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SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============= +Page Pool API +============= + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/page_pool/helpers.h + :doc: page_pool allocator + +Architecture overview +===================== + +.. code-block:: none + + +------------------+ + | Driver | + +------------------+ + ^ + | + | + | + v + +--------------------------------------------+ + | request memory | + +--------------------------------------------+ + ^ ^ + | | + | Pool empty | Pool has entries + | | + v v + +-----------------------+ +------------------------+ + | alloc (and map) pages | | get page from cache | + +-----------------------+ +------------------------+ + ^ ^ + | | + | cache available | No entries, refill + | | from ptr-ring + | | + v v + +-----------------+ +------------------+ + | Fast cache | | ptr-ring cache | + +-----------------+ +------------------+ + +Monitoring +========== +Information about page pools on the system can be accessed via the netdev +genetlink family (see Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml). + +API interface +============= +The number of pools created **must** match the number of hardware queues +unless hardware restrictions make that impossible. This would otherwise beat the +purpose of page pool, which is allocate pages fast from cache without locking. +This lockless guarantee naturally comes from running under a NAPI softirq. +The protection doesn't strictly have to be NAPI, any guarantee that allocating +a page will cause no race conditions is enough. + +.. kernel-doc:: net/core/page_pool.c + :identifiers: page_pool_create + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/page_pool/types.h + :identifiers: struct page_pool_params + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/page_pool/helpers.h + :identifiers: page_pool_put_page page_pool_put_full_page + page_pool_recycle_direct page_pool_free_va + page_pool_dev_alloc_pages page_pool_dev_alloc_frag + page_pool_dev_alloc page_pool_dev_alloc_va + page_pool_get_dma_addr page_pool_get_dma_dir + +.. kernel-doc:: net/core/page_pool.c + :identifiers: page_pool_put_page_bulk page_pool_get_stats + +DMA sync +-------- +Driver is always responsible for syncing the pages for the CPU. +Drivers may choose to take care of syncing for the device as well +or set the ``PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV`` flag to request that pages +allocated from the page pool are already synced for the device. + +If ``PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV`` is set, the driver must inform the core what portion +of the buffer has to be synced. This allows the core to avoid syncing the entire +page when the drivers knows that the device only accessed a portion of the page. + +Most drivers will reserve headroom in front of the frame. This part +of the buffer is not touched by the device, so to avoid syncing +it drivers can set the ``offset`` field in struct page_pool_params +appropriately. + +For pages recycled on the XDP xmit and skb paths the page pool will +use the ``max_len`` member of struct page_pool_params to decide how +much of the page needs to be synced (starting at ``offset``). +When directly freeing pages in the driver (page_pool_put_page()) +the ``dma_sync_size`` argument specifies how much of the buffer needs +to be synced. + +If in doubt set ``offset`` to 0, ``max_len`` to ``PAGE_SIZE`` and +pass -1 as ``dma_sync_size``. That combination of arguments is always +correct. + +Note that the syncing parameters are for the entire page. +This is important to remember when using fragments (``PP_FLAG_PAGE_FRAG``), +where allocated buffers may be smaller than a full page. +Unless the driver author really understands page pool internals +it's recommended to always use ``offset = 0``, ``max_len = PAGE_SIZE`` +with fragmented page pools. + +Stats API and structures +------------------------ +If the kernel is configured with ``CONFIG_PAGE_POOL_STATS=y``, the API +page_pool_get_stats() and structures described below are available. +It takes a pointer to a ``struct page_pool`` and a pointer to a struct +page_pool_stats allocated by the caller. + +Older drivers expose page pool statistics via ethtool or debugfs. +The same statistics are accessible via the netlink netdev family +in a driver-independent fashion. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/page_pool/types.h + :identifiers: struct page_pool_recycle_stats + struct page_pool_alloc_stats + struct page_pool_stats + +Coding examples +=============== + +Registration +------------ + +.. code-block:: c + + /* Page pool registration */ + struct page_pool_params pp_params = { 0 }; + struct xdp_rxq_info xdp_rxq; + int err; + + pp_params.order = 0; + /* internal DMA mapping in page_pool */ + pp_params.flags = PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP; + pp_params.pool_size = DESC_NUM; + pp_params.nid = NUMA_NO_NODE; + pp_params.dev = priv->dev; + pp_params.napi = napi; /* only if locking is tied to NAPI */ + pp_params.dma_dir = xdp_prog ? DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL : DMA_FROM_DEVICE; + page_pool = page_pool_create(&pp_params); + + err = xdp_rxq_info_reg(&xdp_rxq, ndev, 0); + if (err) + goto err_out; + + err = xdp_rxq_info_reg_mem_model(&xdp_rxq, MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL, page_pool); + if (err) + goto err_out; + +NAPI poller +----------- + + +.. code-block:: c + + /* NAPI Rx poller */ + enum dma_data_direction dma_dir; + + dma_dir = page_pool_get_dma_dir(dring->page_pool); + while (done < budget) { + if (some error) + page_pool_recycle_direct(page_pool, page); + if (packet_is_xdp) { + if XDP_DROP: + page_pool_recycle_direct(page_pool, page); + } else (packet_is_skb) { + skb_mark_for_recycle(skb); + new_page = page_pool_dev_alloc_pages(page_pool); + } + } + +Stats +----- + +.. code-block:: c + + #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL_STATS + /* retrieve stats */ + struct page_pool_stats stats = { 0 }; + if (page_pool_get_stats(page_pool, &stats)) { + /* perhaps the driver reports statistics with ethool */ + ethtool_print_allocation_stats(&stats.alloc_stats); + ethtool_print_recycle_stats(&stats.recycle_stats); + } + #endif + +Driver unload +------------- + +.. code-block:: c + + /* Driver unload */ + page_pool_put_full_page(page_pool, page, false); + xdp_rxq_info_unreg(&xdp_rxq); |