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



On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 09:13:33AM +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> 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?
> 

Ah, I must be off my head here. I mixed several patches 1) my RFC patch
that removes MAX_SKB_FRAGS in RX path, 2) Annie's patch and 3) your
patch.

The reason that your patches uses req_cons instead of pre-calculated
value is, that value returned by xen_netbk_skb_count_slots is actually
*wrong* -- that's what Annie tried to fix in her patch.

After fixing xen_netbk_skb_count_slots, we would need the above snippet
(or the snippet I proposed in my RFC patch) to prevent overruning the
ring.

So a proper patch to this issue (not couting RX slots correctly causing
overrun of the ring) would be the above two aspects combined.

Comments?


Wei.

> 
> Wei.
> 
> >     }
> >  
> > -- 
> > 1.7.4.5

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