From: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf.kernel@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, edumazet@kernel.org,
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Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 6/7] net: devmem: size TX net_iovs from the dmabuf sg table
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 15:51:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103235152.1904727-7-sdf@fomichev.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103235152.1904727-1-sdf@fomichev.me>
PAGE_SIZE TX net_iovs cap devmem skbs at MAX_SKB_FRAGS pages (~68KB),
which makes BIG TCP ineffective.
TX net_iovs only need to be DMA contiguous. Use the largest power of 2,
from PAGE_SIZE up to 2MB, which aligns every DMA segment of the dmabuf:
- 2MB hugepage-backed udmabufs get 2MB net_iovs
- no UAPI change, TX addresses are dmabuf offsets
- skbs are still bounded by TCP's size_goal, only frags get larger
The net_iov size doesn't depend on the device: frags are capped to the
device limit when they are built, and many frags share a net_iov.
Capping the net_iov instead would only split frags at net_iov
boundaries and allocate more net_iovs.
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Reviewed-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@google.com>
---
net/core/devmem.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
net/core/netdev-genl.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/devmem.c b/net/core/devmem.c
index 19c039ed2cb2..98c9594dbf99 100644
--- a/net/core/devmem.c
+++ b/net/core/devmem.c
@@ -181,6 +181,20 @@ int net_devmem_bind_dmabuf_to_queue(struct net_device *dev, u32 rxq_idx,
return err;
}
+static bool net_devmem_sgt_aligned(struct sg_table *sgt, size_t size)
+{
+ struct scatterlist *sg;
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ for_each_sgtable_dma_sg(sgt, sg, i) {
+ if (!IS_ALIGNED(sg_dma_address(sg), size) ||
+ !IS_ALIGNED(sg_dma_len(sg), size))
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+/* niov_shift == 0 picks the net_iov size from the dmabuf, TX only */
struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *
net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev, void *vdev,
struct device *dma_dev,
@@ -191,11 +205,11 @@ net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev, void *vdev,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *binding;
- size_t niov_size = 1UL << niov_shift;
static u32 id_alloc_next;
struct scatterlist *sg;
struct dma_buf *dmabuf;
unsigned int sg_idx;
+ size_t niov_size;
size_t niov_idx;
size_t i;
long err;
@@ -221,7 +235,6 @@ net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev, void *vdev,
binding->tx_max_frag_size = dev->netmem_tx_max_frag_size;
write_pnet(&binding->net, sock_net(nl_sk));
binding->uid = sk_uid(nl_sk);
- binding->niov_shift = niov_shift;
xa_init_flags(&binding->bound_rxqs, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
err = percpu_ref_init(&binding->ref,
@@ -266,6 +279,17 @@ net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev, void *vdev,
goto err_unmap;
}
+ if (!niov_shift) {
+ niov_size = SZ_2M;
+ while (niov_size > PAGE_SIZE &&
+ (!IS_ALIGNED(dmabuf->size, niov_size) ||
+ !net_devmem_sgt_aligned(binding->sgt, niov_size)))
+ niov_size /= 2;
+ niov_shift = ilog2(niov_size);
+ }
+ binding->niov_shift = niov_shift;
+ niov_size = 1UL << niov_shift;
+
if (!IS_ALIGNED(dmabuf->size, niov_size)) {
err = -EINVAL;
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT(extack,
diff --git a/net/core/netdev-genl.c b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
index 384fdc5ae514..bfd229bd31ca 100644
--- a/net/core/netdev-genl.c
+++ b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ int netdev_nl_bind_tx_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
binding = net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(bind_dev,
bind_dev != netdev ? netdev : NULL,
dma_dev, DMA_TO_DEVICE, dmabuf_fd,
- PAGE_SHIFT, priv, NETLINK_CB(skb).sk,
+ 0, priv, NETLINK_CB(skb).sk,
info->extack);
if (IS_ERR(binding)) {
err = PTR_ERR(binding);
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-03 23:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 23:51 [PATCH net-next v2 0/7] net: devmem: size TX net_iovs from the dmabuf layout Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-03 23:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] bnxt_en: let the stack segment GSO skbs with too many frags Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-04 16:47 ` Breno Leitao
2026-11-04 17:31 ` Michael Chan
2026-11-03 23:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/7] net: devmem: charge the frag length to TX skb truesize Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-03 23:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/7] net: devmem: use niov_shift in net_devmem_get_niov_at() Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-03 23:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/7] net: devmem: add a per-device netmem TX frag size limit Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-04 15:41 ` Mina Almasry
2026-11-03 23:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/7] bnxt_en: limit netmem TX frags to 32KB Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-04 17:35 ` Michael Chan
2026-11-03 23:51 ` Stanislav Fomichev [this message]
2026-11-03 23:51 ` [PATCH net-next v2 7/7] selftests: drv-net: devmem: TX from a hugepage-backed dmabuf Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-04 14:43 ` Dragos Tatulea
2026-11-04 0:14 ` [PATCH net-next v2 0/7] net: devmem: size TX net_iovs from the dmabuf layout Mina Almasry
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