[PATCH net-next] tuntap: XDP_TX can use native XDP

From: Jason Wang
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 23:23:51 EST


Now we have ndo_xdp_xmit, switch to use it instead of the slow generic
XDP TX routine. XDP_TX on TAP gets ~20% improvements from ~1.5Mpps to
~1.8Mpps on 2.60GHz Core(TM) i7-5600U.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/tun.c | 19 ++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 475088f..baeafa0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1613,7 +1613,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun,
unsigned int delta = 0;
char *buf;
size_t copied;
- bool xdp_xmit = false;
int err, pad = TUN_RX_PAD;

rcu_read_lock();
@@ -1671,8 +1670,14 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun,
preempt_enable();
return NULL;
case XDP_TX:
- xdp_xmit = true;
- /* fall through */
+ get_page(alloc_frag->page);
+ alloc_frag->offset += buflen;
+ if (tun_xdp_xmit(tun->dev, &xdp))
+ goto err_redirect;
+ tun_xdp_flush(tun->dev);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ preempt_enable();
+ return NULL;
case XDP_PASS:
delta = orig_data - xdp.data;
break;
@@ -1699,14 +1704,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun,
get_page(alloc_frag->page);
alloc_frag->offset += buflen;

- if (xdp_xmit) {
- skb->dev = tun->dev;
- generic_xdp_tx(skb, xdp_prog);
- rcu_read_unlock();
- preempt_enable();
- return NULL;
- }
-
rcu_read_unlock();
preempt_enable();

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2.7.4