On 11/24/25 4:04 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 01:15:19PM -0600, Daniel Jurgens wrote:
>> Classifiers can be used by more than one rule. If there is an existing
>> classifier, use it instead of creating a new one. If duplicate
>> classifiers are created it would artifically limit the number of rules
>> to the classifier limit, which is likely less than the rules limit.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Jurgens <[email protected]>
>> Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <[email protected]>
>> Reviewed-by: Shahar Shitrit <[email protected]>
>> Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> v4:
>>     - Fixed typo in commit message
>>     - for (int -> for (
>>
>> v8:
>>     - Removed unused num_classifiers. Jason Wang
>>
>> v12:
>>     - Clarified comment about destroy_classifier freeing. MST
>>     - Renamed the classifier field of virtnet_classifier to obj. MST
>>     - Explained why in commit message. MST
>> ---
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>>  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>> index 7600e2383a72..5e49cd78904f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
>>  #include <uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h>
>>  #include <uapi/linux/virtio_net_ff.h>
>>  #include <linux/xarray.h>
>> +#include <linux/refcount.h>
>>  
>>  static int napi_weight = NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT;
>>  module_param(napi_weight, int, 0444);
>> @@ -302,7 +303,6 @@ struct virtnet_ff {
>>      struct virtio_net_ff_cap_mask_data *ff_mask;
>>      struct virtio_net_ff_actions *ff_actions;
>>      struct xarray classifiers;
>> -    int num_classifiers;
>>      struct virtnet_ethtool_ff ethtool;
>>  };
>>  
>> @@ -5816,12 +5816,13 @@ struct virtnet_ethtool_rule {
>>  /* The classifier struct must be the last field in this struct */
>>  struct virtnet_classifier {
>>      size_t size;
>> +    refcount_t refcount;
>>      u32 id;
>> -    struct virtio_net_resource_obj_ff_classifier classifier;
>> +    struct virtio_net_resource_obj_ff_classifier obj;
>>  };
>>  
>>  static_assert(sizeof(struct virtnet_classifier) ==
>> -          ALIGN(offsetofend(struct virtnet_classifier, classifier),
>> +          ALIGN(offsetofend(struct virtnet_classifier, obj),
>>                  __alignof__(struct virtnet_classifier)),
>>            "virtnet_classifier: classifier must be the last member");
>>  
>> @@ -5909,11 +5910,24 @@ static bool validate_mask(const struct virtnet_ff 
>> *ff,
>>      return false;
>>  }
>>  
>> -static int setup_classifier(struct virtnet_ff *ff, struct 
>> virtnet_classifier *c)
>> +static int setup_classifier(struct virtnet_ff *ff,
>> +                        struct virtnet_classifier **c)
>>  {
>> +    struct virtnet_classifier *tmp;
>> +    unsigned long i;
>>      int err;
>>  
>> -    err = xa_alloc(&ff->classifiers, &c->id, c,
>> +    xa_for_each(&ff->classifiers, i, tmp) {
>> +            if ((*c)->size == tmp->size &&
>> +                !memcmp(&tmp->obj, &(*c)->obj, tmp->size)) {
>> +                    refcount_inc(&tmp->refcount);
>> +                    kfree(*c);
>> +                    *c = tmp;
>> +                    goto out;
>> +            }
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    err = xa_alloc(&ff->classifiers, &(*c)->id, *c,
>>                     XA_LIMIT(0, le32_to_cpu(ff->ff_caps->classifiers_limit) 
>> - 1),
>>                     GFP_KERNEL);
>>      if (err)
>> @@ -5921,29 +5935,30 @@ static int setup_classifier(struct virtnet_ff *ff, 
>> struct virtnet_classifier *c)
>>  
>>      err = virtio_admin_obj_create(ff->vdev,
>>                                    VIRTIO_NET_RESOURCE_OBJ_FF_CLASSIFIER,
>> -                                  c->id,
>> +                                  (*c)->id,
>>                                    VIRTIO_ADMIN_GROUP_TYPE_SELF,
>>                                    0,
>> -                                  &c->classifier,
>> -                                  c->size);
>> +                                  &(*c)->obj,
>> +                                  (*c)->size);
>>      if (err)
>>              goto err_xarray;
>>  
>> +    refcount_set(&(*c)->refcount, 1);
>> +out:
>>      return 0;
>>  
>>  err_xarray:
>> -    xa_erase(&ff->classifiers, c->id);
>> +    xa_erase(&ff->classifiers, (*c)->id);
>>  
>>      return err;
>>  }
>>  
>> -static void destroy_classifier(struct virtnet_ff *ff,
>> -                           u32 classifier_id)
>> +static void try_destroy_classifier(struct virtnet_ff *ff, u32 classifier_id)
>>  {
>>      struct virtnet_classifier *c;
>>  
>>      c = xa_load(&ff->classifiers, classifier_id);
>> -    if (c) {
>> +    if (c && refcount_dec_and_test(&c->refcount)) {
>>              virtio_admin_obj_destroy(ff->vdev,
>>                                       VIRTIO_NET_RESOURCE_OBJ_FF_CLASSIFIER,
>>                                       c->id,
>> @@ -5967,7 +5982,7 @@ static void destroy_ethtool_rule(struct virtnet_ff *ff,
>>                               0);
>>  
>>      xa_erase(&ff->ethtool.rules, eth_rule->flow_spec.location);
>> -    destroy_classifier(ff, eth_rule->classifier_id);
>> +    try_destroy_classifier(ff, eth_rule->classifier_id);
>>      kfree(eth_rule);
>>  }
>>  
>> @@ -6139,7 +6154,7 @@ static int build_and_insert(struct virtnet_ff *ff,
>>      }
>>  
>>      c->size = classifier_size;
>> -    classifier = &c->classifier;
>> +    classifier = &c->obj;
>>      classifier->count = num_hdrs;
>>      selector = (void *)&classifier->selectors[0];
>>  
>> @@ -6149,14 +6164,16 @@ static int build_and_insert(struct virtnet_ff *ff,
>>      if (err)
>>              goto err_key;
>>  
>> -    err = setup_classifier(ff, c);
>> +    err = setup_classifier(ff, &c);
>>      if (err)
>>              goto err_classifier;
>>  
>>      err = insert_rule(ff, eth_rule, c->id, key, key_size);
>>      if (err) {
>> -            /* destroy_classifier will free the classifier */
>> -            destroy_classifier(ff, c->id);
>> +            /* destroy_classifier release the reference on the classifier
> 
> 
> try_destroy_classifier ? and I think you mean *will* release and free.
> 
> and what is "the reference"

I see the comment is munged. But classifiers are reference counted,
try_destroy_classifier will release the reference. And free if the
refcount is now 0.

See setup_classifier above.

> 
>> +             * and free it if needed.
>> +             */
>> +            try_destroy_classifier(ff, c->id);
>>              goto err_key;
>>      }
>>  
>> -- 
>> 2.50.1
> 


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