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    xsk: new descriptor addressing scheme · bbff2f32
    Björn Töpel 提交于
    Currently, AF_XDP only supports a fixed frame-size memory scheme where
    each frame is referenced via an index (idx). A user passes the frame
    index to the kernel, and the kernel acts upon the data.  Some NICs,
    however, do not have a fixed frame-size model, instead they have a
    model where a memory window is passed to the hardware and multiple
    frames are filled into that window (referred to as the "type-writer"
    model).
    
    By changing the descriptor format from the current frame index
    addressing scheme, AF_XDP can in the future be extended to support
    these kinds of NICs.
    
    In the index-based model, an idx refers to a frame of size
    frame_size. Addressing a frame in the UMEM is done by offseting the
    UMEM starting address by a global offset, idx * frame_size + offset.
    Communicating via the fill- and completion-rings are done by means of
    idx.
    
    In this commit, the idx is removed in favor of an address (addr),
    which is a relative address ranging over the UMEM. To convert an
    idx-based address to the new addr is simply: addr = idx * frame_size +
    offset.
    
    We also stop referring to the UMEM "frame" as a frame. Instead it is
    simply called a chunk.
    
    To transfer ownership of a chunk to the kernel, the addr of the chunk
    is passed in the fill-ring. Note, that the kernel will mask addr to
    make it chunk aligned, so there is no need for userspace to do
    that. E.g., for a chunk size of 2k, passing an addr of 2048, 2050 or
    3000 to the fill-ring will refer to the same chunk.
    
    On the completion-ring, the addr will match that of the Tx descriptor,
    passed to the kernel.
    
    Changing the descriptor format to use chunks/addr will allow for
    future changes to move to a type-writer based model, where multiple
    frames can reside in one chunk. In this model passing one single chunk
    into the fill-ring, would potentially result in multiple Rx
    descriptors.
    
    This commit changes the uapi of AF_XDP sockets, and updates the
    documentation.
    Signed-off-by: NBjörn Töpel <bjorn.topel@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: NDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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