[RFC: DMA_PMD 12/22] net/core: Use per-CPU DMA_PMD pools for skb_page_frag_refill()
From: Luigi Rizzo
Date: Sat Oct 03 2026 - 17:31:13 EST
Add sysctl net.core.tx_enable_dma_pmd to back skb_page_frag_refill() with
per-CPU order-3 (32KB block) and order-0 (4KB block) DMA_PMD page pools.
When enabled, TX socket buffer page fragment allocations draw fragments
from DMA_PMD physical pages registered with per-CPU dma_pmd_pool. The
first allocation maps the entire DMA_PMD page, subsequent allocations
reuse the cached PMD_SIZE IOVA mapping locklessly without per-packet unmap
or IOTLB flush.
Signed-off-by: Luigi Rizzo <lrizzo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/sock.h | 3 ++
net/core/sock.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
net/core/sysctl_net_core.c | 7 ++++
3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 60ea55dc18854..a06b53e9ff225 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -3092,6 +3092,9 @@ extern __u32 sysctl_rmem_default;
#define SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER get_order(32768)
DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(net_high_order_alloc_disable_key);
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(net_tx_enable_dma_pmd_key);
+int net_tx_dma_pmd_sysctl(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
static inline int sk_get_wmem0(const struct sock *sk, const struct proto *proto)
{
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index e8551df8330ff..1fd338a547ce1 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
#include <linux/prefetch.h>
#include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/dma-pmd.h>
#include <linux/mroute.h>
#include <linux/mroute6.h>
#include <linux/icmpv6.h>
@@ -3173,6 +3174,87 @@ static void sk_leave_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
}
DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(net_high_order_alloc_disable_key);
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(net_tx_enable_dma_pmd_key);
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct dma_pmd_pool *, tx_pmd_pool_high);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct dma_pmd_pool *, tx_pmd_pool_order0);
+
+/*
+ * Lazily initialize the per-CPU DMA_PMD page pools on the first write to sysctl
+ * net.core.tx_enable_dma_pmd.
+ *
+ * Once initialized, the struct dma_pmd_pool descriptors remain allocated for
+ * the lifetime of the kernel so that lockless raw_cpu_read() in
+ * __alloc_pmd() is always safe against concurrent sysctl
+ * toggles. If pool creation fails partway through, all pools created so far are
+ * destroyed and per-CPU pointers are reset to NULL.
+ */
+static int net_tx_dma_pmd_init(void)
+{
+ static DEFINE_MUTEX(mutex);
+ struct dma_pmd_pool *pool;
+ static bool initialized;
+ int cpu;
+
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_PMD))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ mutex_lock(&mutex);
+ if (initialized) {
+ mutex_unlock(&mutex);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+ if (SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER) {
+ pool = dma_pmd_pool_create(SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER, 16);
+ if (!pool)
+ goto err_cleanup;
+ per_cpu(tx_pmd_pool_high, cpu) = pool;
+ }
+
+ pool = dma_pmd_pool_create(0, 16);
+ if (!pool)
+ goto err_cleanup;
+ per_cpu(tx_pmd_pool_order0, cpu) = pool;
+ }
+
+ initialized = true;
+ mutex_unlock(&mutex);
+ return 0;
+
+err_cleanup:
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+ per_cpu(tx_pmd_pool_high, cpu) =
+ dma_pmd_pool_destroy(per_cpu(tx_pmd_pool_high, cpu));
+ per_cpu(tx_pmd_pool_order0, cpu) =
+ dma_pmd_pool_destroy(per_cpu(tx_pmd_pool_order0, cpu));
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&mutex);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+int net_tx_dma_pmd_sysctl(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ if (write) {
+ int ret = net_tx_dma_pmd_init();
+
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return proc_do_static_key(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+}
+
+static struct page *__alloc_pmd(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order)
+{
+ if (!static_branch_unlikely(&net_tx_enable_dma_pmd_key))
+ return alloc_pages(gfp, order);
+ if (order == SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER)
+ return dma_pmd_pool_alloc(raw_cpu_read(tx_pmd_pool_high), gfp);
+ return dma_pmd_pool_alloc(raw_cpu_read(tx_pmd_pool_order0), gfp) ?: alloc_page(gfp);
+}
/**
* skb_page_frag_refill - check that a page_frag contains enough room
@@ -3200,7 +3282,7 @@ bool skb_page_frag_refill(unsigned int sz, struct page_frag *pfrag, gfp_t gfp)
if (SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER &&
!static_branch_unlikely(&net_high_order_alloc_disable_key)) {
/* Avoid direct reclaim but allow kswapd to wake */
- pfrag->page = alloc_pages((gfp & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) |
+ pfrag->page = __alloc_pmd((gfp & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) |
__GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN |
__GFP_NORETRY,
SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER);
@@ -3209,7 +3291,7 @@ bool skb_page_frag_refill(unsigned int sz, struct page_frag *pfrag, gfp_t gfp)
return true;
}
}
- pfrag->page = alloc_page(gfp);
+ pfrag->page = __alloc_pmd(gfp, 0);
if (likely(pfrag->page)) {
pfrag->size = PAGE_SIZE;
return true;
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index eb35da3556f4a..d9a7d9cb349e0 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -651,6 +651,13 @@ static struct ctl_table net_core_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_do_static_key,
},
+ {
+ .procname = "tx_enable_dma_pmd",
+ .data = &net_tx_enable_dma_pmd_key.key,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(net_tx_enable_dma_pmd_key),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = net_tx_dma_pmd_sysctl,
+ },
{
.procname = "gro_normal_batch",
.data = &net_hotdata.gro_normal_batch,
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog