@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ static inline bool napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
}
int dev_set_threaded(struct net_device *dev, bool threaded);
+int backlog_set_threaded(bool threaded);
/**
* napi_disable - prevent NAPI from scheduling
@@ -3192,6 +3193,7 @@ struct softnet_data {
unsigned int cpu;
unsigned int input_queue_tail;
#endif
+ unsigned int process_queue_empty;
unsigned int received_rps;
unsigned int dropped;
struct sk_buff_head input_pkt_queue;
@@ -4597,7 +4597,7 @@ static int napi_schedule_rps(struct softnet_data *sd)
struct softnet_data *mysd = this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data);
#ifdef CONFIG_RPS
- if (sd != mysd) {
+ if (sd != mysd && !test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &sd->backlog.state)) {
sd->rps_ipi_next = mysd->rps_ipi_list;
mysd->rps_ipi_list = sd;
@@ -5778,6 +5778,8 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct work_struct, flush_works);
/* Network device is going away, flush any packets still pending */
static void flush_backlog(struct work_struct *work)
{
+ unsigned int process_queue_empty;
+ bool threaded, flush_processq;
struct sk_buff *skb, *tmp;
struct softnet_data *sd;
@@ -5792,8 +5794,15 @@ static void flush_backlog(struct work_struct *work)
input_queue_head_incr(sd);
}
}
+
+ threaded = test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &sd->backlog.state);
+ flush_processq = threaded &&
+ !skb_queue_empty_lockless(&sd->process_queue);
rps_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
+ if (threaded)
+ goto out;
+
skb_queue_walk_safe(&sd->process_queue, skb, tmp) {
if (skb->dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING) {
__skb_unlink(skb, &sd->process_queue);
@@ -5801,7 +5810,16 @@ static void flush_backlog(struct work_struct *work)
input_queue_head_incr(sd);
}
}
+
+out:
local_bh_enable();
+
+ while (flush_processq) {
+ msleep(1);
+ rps_lock_irq_disable(sd);
+ flush_processq = process_queue_empty == sd->process_queue_empty;
+ rps_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
+ }
}
static bool flush_required(int cpu)
@@ -5933,16 +5951,16 @@ static int process_backlog(struct napi_struct *napi, int quota)
}
rps_lock_irq_disable(sd);
+ sd->process_queue_empty++;
if (skb_queue_empty(&sd->input_pkt_queue)) {
/*
* Inline a custom version of __napi_complete().
- * only current cpu owns and manipulates this napi,
- * and NAPI_STATE_SCHED is the only possible flag set
- * on backlog.
+ * only current cpu owns and manipulates this napi.
* We can use a plain write instead of clear_bit(),
* and we dont need an smp_mb() memory barrier.
*/
- napi->state = 0;
+ napi->state &= ~(NAPIF_STATE_SCHED |
+ NAPIF_STATE_SCHED_THREADED);
again = false;
} else {
skb_queue_splice_tail_init(&sd->input_pkt_queue,
@@ -6356,6 +6374,53 @@ int dev_set_threaded(struct net_device *dev, bool threaded)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_threaded);
+int backlog_set_threaded(bool threaded)
+{
+ static bool backlog_threaded;
+ int err = 0;
+ int i;
+
+ if (backlog_threaded == threaded)
+ return 0;
+
+ for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
+ struct softnet_data *sd = &per_cpu(softnet_data, i);
+ struct napi_struct *n = &sd->backlog;
+
+ n->thread = kthread_run(napi_threaded_poll, n, "napi/backlog-%d", i);
+ if (IS_ERR(n->thread)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(n->thread);
+ pr_err("kthread_run failed with err %d\n", err);
+ n->thread = NULL;
+ threaded = false;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ backlog_threaded = threaded;
+
+ /* Make sure kthread is created before THREADED bit
+ * is set.
+ */
+ smp_mb__before_atomic();
+
+ for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
+ struct softnet_data *sd = &per_cpu(softnet_data, i);
+ struct napi_struct *n = &sd->backlog;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ rps_lock_irqsave(sd, &flags);
+ if (threaded)
+ n->state |= NAPIF_STATE_THREADED;
+ else
+ n->state &= ~NAPIF_STATE_THREADED;
+ rps_unlock_irq_restore(sd, &flags);
+ }
+
+ return err;
+}
+
void netif_napi_add_weight(struct net_device *dev, struct napi_struct *napi,
int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int), int weight)
{
@@ -11114,6 +11179,9 @@ static int dev_cpu_dead(unsigned int oldcpu)
raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ);
local_irq_enable();
+ if (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &oldsd->backlog.state))
+ return 0;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_RPS
remsd = oldsd->rps_ipi_list;
oldsd->rps_ipi_list = NULL;
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static int int_3600 = 3600;
static int min_sndbuf = SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF;
static int min_rcvbuf = SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF;
static int max_skb_frags = MAX_SKB_FRAGS;
+static int backlog_threaded;
static int net_msg_warn; /* Unused, but still a sysctl */
@@ -165,6 +166,23 @@ static int rps_sock_flow_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
}
#endif /* CONFIG_RPS */
+static int backlog_threaded_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ static DEFINE_MUTEX(backlog_threaded_mutex);
+ int ret;
+
+ mutex_lock(&backlog_threaded_mutex);
+
+ ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ if (write && !ret)
+ ret = backlog_set_threaded(backlog_threaded);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&backlog_threaded_mutex);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT
static DEFINE_MUTEX(flow_limit_update_mutex);
@@ -514,6 +532,15 @@ static struct ctl_table net_core_table[] = {
.proc_handler = rps_default_mask_sysctl
},
#endif
+ {
+ .procname = "backlog_threaded",
+ .data = &backlog_threaded,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = backlog_threaded_sysctl,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
+ .extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE
+ },
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT
{
.procname = "flow_limit_cpu_bitmap",
When dealing with few flows or an imbalance on CPU utilization, static RPS CPU assignment can be too inflexible. Add support for enabling threaded NAPI for backlog processing in order to allow the scheduler to better balance processing. This helps better spread the load across idle CPUs. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> --- RFC v3: - make patch more generic, applies to backlog processing in general - fix process queue access on flush RFC v2: - fix rebase error in rps locking include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 + net/core/dev.c | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- net/core/sysctl_net_core.c | 27 +++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)