2023-09-14 16:00:23

by Stefano Garzarella

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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 4/4] vsock/virtio: MSG_ZEROCOPY flag support

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 11:22:34PM +0300, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
>This adds handling of MSG_ZEROCOPY flag on transmission path:
>
>1) If this flag is set and zerocopy transmission is possible (enabled
> in socket options and transport allows zerocopy), then non-linear
> skb will be created and filled with the pages of user's buffer.
> Pages of user's buffer are locked in memory by 'get_user_pages()'.
>2) Replaces way of skb owning: instead of 'skb_set_owner_sk_safe()' it
> calls 'skb_set_owner_w()'. Reason of this change is that
> '__zerocopy_sg_from_iter()' increments 'sk_wmem_alloc' of socket, so
> to decrease this field correctly, proper skb destructor is needed:
> 'sock_wfree()'. This destructor is set by 'skb_set_owner_w()'.
>3) Adds new callback to 'struct virtio_transport': 'can_msgzerocopy'.
> If this callback is set, then transport needs extra check to be able
> to send provided number of buffers in zerocopy mode. Currently, the
> only transport that needs this callback set is virtio, because this
> transport adds new buffers to the virtio queue and we need to check,
> that number of these buffers is less than size of the queue (it is
> required by virtio spec). vhost and loopback transports don't need
> this check.
>
>Signed-off-by: Arseniy Krasnov <[email protected]>
>---
> Changelog:
> v5(big patchset) -> v1:
> * Refactorings of 'if' conditions.
> * Remove extra blank line.
> * Remove 'frag_off' field unneeded init.
> * Add function 'virtio_transport_fill_skb()' which fills both linear
> and non-linear skb with provided data.
> v1 -> v2:
> * Use original order of last four arguments in 'virtio_transport_alloc_skb()'.
> v2 -> v3:
> * Add new transport callback: 'msgzerocopy_check_iov'. It checks that
> provided 'iov_iter' with data could be sent in a zerocopy mode.
> If this callback is not set in transport - transport allows to send
> any 'iov_iter' in zerocopy mode. Otherwise - if callback returns 'true'
> then zerocopy is allowed. Reason of this callback is that in case of
> G2H transmission we insert whole skb to the tx virtio queue and such
> skb must fit to the size of the virtio queue to be sent in a single
> iteration (may be tx logic in 'virtio_transport.c' could be reworked
> as in vhost to support partial send of current skb). This callback
> will be enabled only for G2H path. For details pls see comment
> 'Check that tx queue...' below.
> v3 -> v4:
> * 'msgzerocopy_check_iov' moved from 'struct vsock_transport' to
> 'struct virtio_transport' as it is virtio specific callback and
> never needed in other transports.
> v4 -> v5:
> * 'msgzerocopy_check_iov' renamed to 'can_msgzerocopy' and now it
> uses number of buffers to send as input argument. I think there is
> no need to pass iov to this callback (at least today, it is used only
> by guest side of virtio transport), because the only thing that this
> callback does is comparison of number of buffers to be inserted to
> the tx queue and size of this queue.
> * Remove any checks for type of current 'iov_iter' with payload (is it
> 'iovec' or 'ubuf'). These checks left from the earlier versions where I
> didn't use already implemented kernel API which handles every type of
> 'iov_iter'.
> v5 -> v6:
> * Refactor 'virtio_transport_fill_skb()'.
> * Add 'WARN_ON_ONCE()' and comment on invalid combination of destination
> socket and payload in 'virtio_transport_alloc_skb()'.
> v7 -> v8:
> * Move '+1' addition from 'can_msgzerocopy' callback body to the caller.
> This addition means packet header.
> * In 'virtio_transport_can_zcopy()' rename 'max_to_send' argument to
> 'pkt_len'.
> * Update commit message by adding details about new 'can_msgzerocopy'
> callback.
> * In 'virtio_transport_init_hdr()' move 'len' argument directly after
> 'info'.
> * Add comment about processing last skb in tx loop.
> * Update comment for 'can_msgzerocopy' callback for more details.
>
> include/linux/virtio_vsock.h | 9 +
> net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c | 32 +++
> net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 256 ++++++++++++++++++------
> 3 files changed, 239 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
>index a91fbdf233e4..ebb3ce63d64d 100644
>--- a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
>+++ b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
>@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ struct virtio_transport {
>
> /* Takes ownership of the packet */
> int (*send_pkt)(struct sk_buff *skb);
>+
>+ /* Used in MSG_ZEROCOPY mode. Checks, that provided data
>+ * (number of buffers) could be transmitted with zerocopy
>+ * mode. If this callback is not implemented for the current
>+ * transport - this means that this transport doesn't need
>+ * extra checks and can perform zerocopy transmission by
>+ * default.
>+ */
>+ bool (*can_msgzerocopy)(int bufs_num);
> };
>
> ssize_t
>diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
>index 73d730156349..09ba3128e759 100644
>--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
>+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
>@@ -455,6 +455,37 @@ static void virtio_vsock_rx_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
> queue_work(virtio_vsock_workqueue, &vsock->rx_work);
> }
>
>+static bool virtio_transport_can_msgzerocopy(int bufs_num)
>+{
>+ struct virtio_vsock *vsock;
>+ bool res = false;
>+
>+ rcu_read_lock();
>+
>+ vsock = rcu_dereference(the_virtio_vsock);
>+ if (vsock) {
>+ struct virtqueue *vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_TX];
>+
>+ /* Check that tx queue is large enough to keep whole
>+ * data to send. This is needed, because when there is
>+ * not enough free space in the queue, current skb to
>+ * send will be reinserted to the head of tx list of
>+ * the socket to retry transmission later, so if skb
>+ * is bigger than whole queue, it will be reinserted
>+ * again and again, thus blocking other skbs to be sent.
>+ * Each page of the user provided buffer will be added
>+ * as a single buffer to the tx virtqueue, so compare
>+ * number of pages against maximum capacity of the queue.
>+ */
>+ if (bufs_num <= vq->num_max)
>+ res = true;
>+ }
>+
>+ rcu_read_unlock();
>+
>+ return res;
>+}
>+
> static bool virtio_transport_seqpacket_allow(u32 remote_cid);
>
> static struct virtio_transport virtio_transport = {
>@@ -504,6 +535,7 @@ static struct virtio_transport virtio_transport = {
> },
>
> .send_pkt = virtio_transport_send_pkt,
>+ .can_msgzerocopy = virtio_transport_can_msgzerocopy,
> };
>
> static bool virtio_transport_seqpacket_allow(u32 remote_cid)
>diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
>index 3a48e48a99ac..e358f118b07e 100644
>--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
>+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
>@@ -37,73 +37,110 @@ virtio_transport_get_ops(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
> return container_of(t, struct virtio_transport, transport);
> }
>
>-/* Returns a new packet on success, otherwise returns NULL.
>- *
>- * If NULL is returned, errp is set to a negative errno.
>- */

Why we are removing this comment?

>-static struct sk_buff *
>-virtio_transport_alloc_skb(struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
>- size_t len,
>- u32 src_cid,
>- u32 src_port,
>- u32 dst_cid,
>- u32 dst_port)
>-{
>- const size_t skb_len = VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_HEADROOM + len;
>- struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr;
>- struct sk_buff *skb;
>- void *payload;
>- int err;
>+static bool virtio_transport_can_zcopy(struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info
>*info,
>+ size_t pkt_len)
>+{
>+ const struct virtio_transport *t_ops;
>+ struct iov_iter *iov_iter;
>
>- skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(skb_len, GFP_KERNEL);
>- if (!skb)
>- return NULL;
>+ if (!info->msg)
>+ return false;
>
>- hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
>- hdr->type = cpu_to_le16(info->type);
>- hdr->op = cpu_to_le16(info->op);
>- hdr->src_cid = cpu_to_le64(src_cid);
>- hdr->dst_cid = cpu_to_le64(dst_cid);
>- hdr->src_port = cpu_to_le32(src_port);
>- hdr->dst_port = cpu_to_le32(dst_port);
>- hdr->flags = cpu_to_le32(info->flags);
>- hdr->len = cpu_to_le32(len);
>+ iov_iter = &info->msg->msg_iter;
>
>- if (info->msg && len > 0) {
>- payload = skb)put(skb, len);
>- err = memcpy_from_msg(payload, info->msg, len);
>- if (err)
>- goto out;
>+ if (iov_iter->iov_offset)
>+ return false;
>
>- if (msg_data_left(info->msg) == 0 &&
>- info->type == VIRTIO_VSOCK_TYPE_SEQPACKET) {
>- hdr->flags |= cpu_to_le32(VIRTIO_VSOCK_SEQ_EOM);
>+ /* We can't send whole iov. */
>+ if (iov_iter->count > pkt_len)
>+ return false;
>
>- if (info->msg->msg_flags & MSG_EOR)
>- hdr->flags |= cpu_to_le32(VIRTIO_VSOCK_SEQ_EOR);
>- }
>+ /* Check that transport can send data in zerocopy mode. */
>+ t_ops = virtio_transport_get_ops(info->vsk);

While reviewing I was wondering why here we don't check if `t_ops` is
NULL.

Then I realized that the only caller of this function
(virtio_transport_send_pkt_info()) already get the vsk ops calling
virtio_transport_get_ops() and also checks if it can be null.

So what about passing the ops as function parameter to avoid to call
virtio_transport_get_ops() again?

>+
>+ if (t_ops->can_msgzerocopy) {
>+ int pages_in_iov = iov_iter_npages(iov_iter, MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
>+ int pages_to_send = min(pages_in_iov, MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
>+
>+ /* +1 is for packet header. */
>+ return t_ops->can_msgzerocopy(pages_to_send + 1);
> }
>
>- if (info->reply)
>- virtio_vsock_skb_set_reply(skb);
>+ return true;
>+}
>
>- trace_virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(src_cid, src_port,
>- dst_cid, dst_port,
>- len,
>- info->type,
>- info->op,
>- info->flags);
>+static int virtio_transport_init_zcopy_skb(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
>+ struct sk_buff *skb,
>+ struct msghdr *msg,
>+ bool zerocopy)
>+{
>+ struct ubuf_info *uarg;
>
>- if (info->vsk && !skb_set_owner_sk_safe(skb, sk_vsock(info->vsk))) {
>- WARN_ONCE(1, "failed to allocate skb on vsock socket with sk_refcnt == 0\n");
>- goto out;
>+ if (msg->msg_ubuf) {
>+ uarg = msg->msg_ubuf;
>+ net_zcopy_get(uarg);
>+ } else {
>+ struct iov_iter *iter = &msg->msg_iter;
>+ struct ubuf_info_msgzc *uarg_zc;
>+
>+ uarg = msg_zerocopy_realloc(sk_vsock(vsk),
>+ iter->count,
>+ NULL);
>+ if (!uarg)
>+ return -1;
>+
>+ uarg_zc = uarg_to_msgzc(uarg);
>+ uarg_zc->zerocopy = zerocopy ? 1 : 0;
> }
>
>- return skb;
>+ skb_zcopy_init(skb, uarg);
>
>-out:
>- kfree_skb(skb);
>- return NULL;
>+ return 0;
>+}
>+
>+static int virtio_transport_fill_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
>+ struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
>+ size_t len,
>+ bool zcopy)
>+{
>+ void *payload;
>+ int err;
>+
>+ if (zcopy)
>+ return __zerocopy_sg_from_iter(info->msg, NULL, skb,
>+ &info->msg->msg_iter,
>+ len);
>+
>+ payload = skb_put(skb, len);
>+ err = memcpy_from_msg(payload, info->msg, len);
>+ if (err)
>+ return -1;
>+
>+ if (msg_data_left(info->msg))
>+ return 0;

We are returning 0 in any case, what is the purpose of this check?

>+
>+ return 0;
>+}
>+
>+static void virtio_transport_init_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb,
>+ struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
>+ size_t payload_len,
>+ u32 src_cid,
>+ u32 src_port,
>+ u32 dst_cid,
>+ u32 dst_port)
>+{
>+ struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr;
>+
>+ hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
>+ hdr->type = cpu_to_le16(info->type);
>+ hdr->op = cpu_to_le16(info->op);
>+ hdr->src_cid = cpu_to_le64(src_cid);
>+ hdr->dst_cid = cpu_to_le64(dst_cid);
>+ hdr->src_port = cpu_to_le32(src_port);
>+ hdr->dst_port = cpu_to_le32(dst_port);
>+ hdr->flags = cpu_to_le32(info->flags);
>+ hdr->len = cpu_to_le32(payload_len);
> }
>
> static void virtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb,
>@@ -214,6 +251,77 @@ static u16 virtio_transport_get_type(struct sock *sk)
> return VIRTIO_VSOCK_TYPE_SEQPACKET;
> }
>
>+static struct sk_buff *virtio_transport_alloc_skb(struct vsock_sock *vsk,

Before this patch we used `info->vsk` in virtio_transport_alloc_skb().
Is it now really necessary to add vsk as a parameter? If so, why?

>+ struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
>+ size_t payload_len,
>+ bool zcopy,
>+ u32 src_cid,
>+ u32 src_port,
>+ u32 dst_cid,
>+ u32 dst_port)
>+{
>+ struct sk_buff *skb;
>+ size_t skb_len;
>+
>+ skb_len = VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_HEADROOM;
>+
>+ if (!zcopy)
>+ skb_len += payload_len;
>+
>+ skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(skb_len, GFP_KERNEL);
>+ if (!skb)
>+ return NULL;
>+
>+ virtio_transport_init_hdr(skb, info, payload_len, src_cid, src_port,
>+ dst_cid, dst_port);
>+
>+ /* If 'vsk' != NULL then payload is always present, so we
>+ * will never call '__zerocopy_sg_from_iter()' below without
>+ * setting skb owner in 'skb_set_owner_w()'. The only case
>+ * when 'vsk' == NULL is VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST control message
>+ * without payload.
>+ */
>+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!(vsk && (info->msg && payload_len)) && zcopy);
>+
>+ /* Set owner here, because '__zerocopy_sg_from_iter()' uses
>+ * owner of skb without check to update 'sk_wmem_alloc'.
>+ */
>+ if (vsk)
>+ skb_set_owner_w(skb, sk_vsock(vsk));
>+
>+ if (info->msg && payload_len > 0) {
>+ int err;
>+
>+ err = virtio_transport_fill_skb(skb, info, payload_len, zcopy);
>+ if (err)
>+ goto out;
>+
>+ if (info->type == VIRTIO_VSOCK_TYPE_SEQPACKET) {

Before this patch, we did these steps only if
`msg_data_left(info->msg) == 0`, why now we do it in any case?

>+ struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
>+
>+ hdr->flags |= cpu_to_le32(VIRTIO_VSOCK_SEQ_EOM);
>+
>+ if (info->msg->msg_flags & MSG_EOR)
>+ hdr->flags |= cpu_to_le32(VIRTIO_VSOCK_SEQ_EOR);
>+ }
>+ }
>+
>+ if (info->reply)
>+ virtio_vsock_skb_set_reply(skb);
>+
>+ trace_virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(src_cid, src_port,
>+ dst_cid, dst_port,
>+ payload_len,
>+ info->type,
>+ info->op,
>+ info->flags);

Maybe now we should trace also `zcopy`.

>+
>+ return skb;
>+out:
>+ kfree_skb(skb);
>+ return NULL;
>+}
>+
> /* This function can only be used on connecting/connected sockets,
> * since a socket assigned to a transport is required.
> *
>@@ -222,10 +330,12 @@ static u16 virtio_transport_get_type(struct sock *sk)
> static int virtio_transport_send_pkt_info(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
> struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info)
> {
>+ u32 max_skb_len = VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE;
> u32 src_cid, src_port, dst_cid, dst_port;
> const struct virtio_transport *t_ops;
> struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs;
> u32 pkt_len = info->pkt_len;
>+ bool can_zcopy = false;
> u32 rest_len;
> int ret;
>
>@@ -254,15 +364,30 @@ static int virtio_transport_send_pkt_info(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
> if (pkt_len == 0 && info->op == VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RW)
> return pkt_len;
>
>+ if (info->msg) {
>+ /* If zerocopy is not enabled by 'setsockopt()', we behave as
>+ * there is no MSG_ZEROCOPY flag set.
>+ */
>+ if (!sock_flag(sk_vsock(vsk), SOCK_ZEROCOPY))
>+ info->msg->msg_flags &= ~MSG_ZEROCOPY;
>+
>+ if (info->msg->msg_flags & MSG_ZEROCOPY)
>+ can_zcopy = virtio_transport_can_zcopy(info, pkt_len);
>+
>+ if (can_zcopy)
>+ max_skb_len = min_t(u32, VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE,
>+ (MAX_SKB_FRAGS * PAGE_SIZE));
>+ }
>+
> rest_len = pkt_len;
>
> do {
> struct sk_buff *skb;
> size_t skb_len;
>
>- skb_len = min_t(u32, VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE, rest_len);
>+ skb_len = min(max_skb_len, rest_len);
>
>- skb = virtio_transport_alloc_skb(info, skb_len,
>+ skb = virtio_transport_alloc_skb(vsk, info, skb_len, can_zcopy,
> src_cid, src_port,
> dst_cid, dst_port);
> if (!skb) {
>@@ -270,6 +395,21 @@ static int virtio_transport_send_pkt_info(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
> break;
> }
>
>+ /* We process buffer part by part, allocating skb on
>+ * each iteration. If this is last skb for this buffer
>+ * and MSG_ZEROCOPY mode is in use - we must allocate
>+ * completion for the current syscall.
>+ */
>+ if (info->msg && info->msg->msg_flags & MSG_ZEROCOPY &&
>+ skb_len == rest_len && info->op == VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RW) {
>+ if (virtio_transport_init_zcopy_skb(vsk, skb,
>+ info->msg,
>+ can_zcopy)) {
>+ ret = -ENOMEM;
>+ break;
>+ }
>+ }
>+
> virtio_transport_inc_tx_pkt(vvs, skb);
>
> ret = t_ops->send_pkt(skb);
>@@ -985,7 +1125,7 @@ static int virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(const struct virtio_transport *t,
> if (!t)
> return -ENOTCONN;
>
>- reply = virtio_transport_alloc_skb(&info, 0,
>+ reply = virtio_transport_alloc_skb(NULL, &info, 0, false,
> le64_to_cpu(hdr->dst_cid),
> le32_to_cpu(hdr->dst_port),
> le64_to_cpu(hdr->src_cid),
>--
>2.25.1
>