Subject: [PATCH net-next v7 2/2] net: mana: force full-page RX buffers via ethtool private flag

From: Dipayaan Roy <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 09:58:58 -0700

On some ARM64 platforms with 4K PAGE_SIZE, page_pool fragment
allocation in the RX refill path can cause 15-20% throughput
regression under high connection counts (>16 TCP streams).

Add an ethtool private flag "full-page-rx" that allows the user to
force one RX buffer per page, bypassing the page_pool fragment path.
This restores line-rate (180+ Gbps) performance on affected platforms.

Usage:
  ethtool --set-priv-flags eth0 full-page-rx on

There is no behavioral change by default. The flag must be explicitly
enabled by the user or udev rule.

The existing single-buffer-per-page logic for XDP and jumbo frames is
consolidated into a new helper mana_use_single_rxbuf_per_page() which
is now the single decision point for both the automatic and
user-controlled paths.

Signed-off-by: Dipayaan Roy <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 22 ++++-
 .../ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c    | 89 +++++++++++++++++++
 include/net/mana/mana.h                       |  8 ++
 3 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
index 49c65cc1697c..59a1626c2be1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
@@ -744,6 +744,25 @@ static void *mana_get_rxbuf_pre(struct mana_rxq *rxq, dma_addr_t *da)
 	return va;
 }
 
+static bool
+mana_use_single_rxbuf_per_page(struct mana_port_context *apc, u32 mtu)
+{
+	/* On some platforms with 4K PAGE_SIZE, page_pool fragment allocation
+	 * in the RX refill path (~2kB buffer) can cause significant throughput
+	 * regression under high connection counts. Allow user to force one RX
+	 * buffer per page via ethtool private flag to bypass the fragment
+	 * path.
+	 */
+	if (apc->priv_flags & BIT(MANA_PRIV_FLAG_USE_FULL_PAGE_RXBUF))
+		return true;
+
+	/* For xdp and jumbo frames make sure only one packet fits per page. */
+	if (mtu + MANA_RXBUF_PAD > PAGE_SIZE / 2 || mana_xdp_get(apc))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /* Get RX buffer's data size, alloc size, XDP headroom based on MTU */
 static void mana_get_rxbuf_cfg(struct mana_port_context *apc,
 			       int mtu, u32 *datasize, u32 *alloc_size,
@@ -754,8 +773,7 @@ static void mana_get_rxbuf_cfg(struct mana_port_context *apc,
 	/* Calculate datasize first (consistent across all cases) */
 	*datasize = mtu + ETH_HLEN;
 
-	/* For xdp and jumbo frames make sure only one packet fits per page */
-	if (mtu + MANA_RXBUF_PAD > PAGE_SIZE / 2 || mana_xdp_get(apc)) {
+	if (mana_use_single_rxbuf_per_page(apc, mtu)) {
 		if (mana_xdp_get(apc)) {
 			*headroom = XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM;
 			*alloc_size = PAGE_SIZE;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c
index a28ca461c135..0547c903f613 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_ethtool.c
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ static const struct mana_stats_desc mana_phy_stats[] = {
 	{ "hc_tc7_tx_pause_phy", offsetof(struct mana_ethtool_phy_stats, tx_pause_tc7_phy) },
 };
 
+static const char mana_priv_flags[MANA_PRIV_FLAG_MAX][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
+	[MANA_PRIV_FLAG_USE_FULL_PAGE_RXBUF] = "full-page-rx"
+};
+
 static int mana_get_sset_count(struct net_device *ndev, int stringset)
 {
 	struct mana_port_context *apc = netdev_priv(ndev);
@@ -144,6 +148,10 @@ static int mana_get_sset_count(struct net_device *ndev, int stringset)
 		       ARRAY_SIZE(mana_phy_stats) +
 		       ARRAY_SIZE(mana_hc_stats)  +
 		       num_queues * (MANA_STATS_RX_COUNT + MANA_STATS_TX_COUNT);
+
+	case ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS:
+		return MANA_PRIV_FLAG_MAX;
+
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -192,6 +200,14 @@ static void mana_get_strings_stats(struct mana_port_context *apc, u8 **data)
 	}
 }
 
+static void mana_get_strings_priv_flags(u8 **data)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MANA_PRIV_FLAG_MAX; i++)
+		ethtool_puts(data, mana_priv_flags[i]);
+}
+
 static void mana_get_strings(struct net_device *ndev, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
 {
 	struct mana_port_context *apc = netdev_priv(ndev);
@@ -200,6 +216,9 @@ static void mana_get_strings(struct net_device *ndev, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
 	case ETH_SS_STATS:
 		mana_get_strings_stats(apc, &data);
 		break;
+	case ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS:
+		mana_get_strings_priv_flags(&data);
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -590,6 +609,74 @@ static int mana_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *ndev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static u32 mana_get_priv_flags(struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+	struct mana_port_context *apc = netdev_priv(ndev);
+
+	return apc->priv_flags;
+}
+
+static int mana_set_priv_flags(struct net_device *ndev, u32 priv_flags)
+{
+	struct mana_port_context *apc = netdev_priv(ndev);
+	u32 changed = apc->priv_flags ^ priv_flags;
+	u32 old_priv_flags = apc->priv_flags;
+	bool schedule_port_reset = false;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (!changed)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Reject unknown bits */
+	if (priv_flags & ~GENMASK(MANA_PRIV_FLAG_MAX - 1, 0))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (changed & BIT(MANA_PRIV_FLAG_USE_FULL_PAGE_RXBUF)) {
+		apc->priv_flags = priv_flags;
+
+		if (!apc->port_is_up) {
+			/* Port is down, flag updated to apply on next up
+			 * so just return.
+			 */
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		/* Pre-allocate buffers to prevent failure in mana_attach
+		 * later
+		 */
+		err = mana_pre_alloc_rxbufs(apc, ndev->mtu, apc->num_queues);
+		if (err) {
+			netdev_err(ndev,
+				   "Insufficient memory for new allocations\n");
+			apc->priv_flags = old_priv_flags;
+			return err;
+		}
+
+		err = mana_detach(ndev, false);
+		if (err) {
+			netdev_err(ndev, "mana_detach failed: %d\n", err);
+			apc->priv_flags = old_priv_flags;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		err = mana_attach(ndev);
+		if (err) {
+			netdev_err(ndev, "mana_attach failed: %d\n", err);
+			apc->priv_flags = old_priv_flags;
+			schedule_port_reset = true;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	mana_pre_dealloc_rxbufs(apc);
+
+	if (err && schedule_port_reset)
+		queue_work(apc->ac->per_port_queue_reset_wq,
+			   &apc->queue_reset_work);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 const struct ethtool_ops mana_ethtool_ops = {
 	.supported_coalesce_params = ETHTOOL_COALESCE_RX_CQE_FRAMES,
 	.get_ethtool_stats	= mana_get_ethtool_stats,
@@ -608,4 +695,6 @@ const struct ethtool_ops mana_ethtool_ops = {
 	.set_ringparam          = mana_set_ringparam,
 	.get_link_ksettings	= mana_get_link_ksettings,
 	.get_link		= ethtool_op_get_link,
+	.get_priv_flags		= mana_get_priv_flags,
+	.set_priv_flags		= mana_set_priv_flags,
 };
diff --git a/include/net/mana/mana.h b/include/net/mana/mana.h
index 3336688fed5e..fd87e3d6c1f4 100644
--- a/include/net/mana/mana.h
+++ b/include/net/mana/mana.h
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ enum TRI_STATE {
 	TRI_STATE_TRUE = 1
 };
 
+/* MANA ethtool private flag bit positions */
+enum mana_priv_flag_bits {
+	MANA_PRIV_FLAG_USE_FULL_PAGE_RXBUF = 0,
+	MANA_PRIV_FLAG_MAX,
+};
+
 /* Number of entries for hardware indirection table must be in power of 2 */
 #define MANA_INDIRECT_TABLE_MAX_SIZE 512
 #define MANA_INDIRECT_TABLE_DEF_SIZE 64
@@ -531,6 +537,8 @@ struct mana_port_context {
 	u32 rxbpre_headroom;
 	u32 rxbpre_frag_count;
 
+	u32 priv_flags;
+
 	struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog;
 
 	/* Create num_queues EQs, SQs, SQ-CQs, RQs and RQ-CQs, respectively. */
-- 
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