Add documentation outlining the usage and details of the devmem TCP TX API.
Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry almasrymina@google.com --- Documentation/networking/devmem.rst | 140 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 136 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devmem.rst b/Documentation/networking/devmem.rst index d95363645331..9be01cd96ee2 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devmem.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devmem.rst @@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ More Info https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240831004313.3713467-1-almasrymina@google.c...
-Interface -========= +RX Interface +============
Example -------
-tools/testing/selftests/net/ncdevmem.c:do_server shows an example of setting up -the RX path of this API. +./tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ncdevmem:do_server shows an example of +setting up the RX path of this API.
NIC Setup @@ -235,6 +235,138 @@ can be less than the tokens provided by the user in case of: (a) an internal kernel leak bug. (b) the user passed more than 1024 frags.
+TX Interface +============ + + +Example +------- + +./tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ncdevmem:do_client shows an example of +setting up the TX path of this API. + + +NIC Setup +--------- + +The user must bind a TX dmabuf to a given NIC using the netlink API:: + + struct netdev_bind_tx_req *req = NULL; + struct netdev_bind_tx_rsp *rsp = NULL; + struct ynl_error yerr; + + *ys = ynl_sock_create(&ynl_netdev_family, &yerr); + + req = netdev_bind_tx_req_alloc(); + netdev_bind_tx_req_set_ifindex(req, ifindex); + netdev_bind_tx_req_set_fd(req, dmabuf_fd); + + rsp = netdev_bind_tx(*ys, req); + + tx_dmabuf_id = rsp->id; + + +The netlink API returns a dmabuf_id: a unique ID that refers to this dmabuf +that has been bound. + +The user can unbind the dmabuf from the netdevice by closing the netlink socket +that established the binding. We do this so that the binding is automatically +unbound even if the userspace process crashes. + +Note that any reasonably well-behaved dmabuf from any exporter should work with +devmem TCP, even if the dmabuf is not actually backed by devmem. An example of +this is udmabuf, which wraps user memory (non-devmem) in a dmabuf. + +Socket Setup +------------ + +The user application must use MSG_ZEROCOPY flag when sending devmem TCP. Devmem +cannot be copied by the kernel, so the semantics of the devmem TX are similar +to the semantics of MSG_ZEROCOPY. + + ret = setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ZEROCOPY, &opt, sizeof(opt)); + +Sending data +-------------- + +Devmem data is sent using the SCM_DEVMEM_DMABUF cmsg. + +The user should create a msghdr with iov_base set to NULL and iov_len set to the +number of bytes to be sent from the dmabuf. + +The user passes the dma-buf id via the dmabuf_tx_cmsg.dmabuf_id, and passes the +offset into the dmabuf from where to start sending using the +dmabuf_tx_cmsg.dmabuf_offset field:: + + char ctrl_data[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct dmabuf_tx_cmsg))]; + struct dmabuf_tx_cmsg ddmabuf; + struct msghdr msg = {}; + struct cmsghdr *cmsg; + uint64_t off = 100; + struct iovec iov; + + iov.iov_base = NULL; + iov.iov_len = line_size; + + msg.msg_iov = &iov; + msg.msg_iovlen = 1; + + msg.msg_control = ctrl_data; + msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(ctrl_data); + + cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); + cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET; + cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_DEVMEM_DMABUF; + cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(struct dmabuf_tx_cmsg)); + + ddmabuf.dmabuf_id = tx_dmabuf_id; + ddmabuf.dmabuf_offset = off; + + *((struct dmabuf_tx_cmsg *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg)) = ddmabuf; + + ret = sendmsg(socket_fd, &msg, MSG_ZEROCOPY); + +Reusing TX dmabufs +------------------ + +Similar to MSG_ZEROCOPY with regular memory, the user should not modify the +contents of the dma-buf while a send operation is in progress. This is because +the kernel does not keep a copy of the dmabuf contents. Instead, the kernel +will pin and send data from the buffer available to the userspace. + +Just as in MSG_ZEROCOPY, the kernel notifies the userspace of send completions +using MSG_ERRQUEUE:: + + int64_t tstop = gettimeofday_ms() + waittime_ms; + char control[CMSG_SPACE(100)] = {}; + struct sock_extended_err *serr; + struct msghdr msg = {}; + struct cmsghdr *cm; + int retries = 10; + __u32 hi, lo; + + msg.msg_control = control; + msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(control); + + while (gettimeofday_ms() < tstop) { + if (!do_poll(fd)) continue; + + ret = recvmsg(fd, &msg, MSG_ERRQUEUE); + + for (cm = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); cm; cm = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, cm)) { + serr = (void *)CMSG_DATA(cm); + + hi = serr->ee_data; + lo = serr->ee_info; + + fprintf(stdout, "tx complete [%d,%d]\n", lo, hi); + } + } + +After the associated sendmsg has been completed, the dmabuf can be reused by +the userspace. + + Implementation & Caveats ========================