Re: [RFC v2] net: sched: implement TCQ_F_CAN_BYPASS for lockless qdisc

[Ahmad Fatoum]

On 18.03.21 08:46, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
> On 2021/3/18 15:10, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> On 15.03.21 04:10, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
>>> Currently pfifo_fast has both TCQ_F_CAN_BYPASS and TCQ_F_NOLOCK
>>> flag set, but queue discipline by-pass does not work for lockless
>>> qdisc because skb is always enqueued to qdisc even when the qdisc
>>> is empty, see __dev_xmit_skb().
>>>
>>> This patch calls sch_direct_xmit() to transmit the skb directly
>>> to the driver for empty lockless qdisc too, which aviod enqueuing
>>> and dequeuing operation. qdisc->empty is set to false whenever a
>>> skb is enqueued, see pfifo_fast_enqueue(), and is set to true when
>>> skb dequeuing return NULL, see pfifo_fast_dequeue(), a spinlock is
>>> added to avoid the race between enqueue/dequeue and qdisc->empty
>>> setting.
>>>
>>> If there is requeued skb in q->gso_skb, and qdisc->empty is true,
>>> do not allow bypassing requeued skb. enqueuing and dequeuing in
>>> q->gso_skb is always protected by qdisc->seqlock, so is the access
>>> of q->gso_skb by skb_queue_empty();
>>>
>>> Also, qdisc is scheduled at the end of qdisc_run_end() when q->empty
>>> is false to avoid packet stuck problem.
>>>
>>> The performance for ip_forward test increases about 10% with this
>>> patch.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> RFC V2: fix requeued skb out of order and data race problem.
>>
>> cansequence didn't find any frame reordering with 2 FlexCAN's communicating
>> with each other on a dual core i.MX6. Feel free to add:
>>
>> Tested-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks for testing.
> Actually I has a newer implemetion that canget rid of the priv->lock
> added in this patch.
> I am not sending it out yet:
> 1. There is a packet stuck problem for lockless qdisc I try to fix,
>    see [1], and I prefer not to add more optimization to lockless
>    qdisc before we find out real cause, it will make backporting
>    packet stuck patch harder and optimization is useless if there
>    is still basic bug for lockless qdisc
> 2. I am still not convinced that the lockless implemetion is clearer
>    than the priv->lock implemetion, I still need to do some thinking
>    and testing.

I see. Keep me in the loop for future revisions and I'll give them a spin
to see if regressions pop up.

Cheers,
Ahmad

> 
> 
>>
>>> ---
>>>  include/net/pkt_sched.h   |  2 ++
>>>  include/net/sch_generic.h |  7 +++++--
>>>  net/core/dev.c            | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>>  net/sched/sch_generic.c   | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>  4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/net/pkt_sched.h b/include/net/pkt_sched.h
>>> index f5c1bee..c760f6a 100644
>>> --- a/include/net/pkt_sched.h
>>> +++ b/include/net/pkt_sched.h
>>> @@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ void qdisc_warn_nonwc(const char *txt, struct Qdisc *qdisc);
>>>  bool sch_direct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
>>>  		     struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_queue *txq,
>>>  		     spinlock_t *root_lock, bool validate);
>>> +bool sch_may_need_requeuing(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
>>> +			    struct net_device *dev);
>>>  
>>>  void __qdisc_run(struct Qdisc *q);
>>>  
>>> diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
>>> index 2d6eb60..6591356 100644
>>> --- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
>>> +++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
>>> @@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ static inline bool qdisc_run_begin(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
>>>  	if (qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
>>>  		if (!spin_trylock(&qdisc->seqlock))
>>>  			return false;
>>> -		WRITE_ONCE(qdisc->empty, false);
>>>  	} else if (qdisc_is_running(qdisc)) {
>>>  		return false;
>>>  	}
>>> @@ -176,8 +175,12 @@ static inline bool qdisc_run_begin(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
>>>  static inline void qdisc_run_end(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
>>>  {
>>>  	write_seqcount_end(&qdisc->running);
>>> -	if (qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK)
>>> +	if (qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
>>>  		spin_unlock(&qdisc->seqlock);
>>> +
>>> +		if (unlikely(!READ_ONCE(qdisc->empty)))
>>> +			__netif_schedule(qdisc);
>>> +	}
>>>  }
>>>  
>>>  static inline bool qdisc_may_bulk(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
>>> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
>>> index 2bfdd52..8f4afb6 100644
>>> --- a/net/core/dev.c
>>> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
>>> @@ -3791,6 +3791,20 @@ static inline int __dev_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
>>>  	qdisc_calculate_pkt_len(skb, q);
>>>  
>>>  	if (q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
>>> +		if (q->flags & TCQ_F_CAN_BYPASS && READ_ONCE(q->empty) &&
>>> +		    qdisc_run_begin(q)) {
>>> +			qdisc_bstats_cpu_update(q, skb);
>>> +
>>> +			if (sch_may_need_requeuing(skb, q, dev))
>>> +				__qdisc_run(q);
>>> +			else if (sch_direct_xmit(skb, q, dev, txq, NULL, true) &&
>>> +				 !READ_ONCE(q->empty))
>>> +				__qdisc_run(q);
>>> +
>>> +			qdisc_run_end(q);
>>> +			return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
>>> +		}
>>> +
>>>  		rc = q->enqueue(skb, q, &to_free) & NET_XMIT_MASK;
>>>  		qdisc_run(q);
>>>  
>>> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
>>> index 49eae93..0df1462 100644
>>> --- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
>>> +++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
>>> @@ -273,6 +273,23 @@ static struct sk_buff *dequeue_skb(struct Qdisc *q, bool *validate,
>>>  	return skb;
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +bool sch_may_need_requeuing(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
>>> +			    struct net_device *dev)
>>> +{
>>> +	bool again = false;
>>> +
>>> +	if (likely(skb_queue_empty(&q->gso_skb)))
>>> +		return false;
>>> +
>>> +	/* need validating before requeuing */
>>> +	skb = validate_xmit_skb_list(skb, dev, &again);
>>> +	if (unlikely(!skb))
>>> +		return true;
>>> +
>>> +	dev_requeue_skb(skb, q);
>>> +	return true;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  /*
>>>   * Transmit possibly several skbs, and handle the return status as
>>>   * required. Owning running seqcount bit guarantees that
>>> @@ -606,6 +623,11 @@ static const u8 prio2band[TC_PRIO_MAX + 1] = {
>>>   */
>>>  struct pfifo_fast_priv {
>>>  	struct skb_array q[PFIFO_FAST_BANDS];
>>> +
>>> +	/* protect against data race between enqueue/dequeue and
>>> +	 * qdisc->empty setting
>>> +	 */
>>> +	spinlock_t lock;
>>>  };
>>>  
>>>  static inline struct skb_array *band2list(struct pfifo_fast_priv *priv,
>>> @@ -623,7 +645,10 @@ static int pfifo_fast_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *qdisc,
>>>  	unsigned int pkt_len = qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
>>>  	int err;
>>>  
>>> -	err = skb_array_produce(q, skb);
>>> +	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
>>> +	err = __ptr_ring_produce(&q->ring, skb);
>>> +	WRITE_ONCE(qdisc->empty, false);
>>> +	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
>>>  
>>>  	if (unlikely(err)) {
>>>  		if (qdisc_is_percpu_stats(qdisc))
>>> @@ -642,6 +667,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *pfifo_fast_dequeue(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
>>>  	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
>>>  	int band;
>>>  
>>> +	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
>>>  	for (band = 0; band < PFIFO_FAST_BANDS && !skb; band++) {
>>>  		struct skb_array *q = band2list(priv, band);
>>>  
>>> @@ -655,6 +681,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *pfifo_fast_dequeue(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
>>>  	} else {
>>>  		WRITE_ONCE(qdisc->empty, true);
>>>  	}
>>> +	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
>>>  
>>>  	return skb;
>>>  }
>>> @@ -739,6 +766,8 @@ static int pfifo_fast_init(struct Qdisc *qdisc, struct nlattr *opt,
>>>  
>>>  	/* Can by-pass the queue discipline */
>>>  	qdisc->flags |= TCQ_F_CAN_BYPASS;
>>> +
>>> +	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
>>>  	return 0;
>>>  }
>>>  
>>>
>>
> 
> 

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