Re: [RFC net-next 13/15] eth: fbnic: Support AF_XDP zero-copy receive
From: Stanislav Fomichev
Date: Mon Oct 05 2026 - 14:07:37 EST
On 10/02, Björn Töpel wrote:
> fbnic gets RX buffers from page_pool. Use the XSK buffer pool as the
> RX queue's page-pool memory provider, so allocation, DMA sync,
> recycling and refill stay in page_pool. Only aligned 4 KiB UMEM
> chunks are supported.
>
> Each UMEM frame on the header queue must hold one packet. Raise the
> header-split threshold to at least 3072 bytes, more than half of a
> 4 KiB page, so the device finishes the frame after one header. Cap
> it to the space left in the frame after the headroom. An MTU above
> the threshold needs a socket with XDP_USE_SG and an XDP program with
> frags support. With XDP_USE_SG, the payload queue also uses UMEM
> frames, and the device uses each frame for one descriptor only.
> Without it, the payload queue uses a normal page pool. If the device
> does not finish a provider frame after one descriptor, drop the
> packet.
>
> The BDQ refill loop now alternates header and payload buffers on all
> queues, so two rings that share one finite provider stay balanced.
> It keeps NAPI scheduled while the provider still has buffers.
>
> Provider frames are never split, so they get no fragment bias. A
> redirected frame can be recycled before its old BDQ slot is cleaned,
> and a stale bias would corrupt the new allocation.
>
> The headroom comes from the queue configuration. It must be at least
> XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM, a multiple of 128 bytes, and fit the hardware
> field; otherwise queue validation fails. MTU, ring parameter and XDP
> program changes that do not fit an active provider are rejected.
>
> fbnic did not support XDP_REDIRECT. Add it, with xdp_do_flush(), and
> advertise it. This also enables copy-mode AF_XDP and the other
> redirect targets on fbnic. Do not advertise AF_XDP zero copy until
> TX support is added.
>
> Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c | 5 +
> .../net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_netdev.c | 140 ++++++-
> .../net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_netdev.h | 4 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_txrx.c | 350 +++++++++++++-----
> drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_txrx.h | 6 +
> 5 files changed, 402 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c
> index e774740fcb5d..188abe0ead14 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c
> @@ -385,6 +385,11 @@ fbnic_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_ringparam *ring,
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> + err = fbnic_xsk_validate(fbn, fbn->xdp_prog, netdev->mtu,
> + kernel_ring->hds_thresh, extack);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> if (!netif_running(netdev)) {
> fbnic_set_rings(fbn, ring, kernel_ring);
> return 0;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_netdev.c
> index 8a6703afca38..038e91ef14e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_netdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_netdev.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
> #include <linux/ipv6.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <net/netdev_queues.h>
> +#include <net/netdev_rx_queue.h>
> +#include <net/xdp_sock_drv.h>
>
> #include "fbnic.h"
> #include "fbnic_netdev.h"
> @@ -276,6 +278,8 @@ static int fbnic_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
> static int fbnic_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
> {
> struct fbnic_net *fbn = netdev_priv(dev);
> + struct netlink_ext_ack extack = {};
> + int err;
>
> if (fbnic_check_split_frames(fbn->xdp_prog, new_mtu, fbn->hds_thresh)) {
> dev_err(&dev->dev,
> @@ -285,6 +289,15 @@ static int fbnic_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> + err = fbnic_xsk_validate(fbn, fbn->xdp_prog, new_mtu,
> + fbn->hds_thresh, &extack);
> + if (err) {
> + if (extack._msg)
> + netdev_err(dev, "%s\n", extack._msg);
> +
> + return err;
> + }
> +
> WRITE_ONCE(dev->mtu, new_mtu);
>
> return 0;
> @@ -534,26 +547,123 @@ bool fbnic_check_split_frames(struct bpf_prog *prog, unsigned int mtu,
> return mtu + ETH_HLEN > hds_thresh;
> }
>
> +u32 fbnic_xsk_hds_thresh(u32 headroom, u32 hds_thresh)
> +{
> + u32 max_hds;
> +
> + /* Reserve more than half a device page for each header so the device
> + * retires the provider frame after one descriptor.
> + */
> + static_assert(2 * FBNIC_XSK_HDS_THRESH > FBNIC_BD_PAGE_SIZE);
> +
> + max_hds = FBNIC_BD_PAGE_SIZE - headroom - FBNIC_RX_TROOM -
> + FBNIC_RX_PAD;
> +
> + return min(max_t(u32, hds_thresh, FBNIC_XSK_HDS_THRESH), max_hds);
> +}
> +
> +static int fbnic_xsk_validate_frames(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool,
> + struct bpf_prog *prog,
> + unsigned int mtu, u32 hds_thresh,
> + struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> +{
> + u32 xsk_hds_thresh;
> +
> + xsk_hds_thresh = fbnic_xsk_hds_thresh(xsk_pool_get_headroom(pool),
> + hds_thresh);
> +
> + if (mtu + ETH_HLEN <= xsk_hds_thresh)
> + return 0;
> +
> + if (!xsk_pool_uses_sg(pool)) {
> + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
> + "AF_XDP zero-copy socket requires XDP_USE_SG");
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + }
> +
> + if (fbnic_check_split_frames(prog, mtu, xsk_hds_thresh)) {
> + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
> + "AF_XDP zero-copy socket requires XDP frags");
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +int fbnic_xsk_validate(struct fbnic_net *fbn, struct bpf_prog *prog,
> + unsigned int mtu, u32 hds_thresh,
> + struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> +{
> + struct net_device *netdev = fbn->netdev;
> + struct xsk_buff_pool *pool;
> + unsigned int qid;
> + int err;
> +
> + for (qid = 0; qid < fbn->num_rx_queues; qid++) {
> + pool = xsk_get_pool_from_rxq(netdev, qid);
> + if (!pool)
> + continue;
> +
> + err = fbnic_xsk_validate_frames(pool, prog, mtu, hds_thresh,
> + extack);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int fbnic_xsk_setup_pool(struct net_device *netdev,
> + struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, u16 queue_id,
> + struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> +{
> + struct fbnic_net *fbn = netdev_priv(netdev);
> + int err;
> +
> + if (queue_id >= fbn->num_rx_queues)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + if (!pool)
> + return xsk_pool_setup_page_pool(netdev, NULL, queue_id, extack);
> +
> + err = fbnic_xsk_validate_frames(pool, fbn->xdp_prog, netdev->mtu,
> + fbn->hds_thresh, extack);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + return xsk_pool_setup_page_pool(netdev, pool, queue_id, extack);
> +}
> +
> static int fbnic_bpf(struct net_device *netdev, struct netdev_bpf *bpf)
> {
> struct bpf_prog *prog = bpf->prog, *prev_prog;
> struct fbnic_net *fbn = netdev_priv(netdev);
> + int err;
>
> - if (bpf->command != XDP_SETUP_PROG)
> + switch (bpf->command) {
> + case XDP_SETUP_PROG:
> + if (fbnic_check_split_frames(prog, netdev->mtu,
> + fbn->hds_thresh)) {
> + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(bpf->extack,
> + "MTU too high, or HDS threshold is too low for single buffer XDP");
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + }
> +
> + err = fbnic_xsk_validate(fbn, prog, netdev->mtu,
> + fbn->hds_thresh, bpf->extack);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + prev_prog = xchg(&fbn->xdp_prog, prog);
> + if (prev_prog)
> + bpf_prog_put(prev_prog);
> + return 0;
[..]
> + case XDP_SETUP_XSK_POOL:
> + return fbnic_xsk_setup_pool(netdev, bpf->xsk.pool,
> + bpf->xsk.queue_id, bpf->extack);
Is there a good reason to ask drivers to call us back with
xsk_pool_setup_page_pool? For the PP mode, maybe we should add new
XSK_VALIDATE_POOL or something? So most of that fbnic_xsk_setup_pool stays
in core?
I guess I'm mentally trying to have a clear separation between
pp vs non-pp modes. Even that whole xsk_buff_pool might be legacy non-pp
artifact? New drivers shouldn't bother with it? Or is it too much?