		return;
+
+	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->mp_port, NULL);
+	synchronize_rcu();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_mp_port_detach);
+
 /**
  *	netif_receive_skb - process receive buffer from network
  *	@skb: buffer to process
-- 
1.5.4.4

--