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[net-next,v4,05/12] net: homa: create homa_rpc.h and homa_rpc.c

Message ID 20241217000626.2958-6-ouster@cs.stanford.edu (mailing list archive)
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John Ousterhout Dec. 17, 2024, 12:06 a.m. UTC
These files provide basic functions for managing remote procedure calls,
which are the fundamental entities managed by Homa. Each RPC consists
of a request message from a client to a server, followed by a response
message returned from the server to the client.

Signed-off-by: John Ousterhout <ouster@cs.stanford.edu>
---
 net/homa/homa_rpc.c | 485 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 net/homa/homa_rpc.h | 458 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 943 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 net/homa/homa_rpc.c
 create mode 100644 net/homa/homa_rpc.h
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diff --git a/net/homa/homa_rpc.c b/net/homa/homa_rpc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..835d09cf486c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/homa/homa_rpc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,485 @@ 
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+
+/* This file contains functions for managing homa_rpc structs. */
+
+#include "homa_impl.h"
+#include "homa_peer.h"
+#include "homa_pool.h"
+#include "homa_stub.h"
+
+/**
+ * homa_rpc_new_client() - Allocate and construct a client RPC (one that is used
+ * to issue an outgoing request). Doesn't send any packets. Invoked with no
+ * locks held.
+ * @hsk:      Socket to which the RPC belongs.
+ * @dest:     Address of host (ip and port) to which the RPC will be sent.
+ *
+ * Return:    A printer to the newly allocated object, or a negative
+ *            errno if an error occurred. The RPC will be locked; the
+ *            caller must eventually unlock it.
+ */
+struct homa_rpc *homa_rpc_new_client(struct homa_sock *hsk,
+				     const union sockaddr_in_union *dest)
+	__acquires(&crpc->bucket->lock)
+{
+	struct in6_addr dest_addr_as_ipv6 = canonical_ipv6_addr(dest);
+	struct homa_rpc_bucket *bucket;
+	struct homa_rpc *crpc;
+	int err;
+
+	crpc = kmalloc(sizeof(*crpc), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(!crpc))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	/* Initialize fields that don't require the socket lock. */
+	crpc->hsk = hsk;
+	crpc->id = atomic64_fetch_add(2, &hsk->homa->next_outgoing_id);
+	bucket = homa_client_rpc_bucket(hsk, crpc->id);
+	crpc->bucket = bucket;
+	crpc->state = RPC_OUTGOING;
+	atomic_set(&crpc->flags, 0);
+	crpc->peer = homa_peer_find(hsk->homa->peers, &dest_addr_as_ipv6,
+				    &hsk->inet);
+	if (IS_ERR(crpc->peer)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(crpc->peer);
+		goto error;
+	}
+	crpc->dport = ntohs(dest->in6.sin6_port);
+	crpc->completion_cookie = 0;
+	crpc->error = 0;
+	crpc->msgin.length = -1;
+	crpc->msgin.num_bpages = 0;
+	memset(&crpc->msgout, 0, sizeof(crpc->msgout));
+	crpc->msgout.length = -1;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&crpc->ready_links);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&crpc->buf_links);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&crpc->dead_links);
+	crpc->interest = NULL;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&crpc->throttled_links);
+	crpc->silent_ticks = 0;
+	crpc->resend_timer_ticks = hsk->homa->timer_ticks;
+	crpc->done_timer_ticks = 0;
+	crpc->magic = HOMA_RPC_MAGIC;
+	crpc->start_ns = sched_clock();
+
+	/* Initialize fields that require locking. This allows the most
+	 * expensive work, such as copying in the message from user space,
+	 * to be performed without holding locks. Also, can't hold spin
+	 * locks while doing things that could block, such as memory allocation.
+	 */
+	homa_bucket_lock(bucket, crpc->id, "homa_rpc_new_client");
+	homa_sock_lock(hsk, "homa_rpc_new_client");
+	if (hsk->shutdown) {
+		homa_sock_unlock(hsk);
+		homa_rpc_unlock(crpc);
+		err = -ESHUTDOWN;
+		goto error;
+	}
+	hlist_add_head(&crpc->hash_links, &bucket->rpcs);
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&crpc->active_links, &hsk->active_rpcs);
+	homa_sock_unlock(hsk);
+
+	return crpc;
+
+error:
+	kfree(crpc);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_rpc_new_server() - Allocate and construct a server RPC (one that is
+ * used to manage an incoming request). If appropriate, the RPC will also
+ * be handed off (we do it here, while we have the socket locked, to avoid
+ * acquiring the socket lock a second time later for the handoff).
+ * @hsk:      Socket that owns this RPC.
+ * @source:   IP address (network byte order) of the RPC's client.
+ * @h:        Header for the first data packet received for this RPC; used
+ *            to initialize the RPC.
+ * @created:  Will be set to 1 if a new RPC was created and 0 if an
+ *            existing RPC was found.
+ *
+ * Return:  A pointer to a new RPC, which is locked, or a negative errno
+ *          if an error occurred. If there is already an RPC corresponding
+ *          to h, then it is returned instead of creating a new RPC.
+ */
+struct homa_rpc *homa_rpc_new_server(struct homa_sock *hsk,
+				     const struct in6_addr *source,
+				     struct homa_data_hdr *h, int *created)
+	__acquires(&srpc->bucket->lock)
+{
+	__u64 id = homa_local_id(h->common.sender_id);
+	struct homa_rpc_bucket *bucket;
+	struct homa_rpc *srpc = NULL;
+	int err;
+
+	/* Lock the bucket, and make sure no-one else has already created
+	 * the desired RPC.
+	 */
+	bucket = homa_server_rpc_bucket(hsk, id);
+	homa_bucket_lock(bucket, id, "homa_rpc_new_server");
+	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(srpc, &bucket->rpcs, hash_links) {
+		if (srpc->id == id &&
+		    srpc->dport == ntohs(h->common.sport) &&
+		    ipv6_addr_equal(&srpc->peer->addr, source)) {
+			/* RPC already exists; just return it instead
+			 * of creating a new RPC.
+			 */
+			*created = 0;
+			return srpc;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Initialize fields that don't require the socket lock. */
+	srpc = kmalloc(sizeof(*srpc), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!srpc) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+	srpc->hsk = hsk;
+	srpc->bucket = bucket;
+	srpc->state = RPC_INCOMING;
+	atomic_set(&srpc->flags, 0);
+	srpc->peer = homa_peer_find(hsk->homa->peers, source, &hsk->inet);
+	if (IS_ERR(srpc->peer)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(srpc->peer);
+		goto error;
+	}
+	srpc->dport = ntohs(h->common.sport);
+	srpc->id = id;
+	srpc->completion_cookie = 0;
+	srpc->error = 0;
+	srpc->msgin.length = -1;
+	srpc->msgin.num_bpages = 0;
+	memset(&srpc->msgout, 0, sizeof(srpc->msgout));
+	srpc->msgout.length = -1;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&srpc->ready_links);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&srpc->buf_links);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&srpc->dead_links);
+	srpc->interest = NULL;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&srpc->throttled_links);
+	srpc->silent_ticks = 0;
+	srpc->resend_timer_ticks = hsk->homa->timer_ticks;
+	srpc->done_timer_ticks = 0;
+	srpc->magic = HOMA_RPC_MAGIC;
+	srpc->start_ns = sched_clock();
+	err = homa_message_in_init(srpc, ntohl(h->message_length));
+	if (err != 0)
+		goto error;
+
+	/* Initialize fields that require socket to be locked. */
+	homa_sock_lock(hsk, "homa_rpc_new_server");
+	if (hsk->shutdown) {
+		homa_sock_unlock(hsk);
+		err = -ESHUTDOWN;
+		goto error;
+	}
+	hlist_add_head(&srpc->hash_links, &bucket->rpcs);
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&srpc->active_links, &hsk->active_rpcs);
+	if (ntohl(h->seg.offset) == 0 && srpc->msgin.num_bpages > 0) {
+		atomic_or(RPC_PKTS_READY, &srpc->flags);
+		homa_rpc_handoff(srpc);
+	}
+	homa_sock_unlock(hsk);
+	*created = 1;
+	return srpc;
+
+error:
+	homa_bucket_unlock(bucket, id);
+	kfree(srpc);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_rpc_acked() - This function is invoked when an ack is received
+ * for an RPC; if the RPC still exists, is freed.
+ * @hsk:     Socket on which the ack was received. May or may not correspond
+ *           to the RPC, but can sometimes be used to avoid a socket lookup.
+ * @saddr:   Source address from which the act was received (the client
+ *           note for the RPC)
+ * @ack:     Information about an RPC from @saddr that may now be deleted
+ *           safely.
+ */
+void homa_rpc_acked(struct homa_sock *hsk, const struct in6_addr *saddr,
+		    struct homa_ack *ack)
+{
+	__u16 server_port = ntohs(ack->server_port);
+	__u64 id = homa_local_id(ack->client_id);
+	struct homa_sock *hsk2 = hsk;
+	struct homa_rpc *rpc;
+
+	if (hsk2->port != server_port) {
+		/* Without RCU, sockets other than hsk can be deleted
+		 * out from under us.
+		 */
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		hsk2 = homa_sock_find(hsk->homa->port_map, server_port);
+		if (!hsk2)
+			goto done;
+	}
+	rpc = homa_find_server_rpc(hsk2, saddr, id);
+	if (rpc) {
+		homa_rpc_free(rpc);
+		homa_rpc_unlock(rpc); /* Locked by homa_find_server_rpc. */
+	}
+
+done:
+	if (hsk->port != server_port)
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_rpc_free() - Destructor for homa_rpc; will arrange for all resources
+ * associated with the RPC to be released (eventually).
+ * @rpc:  Structure to clean up, or NULL. Must be locked. Its socket must
+ *        not be locked.
+ */
+void homa_rpc_free(struct homa_rpc *rpc)
+	__acquires(&rpc->hsk->lock)
+	__releases(&rpc->hsk->lock)
+{
+	/* The goal for this function is to make the RPC inaccessible,
+	 * so that no other code will ever access it again. However, don't
+	 * actually release resources; leave that to homa_rpc_reap, which
+	 * runs later. There are two reasons for this. First, releasing
+	 * resources may be expensive, so we don't want to keep the caller
+	 * waiting; homa_rpc_reap will run in situations where there is time
+	 * to spare. Second, there may be other code that currently has
+	 * pointers to this RPC but temporarily released the lock (e.g. to
+	 * copy data to/from user space). It isn't safe to clean up until
+	 * that code has finished its work and released any pointers to the
+	 * RPC (homa_rpc_reap will ensure that this has happened). So, this
+	 * function should only make changes needed to make the RPC
+	 * inaccessible.
+	 */
+	if (!rpc || rpc->state == RPC_DEAD)
+		return;
+	rpc->state = RPC_DEAD;
+
+	/* Unlink from all lists, so no-one will ever find this RPC again. */
+	homa_sock_lock(rpc->hsk, "homa_rpc_free");
+	__hlist_del(&rpc->hash_links);
+	list_del_rcu(&rpc->active_links);
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&rpc->dead_links, &rpc->hsk->dead_rpcs);
+	__list_del_entry(&rpc->ready_links);
+	__list_del_entry(&rpc->buf_links);
+	if (rpc->interest) {
+		rpc->interest->reg_rpc = NULL;
+		wake_up_process(rpc->interest->thread);
+		rpc->interest = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (rpc->msgin.length >= 0) {
+		rpc->hsk->dead_skbs += skb_queue_len(&rpc->msgin.packets);
+		while (1) {
+			struct homa_gap *gap = list_first_entry_or_null(&rpc->msgin.gaps,
+									struct homa_gap,
+									links);
+			if (!gap)
+				break;
+			list_del(&gap->links);
+			kfree(gap);
+		}
+	}
+	rpc->hsk->dead_skbs += rpc->msgout.num_skbs;
+	if (rpc->hsk->dead_skbs > rpc->hsk->homa->max_dead_buffs)
+		/* This update isn't thread-safe; it's just a
+		 * statistic so it's OK if updates occasionally get
+		 * missed.
+		 */
+		rpc->hsk->homa->max_dead_buffs = rpc->hsk->dead_skbs;
+
+	homa_sock_unlock(rpc->hsk);
+	homa_remove_from_throttled(rpc);
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_rpc_reap() - Invoked to release resources associated with dead
+ * RPCs for a given socket. For a large RPC, it can take a long time to
+ * free all of its packet buffers, so we try to perform this work
+ * off the critical path where it won't delay applications. Each call to
+ * this function does a small chunk of work. See the file reap.txt for
+ * more information.
+ * @hsk:   Homa socket that may contain dead RPCs. Must not be locked by the
+ *         caller; this function will lock and release.
+ * @count: Number of buffers to free during this call.
+ *
+ * Return: A return value of 0 means that we ran out of work to do; calling
+ *         again will do no work (there could be unreaped RPCs, but if so,
+ *         reaping has been disabled for them).  A value greater than
+ *         zero means there is still more reaping work to be done.
+ */
+int homa_rpc_reap(struct homa_sock *hsk, int count)
+{
+#define BATCH_MAX 20
+	struct homa_rpc *rpcs[BATCH_MAX];
+	struct sk_buff *skbs[BATCH_MAX];
+	int num_skbs, num_rpcs;
+	struct homa_rpc *rpc;
+	int i, batch_size;
+	int rx_frees = 0;
+	int result;
+
+	/* Each iteration through the following loop will reap
+	 * BATCH_MAX skbs.
+	 */
+	while (count > 0) {
+		batch_size = count;
+		if (batch_size > BATCH_MAX)
+			batch_size = BATCH_MAX;
+		count -= batch_size;
+		num_skbs = 0;
+		num_rpcs = 0;
+
+		homa_sock_lock(hsk, "homa_rpc_reap");
+		if (atomic_read(&hsk->protect_count)) {
+			homa_sock_unlock(hsk);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		/* Collect buffers and freeable RPCs. */
+		list_for_each_entry_rcu(rpc, &hsk->dead_rpcs, dead_links) {
+			if ((atomic_read(&rpc->flags) & RPC_CANT_REAP) ||
+			    atomic_read(&rpc->msgout.active_xmits) != 0)
+				continue;
+			rpc->magic = 0;
+
+			/* For Tx sk_buffs, collect them here but defer
+			 * freeing until after releasing the socket lock.
+			 */
+			if (rpc->msgout.length >= 0) {
+				while (rpc->msgout.packets) {
+					skbs[num_skbs] = rpc->msgout.packets;
+					rpc->msgout.packets = homa_get_skb_info(
+						rpc->msgout.packets)->next_skb;
+					num_skbs++;
+					rpc->msgout.num_skbs--;
+					if (num_skbs >= batch_size)
+						goto release;
+				}
+			}
+
+			/* In the normal case rx sk_buffs will already have been
+			 * freed before we got here. Thus it's OK to free
+			 * immediately in rare situations where there are
+			 * buffers left.
+			 */
+			if (rpc->msgin.length >= 0) {
+				while (1) {
+					struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+					skb = skb_dequeue(&rpc->msgin.packets);
+					if (!skb)
+						break;
+					kfree_skb(skb);
+					rx_frees++;
+				}
+			}
+
+			/* If we get here, it means all packets have been
+			 *  removed from the RPC.
+			 */
+			rpcs[num_rpcs] = rpc;
+			num_rpcs++;
+			list_del_rcu(&rpc->dead_links);
+			if (num_rpcs >= batch_size)
+				goto release;
+		}
+
+		/* Free all of the collected resources; release the socket
+		 * lock while doing this.
+		 */
+release:
+		hsk->dead_skbs -= num_skbs + rx_frees;
+		result = !list_empty(&hsk->dead_rpcs) &&
+				(num_skbs + num_rpcs) != 0;
+		homa_sock_unlock(hsk);
+		homa_skb_free_many_tx(hsk->homa, skbs, num_skbs);
+		for (i = 0; i < num_rpcs; i++) {
+			rpc = rpcs[i];
+			/* Lock and unlock the RPC before freeing it. This
+			 * is needed to deal with races where the code
+			 * that invoked homa_rpc_free hasn't unlocked the
+			 * RPC yet.
+			 */
+			homa_rpc_lock(rpc, "homa_rpc_reap");
+			homa_rpc_unlock(rpc);
+
+			if (unlikely(rpc->msgin.num_bpages))
+				homa_pool_release_buffers(rpc->hsk->buffer_pool,
+							  rpc->msgin.num_bpages,
+							  rpc->msgin.bpage_offsets);
+			if (rpc->msgin.length >= 0) {
+				while (1) {
+					struct homa_gap *gap;
+
+					gap = list_first_entry_or_null(
+							&rpc->msgin.gaps,
+							struct homa_gap,
+							links);
+					if (!gap)
+						break;
+					list_del(&gap->links);
+					kfree(gap);
+				}
+			}
+			rpc->state = 0;
+			kfree(rpc);
+		}
+		if (!result)
+			break;
+	}
+	homa_pool_check_waiting(hsk->buffer_pool);
+	return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_find_client_rpc() - Locate client-side information about the RPC that
+ * a packet belongs to, if there is any. Thread-safe without socket lock.
+ * @hsk:      Socket via which packet was received.
+ * @id:       Unique identifier for the RPC.
+ *
+ * Return:    A pointer to the homa_rpc for this id, or NULL if none.
+ *            The RPC will be locked; the caller must eventually unlock it
+ *            by invoking homa_rpc_unlock.
+ */
+struct homa_rpc *homa_find_client_rpc(struct homa_sock *hsk, __u64 id)
+	__acquires(&crpc->bucket->lock)
+{
+	struct homa_rpc_bucket *bucket = homa_client_rpc_bucket(hsk, id);
+	struct homa_rpc *crpc;
+
+	homa_bucket_lock(bucket, id, __func__);
+	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(crpc, &bucket->rpcs, hash_links) {
+		if (crpc->id == id)
+			return crpc;
+	}
+	homa_bucket_unlock(bucket, id);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_find_server_rpc() - Locate server-side information about the RPC that
+ * a packet belongs to, if there is any. Thread-safe without socket lock.
+ * @hsk:      Socket via which packet was received.
+ * @saddr:    Address from which the packet was sent.
+ * @id:       Unique identifier for the RPC (must have server bit set).
+ *
+ * Return:    A pointer to the homa_rpc matching the arguments, or NULL
+ *            if none. The RPC will be locked; the caller must eventually
+ *            unlock it by invoking homa_rpc_unlock.
+ */
+struct homa_rpc *homa_find_server_rpc(struct homa_sock *hsk,
+				      const struct in6_addr *saddr, __u64 id)
+	__acquires(&srpc->bucket->lock)
+{
+	struct homa_rpc_bucket *bucket = homa_server_rpc_bucket(hsk, id);
+	struct homa_rpc *srpc;
+
+	homa_bucket_lock(bucket, id, __func__);
+	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(srpc, &bucket->rpcs, hash_links) {
+		if (srpc->id == id && ipv6_addr_equal(&srpc->peer->addr, saddr))
+			return srpc;
+	}
+	homa_bucket_unlock(bucket, id);
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/net/homa/homa_rpc.h b/net/homa/homa_rpc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cbaed8679ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/homa/homa_rpc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,458 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause */
+
+/* This file defines homa_rpc and related structs.  */
+
+#ifndef _HOMA_RPC_H
+#define _HOMA_RPC_H
+
+#include <linux/percpu-defs.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include "homa_sock.h"
+#include "homa_wire.h"
+
+/* Forward references. */
+struct homa_ack;
+
+/**
+ * struct homa_message_out - Describes a message (either request or response)
+ * for which this machine is the sender.
+ */
+struct homa_message_out {
+	/**
+	 * @length: Total bytes in message (excluding headers).  A value
+	 * less than 0 means this structure is uninitialized and therefore
+	 * not in use (all other fields will be zero in this case).
+	 */
+	int length;
+
+	/** @num_skbs: Total number of buffers currently in @packets. */
+	int num_skbs;
+
+	/**
+	 * @copied_from_user: Number of bytes of the message that have
+	 * been copied from user space into skbs in @packets.
+	 */
+	int copied_from_user;
+
+	/**
+	 * @packets: Singly-linked list of all packets in message, linked
+	 * using homa_next_skb. The list is in order of offset in the message
+	 * (offset 0 first); each sk_buff can potentially contain multiple
+	 * data_segments, which will be split into separate packets by GSO.
+	 * This list grows gradually as data is copied in from user space,
+	 * so it may not be complete.
+	 */
+	struct sk_buff *packets;
+
+	/**
+	 * @next_xmit: Pointer to pointer to next packet to transmit (will
+	 * either refer to @packets or homa_next_skb(skb) for some skb
+	 * in @packets).
+	 */
+	struct sk_buff **next_xmit;
+
+	/**
+	 * @next_xmit_offset: All bytes in the message, up to but not
+	 * including this one, have been transmitted.
+	 */
+	int next_xmit_offset;
+
+	/**
+	 * @active_xmits: The number of threads that are currently
+	 * transmitting data packets for this RPC; can't reap the RPC
+	 * until this count becomes zero.
+	 */
+	atomic_t active_xmits;
+
+	/**
+	 * @init_ns: Time in sched_clock units when this structure was
+	 * initialized.  Used to find the oldest outgoing message.
+	 */
+	__u64 init_ns;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct homa_gap - Represents a range of bytes within a message that have
+ * not yet been received.
+ */
+struct homa_gap {
+	/** @start: offset of first byte in this gap. */
+	int start;
+
+	/** @end: offset of byte just after last one in this gap. */
+	int end;
+
+	/**
+	 * @time: time (in sched_clock units) when the gap was first detected.
+	 * As of 7/2024 this isn't used for anything.
+	 */
+	__u64 time;
+
+	/** @links: for linking into list in homa_message_in. */
+	struct list_head links;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct homa_message_in - Holds the state of a message received by
+ * this machine; used for both requests and responses.
+ */
+struct homa_message_in {
+	/**
+	 * @length: Payload size in bytes. A value less than 0 means this
+	 * structure is uninitialized and therefore not in use.
+	 */
+	int length;
+
+	/**
+	 * @packets: DATA packets for this message that have been received but
+	 * not yet copied to user space (no particular order).
+	 */
+	struct sk_buff_head packets;
+
+	/**
+	 * @recv_end: Offset of the byte just after the highest one that
+	 * has been received so far.
+	 */
+	int recv_end;
+
+	/**
+	 * @gaps: List of homa_gaps describing all of the bytes with
+	 * offsets less than @recv_end that have not yet been received.
+	 */
+	struct list_head gaps;
+
+	/**
+	 * @bytes_remaining: Amount of data for this message that has
+	 * not yet been received.
+	 */
+	int bytes_remaining;
+
+	/** @resend_all: if nonzero, set resend_all in the next grant packet. */
+	__u8 resend_all;
+
+	/**
+	 * @num_bpages: The number of entries in @bpage_offsets used for this
+	 * message (0 means buffers not allocated yet).
+	 */
+	__u32 num_bpages;
+
+	/**
+	 * @bpage_offsets: Describes buffer space allocated for this message.
+	 * Each entry is an offset from the start of the buffer region.
+	 * All but the last pointer refer to areas of size HOMA_BPAGE_SIZE.
+	 */
+	__u32 bpage_offsets[HOMA_MAX_BPAGES];
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct homa_rpc - One of these structures exists for each active
+ * RPC. The same structure is used to manage both outgoing RPCs on
+ * clients and incoming RPCs on servers.
+ */
+struct homa_rpc {
+	/** @hsk:  Socket that owns the RPC. */
+	struct homa_sock *hsk;
+
+	/**
+	 * @bucket: Pointer to the bucket in hsk->client_rpc_buckets or
+	 * hsk->server_rpc_buckets where this RPC is linked. Used primarily
+	 * for locking the RPC (which is done by locking its bucket).
+	 */
+	struct homa_rpc_bucket *bucket;
+
+	/**
+	 * @state: The current state of this RPC:
+	 *
+	 * @RPC_OUTGOING:     The RPC is waiting for @msgout to be transmitted
+	 *                    to the peer.
+	 * @RPC_INCOMING:     The RPC is waiting for data @msgin to be received
+	 *                    from the peer; at least one packet has already
+	 *                    been received.
+	 * @RPC_IN_SERVICE:   Used only for server RPCs: the request message
+	 *                    has been read from the socket, but the response
+	 *                    message has not yet been presented to the kernel.
+	 * @RPC_DEAD:         RPC has been deleted and is waiting to be
+	 *                    reaped. In some cases, information in the RPC
+	 *                    structure may be accessed in this state.
+	 *
+	 * Client RPCs pass through states in the following order:
+	 * RPC_OUTGOING, RPC_INCOMING, RPC_DEAD.
+	 *
+	 * Server RPCs pass through states in the following order:
+	 * RPC_INCOMING, RPC_IN_SERVICE, RPC_OUTGOING, RPC_DEAD.
+	 */
+	enum {
+		RPC_OUTGOING            = 5,
+		RPC_INCOMING            = 6,
+		RPC_IN_SERVICE          = 8,
+		RPC_DEAD                = 9
+	} state;
+
+	/**
+	 * @flags: Additional state information: an OR'ed combination of
+	 * various single-bit flags. See below for definitions. Must be
+	 * manipulated with atomic operations because some of the manipulations
+	 * occur without holding the RPC lock.
+	 */
+	atomic_t flags;
+
+	/* Valid bits for @flags:
+	 * RPC_PKTS_READY -        The RPC has input packets ready to be
+	 *                         copied to user space.
+	 * RPC_COPYING_FROM_USER - Data is being copied from user space into
+	 *                         the RPC; the RPC must not be reaped.
+	 * RPC_COPYING_TO_USER -   Data is being copied from this RPC to
+	 *                         user space; the RPC must not be reaped.
+	 * RPC_HANDING_OFF -       This RPC is in the process of being
+	 *                         handed off to a waiting thread; it must
+	 *                         not be reaped.
+	 * APP_NEEDS_LOCK -        Means that code in the application thread
+	 *                         needs the RPC lock (e.g. so it can start
+	 *                         copying data to user space) so others
+	 *                         (e.g. SoftIRQ processing) should relinquish
+	 *                         the lock ASAP. Without this, SoftIRQ can
+	 *                         lock out the application for a long time,
+	 *                         preventing data copies to user space from
+	 *                         starting (and they limit throughput at
+	 *                         high network speeds).
+	 */
+#define RPC_PKTS_READY        1
+#define RPC_COPYING_FROM_USER 2
+#define RPC_COPYING_TO_USER   4
+#define RPC_HANDING_OFF       8
+#define APP_NEEDS_LOCK       16
+
+#define RPC_CANT_REAP (RPC_COPYING_FROM_USER | RPC_COPYING_TO_USER \
+		| RPC_HANDING_OFF)
+
+	/**
+	 * @peer: Information about the other machine (the server, if
+	 * this is a client RPC, or the client, if this is a server RPC).
+	 */
+	struct homa_peer *peer;
+
+	/** @dport: Port number on @peer that will handle packets. */
+	__u16 dport;
+
+	/**
+	 * @id: Unique identifier for the RPC among all those issued
+	 * from its port. The low-order bit indicates whether we are
+	 * server (1) or client (0) for this RPC.
+	 */
+	__u64 id;
+
+	/**
+	 * @completion_cookie: Only used on clients. Contains identifying
+	 * information about the RPC provided by the application; returned to
+	 * the application with the RPC's result.
+	 */
+	__u64 completion_cookie;
+
+	/**
+	 * @error: Only used on clients. If nonzero, then the RPC has
+	 * failed and the value is a negative errno that describes the
+	 * problem.
+	 */
+	int error;
+
+	/**
+	 * @msgin: Information about the message we receive for this RPC
+	 * (for server RPCs this is the request, for client RPCs this is the
+	 * response).
+	 */
+	struct homa_message_in msgin;
+
+	/**
+	 * @msgout: Information about the message we send for this RPC
+	 * (for client RPCs this is the request, for server RPCs this is the
+	 * response).
+	 */
+	struct homa_message_out msgout;
+
+	/**
+	 * @hash_links: Used to link this object into a hash bucket for
+	 * either @hsk->client_rpc_buckets (for a client RPC), or
+	 * @hsk->server_rpc_buckets (for a server RPC).
+	 */
+	struct hlist_node hash_links;
+
+	/**
+	 * @ready_links: Used to link this object into
+	 * @hsk->ready_requests or @hsk->ready_responses.
+	 */
+	struct list_head ready_links;
+
+	/**
+	 * @buf_links: Used to link this RPC into @hsk->waiting_for_bufs.
+	 * If the RPC isn't on @hsk->waiting_for_bufs, this is an empty
+	 * list pointing to itself.
+	 */
+	struct list_head buf_links;
+
+	/**
+	 * @active_links: For linking this object into @hsk->active_rpcs.
+	 * The next field will be LIST_POISON1 if this RPC hasn't yet been
+	 * linked into @hsk->active_rpcs. Access with RCU.
+	 */
+	struct list_head active_links;
+
+	/** @dead_links: For linking this object into @hsk->dead_rpcs. */
+	struct list_head dead_links;
+
+	/**
+	 * @interest: Describes a thread that wants to be notified when
+	 * msgin is complete, or NULL if none.
+	 */
+	struct homa_interest *interest;
+
+	/**
+	 * @throttled_links: Used to link this RPC into homa->throttled_rpcs.
+	 * If this RPC isn't in homa->throttled_rpcs, this is an empty
+	 * list pointing to itself.
+	 */
+	struct list_head throttled_links;
+
+	/**
+	 * @silent_ticks: Number of times homa_timer has been invoked
+	 * since the last time a packet indicating progress was received
+	 * for this RPC, so we don't need to send a resend for a while.
+	 */
+	int silent_ticks;
+
+	/**
+	 * @resend_timer_ticks: Value of homa->timer_ticks the last time
+	 * we sent a RESEND for this RPC.
+	 */
+	__u32 resend_timer_ticks;
+
+	/**
+	 * @done_timer_ticks: The value of homa->timer_ticks the first
+	 * time we noticed that this (server) RPC is done (all response
+	 * packets have been transmitted), so we're ready for an ack.
+	 * Zero means we haven't reached that point yet.
+	 */
+	__u32 done_timer_ticks;
+
+	/**
+	 * @magic: when the RPC is alive, this holds a distinct value that
+	 * is unlikely to occur naturally. The value is cleared when the
+	 * RPC is reaped, so we can detect accidental use of an RPC after
+	 * it has been reaped.
+	 */
+#define HOMA_RPC_MAGIC 0xdeadbeef
+	int magic;
+
+	/**
+	 * @start_ns: time (from sched_clock()) when this RPC was created.
+	 * Used (sometimes) for testing.
+	 */
+	u64 start_ns;
+};
+
+void     homa_check_rpc(struct homa_rpc *rpc);
+struct homa_rpc
+	       *homa_find_client_rpc(struct homa_sock *hsk, __u64 id);
+struct homa_rpc
+	       *homa_find_server_rpc(struct homa_sock *hsk,
+				     const struct in6_addr *saddr, __u64 id);
+void     homa_rpc_acked(struct homa_sock *hsk, const struct in6_addr *saddr,
+			struct homa_ack *ack);
+void     homa_rpc_free(struct homa_rpc *rpc);
+struct homa_rpc
+	       *homa_rpc_new_client(struct homa_sock *hsk,
+				    const union sockaddr_in_union *dest);
+struct homa_rpc
+	       *homa_rpc_new_server(struct homa_sock *hsk,
+				    const struct in6_addr *source,
+				    struct homa_data_hdr *h, int *created);
+int      homa_rpc_reap(struct homa_sock *hsk, int count);
+
+/**
+ * homa_rpc_lock() - Acquire the lock for an RPC.
+ * @rpc:    RPC to lock. Note: this function is only safe under
+ *          limited conditions (in most cases homa_bucket_lock should be
+ *          used). The caller must ensure that the RPC cannot be reaped
+ *          before the lock is acquired. It cannot do that by acquirin
+ *          the socket lock, since that violates lock ordering constraints.
+ *          One approach is to use homa_protect_rpcs. Don't use this function
+ *          unless you are very sure what you are doing!  See sync.txt for
+ *          more info on locking.
+ * @locker: Static string identifying the locking code. Normally ignored,
+ *          but used occasionally for diagnostics and debugging.
+ */
+static inline void homa_rpc_lock(struct homa_rpc *rpc, const char *locker)
+{
+	homa_bucket_lock(rpc->bucket, rpc->id, locker);
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_rpc_try_lock() - Acquire the lock for an RPC if it is available.
+ * @rpc:       RPC to lock.
+ * @locker:    Static string identifying the locking code. Normally ignored,
+ *             but used when debugging deadlocks.
+ * Return:     Nonzero if lock was successfully acquired, zero if it is
+ *             currently owned by someone else.
+ */
+static inline int homa_rpc_try_lock(struct homa_rpc *rpc, const char *locker)
+{
+	if (!spin_trylock_bh(&rpc->bucket->lock))
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_rpc_unlock() - Release the lock for an RPC.
+ * @rpc:   RPC to unlock.
+ */
+static inline void homa_rpc_unlock(struct homa_rpc *rpc)
+{
+	homa_bucket_unlock(rpc->bucket, rpc->id);
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_protect_rpcs() - Ensures that no RPCs will be reaped for a given
+ * socket until homa_sock_unprotect is called. Typically used by functions
+ * that want to scan the active RPCs for a socket without holding the socket
+ * lock.  Multiple calls to this function may be in effect at once.
+ * @hsk:    Socket whose RPCs should be protected. Must not be locked
+ *          by the caller; will be locked here.
+ *
+ * Return:  1 for success, 0 if the socket has been shutdown, in which
+ *          case its RPCs cannot be protected.
+ */
+static inline int homa_protect_rpcs(struct homa_sock *hsk)
+{
+	int result;
+
+	homa_sock_lock(hsk, __func__);
+	result = !hsk->shutdown;
+	if (result)
+		atomic_inc(&hsk->protect_count);
+	homa_sock_unlock(hsk);
+	return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_unprotect_rpcs() - Cancel the effect of a previous call to
+ * homa_sock_protect(), so that RPCs can once again be reaped.
+ * @hsk:    Socket whose RPCs should be unprotected.
+ */
+static inline void homa_unprotect_rpcs(struct homa_sock *hsk)
+{
+	atomic_dec(&hsk->protect_count);
+}
+
+/**
+ * homa_is_client(): returns true if we are the client for a particular RPC,
+ * false if we are the server.
+ * @id:  Id of the RPC in question.
+ * Return: true if we are the client for RPC id, false otherwise
+ */
+static inline bool homa_is_client(__u64 id)
+{
+	return (id & 1) == 0;
+}
+
+#endif /* _HOMA_RPC_H */