From 5b7c4cabbb65f5c469464da6c5f614cbd7f730f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:24:12 -0800 Subject: Merge tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski: "Core: - Add dedicated kmem_cache for typical/small skb->head, avoid having to access struct page at kfree time, and improve memory use. - Introduce sysctl to set default RPS configuration for new netdevs. - Define Netlink protocol specification format which can be used to describe messages used by each family and auto-generate parsers. Add tools for generating kernel data structures and uAPI headers. - Expose all net/core sysctls inside netns. - Remove 4s sleep in netpoll if carrier is instantly detected on boot. - Add configurable limit of MDB entries per port, and port-vlan. - Continue populating drop reasons throughout the stack. - Retire a handful of legacy Qdiscs and classifiers. Protocols: - Support IPv4 big TCP (TSO frames larger than 64kB). - Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option, to control local port range on socket by socket basis. - Track and report in procfs number of MPTCP sockets used. - Support mixing IPv4 and IPv6 flows in the in-kernel MPTCP path manager. - IPv6: don't check net.ipv6.route.max_size and rely on garbage collection to free memory (similarly to IPv4). - Support Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP) flavor in SRv6 (RFC8986). - ICMP: add per-rate limit counters. - Add support for user scanning requests in ieee802154. - Remove static WEP support. - Support minimal Wi-Fi 7 Extremely High Throughput (EHT) rate reporting. - WiFi 7 EHT channel puncturing support (client & AP). BPF: - Add a rbtree data structure following the "next-gen data structure" precedent set by recently added linked list, that is, by using kfunc + kptr instead of adding a new BPF map type. - Expose XDP hints via kfuncs with initial support for RX hash and timestamp metadata. - Add BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY extension to bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key to better support decap on GRE tunnel devices not operating in collect metadata. - Improve x86 JIT's codegen for PROBE_MEM runtime error checks. - Remove the need for trace_printk_lock for bpf_trace_printk and bpf_trace_vprintk helpers. - Extend libbpf's bpf_tracing.h support for tracing arguments of kprobes/uprobes and syscall as a special case. - Significantly reduce the search time for module symbols by livepatch and BPF. - Enable cpumasks to be used as kptrs, which is useful for tracing programs tracking which tasks end up running on which CPUs in different time intervals. - Add support for BPF trampoline on s390x and riscv64. - Add capability to export the XDP features supported by the NIC. - Add __bpf_kfunc tag for marking kernel functions as kfuncs. - Add cgroup.memory=nobpf kernel parameter option to disable BPF memory accounting for container environments. Netfilter: - Remove the CLUSTERIP target. It has been marked as obsolete for years, and we still have WARN splats wrt races of the out-of-band /proc interface installed by this target. - Add 'destroy' commands to nf_tables. They are identical to the existing 'delete' commands, but do not return an error if the referenced object (set, chain, rule...) did not exist. Driver API: - Improve cpumask_local_spread() locality to help NICs set the right IRQ affinity on AMD platforms. - Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transactions more clearly. - Introduce new DCB table to control DSCP rewrite on egress. - Support configuration of Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA) Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) (802.3cg-2019). Modern version of shared medium Ethernet. - Support for MAC Merge layer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99). Allowing preemption of low priority frames by high priority frames. - Add support for controlling MACSec offload using netlink SET. - Rework devlink instance refcounts to allow registration and de-registration under the instance lock. Split the code into multiple files, drop some of the unnecessarily granular locks and factor out common parts of netlink operation handling. - Add TX frame aggregation parameters (for USB drivers). - Add a new attr TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to report TC (offload) warning messages with notifications for debug. - Allow offloading of UDP NEW connections via act_ct. - Add support for per action HW stats in TC. - Support hardware miss to TC action (continue processing in SW from a specific point in the action chain). - Warn if old Wireless Extension user space interface is used with modern cfg80211/mac80211 drivers. Do not support Wireless Extensions for Wi-Fi 7 devices at all. Everyone should switch to using nl80211 interface instead. - Improve the CAN bit timing configuration. Use extack to return error messages directly to user space, update the SJW handling, including the definition of a new default value that will benefit CAN-FD controllers, by increasing their oscillator tolerance. New hardware / drivers: - Ethernet: - nVidia BlueField-3 support (control traffic driver) - Ethernet support for imx93 SoCs - Motorcomm yt8531 gigabit Ethernet PHY - onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY (with support for PLCA) - Microchip LAN8841 PHY (incl. cable diagnostics and PTP) - Amlogic gxl MDIO mux - WiFi: - RealTek RTL8188EU (rtl8xxxu) - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices (ath12k) - CAN: - Renesas R-Car V4H Drivers: - Bluetooth: - Set Per Platform Antenna Gain (PPAG) for Intel controllers. - Ethernet NICs: - Intel (1G, igc): - support TSN / Qbv / packet scheduling features of i226 model - Intel (100G, ice): - use GNSS subsystem instead of TTY - multi-buffer XDP support - extend support for GPIO pins to E823 devices - nVidia/Mellanox: - update the shared buffer configuration on PFC commands - implement PTP adjphase function for HW offset control - TC support for Geneve and GRE with VF tunnel offload - more efficient crypto key management method - multi-port eswitch support - Netronome/Corigine: - add DCB IEEE support - support IPsec offloading for NFP3800 - Freescale/NXP (enetc): - support XDP_REDIRECT for XDP non-linear buffers - improve reconfig, avoid link flap and waiting for idle - support MAC Merge layer - Other NICs: - sfc/ef100: add basic devlink support for ef100 - ionic: rx_push mode operation (writing descriptors via MMIO) - bnxt: use the auxiliary bus abstraction for RDMA - r8169: disable ASPM and reset bus in case of tx timeout - cpsw: support QSGMII mode for J721e CPSW9G - cpts: support pulse-per-second output - ngbe: add an mdio bus driver - usbnet: optimize usbnet_bh() by avoiding unnecessary queuing - r8152: handle devices with FW with NCM support - amd-xgbe: support 10Mbps, 2.5GbE speeds and rx-adaptation - virtio-net: support multi buffer XDP - virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff - tsnep: XDP support - Ethernet high-speed switches: - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw): - add support for latency TLV (in FW control messages) - Microchip (sparx5): - separate explicit and implicit traffic forwarding rules, make the implicit rules always active - add support for egress DSCP rewrite - IS0 VCAP support (Ingress Classification) - IS2 VCAP filters (protos, L3 addrs, L4 ports, flags, ToS etc.) - ES2 VCAP support (Egress Access Control) - support for Per-Stream Filtering and Policing (802.1Q, 8.6.5.1) - Ethernet embedded switches: - Marvell (mv88e6xxx): - add MAB (port auth) offload support - enable PTP receive for mv88e6390 - NXP (ocelot): - support MAC Merge layer - support for the the vsc7512 internal copper phys - Microchip: - lan9303: convert to PHYLINK - lan966x: support TC flower filter statistics - lan937x: PTP support for KSZ9563/KSZ8563 and LAN937x - lan937x: support Credit Based Shaper configuration - ksz9477: support Energy Efficient Ethernet - other: - qca8k: convert to regmap read/write API, use bulk operations - rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy - Intel WiFi (iwlwifi): - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) rate reporting - STEP equalizer support: transfer some STEP (connection to radio on platforms with integrated wifi) related parameters from the BIOS to the firmware. - Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k): - IPQ5018 support - Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) responder role support - channel 177 support - MediaTek WiFi (mt76): - per-PHY LED support - mt7996: EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support - Wireless Ethernet Dispatch (WED) reset support - switch to using page pool allocator - RealTek WiFi (rtw89): - support new version of Bluetooth co-existance - Mobile: - rmnet: support TX aggregation" * tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1872 commits) page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage net: ethtool: fix __ethtool_dev_mm_supported() implementation ethtool: pse-pd: Fix double word in comments xsk: add linux/vmalloc.h to xsk.c sefltests: netdevsim: wait for devlink instance after netns removal selftest: fib_tests: Always cleanup before exit net/mlx5e: Align IPsec ASO result memory to be as required by hardware net/mlx5e: TC, Set CT miss to the specific ct action instance net/mlx5e: Rename CHAIN_TO_REG to MAPPED_OBJ_TO_REG net/mlx5: Refactor tc miss handling to a single function net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension net/sched: flower: Support hardware miss to tc action net/sched: flower: Move filter handle initialization earlier net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action net/sched: Rename user cookie and act cookie sfc: fix builds without CONFIG_RTC_LIB sfc: clean up some inconsistent indentings net/mlx4_en: Introduce flexible array to silence overflow warning net: lan966x: Fix possible deadlock inside PTP net/ulp: Remove redundant ->clone() test in inet_clone_ulp(). ... --- Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst | 239 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 239 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst (limited to 'Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst b/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bfda1a5fe --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +====================================== +Sequence counters and sequential locks +====================================== + +Introduction +============ + +Sequence counters are a reader-writer consistency mechanism with +lockless readers (read-only retry loops), and no writer starvation. They +are used for data that's rarely written to (e.g. system time), where the +reader wants a consistent set of information and is willing to retry if +that information changes. + +A data set is consistent when the sequence count at the beginning of the +read side critical section is even and the same sequence count value is +read again at the end of the critical section. The data in the set must +be copied out inside the read side critical section. If the sequence +count has changed between the start and the end of the critical section, +the reader must retry. + +Writers increment the sequence count at the start and the end of their +critical section. After starting the critical section the sequence count +is odd and indicates to the readers that an update is in progress. At +the end of the write side critical section the sequence count becomes +even again which lets readers make progress. + +A sequence counter write side critical section must never be preempted +or interrupted by read side sections. Otherwise the reader will spin for +the entire scheduler tick due to the odd sequence count value and the +interrupted writer. If that reader belongs to a real-time scheduling +class, it can spin forever and the kernel will livelock. + +This mechanism cannot be used if the protected data contains pointers, +as the writer can invalidate a pointer that the reader is following. + + +.. _seqcount_t: + +Sequence counters (``seqcount_t``) +================================== + +This is the raw counting mechanism, which does not protect against +multiple writers. Write side critical sections must thus be serialized +by an external lock. + +If the write serialization primitive is not implicitly disabling +preemption, preemption must be explicitly disabled before entering the +write side section. If the read section can be invoked from hardirq or +softirq contexts, interrupts or bottom halves must also be respectively +disabled before entering the write section. + +If it's desired to automatically handle the sequence counter +requirements of writer serialization and non-preemptibility, use +:ref:`seqlock_t` instead. + +Initialization:: + + /* dynamic */ + seqcount_t foo_seqcount; + seqcount_init(&foo_seqcount); + + /* static */ + static seqcount_t foo_seqcount = SEQCNT_ZERO(foo_seqcount); + + /* C99 struct init */ + struct { + .seq = SEQCNT_ZERO(foo.seq), + } foo; + +Write path:: + + /* Serialized context with disabled preemption */ + + write_seqcount_begin(&foo_seqcount); + + /* ... [[write-side critical section]] ... */ + + write_seqcount_end(&foo_seqcount); + +Read path:: + + do { + seq = read_seqcount_begin(&foo_seqcount); + + /* ... [[read-side critical section]] ... */ + + } while (read_seqcount_retry(&foo_seqcount, seq)); + + +.. _seqcount_locktype_t: + +Sequence counters with associated locks (``seqcount_LOCKNAME_t``) +----------------------------------------------------------------- + +As discussed at :ref:`seqcount_t`, sequence count write side critical +sections must be serialized and non-preemptible. This variant of +sequence counters associate the lock used for writer serialization at +initialization time, which enables lockdep to validate that the write +side critical sections are properly serialized. + +This lock association is a NOOP if lockdep is disabled and has neither +storage nor runtime overhead. If lockdep is enabled, the lock pointer is +stored in struct seqcount and lockdep's "lock is held" assertions are +injected at the beginning of the write side critical section to validate +that it is properly protected. + +For lock types which do not implicitly disable preemption, preemption +protection is enforced in the write side function. + +The following sequence counters with associated locks are defined: + + - ``seqcount_spinlock_t`` + - ``seqcount_raw_spinlock_t`` + - ``seqcount_rwlock_t`` + - ``seqcount_mutex_t`` + - ``seqcount_ww_mutex_t`` + +The sequence counter read and write APIs can take either a plain +seqcount_t or any of the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t variants above. + +Initialization (replace "LOCKNAME" with one of the supported locks):: + + /* dynamic */ + seqcount_LOCKNAME_t foo_seqcount; + seqcount_LOCKNAME_init(&foo_seqcount, &lock); + + /* static */ + static seqcount_LOCKNAME_t foo_seqcount = + SEQCNT_LOCKNAME_ZERO(foo_seqcount, &lock); + + /* C99 struct init */ + struct { + .seq = SEQCNT_LOCKNAME_ZERO(foo.seq, &lock), + } foo; + +Write path: same as in :ref:`seqcount_t`, while running from a context +with the associated write serialization lock acquired. + +Read path: same as in :ref:`seqcount_t`. + + +.. _seqcount_latch_t: + +Latch sequence counters (``seqcount_latch_t``) +---------------------------------------------- + +Latch sequence counters are a multiversion concurrency control mechanism +where the embedded seqcount_t counter even/odd value is used to switch +between two copies of protected data. This allows the sequence counter +read path to safely interrupt its own write side critical section. + +Use seqcount_latch_t when the write side sections cannot be protected +from interruption by readers. This is typically the case when the read +side can be invoked from NMI handlers. + +Check `raw_write_seqcount_latch()` for more information. + + +.. _seqlock_t: + +Sequential locks (``seqlock_t``) +================================ + +This contains the :ref:`seqcount_t` mechanism earlier discussed, plus an +embedded spinlock for writer serialization and non-preemptibility. + +If the read side section can be invoked from hardirq or softirq context, +use the write side function variants which disable interrupts or bottom +halves respectively. + +Initialization:: + + /* dynamic */ + seqlock_t foo_seqlock; + seqlock_init(&foo_seqlock); + + /* static */ + static DEFINE_SEQLOCK(foo_seqlock); + + /* C99 struct init */ + struct { + .seql = __SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED(foo.seql) + } foo; + +Write path:: + + write_seqlock(&foo_seqlock); + + /* ... [[write-side critical section]] ... */ + + write_sequnlock(&foo_seqlock); + +Read path, three categories: + +1. Normal Sequence readers which never block a writer but they must + retry if a writer is in progress by detecting change in the sequence + number. Writers do not wait for a sequence reader:: + + do { + seq = read_seqbegin(&foo_seqlock); + + /* ... [[read-side critical section]] ... */ + + } while (read_seqretry(&foo_seqlock, seq)); + +2. Locking readers which will wait if a writer or another locking reader + is in progress. A locking reader in progress will also block a writer + from entering its critical section. This read lock is + exclusive. Unlike rwlock_t, only one locking reader can acquire it:: + + read_seqlock_excl(&foo_seqlock); + + /* ... [[read-side critical section]] ... */ + + read_sequnlock_excl(&foo_seqlock); + +3. Conditional lockless reader (as in 1), or locking reader (as in 2), + according to a passed marker. This is used to avoid lockless readers + starvation (too much retry loops) in case of a sharp spike in write + activity. First, a lockless read is tried (even marker passed). If + that trial fails (odd sequence counter is returned, which is used as + the next iteration marker), the lockless read is transformed to a + full locking read and no retry loop is necessary:: + + /* marker; even initialization */ + int seq = 0; + do { + read_seqbegin_or_lock(&foo_seqlock, &seq); + + /* ... [[read-side critical section]] ... */ + + } while (need_seqretry(&foo_seqlock, seq)); + done_seqretry(&foo_seqlock, seq); + + +API documentation +================= + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/seqlock.h -- cgit v1.2.3