From: Kris Pan <kris.pan@intel.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: horms@kernel.org, atomasov@redhat.com, oliver.sang@intel.com,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Kris Pan <kris.pan@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v3] net: iterate online nodes in skb_defer_free_flush()
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:34:30 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916003430.3612956-1-kris.pan@intel.com> (raw)
skb_attempt_defer_free() only queues skbs on the current CPU's node
(numa_node_id() of a running CPU), which is always online, so the
flush loop never needs to visit nodes that are merely possible.
for_each_node() walks node_possible_map. On machines where the
possible map is much larger than the online map -- e.g. a POWER10
LPAR with 32 possible but 1 online node -- the flush loop touches 31
cold, always-empty per-node lists on every softirq pass.
Use for_each_online_node() to iterate only node_online_map.
Since the flush now skips offline nodes, also drain the per-node
lists in dev_cpu_dead(). A skb is queued on the alloc CPU's list at
the freeing CPU's node index; if that node is offlined before the
alloc CPU flushes, the skb is stranded. Likewise, skbs queued on a
CPU that later goes offline are never freed, since its softirq no
longer runs.
Loopback UDP throughput in a QEMU guest with 32 possible / 1 online
nodes (bench_udp, 8 senders, interleaved runs) improves by ~5%.
Fixes: 5628f3fe3b16 ("net: add NUMA awareness to skb_attempt_defer_free()")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Adrian Tomasov <atomasov@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202512112119.5b9829a-lkp@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Kris Pan <kris.pan@intel.com>
---
net/core/dev.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ecfbd72d5d1a4..896498b349500 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6907,7 +6907,7 @@ static void skb_defer_free_flush(void)
struct skb_defer_node *sdn;
int node;
- for_each_node(node) {
+ for_each_online_node(node) {
sdn = this_cpu_ptr(net_hotdata.skb_defer_nodes) + node;
if (llist_empty(&sdn->defer_list))
@@ -12895,9 +12895,12 @@ int __dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
static int dev_cpu_dead(unsigned int oldcpu)
{
struct sk_buff **list_skb;
- struct sk_buff *skb;
+ struct llist_node *free_list;
+ struct sk_buff *skb, *next;
+ struct skb_defer_node *sdn;
unsigned int cpu;
struct softnet_data *sd, *oldsd, *remsd = NULL;
+ int node;
local_irq_disable();
cpu = smp_processor_id();
@@ -12957,6 +12960,26 @@ static int dev_cpu_dead(unsigned int oldcpu)
rps_input_queue_head_incr(oldsd);
}
+ /* Drain skbs deferred to the offlining CPU: its softirq no longer
+ * runs, so skb_defer_free_flush() would never free them. Also drain
+ * skbs deferred to this CPU's node, which may leave node_online_map
+ * and thus be skipped by the for_each_online_node() loop in
+ * skb_defer_free_flush().
+ */
+ for_each_node(node) {
+ sdn = per_cpu_ptr(net_hotdata.skb_defer_nodes, oldcpu) + node;
+ free_list = llist_del_all(&sdn->defer_list);
+ llist_for_each_entry_safe(skb, next, free_list, ll_node)
+ dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
+ }
+ node = cpu_to_node(oldcpu);
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+ sdn = per_cpu_ptr(net_hotdata.skb_defer_nodes, cpu) + node;
+ free_list = llist_del_all(&sdn->defer_list);
+ llist_for_each_entry_safe(skb, next, free_list, ll_node)
+ dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
+ }
+
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-16 0:37 UTC|newest]
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