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[RFC,net-next,v1,2/2] net: dsa: add option for bridge port HW offload

Message ID 20250120004913.2154398-3-aryan.srivastava@alliedtelesis.co.nz (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series Add bridge offloading devlink config | expand

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Commit Message

Aryan Srivastava Jan. 20, 2025, 12:49 a.m. UTC
Currently the DSA framework will HW offload any bridge port if there is
a driver available to support HW offloading. This may not always be the
preferred case. In cases where it is preferred that all traffic still
hit the CPU, do software bridging instead.

To prevent HW bridging (and potential CPU bypass), make the DSA
framework aware of the devlink port function attr, bridge_offload, and
add a matching field to the port struct. Add get/set functions to
configure the field, and use this field to condition HW config for
offloading a bridge port.

Signed-off-by: Aryan Srivastava <aryan.srivastava@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
---
 include/net/dsa.h |  1 +
 net/dsa/devlink.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 net/dsa/dsa.c     |  1 +
 net/dsa/port.c    |  3 ++-
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Andrew Lunn Jan. 20, 2025, 2:39 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 01:49:12PM +1300, Aryan Srivastava wrote:
> Currently the DSA framework will HW offload any bridge port if there is
> a driver available to support HW offloading. This may not always be the
> preferred case. In cases where it is preferred that all traffic still
> hit the CPU, do software bridging instead.
> 
> To prevent HW bridging (and potential CPU bypass), make the DSA
> framework aware of the devlink port function attr, bridge_offload, and
> add a matching field to the port struct. Add get/set functions to
> configure the field, and use this field to condition HW config for
> offloading a bridge port.

This is not a very convincing description. What is your real use case
for not offloading?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Aryan Srivastava <aryan.srivastava@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
> ---
>  include/net/dsa.h |  1 +
>  net/dsa/devlink.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  net/dsa/dsa.c     |  1 +
>  net/dsa/port.c    |  3 ++-
>  4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
> index a0a9481c52c2..9ee2d7ccfff8 100644
> --- a/include/net/dsa.h
> +++ b/include/net/dsa.h
> @@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ struct dsa_port {
>  
>  	struct device_node	*dn;
>  	unsigned int		ageing_time;
> +	bool bridge_offloading;

Indentation is not consistent here.

net-next is closed for the merge window. 

    Andrew

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pw-bot: cr
Aryan Srivastava Jan. 20, 2025, 3:01 a.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 2025-01-20 at 03:39 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 01:49:12PM +1300, Aryan Srivastava wrote:
> > Currently the DSA framework will HW offload any bridge port if
> > there is
> > a driver available to support HW offloading. This may not always be
> > the
> > preferred case. In cases where it is preferred that all traffic
> > still
> > hit the CPU, do software bridging instead.
> > 
> > To prevent HW bridging (and potential CPU bypass), make the DSA
> > framework aware of the devlink port function attr, bridge_offload,
> > and
> > add a matching field to the port struct. Add get/set functions to
> > configure the field, and use this field to condition HW config for
> > offloading a bridge port.
> 
> This is not a very convincing description. What is your real use case
> for not offloading?
> 
The real use case for us is packet inspection. Due to the bridge ports
being offloaded in hardware, we can no longer inspect the traffic on
them, as the packets never hit the CPU.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Aryan Srivastava
> > <aryan.srivastava@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
> > ---
> >  include/net/dsa.h |  1 +
> >  net/dsa/devlink.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  net/dsa/dsa.c     |  1 +
> >  net/dsa/port.c    |  3 ++-
> >  4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
> > index a0a9481c52c2..9ee2d7ccfff8 100644
> > --- a/include/net/dsa.h
> > +++ b/include/net/dsa.h
> > @@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ struct dsa_port {
> >  
> >         struct device_node      *dn;
> >         unsigned int            ageing_time;
> > +       bool bridge_offloading;
> 
> Indentation is not consistent here.
Will fix.
> 
> net-next is closed for the merge window.
I was unsure about uploading this right now (as you said net-next is
closed), but the netdev docs page states that RFC patches are welcome
anytime, please let me know if this is not case, and if so I apologize
for my erroneous submission.
>  
> 
>     Andrew
> 
> ---
> pw-bot: cr

	Aryan
Andrew Lunn Jan. 20, 2025, 3:12 a.m. UTC | #3
> > This is not a very convincing description. What is your real use case
> > for not offloading?
> > 
> The real use case for us is packet inspection. Due to the bridge ports
> being offloaded in hardware, we can no longer inspect the traffic on
> them, as the packets never hit the CPU.

So are you using libpcap to bring them into user space? Or are you
using eBPF?

What i'm thinking about is, should this actually be a devlink option,
or should it happen on its own because you have attached something
which cannot be offloaded to the hardware, so hardware offload should
be disabled by the kernel?

> > net-next is closed for the merge window.

> I was unsure about uploading this right now (as you said net-next is
> closed), but the netdev docs page states that RFC patches are welcome
> anytime, please let me know if this is not case, and if so I apologize
> for my erroneous submission.

It would be good to say what you are requesting comments about.

   Andrew
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Patch

diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
index a0a9481c52c2..9ee2d7ccfff8 100644
--- a/include/net/dsa.h
+++ b/include/net/dsa.h
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@  struct dsa_port {
 
 	struct device_node	*dn;
 	unsigned int		ageing_time;
+	bool bridge_offloading;
 
 	struct dsa_bridge	*bridge;
 	struct devlink_port	devlink_port;
diff --git a/net/dsa/devlink.c b/net/dsa/devlink.c
index f41f9fc2194e..dc98e5311921 100644
--- a/net/dsa/devlink.c
+++ b/net/dsa/devlink.c
@@ -298,6 +298,31 @@  void dsa_devlink_region_destroy(struct devlink_region *region)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dsa_devlink_region_destroy);
 
+static void
+dsa_devlink_port_bridge_offload_get(struct devlink_port *dlp,
+				    bool *is_enable)
+{
+	struct dsa_port *dp = dsa_to_port(dsa_devlink_port_to_ds(dlp),
+					  dsa_devlink_port_to_port(dlp));
+
+	*is_enable = dp->bridge_offloading;
+}
+
+static void
+dsa_devlink_port_bridge_offload_set(struct devlink_port *dlp,
+				    bool enable)
+{
+	struct dsa_port *dp = dsa_to_port(dsa_devlink_port_to_ds(dlp),
+					  dsa_devlink_port_to_port(dlp));
+
+	dp->bridge_offloading = enable;
+}
+
+static const struct devlink_port_ops dsa_devlink_port_ops = {
+	.port_fn_bridge_offload_get = dsa_devlink_port_bridge_offload_get,
+	.port_fn_bridge_offload_set = dsa_devlink_port_bridge_offload_set,
+};
+
 int dsa_port_devlink_setup(struct dsa_port *dp)
 {
 	struct devlink_port *dlp = &dp->devlink_port;
@@ -341,7 +366,7 @@  int dsa_port_devlink_setup(struct dsa_port *dp)
 	}
 
 	devlink_port_attrs_set(dlp, &attrs);
-	err = devlink_port_register(dl, dlp, dp->index);
+	err = devlink_port_register_with_ops(dl, dlp, dp->index, &dsa_devlink_port_ops);
 	if (err) {
 		if (ds->ops->port_teardown)
 			ds->ops->port_teardown(ds, dp->index);
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
index 5a7c0e565a89..20cf55bd42db 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@  static int dsa_port_setup(struct dsa_port *dp)
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	dp->bridge_offloading = true;
 	dp->setup = true;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/dsa/port.c b/net/dsa/port.c
index 5c9d1798e830..de176f7993d0 100644
--- a/net/dsa/port.c
+++ b/net/dsa/port.c
@@ -493,7 +493,8 @@  int dsa_port_bridge_join(struct dsa_port *dp, struct net_device *br,
 	struct net_device *brport_dev;
 	int err;
 
-	if (br_mst_enabled(br) && !dsa_port_supports_mst(dp))
+	if ((br_mst_enabled(br) && !dsa_port_supports_mst(dp)) ||
+	    !dp->bridge_offloading)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	/* Here the interface is already bridged. Reflect the current