From: wen.yang@linux.dev
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
linux-rt-devel@list.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Wen Yang <wen.yang@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH 13/15] net: Use backlog-NAPI to clean up the defer_list.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:02:29 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2f607e54ce19721f169a8c2fc4bd433aeab2c7a7.1791912669.git.wen.yang@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1791912669.git.wen.yang@linux.dev>
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
commit 80d2eefcb4c84aa9018b2a997ab3a4c567bc821a upstream.
The defer_list is a per-CPU list which is used to free skbs outside of
the socket lock and on the CPU on which they have been allocated.
The list is processed during NAPI callbacks so ideally the list is
cleaned up.
Should the amount of skbs on the list exceed a certain water mark then
the softirq is triggered remotely on the target CPU by invoking a remote
function call. The raise of the softirqs via a remote function call
leads to waking the ksoftirqd on PREEMPT_RT which is undesired.
The backlog-NAPI threads already provide the infrastructure which can be
utilized to perform the cleanup of the defer_list.
The NAPI state is updated with the input_pkt_queue.lock acquired. It
order not to break the state, it is needed to also wake the backlog-NAPI
thread with the lock held. This requires to acquire the use the lock in
rps_lock_irq*() if the backlog-NAPI threads are used even with RPS
disabled.
Move the logic of remotely starting softirqs to clean up the defer_list
into kick_defer_list_purge(). Make sure a lock is held in
rps_lock_irq*() if backlog-NAPI threads are used. Schedule backlog-NAPI
for defer_list cleanup if backlog-NAPI is available.
Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang@linux.dev>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 1 +
net/core/dev.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
net/core/skbuff.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index b399773d123b..d7361bc7635e 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3245,6 +3245,7 @@ static inline void dev_xmit_recursion_dec(void)
__this_cpu_dec(softnet_data.xmit.recursion);
}
+void kick_defer_list_purge(struct softnet_data *sd, unsigned int cpu);
void __netif_schedule(struct Qdisc *q);
void netif_schedule_queue(struct netdev_queue *txq);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0b2cf2f0f5a4..251985e85954 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static inline struct hlist_head *dev_index_hash(struct net *net, int ifindex)
static inline void rps_lock_irqsave(struct softnet_data *sd,
unsigned long *flags)
{
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS))
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS) || use_backlog_threads())
spin_lock_irqsave(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock, *flags);
else if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
local_irq_save(*flags);
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static inline void rps_lock_irqsave(struct softnet_data *sd,
static inline void rps_lock_irq_disable(struct softnet_data *sd)
{
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS))
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS) || use_backlog_threads())
spin_lock_irq(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock);
else if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
local_irq_disable();
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static inline void rps_lock_irq_disable(struct softnet_data *sd)
static inline void rps_unlock_irq_restore(struct softnet_data *sd,
unsigned long *flags)
{
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS))
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS) || use_backlog_threads())
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock, *flags);
else if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
local_irq_restore(*flags);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static inline void rps_unlock_irq_restore(struct softnet_data *sd,
static inline void rps_unlock_irq_enable(struct softnet_data *sd)
{
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS))
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS) || use_backlog_threads())
spin_unlock_irq(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock);
else if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
local_irq_enable();
@@ -4749,6 +4749,23 @@ static void napi_schedule_rps(struct softnet_data *sd)
__napi_schedule_irqoff(&mysd->backlog);
}
+void kick_defer_list_purge(struct softnet_data *sd, unsigned int cpu)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ if (use_backlog_threads()) {
+ rps_lock_irqsave(sd, &flags);
+
+ if (!__test_and_set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &sd->backlog.state))
+ __napi_schedule_irqoff(&sd->backlog);
+
+ rps_unlock_irq_restore(sd, &flags);
+
+ } else if (!cmpxchg(&sd->defer_ipi_scheduled, 0, 1)) {
+ smp_call_function_single_async(cpu, &sd->defer_csd);
+ }
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT
int netdev_flow_limit_table_len __read_mostly = (1 << 12);
#endif
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 6111c1bba704..717f23563ea9 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -6748,6 +6748,6 @@ nodefer: __kfree_skb(skb);
/* Make sure to trigger NET_RX_SOFTIRQ on the remote CPU
* if we are unlucky enough (this seems very unlikely).
*/
- if (unlikely(kick) && !cmpxchg(&sd->defer_ipi_scheduled, 0, 1))
- smp_call_function_single_async(cpu, &sd->defer_csd);
+ if (unlikely(kick))
+ kick_defer_list_purge(sd, cpu);
}
--
2.25.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-13 18:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-13 17:58 [PATCH v6.1-rt 00/15] net: Backport backlog-NAPI threads to resolve PREEMPT_RT softirq warning in SMP flush wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 01/15] Revert "net: Avoid the IPI to free the" wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 02/15] net: avoid irqsave in skb_defer_free_flush wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 03/15] net: napi_schedule_rps() cleanup wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 04/15] net: add softnet_data.in_net_rx_action wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 05/15] net: optimize napi_schedule_rps() wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 06/15] net: optimize ____napi_schedule() to avoid extra NET_RX_SOFTIRQ wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 07/15] net: add debugging checks in skb_attempt_defer_free() wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 08/15] net: do not provide hard irq safety for sd->defer_lock wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 09/15] net: move skb_defer_free_flush() up wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 10/15] net: make napi_threaded_poll() aware of sd->defer_list wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 11/15] net: optimize napi_threaded_poll() vs RPS/RFS wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 12/15] net: Remove conditional threaded-NAPI wakeup based on task state wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` wen.yang [this message]
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 14/15] net: Allow to use SMP threads for backlog NAPI wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 15/15] net: Rename rps_lock to backlog_lock wen.yang
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