This is V9, but it's worth mentioning that V8 was send against net-next, because i40e got XDP_REDIRECT support in-between V6, and it doesn't exist in bpf-next yet. Most significant change in V8 was that page_pool only gets compiled into the kernel when a drivers Kconfig 'select' the feature.
This patchset works towards supporting different XDP RX-ring memory allocators. As this will be needed by the AF_XDP zero-copy mode. The patchset uses mlx5 as the sample driver, which gets implemented XDP_REDIRECT RX-mode, but not ndo_xdp_xmit (as this API is subject to change thought the patchset). A new struct xdp_frame is introduced (modeled after cpumap xdp_pkt). And both ndo_xdp_xmit and the new xdp_return_frame end-up using this. Support for a driver supplied allocator is implemented, and a refurbished version of page_pool is the first return allocator type introduced. This will be a integration point for AF_XDP zero-copy. The mlx5 driver evolve into using the page_pool, and see a performance increase (with ndo_xdp_xmit out ixgbe driver) from 6Mpps to 12Mpps. The patchset stop at 16 patches (one over limit), but more API changes are planned. Specifically extending ndo_xdp_xmit and xdp_return_frame APIs to support bulking. As this will address some known limits. V2: Updated according to Tariq's feedback V3: Updated based on feedback from Jason Wang and Alex Duyck V4: Updated based on feedback from Tariq and Jason V5: Fix SPDX license, add Tariq's reviews, improve patch desc for perf test V6: Updated based on feedback from Eric Dumazet and Alex Duyck V7: Adapt to i40e that got XDP_REDIRECT support in-between V8: Updated based on feedback kbuild test robot, and adjust for mlx5 changes V9: Remove some inline statements, let compiler decide what to inline Fix return value in virtio_net driver Adjust for mlx5 changes in-between submissions --- Jesper Dangaard Brouer (16): mlx5: basic XDP_REDIRECT forward support xdp: introduce xdp_return_frame API and use in cpumap ixgbe: use xdp_return_frame API xdp: move struct xdp_buff from filter.h to xdp.h xdp: introduce a new xdp_frame type tun: convert to use generic xdp_frame and xdp_return_frame API virtio_net: convert to use generic xdp_frame and xdp_return_frame API bpf: cpumap convert to use generic xdp_frame i40e: convert to use generic xdp_frame and xdp_return_frame API mlx5: register a memory model when XDP is enabled xdp: rhashtable with allocator ID to pointer mapping page_pool: refurbish version of page_pool code xdp: allow page_pool as an allocator type in xdp_return_frame mlx5: use page_pool for xdp_return_frame call xdp: transition into using xdp_frame for return API xdp: transition into using xdp_frame for ndo_xdp_xmit drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c | 33 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h | 3 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h | 3 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 37 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig | 1 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h | 4 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 37 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c | 42 ++- drivers/net/tun.c | 60 ++-- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 67 +++- drivers/vhost/net.c | 7 include/linux/filter.h | 24 -- include/linux/if_tun.h | 4 include/linux/netdevice.h | 4 include/net/page_pool.h | 143 +++++++++ include/net/xdp.h | 83 +++++ kernel/bpf/cpumap.c | 132 +++------ net/Kconfig | 3 net/core/Makefile | 1 net/core/filter.c | 17 + net/core/page_pool.c | 317 +++++++++++++++++++++ net/core/xdp.c | 269 ++++++++++++++++++ 22 files changed, 1093 insertions(+), 198 deletions(-) create mode 100644 include/net/page_pool.h create mode 100644 net/core/page_pool.c --