Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: tcp: Improve bpf write tcp opt performance

From: Jakub Sitnicki <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 11:48:09 +0200

On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 04:19 PM +08, Feng zhou wrote:
> From: Feng Zhou <[email-masked]>
>
> Set the full package write tcp option, the test found that the loss
> will be 20%. If a package wants to write tcp option, it will trigger
> bpf prog three times, and call "tcp_send_mss" calculate mss_cache,
> call "tcp_established_options" to reserve tcp opt len, call
> "bpf_skops_write_hdr_opt" to write tcp opt, but "tcp_send_mss" before
> TSO. Through bpftrace tracking, it was found that during the pressure
> test, "tcp_send_mss" call frequency was 90w/s. Considering that opt
> len does not change often, consider caching opt len for optimization.

You could also make your BPF sock_ops program cache the value and return
the cached value when called for BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CB.

If that is in your opinion prohibitevely expensive then it would be good
to see a sample program and CPU cycle measurements (bpftool prog profile).

>
> Signed-off-by: Feng Zhou <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  include/linux/tcp.h            |  3 +++
>  include/uapi/linux/bpf.h       |  8 +++++++-
>  net/ipv4/tcp_output.c          | 12 +++++++++++-
>  tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h |  8 +++++++-
>  4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h
> index 6a5e08b937b3..74437fcf94a2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/tcp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tcp.h
> @@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ struct tcp_sock {
>  					  * to recur itself by calling
>  					  * bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION, "itself").
>  					  */
> +	u8	bpf_opt_len;		/* save tcp opt len implementation
> +					 * BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CB fast path
> +					 */
>  #define BPF_SOCK_OPS_TEST_FLAG(TP, ARG) (TP->bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags & ARG)
>  #else
>  #define BPF_SOCK_OPS_TEST_FLAG(TP, ARG) 0
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> index 90706a47f6ff..f2092de1f432 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -6892,8 +6892,14 @@ enum {
>  	 * options first before the BPF program does.
>  	 */
>  	BPF_SOCK_OPS_WRITE_HDR_OPT_CB_FLAG = (1<<6),
> +	/* Fast path to reserve space in a skb under
> +	 * sock_ops->op == BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CB.
> +	 * opt length doesn't change often, so it can save in the tcp_sock. And
> +	 * set BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CACHE_CB_FLAG to no bpf call.
> +	 */
> +	BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CACHE_CB_FLAG = (1<<7),
>  /* Mask of all currently supported cb flags */
> -	BPF_SOCK_OPS_ALL_CB_FLAGS       = 0x7F,
> +	BPF_SOCK_OPS_ALL_CB_FLAGS       = 0xFF,
>  };
>  
>  /* List of known BPF sock_ops operators.
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> index ea7ad7d99245..0e7480a58012 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> @@ -488,12 +488,21 @@ static void bpf_skops_hdr_opt_len(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  {
>  	struct bpf_sock_ops_kern sock_ops;
>  	int err;
> +	struct tcp_sock *th = (struct tcp_sock *)sk;
>  
> -	if (likely(!BPF_SOCK_OPS_TEST_FLAG(tcp_sk(sk),
> +	if (likely(!BPF_SOCK_OPS_TEST_FLAG(th,
>  					   BPF_SOCK_OPS_WRITE_HDR_OPT_CB_FLAG)) ||
>  	    !*remaining)
>  		return;
>  
> +	if (likely(BPF_SOCK_OPS_TEST_FLAG(th,
> +					  BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CACHE_CB_FLAG)) &&
> +	    th->bpf_opt_len) {
> +		*remaining -= th->bpf_opt_len;

What if *remaining value shrinks from one call to the next?

BPF sock_ops program can't react to change. Feels like there should be a
safety check to prevent an underflow.

> +		opts->bpf_opt_len = th->bpf_opt_len;
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
>  	/* *remaining has already been aligned to 4 bytes, so *remaining >= 4 */
>  
>  	/* init sock_ops */
> @@ -538,6 +547,7 @@ static void bpf_skops_hdr_opt_len(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	opts->bpf_opt_len = *remaining - sock_ops.remaining_opt_len;
>  	/* round up to 4 bytes */
>  	opts->bpf_opt_len = (opts->bpf_opt_len + 3) & ~3;
> +	th->bpf_opt_len = opts->bpf_opt_len;
>  
>  	*remaining -= opts->bpf_opt_len;
>  }
> diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> index 90706a47f6ff..f2092de1f432 100644
> --- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -6892,8 +6892,14 @@ enum {
>  	 * options first before the BPF program does.
>  	 */
>  	BPF_SOCK_OPS_WRITE_HDR_OPT_CB_FLAG = (1<<6),
> +	/* Fast path to reserve space in a skb under
> +	 * sock_ops->op == BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CB.
> +	 * opt length doesn't change often, so it can save in the tcp_sock. And
> +	 * set BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CACHE_CB_FLAG to no bpf call.
> +	 */
> +	BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CACHE_CB_FLAG = (1<<7),

Have you considered a bpf_reserve_hdr_opt() flag instead?

An example or test coverage would to show this API extension in action
would help.

>  /* Mask of all currently supported cb flags */
> -	BPF_SOCK_OPS_ALL_CB_FLAGS       = 0x7F,
> +	BPF_SOCK_OPS_ALL_CB_FLAGS       = 0xFF,
>  };
>  
>  /* List of known BPF sock_ops operators.