From baebdf48c360080710f80699eea3affbb13d6c65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:38:38 +0100 Subject: net: dev: Makes sure netif_rx() can be invoked in any context. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Dave suggested a while ago (eleven years by now) "Let's make netif_rx() work in all contexts and get rid of netif_rx_ni()". Eric agreed and pointed out that modern devices should use netif_receive_skb() to avoid the overhead. In the meantime someone added another variant, netif_rx_any_context(), which behaves as suggested. netif_rx() must be invoked with disabled bottom halves to ensure that pending softirqs, which were raised within the function, are handled. netif_rx_ni() can be invoked only from process context (bottom halves must be enabled) because the function handles pending softirqs without checking if bottom halves were disabled or not. netif_rx_any_context() invokes on the former functions by checking in_interrupts(). netif_rx() could be taught to handle both cases (disabled and enabled bottom halves) by simply disabling bottom halves while invoking netif_rx_internal(). The local_bh_enable() invocation will then invoke pending softirqs only if the BH-disable counter drops to zero. Eric is concerned about the overhead of BH-disable+enable especially in regard to the loopback driver. As critical as this driver is, it will receive a shortcut to avoid the additional overhead which is not needed. Add a local_bh_disable() section in netif_rx() to ensure softirqs are handled if needed. Provide __netif_rx() which does not disable BH and has a lockdep assert to ensure that interrupts are disabled. Use this shortcut in the loopback driver and in drivers/net/*.c. Make netif_rx_ni() and netif_rx_any_context() invoke netif_rx() so they can be removed once they are no more users left. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20100415.020246.218622820.davem@davemloft.net Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 5f6e2c0b0c90..e99db8341da5 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -3672,8 +3672,18 @@ u32 bpf_prog_run_generic_xdp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xdp_buff *xdp, void generic_xdp_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bpf_prog *xdp_prog); int do_xdp_generic(struct bpf_prog *xdp_prog, struct sk_buff *skb); int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb); -int netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb); -int netif_rx_any_context(struct sk_buff *skb); +int __netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb); + +static inline int netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb) +{ + return netif_rx(skb); +} + +static inline int netif_rx_any_context(struct sk_buff *skb) +{ + return netif_rx(skb); +} + int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb); int netif_receive_skb_core(struct sk_buff *skb); void netif_receive_skb_list_internal(struct list_head *head); -- cgit v1.2.3