Re: [PATCH net-next v5 4/4] net: add per-netns sysctl for devmem autorelease

[Bobby Eshleman]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 07:09:58PM -0700, Mina Almasry wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 06:22:16PM -0700, Mina Almasry wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > diff --git a/net/core/devmem.c b/net/core/devmem.c
> > > > index 8f3199fe0f7b..9cd6d93676f9 100644
> > > > --- a/net/core/devmem.c
> > > > +++ b/net/core/devmem.c
> > > > @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev,
> > > >                 goto err_free_chunks;
> > > >
> > > >         list_add(&binding->list, &priv->bindings);
> > > > -       binding->autorelease = true;
> > > > +       binding->autorelease = dev_net(dev)->core.sysctl_devmem_autorelease;
> > > >
> > >
> > > Do you need to READ_ONCE this and WRITE_ONCE the write site? Or is
> > > that silly for a u8? Maybe better be safe.
> >
> > Probably worth it to be safe.
> > >
> > > Could we not make this an optional netlink argument? I thought that
> > > was a bit nicer than a sysctl.
> > >
> > > Needs a doc update.
> > >
> > >
> > > -- Thanks, Mina
> >
> > Sounds good, I'll change to nl for the next rev. Thanks for the review!
> >
> 
> Sorry to pile the requests, but any chance we can have the kselftest
> improved to cover the default case and the autorelease=on case?
> 
No problem, I had the same thought.

> I'm thinking out loud here: if we make autorelease a property of the
> socket like I say in the other thread, does changing the value at
> runtime blow everything up. My thinking is that no, what's important
> is that the sk->devmem_info.autorelease **never** gets toggled for any
> active sockets, but as long as the value is constant, everything
> should work fine, yes?

I agree, autorelease can be toggled so long as the xarray is empty
and there are no outstanding urefs (to avoid sock_devmem_dontneed from
doing the wrong thing with the tokens).

Best,
Bobby