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[RFC,v2,0/9] veth: Driver XDP

Message ID 20180610160217.3146-1-toshiaki.makita1@gmail.com
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Toshiaki Makita June 10, 2018, 4:02 p.m. UTC 
From: Toshiaki Makita <makita.toshiaki@lab.ntt.co.jp>

This patch set introduces driver XDP for veth.
Basically this is used in conjunction with redirect action of another XDP
program.

  NIC -----------> veth===veth
 (XDP) (redirect)        (XDP)

In this case xdp_frame can be forwarded to the peer veth without
modification, so we can expect far better performance than generic XDP.

The envisioned use cases are:

* Container managed XDP program
Container host redirects frames to containers by XDP redirect action, and
privileged containers can deploy their own XDP programs.

* XDP program cascading
Two or more XDP programs can be called for each packet by redirecting
xdp frames to veth.

* Internal interface for an XDP bridge
When using XDP redirection to create a virtual bridge, veth can be used
to create an internal interface for the bridge.

With single core and simple XDP programs which only redirect and drop
packets, I got 10.5 Mpps redirect/drop rate with i40e 25G NIC + veth.

XXV710 (i40e) --- (XDP redirect) --> veth===veth (XDP drop)

This changeset is making use of NAPI to implement ndo_xdp_xmit and
XDP_TX/REDIRECT. This is mainly because XDP heavily relies on NAPI
context.

This patchset is based on top of net-next commit 75d4e704fa8d
(netdev-FAQ: clarify DaveM's position for stable backports).
Any feedback is welcome. Thanks!

v2:
- Squash NAPI patch with "Add driver XDP" patch.
- Remove conversion from xdp_frame to skb when NAPI is not enabled.
- Introduce per-queue XDP ring (patch 8).
- Introduce bulk skb xmit when XDP is enabled on the peer (patch 9).

Toshiaki Makita (9):
  net: Export skb_headers_offset_update
  veth: Add driver XDP
  veth: Avoid drops by oversized packets when XDP is enabled
  veth: Add another napi ring for ndo_xdp_xmit and handle xdp_frames
  veth: Add ndo_xdp_xmit
  xdp: Add a flag for disabling napi_direct of xdp_return_frame in
    xdp_mem_info
  veth: Add XDP TX and REDIRECT
  veth: Support per queue XDP ring
  veth: Bulk skb xmit for XDP path

 drivers/net/veth.c     | 734 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 include/linux/filter.h |  16 ++
 include/linux/skbuff.h |   1 +
 include/net/xdp.h      |   4 +
 net/core/filter.c      |  11 +-
 net/core/skbuff.c      |   3 +-
 net/core/xdp.c         |   6 +-
 7 files changed, 753 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)