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Merge tag 'net-next-6.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next
Pull networking updates from Paolo Abeni: "Core: - Introduce a config option to tweak MAX_SKB_FRAGS. Increasing the default value allows for better BIG TCP performances - Reduce compound page head access for zero-copy data transfers - RPS/RFS improvements, avoiding unneeded NET_RX_SOFTIRQ when possible - Threaded NAPI improvements, adding defer skb free support and unneeded softirq avoidance - Address dst_entry reference count scalability issues, via false sharing avoidance and optimize refcount tracking - Add lockless accesses annotation to sk_err[_soft] - Optimize again the skb struct layout - Extends the skb drop reasons to make it usable by multiple subsystems - Better const qualifier awareness for socket casts BPF: - Add skb and XDP typed dynptrs which allow BPF programs for more ergonomic and less brittle iteration through data and variable-sized accesses - Add a new BPF netfilter program type and minimal support to hook BPF programs to netfilter hooks such as prerouting or forward - Add more precise memory usage reporting for all BPF map types - Adds support for using {FOU,GUE} encap with an ipip device operating in collect_md mode and add a set of BPF kfuncs for controlling encap params - Allow BPF programs to detect at load time whether a particular kfunc exists or not, and also add support for this in light skeleton - Bigger batch of BPF verifier improvements to prepare for upcoming BPF open-coded iterators allowing for less restrictive looping capabilities - Rework RCU enforcement in the verifier, add kptr_rcu and enforce BPF programs to NULL-check before passing such pointers into kfunc - Add support for kptrs in percpu hashmaps, percpu LRU hashmaps and in local storage maps - Enable RCU semantics for task BPF kptrs and allow referenced kptr tasks to be stored in BPF maps - Add support for refcounted local kptrs to the verifier for allowing shared ownership, useful for adding a node to both the BPF list and rbtree - Add BPF verifier support for ST instructions in convert_ctx_access() which will help new -mcpu=v4 clang flag to start emitting them - Add ARM32 USDT support to libbpf - Improve bpftool's visual program dump which produces the control flow graph in a DOT format by adding C source inline annotations Protocols: - IPv4: Allow adding to IPv4 address a 'protocol' tag. Such value indicates the provenance of the IP address - IPv6: optimize route lookup, dropping unneeded R/W lock acquisition - Add the handshake upcall mechanism, allowing the user-space to implement generic TLS handshake on kernel's behalf - Bridge: support per-{Port, VLAN} neighbor suppression, increasing resilience to nodes failures - SCTP: add support for Fair Capacity and Weighted Fair Queueing schedulers - MPTCP: delay first subflow allocation up to its first usage. This will allow for later better LSM interaction - xfrm: Remove inner/outer modes from input/output path. These are not needed anymore - WiFi: - reduced neighbor report (RNR) handling for AP mode - HW timestamping support - support for randomized auth/deauth TA for PASN privacy - per-link debugfs for multi-link - TC offload support for mac80211 drivers - mac80211 mesh fast-xmit and fast-rx support - enable Wi-Fi 7 (EHT) mesh support Netfilter: - Add nf_tables 'brouting' support, to force a packet to be routed instead of being bridged - Update bridge netfilter and ovs conntrack helpers to handle IPv6 Jumbo packets properly, i.e. fetch the packet length from hop-by-hop extension header. This is needed for BIT TCP support - The iptables 32bit compat interface isn't compiled in by default anymore - Move ip(6)tables builtin icmp matches to the udptcp one. This has the advantage that icmp/icmpv6 match doesn't load the iptables/ip6tables modules anymore when iptables-nft is used - Extended netlink error report for netdevice in flowtables and netdev/chains. Allow for incrementally add/delete devices to netdev basechain. Allow to create netdev chain without device Driver API: - Remove redundant Device Control Error Reporting Enable, as PCI core has already error reporting enabled at enumeration time - Move Multicast DB netlink handlers to core, allowing devices other then bridge to use them - Allow the page_pool to directly recycle the pages from safely localized NAPI - Implement lockless TX queue stop/wake combo macros, allowing for further code de-duplication and sanitization - Add YNL support for user headers and struct attrs - Add partial YNL specification for devlink - Add partial YNL specification for ethtool - Add tc-mqprio and tc-taprio support for preemptible traffic classes - Add tx push buf len param to ethtool, specifies the maximum number of bytes of a transmitted packet a driver can push directly to the underlying device - Add basic LED support for switch/phy - Add NAPI documentation, stop relaying on external links - Convert dsa_master_ioctl() to netdev notifier. This is a preparatory work to make the hardware timestamping layer selectable by user space - Add transceiver support and improve the error messages for CAN-FD controllers New hardware / drivers: - Ethernet: - AMD/Pensando core device support - MediaTek MT7981 SoC - MediaTek MT7988 SoC - Broadcom BCM53134 embedded switch - Texas Instruments CPSW9G ethernet switch - Qualcomm EMAC3 DWMAC ethernet - StarFive JH7110 SoC - NXP CBTX ethernet PHY - WiFi: - Apple M1 Pro/Max devices - RealTek rtl8710bu/rtl8188gu - RealTek rtl8822bs, rtl8822cs and rtl8821cs SDIO chipset - Bluetooth: - Realtek RTL8821CS, RTL8851B, RTL8852BS - Mediatek MT7663, MT7922 - NXP w8997 - Actions Semi ATS2851 - QTI WCN6855 - Marvell 88W8997 - Can: - STMicroelectronics bxcan stm32f429 Drivers: - Ethernet NICs: - Intel (1G, icg): - add tracking and reporting of QBV config errors - add support for configuring max SDU for each Tx queue - Intel (100G, ice): - refactor mailbox overflow detection to support Scalable IOV - GNSS interface optimization - Intel (i40e): - support XDP multi-buffer - nVidia/Mellanox: - add the support for linux bridge multicast offload - enable TC offload for egress and engress MACVLAN over bond - add support for VxLAN GBP encap/decap flows offload - extend packet offload to fully support libreswan - support tunnel mode in mlx5 IPsec packet offload - extend XDP multi-buffer support - support MACsec VLAN offload - add support for dynamic msix vectors allocation - drop RX page_cache and fully use page_pool - implement thermal zone to report NIC temperature - Netronome/Corigine: - add support for multi-zone conntrack offload - Solarflare/Xilinx: - support offloading TC VLAN push/pop actions to the MAE - support TC decap rules - support unicast PTP - Other NICs: - Broadcom (bnxt): enforce software based freq adjustments only on shared PHC NIC - RealTek (r8169): refactor to addess ASPM issues during NAPI poll - Micrel (lan8841): add support for PTP_PF_PEROUT - Cadence (macb): enable PTP unicast - Engleder (tsnep): add XDP socket zero-copy support - virtio-net: implement exact header length guest feature - veth: add page_pool support for page recycling - vxlan: add MDB data path support - gve: add XDP support for GQI-QPL format - geneve: accept every ethertype - macvlan: allow some packets to bypass broadcast queue - mana: add support for jumbo frame - Ethernet high-speed switches: - Microchip (sparx5): Add support for TC flower templates - Ethernet embedded switches: - Broadcom (b54): - configure 6318 and 63268 RGMII ports - Marvell (mv88e6xxx): - faster C45 bus scan - Microchip: - lan966x: - add support for IS1 VCAP - better TX/RX from/to CPU performances - ksz9477: add ETS Qdisc support - ksz8: enhance static MAC table operations and error handling - sama7g5: add PTP capability - NXP (ocelot): - add support for external ports - add support for preemptible traffic classes - Texas Instruments: - add CPSWxG SGMII support for J7200 and J721E - Intel WiFi (iwlwifi): - preparation for Wi-Fi 7 EHT and multi-link support - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) sniffer support - hardware timestamping support for some devices/firwmares - TX beacon protection on newer hardware - Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k): - MU-MIMO parameters support - ack signal support for management packets - RealTek WiFi (rtw88): - SDIO bus support - better support for some SDIO devices (e.g. MAC address from efuse) - RealTek WiFi (rtw89): - HW scan support for 8852b - better support for 6 GHz scanning - support for various newer firmware APIs - framework firmware backwards compatibility - MediaTek WiFi (mt76): - P2P support - mesh A-MSDU support - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support - coredump support" * tag 'net-next-6.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (2078 commits) net: phy: hide the PHYLIB_LEDS knob net: phy: marvell-88x2222: remove unnecessary (void*) conversions tcp/udp: Fix memleaks of sk and zerocopy skbs with TX timestamp. net: amd: Fix link leak when verifying config failed net: phy: marvell: Fix inconsistent indenting in led_blink_set lan966x: Don't use xdp_frame when action is XDP_TX tsnep: Add XDP socket zero-copy TX support tsnep: Add XDP socket zero-copy RX support tsnep: Move skb receive action to separate function tsnep: Add functions for queue enable/disable tsnep: Rework TX/RX queue initialization tsnep: Replace modulo operation with mask net: phy: dp83867: Add led_brightness_set support net: phy: Fix reading LED reg property drivers: nfc: nfcsim: remove return value check of `dev_dir` net: phy: dp83867: Remove unnecessary (void*) conversions net: ethtool: coalesce: try to make user settings stick twice net: mana: Check if netdev/napi_alloc_frag returns single page net: mana: Rename mana_refill_rxoob and remove some empty lines net: veth: add page_pool stats ...
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+
+.. _napi:
+
+====
+NAPI
+====
+
+NAPI is the event handling mechanism used by the Linux networking stack.
+The name NAPI no longer stands for anything in particular [#]_.
+
+In basic operation the device notifies the host about new events
+via an interrupt.
+The host then schedules a NAPI instance to process the events.
+The device may also be polled for events via NAPI without receiving
+interrupts first (:ref:`busy polling<poll>`).
+
+NAPI processing usually happens in the software interrupt context,
+but there is an option to use :ref:`separate kernel threads<threaded>`
+for NAPI processing.
+
+All in all NAPI abstracts away from the drivers the context and configuration
+of event (packet Rx and Tx) processing.
+
+Driver API
+==========
+
+The two most important elements of NAPI are the struct napi_struct
+and the associated poll method. struct napi_struct holds the state
+of the NAPI instance while the method is the driver-specific event
+handler. The method will typically free Tx packets that have been
+transmitted and process newly received packets.
+
+.. _drv_ctrl:
+
+Control API
+-----------
+
+netif_napi_add() and netif_napi_del() add/remove a NAPI instance
+from the system. The instances are attached to the netdevice passed
+as argument (and will be deleted automatically when netdevice is
+unregistered). Instances are added in a disabled state.
+
+napi_enable() and napi_disable() manage the disabled state.
+A disabled NAPI can't be scheduled and its poll method is guaranteed
+to not be invoked. napi_disable() waits for ownership of the NAPI
+instance to be released.
+
+The control APIs are not idempotent. Control API calls are safe against
+concurrent use of datapath APIs but an incorrect sequence of control API
+calls may result in crashes, deadlocks, or race conditions. For example,
+calling napi_disable() multiple times in a row will deadlock.
+
+Datapath API
+------------
+
+napi_schedule() is the basic method of scheduling a NAPI poll.
+Drivers should call this function in their interrupt handler
+(see :ref:`drv_sched` for more info). A successful call to napi_schedule()
+will take ownership of the NAPI instance.
+
+Later, after NAPI is scheduled, the driver's poll method will be
+called to process the events/packets. The method takes a ``budget``
+argument - drivers can process completions for any number of Tx
+packets but should only process up to ``budget`` number of
+Rx packets. Rx processing is usually much more expensive.
+
+In other words, it is recommended to ignore the budget argument when
+performing TX buffer reclamation to ensure that the reclamation is not
+arbitrarily bounded; however, it is required to honor the budget argument
+for RX processing.
+
+.. warning::
+
+ The ``budget`` argument may be 0 if core tries to only process Tx completions
+ and no Rx packets.
+
+The poll method returns the amount of work done. If the driver still
+has outstanding work to do (e.g. ``budget`` was exhausted)
+the poll method should return exactly ``budget``. In that case,
+the NAPI instance will be serviced/polled again (without the
+need to be scheduled).
+
+If event processing has been completed (all outstanding packets
+processed) the poll method should call napi_complete_done()
+before returning. napi_complete_done() releases the ownership
+of the instance.
+
+.. warning::
+
+ The case of finishing all events and using exactly ``budget``
+ must be handled carefully. There is no way to report this
+ (rare) condition to the stack, so the driver must either
+ not call napi_complete_done() and wait to be called again,
+ or return ``budget - 1``.
+
+ If the ``budget`` is 0 napi_complete_done() should never be called.
+
+Call sequence
+-------------
+
+Drivers should not make assumptions about the exact sequencing
+of calls. The poll method may be called without the driver scheduling
+the instance (unless the instance is disabled). Similarly,
+it's not guaranteed that the poll method will be called, even
+if napi_schedule() succeeded (e.g. if the instance gets disabled).
+
+As mentioned in the :ref:`drv_ctrl` section - napi_disable() and subsequent
+calls to the poll method only wait for the ownership of the instance
+to be released, not for the poll method to exit. This means that
+drivers should avoid accessing any data structures after calling
+napi_complete_done().
+
+.. _drv_sched:
+
+Scheduling and IRQ masking
+--------------------------
+
+Drivers should keep the interrupts masked after scheduling
+the NAPI instance - until NAPI polling finishes any further
+interrupts are unnecessary.
+
+Drivers which have to mask the interrupts explicitly (as opposed
+to IRQ being auto-masked by the device) should use the napi_schedule_prep()
+and __napi_schedule() calls:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ if (napi_schedule_prep(&v->napi)) {
+ mydrv_mask_rxtx_irq(v->idx);
+ /* schedule after masking to avoid races */
+ __napi_schedule(&v->napi);
+ }
+
+IRQ should only be unmasked after a successful call to napi_complete_done():
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ if (budget && napi_complete_done(&v->napi, work_done)) {
+ mydrv_unmask_rxtx_irq(v->idx);
+ return min(work_done, budget - 1);
+ }
+
+napi_schedule_irqoff() is a variant of napi_schedule() which takes advantage
+of guarantees given by being invoked in IRQ context (no need to
+mask interrupts). Note that PREEMPT_RT forces all interrupts
+to be threaded so the interrupt may need to be marked ``IRQF_NO_THREAD``
+to avoid issues on real-time kernel configurations.
+
+Instance to queue mapping
+-------------------------
+
+Modern devices have multiple NAPI instances (struct napi_struct) per
+interface. There is no strong requirement on how the instances are
+mapped to queues and interrupts. NAPI is primarily a polling/processing
+abstraction without specific user-facing semantics. That said, most networking
+devices end up using NAPI in fairly similar ways.
+
+NAPI instances most often correspond 1:1:1 to interrupts and queue pairs
+(queue pair is a set of a single Rx and single Tx queue).
+
+In less common cases a NAPI instance may be used for multiple queues
+or Rx and Tx queues can be serviced by separate NAPI instances on a single
+core. Regardless of the queue assignment, however, there is usually still
+a 1:1 mapping between NAPI instances and interrupts.
+
+It's worth noting that the ethtool API uses a "channel" terminology where
+each channel can be either ``rx``, ``tx`` or ``combined``. It's not clear
+what constitutes a channel; the recommended interpretation is to understand
+a channel as an IRQ/NAPI which services queues of a given type. For example,
+a configuration of 1 ``rx``, 1 ``tx`` and 1 ``combined`` channel is expected
+to utilize 3 interrupts, 2 Rx and 2 Tx queues.
+
+User API
+========
+
+User interactions with NAPI depend on NAPI instance ID. The instance IDs
+are only visible to the user thru the ``SO_INCOMING_NAPI_ID`` socket option.
+It's not currently possible to query IDs used by a given device.
+
+Software IRQ coalescing
+-----------------------
+
+NAPI does not perform any explicit event coalescing by default.
+In most scenarios batching happens due to IRQ coalescing which is done
+by the device. There are cases where software coalescing is helpful.
+
+NAPI can be configured to arm a repoll timer instead of unmasking
+the hardware interrupts as soon as all packets are processed.
+The ``gro_flush_timeout`` sysfs configuration of the netdevice
+is reused to control the delay of the timer, while
+``napi_defer_hard_irqs`` controls the number of consecutive empty polls
+before NAPI gives up and goes back to using hardware IRQs.
+
+.. _poll:
+
+Busy polling
+------------
+
+Busy polling allows a user process to check for incoming packets before
+the device interrupt fires. As is the case with any busy polling it trades
+off CPU cycles for lower latency (production uses of NAPI busy polling
+are not well known).
+
+Busy polling is enabled by either setting ``SO_BUSY_POLL`` on
+selected sockets or using the global ``net.core.busy_poll`` and
+``net.core.busy_read`` sysctls. An io_uring API for NAPI busy polling
+also exists.
+
+IRQ mitigation
+---------------
+
+While busy polling is supposed to be used by low latency applications,
+a similar mechanism can be used for IRQ mitigation.
+
+Very high request-per-second applications (especially routing/forwarding
+applications and especially applications using AF_XDP sockets) may not
+want to be interrupted until they finish processing a request or a batch
+of packets.
+
+Such applications can pledge to the kernel that they will perform a busy
+polling operation periodically, and the driver should keep the device IRQs
+permanently masked. This mode is enabled by using the ``SO_PREFER_BUSY_POLL``
+socket option. To avoid system misbehavior the pledge is revoked
+if ``gro_flush_timeout`` passes without any busy poll call.
+
+The NAPI budget for busy polling is lower than the default (which makes
+sense given the low latency intention of normal busy polling). This is
+not the case with IRQ mitigation, however, so the budget can be adjusted
+with the ``SO_BUSY_POLL_BUDGET`` socket option.
+
+.. _threaded:
+
+Threaded NAPI
+-------------
+
+Threaded NAPI is an operating mode that uses dedicated kernel
+threads rather than software IRQ context for NAPI processing.
+The configuration is per netdevice and will affect all
+NAPI instances of that device. Each NAPI instance will spawn a separate
+thread (called ``napi/${ifc-name}-${napi-id}``).
+
+It is recommended to pin each kernel thread to a single CPU, the same
+CPU as the CPU which services the interrupt. Note that the mapping
+between IRQs and NAPI instances may not be trivial (and is driver
+dependent). The NAPI instance IDs will be assigned in the opposite
+order than the process IDs of the kernel threads.
+
+Threaded NAPI is controlled by writing 0/1 to the ``threaded`` file in
+netdev's sysfs directory.
+
+.. rubric:: Footnotes
+
+.. [#] NAPI was originally referred to as New API in 2.4 Linux.