kernel: add patch that adds support for running threaded NAPI poll functions

This is helps on workloads with CPU intensive poll functions (e.g. 802.11)
on multicore systems

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
master
Felix Fietkau 2020-07-26 15:24:42 +02:00
parent 3f69f7dd84
commit f51f18e099
6 changed files with 1036 additions and 15 deletions

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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1412,6 +1412,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
@@ -1415,6 +1415,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
IFF_PHONY_HEADROOM = 1<<26,
IFF_MACSEC = 1<<27,
IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER = 1<<28,
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
};
#define IFF_802_1Q_VLAN IFF_802_1Q_VLAN
@@ -1442,6 +1443,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
@@ -1445,6 +1446,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
#define IFF_RXFH_CONFIGURED IFF_RXFH_CONFIGURED
#define IFF_MACSEC IFF_MACSEC
#define IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
/**
* struct net_device - The DEVICE structure.
@@ -1728,6 +1730,11 @@ struct net_device {
@@ -1731,6 +1733,11 @@ struct net_device {
const struct xfrmdev_ops *xfrmdev_ops;
#endif
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
const struct header_ops *header_ops;
unsigned int flags;
@@ -1802,6 +1809,10 @@ struct net_device {
@@ -1805,6 +1812,10 @@ struct net_device {
struct mpls_dev __rcu *mpls_ptr;
#endif
@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
help
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3000,10 +3000,20 @@ static int xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -3001,10 +3001,20 @@ static int xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (!list_empty(&ptype_all) || !list_empty(&dev->ptype_all))
dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, dev);

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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1514,6 +1514,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
@@ -1517,6 +1517,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE = 1<<28,
IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER = 1<<29,
IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK = 1<<30,
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
};
#define IFF_802_1Q_VLAN IFF_802_1Q_VLAN
@@ -1546,6 +1547,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
@@ -1549,6 +1550,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
#define IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE
#define IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER
#define IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
/**
* struct net_device - The DEVICE structure.
@@ -1846,6 +1848,11 @@ struct net_device {
@@ -1849,6 +1851,11 @@ struct net_device {
const struct tlsdev_ops *tlsdev_ops;
#endif
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
const struct header_ops *header_ops;
unsigned int flags;
@@ -1928,6 +1935,10 @@ struct net_device {
@@ -1931,6 +1938,10 @@ struct net_device {
struct mpls_dev __rcu *mpls_ptr;
#endif
@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
help
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3251,10 +3251,20 @@ static int xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -3252,10 +3252,20 @@ static int xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (!list_empty(&ptype_all) || !list_empty(&dev->ptype_all))
dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, dev);

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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1546,6 +1546,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
@@ -1549,6 +1549,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE = 1<<28,
IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER = 1<<29,
IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK = 1<<30,
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
};
#define IFF_802_1Q_VLAN IFF_802_1Q_VLAN
@@ -1578,6 +1579,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
@@ -1581,6 +1582,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
#define IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE
#define IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER
#define IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
/**
* struct net_device - The DEVICE structure.
@@ -1879,6 +1881,11 @@ struct net_device {
@@ -1882,6 +1884,11 @@ struct net_device {
const struct tlsdev_ops *tlsdev_ops;
#endif
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
const struct header_ops *header_ops;
unsigned int flags;
@@ -1961,6 +1968,10 @@ struct net_device {
@@ -1964,6 +1971,10 @@ struct net_device {
struct mpls_dev __rcu *mpls_ptr;
#endif
@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
help
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3191,10 +3191,20 @@ static int xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -3192,10 +3192,20 @@ static int xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (dev_nit_active(dev))
dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, dev);

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@ -0,0 +1,339 @@
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:03:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] net: add support for threaded NAPI polling
For some drivers (especially 802.11 drivers), doing a lot of work in the NAPI
poll function does not perform well. Since NAPI poll is bound to the CPU it
was scheduled from, we can easily end up with a few very busy CPUs spending
most of their time in softirq/ksoftirqd and some idle ones.
Introduce threaded NAPI for such drivers based on a workqueue. The API is the
same except for using netif_threaded_napi_add instead of netif_napi_add.
In my tests with mt76 on MT7621 using threaded NAPI + a thread for tx scheduling
improves LAN->WLAN bridging throughput by 10-50%. Throughput without threaded
NAPI is wildly inconsistent, depending on the CPU that runs the tx scheduling
thread.
With threaded NAPI it seems stable and consistent (and higher than the best
results I got without it).
Based on a patch by Hillf Danton
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
---
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ struct napi_struct {
struct list_head dev_list;
struct hlist_node napi_hash_node;
unsigned int napi_id;
+ struct work_struct work;
};
enum {
@@ -336,6 +337,7 @@ enum {
NAPI_STATE_HASHED, /* In NAPI hash (busy polling possible) */
NAPI_STATE_NO_BUSY_POLL,/* Do not add in napi_hash, no busy polling */
NAPI_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL,/* sk_busy_loop() owns this NAPI */
+ NAPI_STATE_THREADED, /* Use threaded NAPI */
};
enum {
@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ enum {
NAPIF_STATE_HASHED = BIT(NAPI_STATE_HASHED),
NAPIF_STATE_NO_BUSY_POLL = BIT(NAPI_STATE_NO_BUSY_POLL),
NAPIF_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL = BIT(NAPI_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL),
+ NAPIF_STATE_THREADED = BIT(NAPI_STATE_THREADED),
};
enum gro_result {
@@ -2093,6 +2096,26 @@ void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *d
int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int), int weight);
/**
+ * netif_threaded_napi_add - initialize a NAPI context
+ * @dev: network device
+ * @napi: NAPI context
+ * @poll: polling function
+ * @weight: default weight
+ *
+ * This variant of netif_napi_add() should be used from drivers using NAPI
+ * with CPU intensive poll functions.
+ * This will schedule polling from a high priority workqueue
+ */
+static inline void netif_threaded_napi_add(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct napi_struct *napi,
+ int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int),
+ int weight)
+{
+ set_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state);
+ netif_napi_add(dev, napi, poll, weight);
+}
+
+/**
* netif_tx_napi_add - initialize a NAPI context
* @dev: network device
* @napi: NAPI context
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(offload_lock);
struct list_head ptype_base[PTYPE_HASH_SIZE] __read_mostly;
struct list_head ptype_all __read_mostly; /* Taps */
static struct list_head offload_base __read_mostly;
+static struct workqueue_struct *napi_workq __read_mostly;
static int netif_rx_internal(struct sk_buff *skb);
static int call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
@@ -5237,6 +5238,11 @@ void __napi_schedule(struct napi_struct
{
unsigned long flags;
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &n->state)) {
+ queue_work(napi_workq, &n->work);
+ return;
+ }
+
local_irq_save(flags);
____napi_schedule(this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data), n);
local_irq_restore(flags);
@@ -5284,6 +5290,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_schedule_prep);
*/
void __napi_schedule_irqoff(struct napi_struct *n)
{
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &n->state)) {
+ queue_work(napi_workq, &n->work);
+ return;
+ }
+
____napi_schedule(this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data), n);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule_irqoff);
@@ -5521,6 +5532,82 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart napi_watchdo
return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
}
+static int __napi_poll(struct napi_struct *n, bool *repoll)
+{
+ int work, weight;
+
+ weight = n->weight;
+
+ /* This NAPI_STATE_SCHED test is for avoiding a race
+ * with netpoll's poll_napi(). Only the entity which
+ * obtains the lock and sees NAPI_STATE_SCHED set will
+ * actually make the ->poll() call. Therefore we avoid
+ * accidentally calling ->poll() when NAPI is not scheduled.
+ */
+ work = 0;
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state)) {
+ work = n->poll(n, weight);
+ trace_napi_poll(n, work, weight);
+ }
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(work > weight);
+
+ if (likely(work < weight))
+ return work;
+
+ /* Drivers must not modify the NAPI state if they
+ * consume the entire weight. In such cases this code
+ * still "owns" the NAPI instance and therefore can
+ * move the instance around on the list at-will.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(napi_disable_pending(n))) {
+ napi_complete(n);
+ return work;
+ }
+
+ if (n->gro_list) {
+ /* flush too old packets
+ * If HZ < 1000, flush all packets.
+ */
+ napi_gro_flush(n, HZ >= 1000);
+ }
+
+ *repoll = true;
+
+ return work;
+}
+
+static void napi_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct napi_struct *n = container_of(work, struct napi_struct, work);
+ void *have;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ bool repoll = false;
+
+ local_bh_disable();
+
+ have = netpoll_poll_lock(n);
+ __napi_poll(n, &repoll);
+ netpoll_poll_unlock(have);
+
+ local_bh_enable();
+
+ if (!repoll)
+ return;
+
+ if (!need_resched())
+ continue;
+
+ /*
+ * have to pay for the latency of task switch even if
+ * napi is scheduled
+ */
+ queue_work(napi_workq, work);
+ return;
+ }
+}
+
void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *dev, struct napi_struct *napi,
int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int), int weight)
{
@@ -5540,6 +5627,7 @@ void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *d
#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
napi->poll_owner = -1;
#endif
+ INIT_WORK(&napi->work, napi_workfn);
set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &napi->state);
napi_hash_add(napi);
}
@@ -5565,6 +5653,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_disable);
void netif_napi_del(struct napi_struct *napi)
{
might_sleep();
+ cancel_work_sync(&napi->work);
if (napi_hash_del(napi))
synchronize_net();
list_del_init(&napi->dev_list);
@@ -5578,48 +5667,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_napi_del);
static int napi_poll(struct napi_struct *n, struct list_head *repoll)
{
+ bool do_repoll = false;
void *have;
- int work, weight;
+ int work;
list_del_init(&n->poll_list);
have = netpoll_poll_lock(n);
- weight = n->weight;
-
- /* This NAPI_STATE_SCHED test is for avoiding a race
- * with netpoll's poll_napi(). Only the entity which
- * obtains the lock and sees NAPI_STATE_SCHED set will
- * actually make the ->poll() call. Therefore we avoid
- * accidentally calling ->poll() when NAPI is not scheduled.
- */
- work = 0;
- if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state)) {
- work = n->poll(n, weight);
- trace_napi_poll(n, work, weight);
- }
-
- WARN_ON_ONCE(work > weight);
-
- if (likely(work < weight))
- goto out_unlock;
+ work = __napi_poll(n, &do_repoll);
- /* Drivers must not modify the NAPI state if they
- * consume the entire weight. In such cases this code
- * still "owns" the NAPI instance and therefore can
- * move the instance around on the list at-will.
- */
- if (unlikely(napi_disable_pending(n))) {
- napi_complete(n);
+ if (!do_repoll)
goto out_unlock;
- }
-
- if (n->gro_list) {
- /* flush too old packets
- * If HZ < 1000, flush all packets.
- */
- napi_gro_flush(n, HZ >= 1000);
- }
/* Some drivers may have called napi_schedule
* prior to exhausting their budget.
@@ -8855,6 +8914,10 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void)
sd->backlog.weight = weight_p;
}
+ napi_workq = alloc_workqueue("napi_workq", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI,
+ WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE | WQ_SYSFS);
+ BUG_ON(!napi_workq);
+
dev_boot_phase = 0;
/* The loopback device is special if any other network devices
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -441,6 +441,52 @@ static ssize_t proto_down_store(struct d
}
NETDEVICE_SHOW_RW(proto_down, fmt_dec);
+static int change_napi_threaded(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long val)
+{
+ struct napi_struct *napi;
+
+ if (list_empty(&dev->napi_list))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ list_for_each_entry(napi, &dev->napi_list, dev_list) {
+ if (val)
+ set_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state);
+ else
+ clear_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t napi_threaded_store(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ return netdev_store(dev, attr, buf, len, change_napi_threaded);
+}
+
+static ssize_t napi_threaded_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
+ struct napi_struct *napi;
+ bool enabled = false;
+
+ if (!rtnl_trylock())
+ return restart_syscall();
+
+ list_for_each_entry(napi, &netdev->napi_list, dev_list) {
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state))
+ enabled = true;
+ }
+
+ rtnl_unlock();
+
+ return sprintf(buf, fmt_dec, enabled);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(napi_threaded);
+
static ssize_t phys_port_id_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
@@ -536,6 +582,7 @@ static struct attribute *net_class_attrs
&dev_attr_flags.attr,
&dev_attr_tx_queue_len.attr,
&dev_attr_gro_flush_timeout.attr,
+ &dev_attr_napi_threaded.attr,
&dev_attr_phys_port_id.attr,
&dev_attr_phys_port_name.attr,
&dev_attr_phys_switch_id.attr,

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@ -0,0 +1,339 @@
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:03:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] net: add support for threaded NAPI polling
For some drivers (especially 802.11 drivers), doing a lot of work in the NAPI
poll function does not perform well. Since NAPI poll is bound to the CPU it
was scheduled from, we can easily end up with a few very busy CPUs spending
most of their time in softirq/ksoftirqd and some idle ones.
Introduce threaded NAPI for such drivers based on a workqueue. The API is the
same except for using netif_threaded_napi_add instead of netif_napi_add.
In my tests with mt76 on MT7621 using threaded NAPI + a thread for tx scheduling
improves LAN->WLAN bridging throughput by 10-50%. Throughput without threaded
NAPI is wildly inconsistent, depending on the CPU that runs the tx scheduling
thread.
With threaded NAPI it seems stable and consistent (and higher than the best
results I got without it).
Based on a patch by Hillf Danton
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
---
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ struct napi_struct {
struct list_head dev_list;
struct hlist_node napi_hash_node;
unsigned int napi_id;
+ struct work_struct work;
};
enum {
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ enum {
NAPI_STATE_HASHED, /* In NAPI hash (busy polling possible) */
NAPI_STATE_NO_BUSY_POLL,/* Do not add in napi_hash, no busy polling */
NAPI_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL,/* sk_busy_loop() owns this NAPI */
+ NAPI_STATE_THREADED, /* Use threaded NAPI */
};
enum {
@@ -359,6 +361,7 @@ enum {
NAPIF_STATE_HASHED = BIT(NAPI_STATE_HASHED),
NAPIF_STATE_NO_BUSY_POLL = BIT(NAPI_STATE_NO_BUSY_POLL),
NAPIF_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL = BIT(NAPI_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL),
+ NAPIF_STATE_THREADED = BIT(NAPI_STATE_THREADED),
};
enum gro_result {
@@ -2230,6 +2233,26 @@ void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *d
int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int), int weight);
/**
+ * netif_threaded_napi_add - initialize a NAPI context
+ * @dev: network device
+ * @napi: NAPI context
+ * @poll: polling function
+ * @weight: default weight
+ *
+ * This variant of netif_napi_add() should be used from drivers using NAPI
+ * with CPU intensive poll functions.
+ * This will schedule polling from a high priority workqueue
+ */
+static inline void netif_threaded_napi_add(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct napi_struct *napi,
+ int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int),
+ int weight)
+{
+ set_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state);
+ netif_napi_add(dev, napi, poll, weight);
+}
+
+/**
* netif_tx_napi_add - initialize a NAPI context
* @dev: network device
* @napi: NAPI context
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(offload_lock);
struct list_head ptype_base[PTYPE_HASH_SIZE] __read_mostly;
struct list_head ptype_all __read_mostly; /* Taps */
static struct list_head offload_base __read_mostly;
+static struct workqueue_struct *napi_workq __read_mostly;
static int netif_rx_internal(struct sk_buff *skb);
static int call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
@@ -5891,6 +5892,11 @@ void __napi_schedule(struct napi_struct
{
unsigned long flags;
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &n->state)) {
+ queue_work(napi_workq, &n->work);
+ return;
+ }
+
local_irq_save(flags);
____napi_schedule(this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data), n);
local_irq_restore(flags);
@@ -5938,6 +5944,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_schedule_prep);
*/
void __napi_schedule_irqoff(struct napi_struct *n)
{
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &n->state)) {
+ queue_work(napi_workq, &n->work);
+ return;
+ }
+
____napi_schedule(this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data), n);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule_irqoff);
@@ -6186,6 +6197,82 @@ static void init_gro_hash(struct napi_st
napi->gro_bitmask = 0;
}
+static int __napi_poll(struct napi_struct *n, bool *repoll)
+{
+ int work, weight;
+
+ weight = n->weight;
+
+ /* This NAPI_STATE_SCHED test is for avoiding a race
+ * with netpoll's poll_napi(). Only the entity which
+ * obtains the lock and sees NAPI_STATE_SCHED set will
+ * actually make the ->poll() call. Therefore we avoid
+ * accidentally calling ->poll() when NAPI is not scheduled.
+ */
+ work = 0;
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state)) {
+ work = n->poll(n, weight);
+ trace_napi_poll(n, work, weight);
+ }
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(work > weight);
+
+ if (likely(work < weight))
+ return work;
+
+ /* Drivers must not modify the NAPI state if they
+ * consume the entire weight. In such cases this code
+ * still "owns" the NAPI instance and therefore can
+ * move the instance around on the list at-will.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(napi_disable_pending(n))) {
+ napi_complete(n);
+ return work;
+ }
+
+ if (n->gro_bitmask) {
+ /* flush too old packets
+ * If HZ < 1000, flush all packets.
+ */
+ napi_gro_flush(n, HZ >= 1000);
+ }
+
+ *repoll = true;
+
+ return work;
+}
+
+static void napi_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct napi_struct *n = container_of(work, struct napi_struct, work);
+ void *have;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ bool repoll = false;
+
+ local_bh_disable();
+
+ have = netpoll_poll_lock(n);
+ __napi_poll(n, &repoll);
+ netpoll_poll_unlock(have);
+
+ local_bh_enable();
+
+ if (!repoll)
+ return;
+
+ if (!need_resched())
+ continue;
+
+ /*
+ * have to pay for the latency of task switch even if
+ * napi is scheduled
+ */
+ queue_work(napi_workq, work);
+ return;
+ }
+}
+
void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *dev, struct napi_struct *napi,
int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int), int weight)
{
@@ -6204,6 +6291,7 @@ void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *d
#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
napi->poll_owner = -1;
#endif
+ INIT_WORK(&napi->work, napi_workfn);
set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &napi->state);
napi_hash_add(napi);
}
@@ -6242,6 +6330,7 @@ static void flush_gro_hash(struct napi_s
void netif_napi_del(struct napi_struct *napi)
{
might_sleep();
+ cancel_work_sync(&napi->work);
if (napi_hash_del(napi))
synchronize_net();
list_del_init(&napi->dev_list);
@@ -6254,48 +6343,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_napi_del);
static int napi_poll(struct napi_struct *n, struct list_head *repoll)
{
+ bool do_repoll = false;
void *have;
- int work, weight;
+ int work;
list_del_init(&n->poll_list);
have = netpoll_poll_lock(n);
- weight = n->weight;
-
- /* This NAPI_STATE_SCHED test is for avoiding a race
- * with netpoll's poll_napi(). Only the entity which
- * obtains the lock and sees NAPI_STATE_SCHED set will
- * actually make the ->poll() call. Therefore we avoid
- * accidentally calling ->poll() when NAPI is not scheduled.
- */
- work = 0;
- if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state)) {
- work = n->poll(n, weight);
- trace_napi_poll(n, work, weight);
- }
-
- WARN_ON_ONCE(work > weight);
-
- if (likely(work < weight))
- goto out_unlock;
+ work = __napi_poll(n, &do_repoll);
- /* Drivers must not modify the NAPI state if they
- * consume the entire weight. In such cases this code
- * still "owns" the NAPI instance and therefore can
- * move the instance around on the list at-will.
- */
- if (unlikely(napi_disable_pending(n))) {
- napi_complete(n);
+ if (!do_repoll)
goto out_unlock;
- }
-
- if (n->gro_bitmask) {
- /* flush too old packets
- * If HZ < 1000, flush all packets.
- */
- napi_gro_flush(n, HZ >= 1000);
- }
/* Some drivers may have called napi_schedule
* prior to exhausting their budget.
@@ -9895,6 +9954,10 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void)
sd->backlog.weight = weight_p;
}
+ napi_workq = alloc_workqueue("napi_workq", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI,
+ WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE | WQ_SYSFS);
+ BUG_ON(!napi_workq);
+
dev_boot_phase = 0;
/* The loopback device is special if any other network devices
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -447,6 +447,52 @@ static ssize_t proto_down_store(struct d
}
NETDEVICE_SHOW_RW(proto_down, fmt_dec);
+static int change_napi_threaded(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long val)
+{
+ struct napi_struct *napi;
+
+ if (list_empty(&dev->napi_list))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ list_for_each_entry(napi, &dev->napi_list, dev_list) {
+ if (val)
+ set_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state);
+ else
+ clear_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t napi_threaded_store(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ return netdev_store(dev, attr, buf, len, change_napi_threaded);
+}
+
+static ssize_t napi_threaded_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
+ struct napi_struct *napi;
+ bool enabled = false;
+
+ if (!rtnl_trylock())
+ return restart_syscall();
+
+ list_for_each_entry(napi, &netdev->napi_list, dev_list) {
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state))
+ enabled = true;
+ }
+
+ rtnl_unlock();
+
+ return sprintf(buf, fmt_dec, enabled);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(napi_threaded);
+
static ssize_t phys_port_id_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
@@ -542,6 +588,7 @@ static struct attribute *net_class_attrs
&dev_attr_flags.attr,
&dev_attr_tx_queue_len.attr,
&dev_attr_gro_flush_timeout.attr,
+ &dev_attr_napi_threaded.attr,
&dev_attr_phys_port_id.attr,
&dev_attr_phys_port_name.attr,
&dev_attr_phys_switch_id.attr,

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@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:03:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] net: add support for threaded NAPI polling
For some drivers (especially 802.11 drivers), doing a lot of work in the NAPI
poll function does not perform well. Since NAPI poll is bound to the CPU it
was scheduled from, we can easily end up with a few very busy CPUs spending
most of their time in softirq/ksoftirqd and some idle ones.
Introduce threaded NAPI for such drivers based on a workqueue. The API is the
same except for using netif_threaded_napi_add instead of netif_napi_add.
In my tests with mt76 on MT7621 using threaded NAPI + a thread for tx scheduling
improves LAN->WLAN bridging throughput by 10-50%. Throughput without threaded
NAPI is wildly inconsistent, depending on the CPU that runs the tx scheduling
thread.
With threaded NAPI it seems stable and consistent (and higher than the best
results I got without it).
Based on a patch by Hillf Danton
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
---
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ struct napi_struct {
struct list_head dev_list;
struct hlist_node napi_hash_node;
unsigned int napi_id;
+ struct work_struct work;
};
enum {
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@ enum {
NAPI_STATE_HASHED, /* In NAPI hash (busy polling possible) */
NAPI_STATE_NO_BUSY_POLL,/* Do not add in napi_hash, no busy polling */
NAPI_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL,/* sk_busy_loop() owns this NAPI */
+ NAPI_STATE_THREADED, /* Use threaded NAPI */
};
enum {
@@ -360,6 +362,7 @@ enum {
NAPIF_STATE_HASHED = BIT(NAPI_STATE_HASHED),
NAPIF_STATE_NO_BUSY_POLL = BIT(NAPI_STATE_NO_BUSY_POLL),
NAPIF_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL = BIT(NAPI_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL),
+ NAPIF_STATE_THREADED = BIT(NAPI_STATE_THREADED),
};
enum gro_result {
@@ -2249,6 +2252,26 @@ void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *d
int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int), int weight);
/**
+ * netif_threaded_napi_add - initialize a NAPI context
+ * @dev: network device
+ * @napi: NAPI context
+ * @poll: polling function
+ * @weight: default weight
+ *
+ * This variant of netif_napi_add() should be used from drivers using NAPI
+ * with CPU intensive poll functions.
+ * This will schedule polling from a high priority workqueue
+ */
+static inline void netif_threaded_napi_add(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct napi_struct *napi,
+ int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int),
+ int weight)
+{
+ set_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state);
+ netif_napi_add(dev, napi, poll, weight);
+}
+
+/**
* netif_tx_napi_add - initialize a NAPI context
* @dev: network device
* @napi: NAPI context
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(offload_lock);
struct list_head ptype_base[PTYPE_HASH_SIZE] __read_mostly;
struct list_head ptype_all __read_mostly; /* Taps */
static struct list_head offload_base __read_mostly;
+static struct workqueue_struct *napi_workq __read_mostly;
static int netif_rx_internal(struct sk_buff *skb);
static int call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
@@ -5910,6 +5911,11 @@ void __napi_schedule(struct napi_struct
{
unsigned long flags;
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &n->state)) {
+ queue_work(napi_workq, &n->work);
+ return;
+ }
+
local_irq_save(flags);
____napi_schedule(this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data), n);
local_irq_restore(flags);
@@ -5957,6 +5963,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_schedule_prep);
*/
void __napi_schedule_irqoff(struct napi_struct *n)
{
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &n->state)) {
+ queue_work(napi_workq, &n->work);
+ return;
+ }
+
____napi_schedule(this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data), n);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule_irqoff);
@@ -6218,6 +6229,84 @@ static void init_gro_hash(struct napi_st
napi->gro_bitmask = 0;
}
+static int __napi_poll(struct napi_struct *n, bool *repoll)
+{
+ int work, weight;
+
+ weight = n->weight;
+
+ /* This NAPI_STATE_SCHED test is for avoiding a race
+ * with netpoll's poll_napi(). Only the entity which
+ * obtains the lock and sees NAPI_STATE_SCHED set will
+ * actually make the ->poll() call. Therefore we avoid
+ * accidentally calling ->poll() when NAPI is not scheduled.
+ */
+ work = 0;
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state)) {
+ work = n->poll(n, weight);
+ trace_napi_poll(n, work, weight);
+ }
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(work > weight);
+
+ if (likely(work < weight))
+ return work;
+
+ /* Drivers must not modify the NAPI state if they
+ * consume the entire weight. In such cases this code
+ * still "owns" the NAPI instance and therefore can
+ * move the instance around on the list at-will.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(napi_disable_pending(n))) {
+ napi_complete(n);
+ return work;
+ }
+
+ if (n->gro_bitmask) {
+ /* flush too old packets
+ * If HZ < 1000, flush all packets.
+ */
+ napi_gro_flush(n, HZ >= 1000);
+ }
+
+ gro_normal_list(n);
+
+ *repoll = true;
+
+ return work;
+}
+
+static void napi_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct napi_struct *n = container_of(work, struct napi_struct, work);
+ void *have;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ bool repoll = false;
+
+ local_bh_disable();
+
+ have = netpoll_poll_lock(n);
+ __napi_poll(n, &repoll);
+ netpoll_poll_unlock(have);
+
+ local_bh_enable();
+
+ if (!repoll)
+ return;
+
+ if (!need_resched())
+ continue;
+
+ /*
+ * have to pay for the latency of task switch even if
+ * napi is scheduled
+ */
+ queue_work(napi_workq, work);
+ return;
+ }
+}
+
void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *dev, struct napi_struct *napi,
int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int), int weight)
{
@@ -6238,6 +6327,7 @@ void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *d
#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
napi->poll_owner = -1;
#endif
+ INIT_WORK(&napi->work, napi_workfn);
set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &napi->state);
napi_hash_add(napi);
}
@@ -6276,6 +6366,7 @@ static void flush_gro_hash(struct napi_s
void netif_napi_del(struct napi_struct *napi)
{
might_sleep();
+ cancel_work_sync(&napi->work);
if (napi_hash_del(napi))
synchronize_net();
list_del_init(&napi->dev_list);
@@ -6288,50 +6379,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_napi_del);
static int napi_poll(struct napi_struct *n, struct list_head *repoll)
{
+ bool do_repoll = false;
void *have;
- int work, weight;
+ int work;
list_del_init(&n->poll_list);
have = netpoll_poll_lock(n);
- weight = n->weight;
-
- /* This NAPI_STATE_SCHED test is for avoiding a race
- * with netpoll's poll_napi(). Only the entity which
- * obtains the lock and sees NAPI_STATE_SCHED set will
- * actually make the ->poll() call. Therefore we avoid
- * accidentally calling ->poll() when NAPI is not scheduled.
- */
- work = 0;
- if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state)) {
- work = n->poll(n, weight);
- trace_napi_poll(n, work, weight);
- }
-
- WARN_ON_ONCE(work > weight);
-
- if (likely(work < weight))
- goto out_unlock;
+ work = __napi_poll(n, &do_repoll);
- /* Drivers must not modify the NAPI state if they
- * consume the entire weight. In such cases this code
- * still "owns" the NAPI instance and therefore can
- * move the instance around on the list at-will.
- */
- if (unlikely(napi_disable_pending(n))) {
- napi_complete(n);
+ if (!do_repoll)
goto out_unlock;
- }
-
- if (n->gro_bitmask) {
- /* flush too old packets
- * If HZ < 1000, flush all packets.
- */
- napi_gro_flush(n, HZ >= 1000);
- }
-
- gro_normal_list(n);
/* Some drivers may have called napi_schedule
* prior to exhausting their budget.
@@ -10264,6 +10323,10 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void)
sd->backlog.weight = weight_p;
}
+ napi_workq = alloc_workqueue("napi_workq", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI,
+ WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE | WQ_SYSFS);
+ BUG_ON(!napi_workq);
+
dev_boot_phase = 0;
/* The loopback device is special if any other network devices
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -442,6 +442,52 @@ static ssize_t proto_down_store(struct d
}
NETDEVICE_SHOW_RW(proto_down, fmt_dec);
+static int change_napi_threaded(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long val)
+{
+ struct napi_struct *napi;
+
+ if (list_empty(&dev->napi_list))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ list_for_each_entry(napi, &dev->napi_list, dev_list) {
+ if (val)
+ set_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state);
+ else
+ clear_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t napi_threaded_store(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ return netdev_store(dev, attr, buf, len, change_napi_threaded);
+}
+
+static ssize_t napi_threaded_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
+ struct napi_struct *napi;
+ bool enabled = false;
+
+ if (!rtnl_trylock())
+ return restart_syscall();
+
+ list_for_each_entry(napi, &netdev->napi_list, dev_list) {
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &napi->state))
+ enabled = true;
+ }
+
+ rtnl_unlock();
+
+ return sprintf(buf, fmt_dec, enabled);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(napi_threaded);
+
static ssize_t phys_port_id_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
@@ -532,6 +578,7 @@ static struct attribute *net_class_attrs
&dev_attr_flags.attr,
&dev_attr_tx_queue_len.attr,
&dev_attr_gro_flush_timeout.attr,
+ &dev_attr_napi_threaded.attr,
&dev_attr_phys_port_id.attr,
&dev_attr_phys_port_name.attr,
&dev_attr_phys_switch_id.attr,