net: better IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE support

Testing xmit_more support with netperf and connected UDP sockets,
I found strange dst refcount false sharing.

Current handling of IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE is not optimal.

Dropping dst in validate_xmit_skb() is certainly too late in case
packet was queued by cpu X but dequeued by cpu Y

The logical point to take care of drop/force is in __dev_queue_xmit()
before even taking qdisc lock.

As Julian Anastasov pointed out, need for skb_dst() might come from some
packet schedulers or classifiers.

This patch adds new helper to cleanly express needs of various drivers
or qdiscs/classifiers.

Drivers that need skb_dst() in their ndo_start_xmit() should call
following helper in their setup instead of the prior :

	dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
->
	netif_keep_dst(dev);

Instead of using a single bit, we use two bits, one being
eventually rebuilt in bonding/team drivers.

The other one, is permanent and blocks IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE being
rebuilt in bonding/team. Eventually, we could add something
smarter later.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team.c b/drivers/net/team/team.c
index 2277c3679a51..a94a9df3e6bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
@@ -970,7 +970,8 @@ static void __team_compute_features(struct team *team)
 	struct team_port *port;
 	u32 vlan_features = TEAM_VLAN_FEATURES & NETIF_F_ALL_FOR_ALL;
 	unsigned short max_hard_header_len = ETH_HLEN;
-	unsigned int flags, dst_release_flag = IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
+	unsigned int dst_release_flag = IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE |
+					IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE_PERM;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(port, &team->port_list, list) {
 		vlan_features = netdev_increment_features(vlan_features,
@@ -985,8 +986,9 @@ static void __team_compute_features(struct team *team)
 	team->dev->vlan_features = vlan_features;
 	team->dev->hard_header_len = max_hard_header_len;
 
-	flags = team->dev->priv_flags & ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
-	team->dev->priv_flags = flags | dst_release_flag;
+	team->dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
+	if (dst_release_flag == (IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE | IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE_PERM))
+		team->dev->priv_flags |= IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
 
 	netdev_change_features(team->dev);
 }