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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] tun: AF_XDP Tx zero-copy support
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On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 9:45=E2=80=AFPM wangyunjian <wangyunjian@huawei.com>=
 wrote:
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael S. Tsirkin [mailto:mst@redhat.com]
> > Sent: Friday, March 1, 2024 7:53 PM
> > To: wangyunjian <wangyunjian@huawei.com>
> > Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>; willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com;
> > jasowang@redhat.com; kuba@kernel.org; bjorn@kernel.org;
> > magnus.karlsson@intel.com; maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com;
> > jonathan.lemon@gmail.com; davem@davemloft.net; bpf@vger.kernel.org;
> > netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; kvm@vger.kernel.o=
rg;
> > virtualization@lists.linux.dev; xudingke <xudingke@huawei.com>; liwei (=
DT)
> > <liwei395@huawei.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] tun: AF_XDP Tx zero-copy support
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 11:45:52AM +0000, wangyunjian wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Paolo Abeni [mailto:pabeni@redhat.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 29, 2024 7:13 PM
> > > > To: wangyunjian <wangyunjian@huawei.com>; mst@redhat.com;
> > > > willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com; jasowang@redhat.com;
> > > > kuba@kernel.org; bjorn@kernel.org; magnus.karlsson@intel.com;
> > > > maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com; jonathan.lemon@gmail.com;
> > > > davem@davemloft.net
> > > > Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org;
> > > > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; kvm@vger.kernel.org;
> > > > virtualization@lists.linux.dev; xudingke <xudingke@huawei.com>;
> > > > liwei (DT) <liwei395@huawei.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] tun: AF_XDP Tx zero-copy
> > > > support
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 2024-02-28 at 19:05 +0800, Yunjian Wang wrote:
> > > > > @@ -2661,6 +2776,54 @@ static int tun_ptr_peek_len(void *ptr)
> > > > >         }
> > > > >  }
> > > > >
> > > > > +static void tun_peek_xsk(struct tun_file *tfile) {
> > > > > +       struct xsk_buff_pool *pool;
> > > > > +       u32 i, batch, budget;
> > > > > +       void *frame;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +       if (!ptr_ring_empty(&tfile->tx_ring))
> > > > > +               return;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +       spin_lock(&tfile->pool_lock);
> > > > > +       pool =3D tfile->xsk_pool;
> > > > > +       if (!pool) {
> > > > > +               spin_unlock(&tfile->pool_lock);
> > > > > +               return;
> > > > > +       }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +       if (tfile->nb_descs) {
> > > > > +               xsk_tx_completed(pool, tfile->nb_descs);
> > > > > +               if (xsk_uses_need_wakeup(pool))
> > > > > +                       xsk_set_tx_need_wakeup(pool);
> > > > > +       }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +       spin_lock(&tfile->tx_ring.producer_lock);
> > > > > +       budget =3D min_t(u32, tfile->tx_ring.size, TUN_XDP_BATCH)=
;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +       batch =3D xsk_tx_peek_release_desc_batch(pool, budget);
> > > > > +       if (!batch) {
> > > >
> > > > This branch looks like an unneeded "optimization". The generic loop
> > > > below should have the same effect with no measurable perf delta - a=
nd
> > smaller code.
> > > > Just remove this.
> > > >
> > > > > +               tfile->nb_descs =3D 0;
> > > > > +               spin_unlock(&tfile->tx_ring.producer_lock);
> > > > > +               spin_unlock(&tfile->pool_lock);
> > > > > +               return;
> > > > > +       }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +       tfile->nb_descs =3D batch;
> > > > > +       for (i =3D 0; i < batch; i++) {
> > > > > +               /* Encode the XDP DESC flag into lowest bit for c=
onsumer to
> > differ
> > > > > +                * XDP desc from XDP buffer and sk_buff.
> > > > > +                */
> > > > > +               frame =3D tun_xdp_desc_to_ptr(&pool->tx_descs[i])=
;
> > > > > +               /* The budget must be less than or equal to tx_ri=
ng.size,
> > > > > +                * so enqueuing will not fail.
> > > > > +                */
> > > > > +               __ptr_ring_produce(&tfile->tx_ring, frame);
> > > > > +       }
> > > > > +       spin_unlock(&tfile->tx_ring.producer_lock);
> > > > > +       spin_unlock(&tfile->pool_lock);
> > > >
> > > > More related to the general design: it looks wrong. What if
> > > > get_rx_bufs() will fail (ENOBUF) after successful peeking? With no
> > > > more incoming packets, later peek will return 0 and it looks like
> > > > that the half-processed packets will stay in the ring forever???
> > > >
> > > > I think the 'ring produce' part should be moved into tun_do_read().
> > >
> > > Currently, the vhost-net obtains a batch descriptors/sk_buffs from th=
e
> > > ptr_ring and enqueue the batch descriptors/sk_buffs to the
> > > virtqueue'queue, and then consumes the descriptors/sk_buffs from the
> > > virtqueue'queue in sequence. As a result, TUN does not know whether
> > > the batch descriptors have been used up, and thus does not know when =
to
> > return the batch descriptors.
> > >
> > > So, I think it's reasonable that when vhost-net checks ptr_ring is
> > > empty, it calls peek_len to get new xsk's descs and return the descri=
ptors.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > What you need to think about is that if you peek, another call in paral=
lel can get
> > the same value at the same time.
>
> Thank you. I have identified a problem. The tx_descs array was created wi=
thin xsk's pool.
> When xsk is freed, the pool and tx_descs are also freed. Howerver, some d=
escs may
> remain in the virtqueue'queue, which could lead to a use-after-free scena=
rio.

This can probably solving by when xsk pool is disabled, signal the
vhost_net to drop those descriptors.

Thanks

> Currently,
> I do not have an idea to solve this concurrency problem and believe this =
scenario may
> not be appropriate for reusing the ptr_ring.
>
> Thanks
>
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Paolo
> > >
>