On 3/7/26 7:36 PM, Vishwanath Seshagiri wrote:


On 3/5/26 6:08 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 11:42:53PM -0800, Vishwanath Seshagiri wrote:
Use page_pool for RX buffer allocation in mergeable and small buffer
modes to enable page recycling and avoid repeated page allocator calls.
skb_mark_for_recycle() enables page reuse in the network stack.

Big packets mode is unchanged because it uses page->private for linked
list chaining of multiple pages per buffer, which conflicts with
page_pool's internal use of page->private.

Implement conditional DMA premapping using virtqueue_dma_dev():
- When non-NULL (vhost, virtio-pci): use PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP with page_pool
   handling DMA mapping, submit via virtqueue_add_inbuf_premapped()
- When NULL (VDUSE, direct physical): page_pool handles allocation only,
   submit via virtqueue_add_inbuf_ctx()

This preserves the DMA premapping optimization from commit 31f3cd4e5756b
("virtio-net: rq submits premapped per-buffer") while adding page_pool
support as a prerequisite for future zero-copy features (devmem TCP,
io_uring ZCRX).

Page pools are created in probe and destroyed in remove (not open/ close),
following existing driver behavior where RX buffers remain in virtqueues
across interface state changes.

Signed-off-by: Vishwanath Seshagiri <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v10:
- add_recvbuf_small: use alloc_len to avoid clobbering len (Michael S. Tsirkin)

this was not my comment though?

Apologies! I misunderstood the comment as a variable naming issue
than truesize under accounting.


- v9:
   https://lore.kernel.org/virtualization/20260302041005.1627210-1- [email protected]/

Changes in v9:
- Fix virtnet_skb_append_frag() for XSK callers (Michael S. Tsirkin)
- v8:
   https://lore.kernel.org/virtualization/e824c5a3-cfe0-4d11-958f- [email protected]/

Changes in v8:
- Remove virtnet_no_page_pool() helper, replace with direct !rq- >page_pool
   checks or inlined conditions (Xuan Zhuo)
- Extract virtnet_rq_submit() helper to consolidate DMA/non-DMA buffer
   submission in add_recvbuf_small() and add_recvbuf_mergeable()
- Add skb_mark_for_recycle(nskb) for overflow frag_list skbs in
   virtnet_skb_append_frag() to ensure page_pool pages are returned to
   the pool instead of freed via put_page()
- Rebase on net-next (kzalloc_objs API)
- v7:
   https://lore.kernel.org/virtualization/20260210014305.3236342-1- [email protected]/

Changes in v7:
- Replace virtnet_put_page() helper with direct page_pool_put_page()
   calls (Xuan Zhuo)
- Add virtnet_no_page_pool() helper to consolidate big_packets mode check
   (Michael S. Tsirkin)
- Add DMA sync_for_cpu for subsequent buffers in xdp_linearize_page() when
   use_page_pool_dma is set (Michael S. Tsirkin)
- Remove unused pp_params.dev assignment in non-DMA path
- Add page pool recreation in virtnet_restore_up() for freeze/restore support (Chris Mason's
Review Prompt)
- v6:
   https://lore.kernel.org/virtualization/20260208175410.1910001-1- [email protected]/

Changes in v6:
- Drop page_pool_frag_offset_add() helper and switch to page_pool_alloc_va();    page_pool_alloc_netmem() already handles internal fragmentation internally
   (Jakub Kicinski)
- v5:
   https://lore.kernel.org/virtualization/20260206002715.1885869-1- [email protected]/

Benchmark results:

Configuration: pktgen TX -> tap -> vhost-net | virtio-net RX -> XDP_DROP

Small packets (64 bytes, mrg_rxbuf=off):
   1Q:  853,493 -> 868,923 pps  (+1.8%)
   2Q: 1,655,793 -> 1,696,707 pps (+2.5%)
   4Q: 3,143,375 -> 3,302,511 pps (+5.1%)
   8Q: 6,082,590 -> 6,156,894 pps (+1.2%)

Mergeable RX (64 bytes):
   1Q:   766,168 ->   814,493 pps  (+6.3%)
   2Q: 1,384,871 -> 1,670,639 pps (+20.6%)
   4Q: 2,773,081 -> 3,080,574 pps (+11.1%)
   8Q: 5,600,615 -> 6,043,891 pps  (+7.9%)

Mergeable RX (1500 bytes):
   1Q:   741,579 ->   785,442 pps  (+5.9%)
   2Q: 1,310,043 -> 1,534,554 pps (+17.1%)
   4Q: 2,748,700 -> 2,890,582 pps  (+5.2%)
   8Q: 5,348,589 -> 5,618,664 pps  (+5.0%)

  drivers/net/Kconfig      |   1 +
  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 466 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
  2 files changed, 237 insertions(+), 230 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 17108c359216..b2fd90466bab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ config VIRTIO_NET
      depends on VIRTIO
      select NET_FAILOVER
      select DIMLIB
+    select PAGE_POOL
      help
        This is the virtual network driver for virtio.  It can be used with
        QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).  Say Y or M.
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 72d6a9c6a5a2..d722031604bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  #include <net/netdev_rx_queue.h>
  #include <net/netdev_queues.h>
  #include <net/xdp_sock_drv.h>
+#include <net/page_pool/helpers.h>
  static int napi_weight = NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT;
  module_param(napi_weight, int, 0444);
@@ -290,14 +291,6 @@ struct virtnet_interrupt_coalesce {
      u32 max_usecs;
  };
-/* The dma information of pages allocated at a time. */
-struct virtnet_rq_dma {
-    dma_addr_t addr;
-    u32 ref;
-    u16 len;
-    u16 need_sync;
-};
-
  /* Internal representation of a send virtqueue */
  struct send_queue {
      /* Virtqueue associated with this send _queue */
@@ -356,8 +349,10 @@ struct receive_queue {
      /* Average packet length for mergeable receive buffers. */
      struct ewma_pkt_len mrg_avg_pkt_len;
-    /* Page frag for packet buffer allocation. */
-    struct page_frag alloc_frag;
+    struct page_pool *page_pool;
+
+    /* True if page_pool handles DMA mapping via PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP */
+    bool use_page_pool_dma;
      /* RX: fragments + linear part + virtio header */
      struct scatterlist sg[MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2];
@@ -370,9 +365,6 @@ struct receive_queue {
      struct xdp_rxq_info xdp_rxq;
-    /* Record the last dma info to free after new pages is allocated. */
-    struct virtnet_rq_dma *last_dma;
-
      struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool;
      /* xdp rxq used by xsk */
@@ -521,11 +513,14 @@ static int virtnet_xdp_handler(struct bpf_prog *xdp_prog, struct xdp_buff *xdp,
                     struct virtnet_rq_stats *stats);
  static void virtnet_receive_done(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq,
                   struct sk_buff *skb, u8 flags);
-static struct sk_buff *virtnet_skb_append_frag(struct sk_buff *head_skb, +static struct sk_buff *virtnet_skb_append_frag(struct receive_queue *rq,
+                           struct sk_buff *head_skb,
                             struct sk_buff *curr_skb,
                             struct page *page, void *buf,
                             int len, int truesize);
  static void virtnet_xsk_completed(struct send_queue *sq, int num);
+static void free_unused_bufs(struct virtnet_info *vi);
+static void virtnet_del_vqs(struct virtnet_info *vi);
  enum virtnet_xmit_type {
      VIRTNET_XMIT_TYPE_SKB,
@@ -709,12 +704,10 @@ static struct page *get_a_page(struct receive_queue *rq, gfp_t gfp_mask)
  static void virtnet_rq_free_buf(struct virtnet_info *vi,
                  struct receive_queue *rq, void *buf)
  {
-    if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
-        put_page(virt_to_head_page(buf));
-    else if (vi->big_packets)
+    if (!rq->page_pool)
          give_pages(rq, buf);
      else
-        put_page(virt_to_head_page(buf));
+        page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, virt_to_head_page(buf), -1, false);
  }
  static void enable_rx_mode_work(struct virtnet_info *vi)
@@ -876,10 +869,16 @@ static struct sk_buff *page_to_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi,
          skb = virtnet_build_skb(buf, truesize, p - buf, len);
          if (unlikely(!skb))
              return NULL;
+        /* Big packets mode chains pages via page->private, which is
+         * incompatible with the way page_pool uses page->private.
+         * Currently, big packets mode doesn't use page pools.
+         */
+        if (!rq->page_pool) {
+            page = (struct page *)page->private;
+            if (page)
+                give_pages(rq, page);
+        }
-        page = (struct page *)page->private;
-        if (page)
-            give_pages(rq, page);
          goto ok;
      }
@@ -925,133 +924,16 @@ static struct sk_buff *page_to_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi,
      hdr = skb_vnet_common_hdr(skb);
      memcpy(hdr, hdr_p, hdr_len);
      if (page_to_free)
-        put_page(page_to_free);
+        page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, page_to_free, -1, true);
      return skb;
  }
-static void virtnet_rq_unmap(struct receive_queue *rq, void *buf, u32 len)
-{
-    struct virtnet_info *vi = rq->vq->vdev->priv;
-    struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(buf);
-    struct virtnet_rq_dma *dma;
-    void *head;
-    int offset;
-
-    BUG_ON(vi->big_packets && !vi->mergeable_rx_bufs);
-
-    head = page_address(page);
-
-    dma = head;
-
-    --dma->ref;
-
-    if (dma->need_sync && len) {
-        offset = buf - (head + sizeof(*dma));
-
-        virtqueue_map_sync_single_range_for_cpu(rq->vq, dma->addr,
-                            offset, len,
-                            DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-    }
-
-    if (dma->ref)
-        return;
-
-    virtqueue_unmap_single_attrs(rq->vq, dma->addr, dma->len,
-                     DMA_FROM_DEVICE, DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC);
-    put_page(page);
-}
-
  static void *virtnet_rq_get_buf(struct receive_queue *rq, u32 *len, void **ctx)
  {
-    struct virtnet_info *vi = rq->vq->vdev->priv;
-    void *buf;
-
-    BUG_ON(vi->big_packets && !vi->mergeable_rx_bufs);
-
-    buf = virtqueue_get_buf_ctx(rq->vq, len, ctx);
-    if (buf)
-        virtnet_rq_unmap(rq, buf, *len);
-
-    return buf;
-}
-
-static void virtnet_rq_init_one_sg(struct receive_queue *rq, void *buf, u32 len)
-{
-    struct virtnet_info *vi = rq->vq->vdev->priv;
-    struct virtnet_rq_dma *dma;
-    dma_addr_t addr;
-    u32 offset;
-    void *head;
-
-    BUG_ON(vi->big_packets && !vi->mergeable_rx_bufs);
-
-    head = page_address(rq->alloc_frag.page);
-
-    offset = buf - head;
-
-    dma = head;
-
-    addr = dma->addr - sizeof(*dma) + offset;
-
-    sg_init_table(rq->sg, 1);
-    sg_fill_dma(rq->sg, addr, len);
-}
-
-static void *virtnet_rq_alloc(struct receive_queue *rq, u32 size, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-    struct page_frag *alloc_frag = &rq->alloc_frag;
-    struct virtnet_info *vi = rq->vq->vdev->priv;
-    struct virtnet_rq_dma *dma;
-    void *buf, *head;
-    dma_addr_t addr;
-
-    BUG_ON(vi->big_packets && !vi->mergeable_rx_bufs);
-
-    head = page_address(alloc_frag->page);
-
-    dma = head;
-
-    /* new pages */
-    if (!alloc_frag->offset) {
-        if (rq->last_dma) {
-            /* Now, the new page is allocated, the last dma
-             * will not be used. So the dma can be unmapped
-             * if the ref is 0.
-             */
-            virtnet_rq_unmap(rq, rq->last_dma, 0);
-            rq->last_dma = NULL;
-        }
-
-        dma->len = alloc_frag->size - sizeof(*dma);
-
-        addr = virtqueue_map_single_attrs(rq->vq, dma + 1,
-                          dma->len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE, 0);
-        if (virtqueue_map_mapping_error(rq->vq, addr))
-            return NULL;
-
-        dma->addr = addr;
-        dma->need_sync = virtqueue_map_need_sync(rq->vq, addr);
-
-        /* Add a reference to dma to prevent the entire dma from
-         * being released during error handling. This reference
-         * will be freed after the pages are no longer used.
-         */
-        get_page(alloc_frag->page);
-        dma->ref = 1;
-        alloc_frag->offset = sizeof(*dma);
-
-        rq->last_dma = dma;
-    }
-
-    ++dma->ref;
-
-    buf = head + alloc_frag->offset;
-
-    get_page(alloc_frag->page);
-    alloc_frag->offset += size;
+    BUG_ON(!rq->page_pool);
-    return buf;
+    return virtqueue_get_buf_ctx(rq->vq, len, ctx);
  }
  static void virtnet_rq_unmap_free_buf(struct virtqueue *vq, void *buf)
@@ -1067,9 +949,6 @@ static void virtnet_rq_unmap_free_buf(struct virtqueue *vq, void *buf)
          return;
      }
-    if (!vi->big_packets || vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
-        virtnet_rq_unmap(rq, buf, 0);
-
      virtnet_rq_free_buf(vi, rq, buf);
  }
@@ -1335,7 +1214,7 @@ static int xsk_append_merge_buffer(struct virtnet_info *vi,
          truesize = len;
-        curr_skb  = virtnet_skb_append_frag(head_skb, curr_skb, page,
+        curr_skb  = virtnet_skb_append_frag(rq, head_skb, curr_skb, page,
                              buf, len, truesize);
          if (!curr_skb) {
              put_page(page);
@@ -1771,7 +1650,7 @@ static int virtnet_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *dev,
      return ret;
  }
-static void put_xdp_frags(struct xdp_buff *xdp)
+static void put_xdp_frags(struct receive_queue *rq, struct xdp_buff *xdp)
  {
      struct skb_shared_info *shinfo;
      struct page *xdp_page;
@@ -1781,7 +1660,7 @@ static void put_xdp_frags(struct xdp_buff *xdp)
          shinfo = xdp_get_shared_info_from_buff(xdp);
          for (i = 0; i < shinfo->nr_frags; i++) {
              xdp_page = skb_frag_page(&shinfo->frags[i]);
-            put_page(xdp_page);
+            page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, xdp_page, -1, true);
          }
      }
  }
@@ -1873,7 +1752,7 @@ static struct page *xdp_linearize_page(struct net_device *dev,
      if (page_off + *len + tailroom > PAGE_SIZE)
          return NULL;
-    page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
+    page = page_pool_alloc_pages(rq->page_pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
      if (!page)
          return NULL;
@@ -1896,8 +1775,12 @@ static struct page *xdp_linearize_page(struct net_device *dev,
          p = virt_to_head_page(buf);
          off = buf - page_address(p);
+        if (rq->use_page_pool_dma)
+            page_pool_dma_sync_for_cpu(rq->page_pool, p,
+                           off, buflen);
+
          if (check_mergeable_len(dev, ctx, buflen)) {
-            put_page(p);
+            page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, p, -1, true);
              goto err_buf;
          }
@@ -1905,21 +1788,21 @@ static struct page *xdp_linearize_page(struct net_device *dev,
           * is sending packet larger than the MTU.
           */
          if ((page_off + buflen + tailroom) > PAGE_SIZE) {
-            put_page(p);
+            page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, p, -1, true);
              goto err_buf;
          }
          memcpy(page_address(page) + page_off,
                 page_address(p) + off, buflen);
          page_off += buflen;
-        put_page(p);
+        page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, p, -1, true);
      }
      /* Headroom does not contribute to packet length */
      *len = page_off - XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM;
      return page;
  err_buf:
-    __free_pages(page, 0);
+    page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, page, -1, true);
      return NULL;
  }
@@ -1996,7 +1879,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_small_xdp(struct net_device *dev,
              goto err_xdp;
          buf = page_address(xdp_page);
-        put_page(page);
+        page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, page, -1, true);
          page = xdp_page;
      }
@@ -2028,13 +1911,15 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_small_xdp(struct net_device *dev,
      if (metasize)
          skb_metadata_set(skb, metasize);
+    skb_mark_for_recycle(skb);
+
      return skb;
  err_xdp:
      u64_stats_inc(&stats->xdp_drops);
  err:
      u64_stats_inc(&stats->drops);
-    put_page(page);
+    page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, page, -1, true);
  xdp_xmit:
      return NULL;
  }
@@ -2056,6 +1941,13 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_small(struct net_device *dev,
       */
      buf -= VIRTNET_RX_PAD + xdp_headroom;
+    if (rq->use_page_pool_dma) {
+        int offset = buf - page_address(page) +
+                 VIRTNET_RX_PAD + xdp_headroom;
+
+        page_pool_dma_sync_for_cpu(rq->page_pool, page, offset, len);
+    }
+
      len -= vi->hdr_len;
      u64_stats_add(&stats->bytes, len);
@@ -2082,12 +1974,14 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_small(struct net_device *dev,
      }
      skb = receive_small_build_skb(vi, xdp_headroom, buf, len);
-    if (likely(skb))
+    if (likely(skb)) {
+        skb_mark_for_recycle(skb);
          return skb;
+    }
  err:
      u64_stats_inc(&stats->drops);
-    put_page(page);
+    page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, page, -1, true);
      return NULL;
  }
@@ -2142,7 +2036,7 @@ static void mergeable_buf_free(struct receive_queue *rq, int num_buf,
          }
          u64_stats_add(&stats->bytes, len);
          page = virt_to_head_page(buf);
-        put_page(page);
+        page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, page, -1, true);
      }
  }
@@ -2252,8 +2146,12 @@ static int virtnet_build_xdp_buff_mrg(struct net_device *dev,
          page = virt_to_head_page(buf);
          offset = buf - page_address(page);
+        if (rq->use_page_pool_dma)
+            page_pool_dma_sync_for_cpu(rq->page_pool, page,
+                           offset, len);
+
          if (check_mergeable_len(dev, ctx, len)) {
-            put_page(page);
+            page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, page, -1, true);
              goto err;
          }
@@ -2272,7 +2170,7 @@ static int virtnet_build_xdp_buff_mrg(struct net_device *dev,
      return 0;
  err:
-    put_xdp_frags(xdp);
+    put_xdp_frags(rq, xdp);
      return -EINVAL;
  }
@@ -2337,7 +2235,7 @@ static void *mergeable_xdp_get_buf(struct virtnet_info *vi,
          if (*len + xdp_room > PAGE_SIZE)
              return NULL;
-        xdp_page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
+        xdp_page = page_pool_alloc_pages(rq->page_pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
          if (!xdp_page)
              return NULL;
@@ -2347,7 +2245,7 @@ static void *mergeable_xdp_get_buf(struct virtnet_info *vi,
      *frame_sz = PAGE_SIZE;
-    put_page(*page);
+    page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, *page, -1, true);
      *page = xdp_page;
@@ -2393,6 +2291,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_mergeable_xdp(struct net_device *dev,           head_skb = build_skb_from_xdp_buff(dev, vi, &xdp, xdp_frags_truesz);
          if (unlikely(!head_skb))
              break;
+
+        skb_mark_for_recycle(head_skb);
          return head_skb;
      case XDP_TX:
@@ -2403,10 +2303,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_mergeable_xdp(struct net_device *dev,
          break;
      }
-    put_xdp_frags(&xdp);
+    put_xdp_frags(rq, &xdp);
  err_xdp:
-    put_page(page);
+    page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, page, -1, true);
      mergeable_buf_free(rq, num_buf, dev, stats);
      u64_stats_inc(&stats->xdp_drops);
@@ -2414,7 +2314,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_mergeable_xdp(struct net_device *dev,
      return NULL;
  }
-static struct sk_buff *virtnet_skb_append_frag(struct sk_buff *head_skb, +static struct sk_buff *virtnet_skb_append_frag(struct receive_queue *rq,
+                           struct sk_buff *head_skb,
                             struct sk_buff *curr_skb,
                             struct page *page, void *buf,
                             int len, int truesize)
@@ -2429,6 +2330,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *virtnet_skb_append_frag(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
          if (unlikely(!nskb))
              return NULL;
+        if (head_skb->pp_recycle)
+            skb_mark_for_recycle(nskb);
+
          if (curr_skb == head_skb)
              skb_shinfo(curr_skb)->frag_list = nskb;
          else
@@ -2446,7 +2350,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *virtnet_skb_append_frag(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
      offset = buf - page_address(page);
      if (skb_can_coalesce(curr_skb, num_skb_frags, page, offset)) {
-        put_page(page);
+        if (head_skb->pp_recycle)
+            page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, page, -1, true);
+        else
+            put_page(page);
          skb_coalesce_rx_frag(curr_skb, num_skb_frags - 1,
                       len, truesize);
      } else {
@@ -2475,6 +2382,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_mergeable(struct net_device *dev,
      unsigned int headroom = mergeable_ctx_to_headroom(ctx);
      head_skb = NULL;
+
+    if (rq->use_page_pool_dma)
+        page_pool_dma_sync_for_cpu(rq->page_pool, page, offset, len);
+
      u64_stats_add(&stats->bytes, len - vi->hdr_len);
      if (check_mergeable_len(dev, ctx, len))
@@ -2499,6 +2410,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_mergeable(struct net_device *dev,
      if (unlikely(!curr_skb))
          goto err_skb;
+
+    skb_mark_for_recycle(head_skb);
      while (--num_buf) {
          buf = virtnet_rq_get_buf(rq, &len, &ctx);
          if (unlikely(!buf)) {
@@ -2513,11 +2426,17 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_mergeable(struct net_device *dev,
          u64_stats_add(&stats->bytes, len);
          page = virt_to_head_page(buf);
+        if (rq->use_page_pool_dma) {
+            offset = buf - page_address(page);
+            page_pool_dma_sync_for_cpu(rq->page_pool, page,
+                           offset, len);
+        }
+
          if (check_mergeable_len(dev, ctx, len))
              goto err_skb;
          truesize = mergeable_ctx_to_truesize(ctx);
-        curr_skb  = virtnet_skb_append_frag(head_skb, curr_skb, page,
+        curr_skb  = virtnet_skb_append_frag(rq, head_skb, curr_skb, page,
                              buf, len, truesize);
          if (!curr_skb)
              goto err_skb;
@@ -2527,7 +2446,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_mergeable(struct net_device *dev,
      return head_skb;
  err_skb:
-    put_page(page);
+    page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, page, -1, true);
      mergeable_buf_free(rq, num_buf, dev, stats);
  err_buf:
@@ -2658,6 +2577,24 @@ static void receive_buf(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq,
      virtnet_receive_done(vi, rq, skb, flags);
  }
+static int virtnet_rq_submit(struct receive_queue *rq, char *buf,
+                 int len, void *ctx, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+    if (rq->use_page_pool_dma) {
+        struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(buf);
+        dma_addr_t addr = page_pool_get_dma_addr(page) +
+                  (buf - (char *)page_address(page));
+
+        sg_init_table(rq->sg, 1);
+        sg_fill_dma(rq->sg, addr, len);
+        return virtqueue_add_inbuf_premapped(rq->vq, rq->sg, 1,
+                             buf, ctx, gfp);
+    }
+
+    sg_init_one(rq->sg, buf, len);
+    return virtqueue_add_inbuf_ctx(rq->vq, rq->sg, 1, buf, ctx, gfp);
+}
+
  /* Unlike mergeable buffers, all buffers are allocated to the
   * same size, except for the headroom. For this reason we do
   * not need to use  mergeable_len_to_ctx here - it is enough
@@ -2666,32 +2603,27 @@ static void receive_buf(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq,   static int add_recvbuf_small(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq,
                   gfp_t gfp)
  {
-    char *buf;
      unsigned int xdp_headroom = virtnet_get_headroom(vi);
      void *ctx = (void *)(unsigned long)xdp_headroom;
-    int len = vi->hdr_len + VIRTNET_RX_PAD + GOOD_PACKET_LEN + xdp_headroom; +    unsigned int len = vi->hdr_len + VIRTNET_RX_PAD + GOOD_PACKET_LEN + xdp_headroom;
+    unsigned int alloc_len;
+    char *buf;
      int err;
      len = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(len) +
            SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
-    if (unlikely(!skb_page_frag_refill(len, &rq->alloc_frag, gfp)))
-        return -ENOMEM;
-


reepating my comment from v9:

-    buf = virtnet_rq_alloc(rq, len, gfp);
+    alloc_len = len;
+    buf = page_pool_alloc_va(rq->page_pool, &alloc_len, gfp);

So alloc_len can increase here when at end of page ...


      if (unlikely(!buf))
          return -ENOMEM;
      buf += VIRTNET_RX_PAD + xdp_headroom;
-    virtnet_rq_init_one_sg(rq, buf, vi->hdr_len + GOOD_PACKET_LEN);
-
-    err = virtqueue_add_inbuf_premapped(rq->vq, rq->sg, 1, buf, ctx, gfp);
-    if (err < 0) {
-        virtnet_rq_unmap(rq, buf, 0);
-        put_page(virt_to_head_page(buf));
-    }
+    err = virtnet_rq_submit(rq, buf, vi->hdr_len + GOOD_PACKET_LEN, ctx, gfp);
+    if (err < 0)
+        page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, virt_to_head_page(buf), -1, false);
      return err;
  }


but then is not used until end of function and does not update the truesize.

I'll fix this in v11 by encoding the actual allocation size from
page_pool_alloc_va() in the ctx pointer, so receive_small_build_skb()
can pass the real buffer size to build_skb() for correct truesize
accounting.




@@ -2764,13 +2696,12 @@ static unsigned int get_mergeable_buf_len(struct receive_queue *rq,
  static int add_recvbuf_mergeable(struct virtnet_info *vi,
                   struct receive_queue *rq, gfp_t gfp)
  {
-    struct page_frag *alloc_frag = &rq->alloc_frag;
      unsigned int headroom = virtnet_get_headroom(vi);
      unsigned int tailroom = headroom ? sizeof(struct skb_shared_info) : 0;
      unsigned int room = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(headroom + tailroom);
-    unsigned int len, hole;
-    void *ctx;
+    unsigned int len, alloc_len;
      char *buf;
+    void *ctx;
      int err;
      /* Extra tailroom is needed to satisfy XDP's assumption. This
@@ -2779,39 +2710,22 @@ static int add_recvbuf_mergeable(struct virtnet_info *vi,
       */
      len = get_mergeable_buf_len(rq, &rq->mrg_avg_pkt_len, room);
-    if (unlikely(!skb_page_frag_refill(len + room, alloc_frag, gfp)))
-        return -ENOMEM;
-
-    if (!alloc_frag->offset && len + room + sizeof(struct virtnet_rq_dma) > alloc_frag->size)
-        len -= sizeof(struct virtnet_rq_dma);
-
-    buf = virtnet_rq_alloc(rq, len + room, gfp);
+    alloc_len = len + room;
+    buf = page_pool_alloc_va(rq->page_pool, &alloc_len, gfp);
      if (unlikely(!buf))
          return -ENOMEM;
      buf += headroom; /* advance address leaving hole at front of pkt */
-    hole = alloc_frag->size - alloc_frag->offset;
-    if (hole < len + room) {
-        /* To avoid internal fragmentation, if there is very likely not
-         * enough space for another buffer, add the remaining space to
-         * the current buffer.
-         * XDP core assumes that frame_size of xdp_buff and the length
-         * of the frag are PAGE_SIZE, so we disable the hole mechanism.
-         */
-        if (!headroom)
-            len += hole;
-        alloc_frag->offset += hole;
-    }
-    virtnet_rq_init_one_sg(rq, buf, len);
+    if (!headroom)
+        len = alloc_len - room;
      ctx = mergeable_len_to_ctx(len + room, headroom);
-    err = virtqueue_add_inbuf_premapped(rq->vq, rq->sg, 1, buf, ctx, gfp);
-    if (err < 0) {
-        virtnet_rq_unmap(rq, buf, 0);
-        put_page(virt_to_head_page(buf));
-    }
+    err = virtnet_rq_submit(rq, buf, len, ctx, gfp);
+
+    if (err < 0)
+        page_pool_put_page(rq->page_pool, virt_to_head_page(buf), -1, false);
      return err;
  }
@@ -2963,7 +2877,7 @@ static int virtnet_receive_packets(struct virtnet_info *vi,
      int packets = 0;
      void *buf;
-    if (!vi->big_packets || vi->mergeable_rx_bufs) {
+    if (rq->page_pool) {
          void *ctx;
          while (packets < budget &&
                 (buf = virtnet_rq_get_buf(rq, &len, &ctx))) {
@@ -3128,7 +3042,10 @@ static int virtnet_enable_queue_pair(struct virtnet_info *vi, int qp_index)
          return err;
      err = xdp_rxq_info_reg_mem_model(&vi->rq[qp_index].xdp_rxq,
-                     MEM_TYPE_PAGE_SHARED, NULL);
+                     vi->rq[qp_index].page_pool ?
+                        MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL :
+                        MEM_TYPE_PAGE_SHARED,
+                     vi->rq[qp_index].page_pool);
      if (err < 0)
          goto err_xdp_reg_mem_model;
@@ -3168,6 +3085,82 @@ static void virtnet_update_settings(struct virtnet_info *vi)
          vi->duplex = duplex;
  }
+static int virtnet_create_page_pools(struct virtnet_info *vi)
+{
+    int i, err;
+
+    if (vi->big_packets && !vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
+        return 0;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
+        struct receive_queue *rq = &vi->rq[i];
+        struct page_pool_params pp_params = { 0 };
+        struct device *dma_dev;
+
+        if (rq->page_pool)
+            continue;
+
+        if (rq->xsk_pool)
+            continue;
+
+        pp_params.order = 0;
+        pp_params.pool_size = virtqueue_get_vring_size(rq->vq);
+        pp_params.nid = dev_to_node(vi->vdev->dev.parent);
+        pp_params.netdev = vi->dev;
+        pp_params.napi = &rq->napi;
+
+        /* Use page_pool DMA mapping if backend supports DMA API.
+         * DMA_SYNC_DEV is needed for non-coherent archs on recycle.
+         */
+        dma_dev = virtqueue_dma_dev(rq->vq);
+        if (dma_dev) {
+            pp_params.dev = dma_dev;
+            pp_params.flags = PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP | PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV;
+            pp_params.dma_dir = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
+            pp_params.max_len = PAGE_SIZE;
+            pp_params.offset = 0;
+            rq->use_page_pool_dma = true;
+        } else {
+            /* No DMA API (e.g., VDUSE): page_pool for allocation only. */
+            pp_params.flags = 0;
+            rq->use_page_pool_dma = false;
+        }
+
+        rq->page_pool = page_pool_create(&pp_params);
+        if (IS_ERR(rq->page_pool)) {
+            err = PTR_ERR(rq->page_pool);
+            rq->page_pool = NULL;
+            goto err_cleanup;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+
+err_cleanup:
+    while (--i >= 0) {
+        struct receive_queue *rq = &vi->rq[i];
+
+        if (rq->page_pool) {
+            page_pool_destroy(rq->page_pool);
+            rq->page_pool = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+    return err;
+}
+
+static void virtnet_destroy_page_pools(struct virtnet_info *vi)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
+        struct receive_queue *rq = &vi->rq[i];
+
+        if (rq->page_pool) {
+            page_pool_destroy(rq->page_pool);
+            rq->page_pool = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
  static int virtnet_open(struct net_device *dev)
  {
      struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -5715,6 +5708,10 @@ static int virtnet_restore_up(struct virtio_device *vdev)
      if (err)
          return err;
+    err = virtnet_create_page_pools(vi);
+    if (err)
+        goto err_del_vqs;
+
      virtio_device_ready(vdev);
      enable_rx_mode_work(vi);
@@ -5724,12 +5721,24 @@ static int virtnet_restore_up(struct virtio_device *vdev)
          err = virtnet_open(vi->dev);
          rtnl_unlock();
          if (err)
-            return err;
+            goto err_destroy_pools;
      }
      netif_tx_lock_bh(vi->dev);
      netif_device_attach(vi->dev);
      netif_tx_unlock_bh(vi->dev);
+    return 0;
+
+err_destroy_pools:
+    virtio_reset_device(vdev);
+    free_unused_bufs(vi);
+    virtnet_destroy_page_pools(vi);
+    virtnet_del_vqs(vi);
+    return err;
+
+err_del_vqs:
+    virtio_reset_device(vdev);
+    virtnet_del_vqs(vi);
      return err;
  }
@@ -5857,7 +5866,7 @@ static int virtnet_xsk_pool_enable(struct net_device *dev,
      /* In big_packets mode, xdp cannot work, so there is no need to
       * initialize xsk of rq.
       */
-    if (vi->big_packets && !vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
+    if (!vi->rq[qid].page_pool)
          return -ENOENT;
      if (qid >= vi->curr_queue_pairs)
@@ -6287,17 +6296,6 @@ static void free_receive_bufs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
      rtnl_unlock();
  }
-static void free_receive_page_frags(struct virtnet_info *vi)
-{
-    int i;
-    for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++)
-        if (vi->rq[i].alloc_frag.page) {
-            if (vi->rq[i].last_dma)
-                virtnet_rq_unmap(&vi->rq[i], vi->rq[i].last_dma, 0);
-            put_page(vi->rq[i].alloc_frag.page);
-        }
-}
-
  static void virtnet_sq_free_unused_buf(struct virtqueue *vq, void *buf)
  {
      struct virtnet_info *vi = vq->vdev->priv;
@@ -6401,7 +6399,7 @@ static int virtnet_find_vqs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
      vqs_info = kzalloc_objs(*vqs_info, total_vqs);
      if (!vqs_info)
          goto err_vqs_info;
-    if (!vi->big_packets || vi->mergeable_rx_bufs) {
+    if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs || !vi->big_packets) {
          ctx = kzalloc_objs(*ctx, total_vqs);
          if (!ctx)
              goto err_ctx;
@@ -6441,10 +6439,8 @@ static int virtnet_find_vqs(struct virtnet_info *vi)           vi->rq[i].min_buf_len = mergeable_min_buf_len(vi, vi- >rq[i].vq);
          vi->sq[i].vq = vqs[txq2vq(i)];
      }
-
      /* run here: ret == 0. */
-
  err_find:
      kfree(ctx);
  err_ctx:
@@ -6945,6 +6941,14 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
              goto free;
      }
+    /* Create page pools for receive queues.
+     * Page pools are created at probe time so they can be used
+     * with premapped DMA addresses throughout the device lifetime.
+     */
+    err = virtnet_create_page_pools(vi);
+    if (err)
+        goto free_irq_moder;
+
  #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
      if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
          dev->sysfs_rx_queue_group = &virtio_net_mrg_rx_group;
@@ -6958,7 +6962,7 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
          vi->failover = net_failover_create(vi->dev);
          if (IS_ERR(vi->failover)) {
              err = PTR_ERR(vi->failover);
-            goto free_vqs;
+            goto free_page_pools;
          }
      }
@@ -7075,9 +7079,11 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
      unregister_netdev(dev);
  free_failover:
      net_failover_destroy(vi->failover);
-free_vqs:
+free_page_pools:
+    virtnet_destroy_page_pools(vi);
+free_irq_moder:
+    virtnet_free_irq_moder(vi);
      virtio_reset_device(vdev);
-    free_receive_page_frags(vi);
      virtnet_del_vqs(vi);
  free:
      free_netdev(dev);
@@ -7102,7 +7108,7 @@ static void remove_vq_common(struct virtnet_info *vi)
      free_receive_bufs(vi);
-    free_receive_page_frags(vi);
+    virtnet_destroy_page_pools(vi);
      virtnet_del_vqs(vi);
  }
--
2.47.3




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