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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC] xen-netback: calculate the number of slots required for large MTU vifs



On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 10:40:59PM +0000, Matt Wilson wrote:
> From: Xi Xiong <xixiong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [ note: I've just cherry picked this onto net-next, and only compile
>   tested. This a RFC only. -msw ]
> 

Should probably rebase it on net.git because it is a bug fix. Let's
worry about that later...

> Currently the number of RX slots required to transmit a SKB to
> xen-netfront can be miscalculated when an interface uses a MTU larger
> than PAGE_SIZE. If the slot calculation is wrong, xen-netback can
> pause the queue indefinitely or reuse slots. The former manifests as a
> loss of connectivity to the guest (which can be restored by lowering
> the MTU set on the interface). The latter manifests with "Bad grant
> reference" messages from Xen such as:
> 
> (XEN) grant_table.c:1797:d0 Bad grant reference 264241157
> 
> and kernel messages within the guest such as:
> 
> [  180.419567] net eth0: Invalid extra type: 112
> [  180.868620] net eth0: rx->offset: 0, size: 4294967295
> [  180.868629] net eth0: rx->offset: 0, size: 4294967295
> 
> BUG_ON() assertions can also be hit if RX slots are exhausted while
> handling a SKB.
> 
> This patch changes xen_netbk_rx_action() to count the number of RX
> slots actually consumed by netbk_gop_skb() instead of using nr_frags + 1.
> This prevents under-counting the number of RX slots consumed when a
> SKB has a large linear buffer.
> 
> Additionally, we now store the estimated number of RX slots required
> to handle a SKB in the cb overlay. This value is used to determine if
> the next SKB in the queue can be processed.
> 
> Finally, the logic in start_new_rx_buffer() can cause RX slots to be
> wasted when setting up copy grant table operations for SKBs with large
> linear buffers. For example, a SKB with skb_headlen() equal to 8157
> bytes that starts 64 bytes 64 bytes from the start of the page will

Duplicated "64 bytes". And this change looks like an improvement not a
bug fix. Probably submit a separate patch for this?

> consume three RX slots instead of two. This patch changes the "head"
> parameter to netbk_gop_frag_copy() to act as a flag. When set,
> start_new_rx_buffer() will always place as much data as possible into
> each RX slot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xi Xiong <xixiong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Matt Wilson <msw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> [ msw: minor code cleanups, rewrote commit message, adjusted code
>   to count RX slots instead of meta structures ]
> Signed-off-by: Matt Wilson <msw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Annie Li <annie.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c |   51 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c 
> b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> index 64828de..82dd207 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> @@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ union page_ext {
>       void *mapping;
>  };
>  
> +struct skb_cb_overlay {
> +     int meta_slots_used;
> +     int peek_slots_count;
> +};
> +
>  struct xen_netbk {
>       wait_queue_head_t wq;
>       struct task_struct *task;
> @@ -370,6 +375,7 @@ unsigned int xen_netbk_count_skb_slots(struct xenvif 
> *vif, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  {
>       unsigned int count;
>       int i, copy_off;
> +     struct skb_cb_overlay *sco;
>  
>       count = DIV_ROUND_UP(skb_headlen(skb), PAGE_SIZE);
>  
> @@ -411,6 +417,9 @@ unsigned int xen_netbk_count_skb_slots(struct xenvif 
> *vif, struct sk_buff *skb)
>                               offset = 0;
>               }
>       }
> +
> +     sco = (struct skb_cb_overlay *) skb->cb;
> +     sco->peek_slots_count = count;
>       return count;
>  }
>  
> @@ -443,13 +452,12 @@ static struct netbk_rx_meta *get_next_rx_buffer(struct 
> xenvif *vif,
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - * Set up the grant operations for this fragment. If it's a flipping
> - * interface, we also set up the unmap request from here.
> + * Set up the grant operations for this fragment.
>   */
>  static void netbk_gop_frag_copy(struct xenvif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb,
>                               struct netrx_pending_operations *npo,
>                               struct page *page, unsigned long size,
> -                             unsigned long offset, int *head)
> +                             unsigned long offset, int head, int *first)
>  {
>       struct gnttab_copy *copy_gop;
>       struct netbk_rx_meta *meta;
> @@ -479,12 +487,12 @@ static void netbk_gop_frag_copy(struct xenvif *vif, 
> struct sk_buff *skb,
>               if (bytes > size)
>                       bytes = size;
>  
> -             if (start_new_rx_buffer(npo->copy_off, bytes, *head)) {
> +             if (start_new_rx_buffer(npo->copy_off, bytes, head)) {
>                       /*
>                        * Netfront requires there to be some data in the head
>                        * buffer.
>                        */
> -                     BUG_ON(*head);
> +                     BUG_ON(*first);
>  
>                       meta = get_next_rx_buffer(vif, npo);
>               }
> @@ -529,10 +537,10 @@ static void netbk_gop_frag_copy(struct xenvif *vif, 
> struct sk_buff *skb,
>               }
>  
>               /* Leave a gap for the GSO descriptor. */
> -             if (*head && skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size && !vif->gso_prefix)
> +             if (*first && skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size && !vif->gso_prefix)
>                       vif->rx.req_cons++;
>  
> -             *head = 0; /* There must be something in this buffer now. */
> +             *first = 0; /* There must be something in this buffer now. */
>  
>       }
>  }
> @@ -558,7 +566,7 @@ static int netbk_gop_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
>       struct xen_netif_rx_request *req;
>       struct netbk_rx_meta *meta;
>       unsigned char *data;
> -     int head = 1;
> +     int first = 1;
>       int old_meta_prod;
>  
>       old_meta_prod = npo->meta_prod;
> @@ -594,16 +602,16 @@ static int netbk_gop_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
>                       len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - data;
>  
>               netbk_gop_frag_copy(vif, skb, npo,
> -                                 virt_to_page(data), len, offset, &head);
> +                             virt_to_page(data), len, offset, 1, &first);
>               data += len;
>       }
>  
>       for (i = 0; i < nr_frags; i++) {
>               netbk_gop_frag_copy(vif, skb, npo,
> -                                 skb_frag_page(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i]),
> -                                 skb_frag_size(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i]),
> -                                 skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page_offset,
> -                                 &head);
> +                             skb_frag_page(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i]),
> +                             skb_frag_size(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i]),
> +                             skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page_offset,
> +                             0, &first);
>       }
>  
>       return npo->meta_prod - old_meta_prod;
> @@ -661,10 +669,6 @@ static void netbk_add_frag_responses(struct xenvif *vif, 
> int status,
>       }
>  }
>  
> -struct skb_cb_overlay {
> -     int meta_slots_used;
> -};
> -
>  static void xen_netbk_rx_action(struct xen_netbk *netbk)
>  {
>       struct xenvif *vif = NULL, *tmp;
> @@ -690,19 +694,26 @@ static void xen_netbk_rx_action(struct xen_netbk *netbk)
>       count = 0;
>  
>       while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&netbk->rx_queue)) != NULL) {
> +             RING_IDX old_rx_req_cons;
> + 
>               vif = netdev_priv(skb->dev);
>               nr_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
>  
> +             old_rx_req_cons = vif->rx.req_cons;
>               sco = (struct skb_cb_overlay *)skb->cb;
>               sco->meta_slots_used = netbk_gop_skb(skb, &npo);
>  
> -             count += nr_frags + 1;
> +             count += vif->rx.req_cons - old_rx_req_cons;
>  
>               __skb_queue_tail(&rxq, skb);
>  
> +             skb = skb_peek(&netbk->rx_queue);
> +             if (skb == NULL)
> +                     break;
> +             sco = (struct skb_cb_overlay *) skb->cb;
> +
>               /* Filled the batch queue? */
> -             /* XXX FIXME: RX path dependent on MAX_SKB_FRAGS */
> -             if (count + MAX_SKB_FRAGS >= XEN_NETIF_RX_RING_SIZE)
> +             if (count + sco->peek_slots_count >= XEN_NETIF_RX_RING_SIZE)
>                       break;

Using req_cons to count is OK, but since you've already store the number
of slots in sco->peek_slots_count before actually queueing the packet,
why don't you use that directly?


Wei.

>       }
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.4.5

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