net: add low latency socket poll

Adds an ndo_ll_poll method and the code that supports it.
This method can be used by low latency applications to busy-poll
Ethernet device queues directly from the socket code.
sysctl_net_ll_poll controls how many microseconds to poll.
Default is zero (disabled).
Individual protocol support will be added by subsequent patches.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Tested-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 148 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/ll_poll.h b/include/net/ll_poll.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc262f88173f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/net/ll_poll.h
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/*
+ * Low Latency Sockets
+ * Copyright(c) 2013 Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Author: Eliezer Tamir
+ *
+ * Contact Information:
+ * e1000-devel Mailing List <e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
+ */
+
+/*
+ * For now this depends on CONFIG_X86_TSC
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_NET_LL_POLL_H
+#define _LINUX_NET_LL_POLL_H
+
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <net/ip.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_LL_RX_POLL
+
+struct napi_struct;
+extern unsigned long sysctl_net_ll_poll __read_mostly;
+
+/* return values from ndo_ll_poll */
+#define LL_FLUSH_FAILED		-1
+#define LL_FLUSH_BUSY		-2
+
+/* we don't mind a ~2.5% imprecision */
+#define TSC_MHZ (tsc_khz >> 10)
+
+static inline cycles_t ll_end_time(void)
+{
+	return TSC_MHZ * ACCESS_ONCE(sysctl_net_ll_poll) + get_cycles();
+}
+
+static inline bool sk_valid_ll(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return sysctl_net_ll_poll && sk->sk_napi_id &&
+	       !need_resched() && !signal_pending(current);
+}
+
+static inline bool can_poll_ll(cycles_t end_time)
+{
+	return !time_after((unsigned long)get_cycles(),
+			    (unsigned long)end_time);
+}
+
+static inline bool sk_poll_ll(struct sock *sk, int nonblock)
+{
+	cycles_t end_time = ll_end_time();
+	const struct net_device_ops *ops;
+	struct napi_struct *napi;
+	int rc = false;
+
+	/*
+	 * rcu read lock for napi hash
+	 * bh so we don't race with net_rx_action
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock_bh();
+
+	napi = napi_by_id(sk->sk_napi_id);
+	if (!napi)
+		goto out;
+
+	ops = napi->dev->netdev_ops;
+	if (!ops->ndo_ll_poll)
+		goto out;
+
+	do {
+
+		rc = ops->ndo_ll_poll(napi);
+
+		if (rc == LL_FLUSH_FAILED)
+			break; /* permanent failure */
+
+		if (rc > 0)
+			/* local bh are disabled so it is ok to use _BH */
+			NET_ADD_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk),
+					 LINUX_MIB_LOWLATENCYRXPACKETS, rc);
+
+	} while (skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue)
+			&& can_poll_ll(end_time) && !nonblock);
+
+	rc = !skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* used in the NIC receive handler to mark the skb */
+static inline void skb_mark_ll(struct sk_buff *skb, struct napi_struct *napi)
+{
+	skb->napi_id = napi->napi_id;
+}
+
+/* used in the protocol hanlder to propagate the napi_id to the socket */
+static inline void sk_mark_ll(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	sk->sk_napi_id = skb->napi_id;
+}
+
+#else /* CONFIG_NET_LL_RX_POLL */
+
+static inline cycles_t ll_end_time(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool sk_valid_ll(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline bool sk_poll_ll(struct sock *sk, int nonblock)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline void skb_mark_ll(struct sk_buff *skb, struct napi_struct *napi)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void sk_mark_ll(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+}
+
+static inline bool can_poll_ll(cycles_t end_time)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_NET_LL_RX_POLL */
+#endif /* _LINUX_NET_LL_POLL_H */