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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat•com>
To: Matthew Cover <werekraken@gmail•com>
Cc: davem@davemloft•net, ast@kernel•org, daniel@iogearbox•net,
	kafai@fb•com, songliubraving@fb•com, yhs@fb•com,
	jasowang@redhat•com, edumazet@google•com, sdf@google•com,
	matthew.cover@stackpath•com, mail@timurcelik•de,
	pabeni@redhat•com, nicolas.dichtel@6wind•com, wangli39@baidu•com,
	lifei.shirley@bytedance•com, tglx@linutronix•de,
	netdev@vger•kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org,
	bpf@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tuntap: Fallback to automq on TUNSETSTEERINGEBPF prog negative return
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 08:37:30 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190922080326-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190920185843.4096-1-matthew.cover@stackpath.com>

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 11:58:43AM -0700, Matthew Cover wrote:
> Treat a negative return from a TUNSETSTEERINGEBPF bpf prog as a signal
> to fallback to tun_automq_select_queue() for tx queue selection.
> 
> Compilation of this exact patch was tested.
> 
> For functional testing 3 additional printk()s were added.
> 
> Functional testing results (on 2 txq tap device):
> 
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] ========== tun no prog ==========
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: tun_ebpf_select_queue() returned '-1'
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: tun_automq_select_queue() ran
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] ========== tun prog -1 ==========
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: bpf_prog_run_clear_cb() returned '-1'
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: tun_ebpf_select_queue() returned '-1'
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: tun_automq_select_queue() ran
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] ========== tun prog 0 ==========
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: bpf_prog_run_clear_cb() returned '0'
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: tun_ebpf_select_queue() returned '0'
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] ========== tun prog 1 ==========
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: bpf_prog_run_clear_cb() returned '1'
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: tun_ebpf_select_queue() returned '1'
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] ========== tun prog 2 ==========
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: bpf_prog_run_clear_cb() returned '2'
>   [Fri Sep 20 18:33:27 2019] tuntap: tun_ebpf_select_queue() returned '0'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Cover <matthew.cover@stackpath•com>


Could you add a bit more motivation data here?
1. why is this a good idea
2. how do we know existing userspace does not rely on existing behaviour
3. why doesn't userspace need a way to figure out whether it runs on a kernel with and
   without this patch


thanks,
MST

> ---
>  drivers/net/tun.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> index aab0be4..173d159 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> @@ -583,35 +583,37 @@ static u16 tun_automq_select_queue(struct tun_struct *tun, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	return txq;
>  }
>  
> -static u16 tun_ebpf_select_queue(struct tun_struct *tun, struct sk_buff *skb)
> +static int tun_ebpf_select_queue(struct tun_struct *tun, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  {
>  	struct tun_prog *prog;
>  	u32 numqueues;
> -	u16 ret = 0;
> +	int ret = -1;
>  
>  	numqueues = READ_ONCE(tun->numqueues);
>  	if (!numqueues)
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	rcu_read_lock();
>  	prog = rcu_dereference(tun->steering_prog);
>  	if (prog)
>  		ret = bpf_prog_run_clear_cb(prog->prog, skb);
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
>  
> -	return ret % numqueues;
> +	if (ret >= 0)
> +		ret %= numqueues;
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static u16 tun_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  			    struct net_device *sb_dev)
>  {
>  	struct tun_struct *tun = netdev_priv(dev);
> -	u16 ret;
> +	int ret;
>  
> -	rcu_read_lock();
> -	if (rcu_dereference(tun->steering_prog))
> -		ret = tun_ebpf_select_queue(tun, skb);
> -	else
> +	ret = tun_ebpf_select_queue(tun, skb);
> +	if (ret < 0)
>  		ret = tun_automq_select_queue(tun, skb);
> -	rcu_read_unlock();
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-09-22 12:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-20 18:58 [PATCH net-next] tuntap: Fallback to automq on TUNSETSTEERINGEBPF prog negative return Matthew Cover
2019-09-20 19:45 ` Matt Cover
2019-09-22 12:37 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2019-09-22 17:43   ` Matt Cover
2019-09-22 20:35     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-09-22 22:30       ` Matt Cover
2019-09-22 22:46         ` Matt Cover
2019-09-23  0:28           ` Matt Cover
2019-09-25 10:33           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-09-23  0:51         ` Jason Wang
2019-09-23  1:15           ` Matt Cover
2019-09-23  2:34             ` Jason Wang
2019-09-23  3:18               ` Matt Cover
2019-09-23  5:15                 ` Jason Wang
2019-09-23 16:31                   ` Matt Cover
2019-09-25  4:08                     ` Jason Wang
2019-09-23  0:46     ` Jason Wang
2019-09-23  1:20       ` Matt Cover
2019-09-23  2:32         ` Jason Wang
2019-09-23  3:00           ` Matt Cover
2019-09-23  5:08             ` Jason Wang

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