Changes in v8:
- Moved back skb_add_rx_frag_netmem to .c file (Paolo).
- Applied Paolo's Acked-by.
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Changes in v7;
- Addressed comments from Paolo.
- Moved skb_add_rx_frag* to header file.
- Moved kcmsock.c check.
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Changes in v6:
- Non-RFC as net-next opened.
- static_assert skb_frag_t compatibility with bio_vec.
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Changes in RFC v5:
- RFC due to merge window
- Changed netmem to __bitwise unsigned long.
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Changes in v4:
- Forked off the trivial fixes to skb_frag_t field access to their own
patches and changed this to RFC that depends on these fixes:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/T/#u
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/T/#u
- Use an empty struct for netmem instead of void* __bitwise as that's
not a correct use of __bitwise.
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Changes in v3:
- Replaced the struct netmem union with an opaque netmem_ref type.
- Added func docs to the netmem helpers and type.
- Renamed the skb_frag_t fields since it's no longer a bio_vec
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Changes in v2:
- Reverted changes to the page_pool. The page pool now retains the same
API, so that we don't have to touch many existing drivers. The devmem
TCP series will include the changes to the page pool.
- Addressed comments.
This series is a prerequisite to the devmem TCP series. For a full
snapshot of the code which includes these changes, feel free to check:
https://github.com/mina/linux/commits/tcpdevmem-rfcv5/
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Currently these components in the net stack use the struct page
directly:
1. Drivers.
2. Page pool.
3. skb_frag_t.
To add support for new (non struct page) memory types to the net stack, we
must first abstract the current memory type.
Originally the plan was to reuse struct page* for the new memory types,
and to set the LSB on the page* to indicate it's not really a page.
However, for safe compiler type checking we need to introduce a new type.
struct netmem is introduced to abstract the underlying memory type.
Currently it's a no-op abstraction that is always a struct page underneath.
In parallel there is an undergoing effort to add support for devmem to the
net stack:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <[email protected]>
Cc: Christian König <[email protected]>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <[email protected]>
Cc: Yunsheng Lin <[email protected]>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <[email protected]>
Mina Almasry (2):
net: introduce abstraction for network memory
net: add netmem to skb_frag_t
include/linux/skbuff.h | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
include/net/netmem.h | 41 +++++++++++++++++
net/core/skbuff.c | 34 +++++++++++---
net/kcm/kcmsock.c | 7 +--
4 files changed, 143 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/net/netmem.h
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2.43.0.687.g38aa6559b0-goog
Hello:
This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:34:01 -0800 you wrote:
> Changes in v8:
> - Moved back skb_add_rx_frag_netmem to .c file (Paolo).
> - Applied Paolo's Acked-by.
>
> -----------
>
> Changes in v7;
> - Addressed comments from Paolo.
> - Moved skb_add_rx_frag* to header file.
> - Moved kcmsock.c check.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,v8,1/2] net: introduce abstraction for network memory
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/18ddbf5cf0e7
- [net-next,v8,2/2] net: add netmem to skb_frag_t
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/21d2e6737c97
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