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authorJesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>2026-02-26 16:44:12 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-03-01 02:31:34 +0300
commitff2998f29f390d963299103f0b247cc79106ced5 (patch)
tree94f2d14b5bbba48f20d74776804d4cf4efd413db /include
parent52d534aa6640a41f9813c7dfe30b65b11e4d7416 (diff)
downloadlinux-ff2998f29f390d963299103f0b247cc79106ced5.tar.xz
net: sched: introduce qdisc-specific drop reason tracing
Create new enum qdisc_drop_reason and trace_qdisc_drop tracepoint for qdisc layer drop diagnostics with direct qdisc context visibility. The new tracepoint includes qdisc handle, parent, kind (name), and device information. Existing SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_DROP is retained for backwards compatibility via kfree_skb_reason(). Convert qdiscs with drop reasons to use the new infrastructure. Change CAKE's cobalt_should_drop() return type from enum skb_drop_reason to enum qdisc_drop_reason to fix implicit enum conversion warnings. Use QDISC_DROP_UNSPEC as the 'not dropped' sentinel instead of SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET. Both have the same compiled value (0), so the comparison logic remains semantically equivalent. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/177211345275.3011628.1974310302645218067.stgit@firesoul Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/net/dropreason-core.h42
-rw-r--r--include/net/dropreason-qdisc.h94
-rw-r--r--include/net/dropreason.h6
-rw-r--r--include/net/sch_generic.h43
-rw-r--r--include/trace/events/qdisc.h51
5 files changed, 185 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/dropreason-core.h b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
index a7b7abd66e21..3d8d284e05c8 100644
--- a/include/net/dropreason-core.h
+++ b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@
FN(SECURITY_HOOK) \
FN(QDISC_DROP) \
FN(QDISC_BURST_DROP) \
- FN(QDISC_OVERLIMIT) \
- FN(QDISC_CONGESTED) \
- FN(CAKE_FLOOD) \
- FN(FQ_BAND_LIMIT) \
- FN(FQ_HORIZON_LIMIT) \
- FN(FQ_FLOW_LIMIT) \
FN(CPU_BACKLOG) \
FN(XDP) \
FN(TC_INGRESS) \
@@ -371,8 +365,10 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
/** @SKB_DROP_REASON_SECURITY_HOOK: dropped due to security HOOK */
SKB_DROP_REASON_SECURITY_HOOK,
/**
- * @SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_DROP: dropped by qdisc when packet outputting (
- * failed to enqueue to current qdisc)
+ * @SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_DROP: dropped by qdisc during enqueue or
+ * dequeue. More specific drop reasons are available via the
+ * qdisc:qdisc_drop tracepoint, which also provides qdisc handle
+ * and name for identifying the source.
*/
SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_DROP,
/**
@@ -381,36 +377,6 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
*/
SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_BURST_DROP,
/**
- * @SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_OVERLIMIT: dropped by qdisc when a qdisc
- * instance exceeds its total buffer size limit.
- */
- SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_OVERLIMIT,
- /**
- * @SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_CONGESTED: dropped by a qdisc AQM algorithm
- * due to congestion.
- */
- SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_CONGESTED,
- /**
- * @SKB_DROP_REASON_CAKE_FLOOD: dropped by the flood protection part of
- * CAKE qdisc AQM algorithm (BLUE).
- */
- SKB_DROP_REASON_CAKE_FLOOD,
- /**
- * @SKB_DROP_REASON_FQ_BAND_LIMIT: dropped by fq qdisc when per band
- * limit is reached.
- */
- SKB_DROP_REASON_FQ_BAND_LIMIT,
- /**
- * @SKB_DROP_REASON_FQ_HORIZON_LIMIT: dropped by fq qdisc when packet
- * timestamp is too far in the future.
- */
- SKB_DROP_REASON_FQ_HORIZON_LIMIT,
- /**
- * @SKB_DROP_REASON_FQ_FLOW_LIMIT: dropped by fq qdisc when a flow
- * exceeds its limits.
- */
- SKB_DROP_REASON_FQ_FLOW_LIMIT,
- /**
* @SKB_DROP_REASON_CPU_BACKLOG: failed to enqueue the skb to the per CPU
* backlog queue. This can be caused by backlog queue full (see
* netdev_max_backlog in net.rst) or RPS flow limit
diff --git a/include/net/dropreason-qdisc.h b/include/net/dropreason-qdisc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80a2d557e5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/net/dropreason-qdisc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_DROPREASON_QDISC_H
+#define _LINUX_DROPREASON_QDISC_H
+#include <net/dropreason.h>
+
+#define DEFINE_QDISC_DROP_REASON(FN, FNe) \
+ FN(UNSPEC) \
+ FN(GENERIC) \
+ FN(OVERLIMIT) \
+ FN(CONGESTED) \
+ FN(CAKE_FLOOD) \
+ FN(FQ_BAND_LIMIT) \
+ FN(FQ_HORIZON_LIMIT) \
+ FN(FQ_FLOW_LIMIT) \
+ FNe(MAX)
+
+#undef FN
+#undef FNe
+#define FN(reason) QDISC_DROP_##reason,
+#define FNe(reason) QDISC_DROP_##reason
+
+/**
+ * enum qdisc_drop_reason - reason why a qdisc dropped a packet
+ *
+ * Qdisc-specific drop reasons for packet drops that occur within the
+ * traffic control (TC) queueing discipline layer. These reasons provide
+ * detailed diagnostics about why packets were dropped by various qdisc
+ * algorithms, enabling fine-grained monitoring and troubleshooting of
+ * queue behavior.
+ */
+enum qdisc_drop_reason {
+ /**
+ * @QDISC_DROP_UNSPEC: unspecified/invalid qdisc drop reason.
+ * Value 0 serves as analogous to SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET for enum skb_drop_reason.
+ * Used for catching zero-initialized drop_reason fields.
+ */
+ QDISC_DROP_UNSPEC = 0,
+ /**
+ * @__QDISC_DROP_REASON: subsystem base value for qdisc drop reasons
+ */
+ __QDISC_DROP_REASON = SKB_DROP_REASON_SUBSYS_QDISC <<
+ SKB_DROP_REASON_SUBSYS_SHIFT,
+ /**
+ * @QDISC_DROP_GENERIC: generic/default qdisc drop, used when no
+ * more specific reason applies
+ */
+ QDISC_DROP_GENERIC,
+ /**
+ * @QDISC_DROP_OVERLIMIT: packet dropped because the qdisc queue
+ * length exceeded its configured limit (sch->limit). This typically
+ * indicates the queue is full and cannot accept more packets.
+ */
+ QDISC_DROP_OVERLIMIT,
+ /**
+ * @QDISC_DROP_CONGESTED: packet dropped due to active congestion
+ * control algorithms (e.g., CoDel, PIE, RED) detecting network
+ * congestion. The qdisc proactively dropped the packet to signal
+ * congestion to the sender and prevent bufferbloat.
+ */
+ QDISC_DROP_CONGESTED,
+ /**
+ * @QDISC_DROP_CAKE_FLOOD: CAKE qdisc dropped packet due to flood
+ * protection mechanism (BLUE algorithm). This indicates potential
+ * DoS/flood attack or unresponsive flow behavior.
+ */
+ QDISC_DROP_CAKE_FLOOD,
+ /**
+ * @QDISC_DROP_FQ_BAND_LIMIT: FQ (Fair Queue) dropped packet because
+ * the priority band's packet limit was reached. Each priority band
+ * in FQ has its own limit.
+ */
+ QDISC_DROP_FQ_BAND_LIMIT,
+ /**
+ * @QDISC_DROP_FQ_HORIZON_LIMIT: FQ dropped packet because its
+ * timestamp is too far in the future (beyond the configured horizon).
+ */
+ QDISC_DROP_FQ_HORIZON_LIMIT,
+ /**
+ * @QDISC_DROP_FQ_FLOW_LIMIT: FQ dropped packet because an individual
+ * flow exceeded its per-flow packet limit.
+ */
+ QDISC_DROP_FQ_FLOW_LIMIT,
+ /**
+ * @QDISC_DROP_MAX: the maximum of qdisc drop reasons, which
+ * shouldn't be used as a real 'reason' - only for tracing code gen
+ */
+ QDISC_DROP_MAX,
+};
+
+#undef FN
+#undef FNe
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/net/dropreason.h b/include/net/dropreason.h
index 7d3b1a2a6fec..1df60645fb27 100644
--- a/include/net/dropreason.h
+++ b/include/net/dropreason.h
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ enum skb_drop_reason_subsys {
*/
SKB_DROP_REASON_SUBSYS_OPENVSWITCH,
+ /**
+ * @SKB_DROP_REASON_SUBSYS_QDISC: TC qdisc drop reasons,
+ * see include/net/dropreason-qdisc.h
+ */
+ SKB_DROP_REASON_SUBSYS_QDISC,
+
/** @SKB_DROP_REASON_SUBSYS_NUM: number of subsystems defined */
SKB_DROP_REASON_SUBSYS_NUM
};
diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index c3a7268b567e..31c25a6d6acc 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@
#include <net/rtnetlink.h>
#include <net/flow_offload.h>
#include <linux/xarray.h>
+#include <net/dropreason-qdisc.h>
struct Qdisc_ops;
struct qdisc_walker;
struct tcf_walker;
struct module;
struct bpf_flow_keys;
+struct Qdisc;
+struct netdev_queue;
struct qdisc_rate_table {
struct tc_ratespec rate;
@@ -1106,36 +1109,50 @@ static inline struct tc_skb_cb *tc_skb_cb(const struct sk_buff *skb)
return cb;
}
+/* TC classifier accessors - use enum skb_drop_reason */
static inline enum skb_drop_reason
tcf_get_drop_reason(const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- return tc_skb_cb(skb)->drop_reason;
+ return (enum skb_drop_reason)tc_skb_cb(skb)->drop_reason;
}
static inline void tcf_set_drop_reason(const struct sk_buff *skb,
enum skb_drop_reason reason)
{
- tc_skb_cb(skb)->drop_reason = reason;
+ tc_skb_cb(skb)->drop_reason = (enum qdisc_drop_reason)reason;
}
-static inline void tcf_kfree_skb_list(struct sk_buff *skb)
+/* Qdisc accessors - use enum qdisc_drop_reason */
+static inline enum qdisc_drop_reason
+tcf_get_qdisc_drop_reason(const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- while (unlikely(skb)) {
- struct sk_buff *next = skb->next;
+ return tc_skb_cb(skb)->drop_reason;
+}
- prefetch(next);
- kfree_skb_reason(skb, tcf_get_drop_reason(skb));
- skb = next;
- }
+static inline void tcf_set_qdisc_drop_reason(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ enum qdisc_drop_reason reason)
+{
+ tc_skb_cb(skb)->drop_reason = reason;
+}
+
+void __tcf_kfree_skb_list(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
+ struct netdev_queue *txq, struct net_device *dev);
+
+static inline void tcf_kfree_skb_list(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
+ struct netdev_queue *txq,
+ struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ if (unlikely(skb))
+ __tcf_kfree_skb_list(skb, q, txq, dev);
}
static inline void qdisc_dequeue_drop(struct Qdisc *q, struct sk_buff *skb,
- enum skb_drop_reason reason)
+ enum qdisc_drop_reason reason)
{
DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!(q->flags & TCQ_F_DEQUEUE_DROPS));
DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK);
- tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, reason);
+ tcf_set_qdisc_drop_reason(skb, reason);
skb->next = q->to_free;
q->to_free = skb;
}
@@ -1312,9 +1329,9 @@ static inline int qdisc_drop(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
static inline int qdisc_drop_reason(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
struct sk_buff **to_free,
- enum skb_drop_reason reason)
+ enum qdisc_drop_reason reason)
{
- tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, reason);
+ tcf_set_qdisc_drop_reason(skb, reason);
return qdisc_drop(skb, sch, to_free);
}
diff --git a/include/trace/events/qdisc.h b/include/trace/events/qdisc.h
index ff33f41a9db7..d8a5c2677470 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/qdisc.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/qdisc.h
@@ -74,6 +74,57 @@ TRACE_EVENT(qdisc_enqueue,
__entry->ifindex, __entry->handle, __entry->parent, __entry->skbaddr)
);
+#undef FN
+#undef FNe
+#define FN(reason) TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(QDISC_DROP_##reason);
+#define FNe(reason) TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(QDISC_DROP_##reason);
+DEFINE_QDISC_DROP_REASON(FN, FNe)
+
+#undef FN
+#undef FNe
+#define FN(reason) { QDISC_DROP_##reason, #reason },
+#define FNe(reason) { QDISC_DROP_##reason, #reason }
+
+TRACE_EVENT(qdisc_drop,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct Qdisc *qdisc, const struct netdev_queue *txq,
+ struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
+ enum qdisc_drop_reason reason),
+
+ TP_ARGS(qdisc, txq, dev, skb, reason),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(struct Qdisc *, qdisc)
+ __field(const struct netdev_queue *, txq)
+ __field(void *, skbaddr)
+ __field(int, ifindex)
+ __field(u32, handle)
+ __field(u32, parent)
+ __field(enum qdisc_drop_reason, reason)
+ __string(kind, qdisc->ops->id)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->qdisc = qdisc;
+ __entry->txq = txq;
+ __entry->skbaddr = skb;
+ __entry->ifindex = dev ? dev->ifindex : 0;
+ __entry->handle = qdisc->handle;
+ __entry->parent = qdisc->parent;
+ __entry->reason = reason;
+ __assign_str(kind);
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("drop ifindex=%d kind=%s handle=0x%X parent=0x%X skbaddr=%p reason=%s",
+ __entry->ifindex, __get_str(kind), __entry->handle,
+ __entry->parent, __entry->skbaddr,
+ __print_symbolic(__entry->reason,
+ DEFINE_QDISC_DROP_REASON(FN, FNe)))
+);
+
+#undef FN
+#undef FNe
+
TRACE_EVENT(qdisc_reset,
TP_PROTO(struct Qdisc *q),