This small series proposes the removal of the BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT XDP flag in favour of page_pool's internal page_pool_napi_local() check which can override a non-direct recycle into a direct one if the right conditions are met.,
This was discussed on the mailing list on several occasions [1][2]. The first patch adds additional benchmarking code to the page_pool benchmark. The second patch has the actual change with a proper explanation and measurements. It remains to be debated if the whole BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT mechanism should be deleted or only its use in xdp_return_frame_rx_napi(). There is still the unresolved issue of drivers that don't support page_pool NAPI recycling. This series could be extended to add that support. Otherwise those drivers would end up with slow path recycling for XDP. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ Dragos Tatulea (2): page_pool: add benchmarking for napi-based recycling xdp: Delegate fast path return decision to page_pool drivers/net/veth.c | 2 - include/linux/filter.h | 22 ----- include/net/xdp.h | 2 +- kernel/bpf/cpumap.c | 2 - net/bpf/test_run.c | 2 - net/core/filter.c | 2 +- net/core/xdp.c | 24 ++--- .../bench/page_pool/bench_page_pool_simple.c | 92 ++++++++++++++++++- 8 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) -- 2.50.1
