[ovs-dev] [PATCH] linux: Signal datapath that unaligned Netlink message can be received
Thomas Graf
tgraf at redhat.com
Mon Nov 11 15:36:24 UTC 2013
Following commit (''netlink: Do not enforce alignment of last Netlink
attribute''), signal the ability to receive unaligned Netlink messages
to the datapath to enable utilization of zerocopy optimizations.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf at redhat.com>
---
include/linux/openvswitch.h | 4 ++++
lib/dpif-linux.c | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/linux/openvswitch.h
index b429201..8b5726a 100644
--- a/include/linux/openvswitch.h
+++ b/include/linux/openvswitch.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ enum ovs_datapath_attr {
OVS_DP_ATTR_UPCALL_PID, /* Netlink PID to receive upcalls */
OVS_DP_ATTR_STATS, /* struct ovs_dp_stats */
OVS_DP_ATTR_MEGAFLOW_STATS, /* struct ovs_dp_megaflow_stats */
+ OVS_DP_ATTR_USER_FEATURES, /* OVS_DP_F_* */
__OVS_DP_ATTR_MAX
};
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@ struct ovs_vport_stats {
__u64 tx_dropped; /* no space available in linux */
};
+/* Allow last Netlink attribute to be unaligned */
+#define OVS_DP_F_UNALIGNED (1 << 0)
+
/* Fixed logical ports. */
#define OVSP_LOCAL ((__u32)0)
diff --git a/lib/dpif-linux.c b/lib/dpif-linux.c
index 42958d3..bc1395c 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-linux.c
+++ b/lib/dpif-linux.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct dpif_linux_dp {
/* Attributes. */
const char *name; /* OVS_DP_ATTR_NAME. */
const uint32_t *upcall_pid; /* OVS_DP_UPCALL_PID. */
+ uint32_t user_features; /* OVS_DP_ATTR_USER_FEATURES */
struct ovs_dp_stats stats; /* OVS_DP_ATTR_STATS. */
struct ovs_dp_megaflow_stats megaflow_stats;
/* OVS_DP_ATTR_MEGAFLOW_STATS.*/
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ dpif_linux_open(const struct dpif_class *class OVS_UNUSED, const char *name,
if (create) {
dp_request.cmd = OVS_DP_CMD_NEW;
upcall_pid = 0;
+ dp_request.user_features |= OVS_DP_F_UNALIGNED;
dp_request.upcall_pid = &upcall_pid;
} else {
dp_request.cmd = OVS_DP_CMD_GET;
@@ -1839,6 +1841,10 @@ dpif_linux_dp_to_ofpbuf(const struct dpif_linux_dp *dp, struct ofpbuf *buf)
nl_msg_put_u32(buf, OVS_DP_ATTR_UPCALL_PID, *dp->upcall_pid);
}
+ if (dp->user_features) {
+ nl_msg_put_u32(buf, OVS_DP_ATTR_USER_FEATURES, dp->user_features);
+ }
+
/* Skip OVS_DP_ATTR_STATS since we never have a reason to serialize it. */
}
--
1.8.3.1
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