[ovs-dev] [PATCH v3] netdev-linux: Ingress policing to use matchall if basic is, not available.

Mike Pattrick mkp at redhat.com
Fri Nov 12 17:49:02 UTC 2021


Currently ingress policing uses the basic classifier to apply traffic
control filters if hardware offload is not enabled, else it uses
matchall. This change enables fallback onto the matchall classifier for
cases when the kernel is not built with basic support and hardware
offload is not in use. Basic is still selected first.

The system tests are modified to allow either basic or matchall
classification on the ingestion filter, and to allow either 10000 or
10240 packets for the packet burst filter. 10000 is accurate for kernel
5.14 and the most recent iproute2, however, 10240 is left for
compatibility with older kernels.

Signed-off-by: Mike Pattrick <mkp at redhat.com>
---
 lib/netdev-linux.c               | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
 tests/system-offloads-traffic.at | 20 +++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/netdev-linux.c b/lib/netdev-linux.c
index 97bd21be4..e7d26de83 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-linux.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-linux.c
@@ -2776,8 +2776,7 @@ netdev_linux_set_policing(struct netdev *netdev_, uint32_t kbits_rate,
             error = tc_add_matchall_policer(netdev_, kbits_rate, kbits_burst,
                                             kpkts_rate, kpkts_burst);
         }
-        ovs_mutex_unlock(&netdev->mutex);
-        return error;
+        goto out;
     }
 
     error = get_ifindex(netdev_, &ifindex);
@@ -2794,6 +2793,8 @@ netdev_linux_set_policing(struct netdev *netdev_, uint32_t kbits_rate,
     }
 
     if (kbits_rate || kpkts_rate) {
+        const char * cls_name = "basic";
+
         error = tc_add_del_qdisc(ifindex, true, 0, TC_INGRESS);
         if (error) {
             VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "%s: adding policing qdisc failed: %s",
@@ -2803,19 +2804,28 @@ netdev_linux_set_policing(struct netdev *netdev_, uint32_t kbits_rate,
 
         error = tc_add_policer(netdev_, kbits_rate, kbits_burst,
                                kpkts_rate, kpkts_burst);
+        if (error == ENOENT) {
+            cls_name = "matchall";
+            /* This error is returned when the basic classifier is missing.
+             * Fall back to the matchall classifier.  */
+            error = tc_add_matchall_policer(netdev_, kbits_rate, kbits_burst,
+                                            kpkts_rate, kpkts_burst);
+        }
         if (error){
-            VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "%s: adding policing action failed: %s",
-                    netdev_name, ovs_strerror(error));
+            VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "%s: adding cls_%s policing action failed: %s",
+                    netdev_name, cls_name, ovs_strerror(error));
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
-    netdev->kbits_rate = kbits_rate;
-    netdev->kbits_burst = kbits_burst;
-    netdev->kpkts_rate = kpkts_rate;
-    netdev->kpkts_burst = kpkts_burst;
-
 out:
+    if (!error) {
+        netdev->kbits_rate = kbits_rate;
+        netdev->kbits_burst = kbits_burst;
+        netdev->kpkts_rate = kpkts_rate;
+        netdev->kpkts_burst = kpkts_burst;
+    }
+
     if (!error || error == ENODEV) {
         netdev->netdev_policing_error = error;
         netdev->cache_valid |= VALID_POLICING;
diff --git a/tests/system-offloads-traffic.at b/tests/system-offloads-traffic.at
index be63057bb..80bc1dd5c 100644
--- a/tests/system-offloads-traffic.at
+++ b/tests/system-offloads-traffic.at
@@ -89,10 +89,8 @@ AT_CHECK([tc -o -s -d filter show dev ovs-p0 ingress |
   [0],[dnl
 rate 100Kbit burst 1280b
 ])
-AT_CHECK([tc -s -d filter show dev ovs-p0 ingress | grep basic |
-  sed -n 's/.*\(basic\).*/\1/; T; p; q'], [0], [dnl
-basic
-])
+AT_CHECK([tc -s -d filter show dev ovs-p0 ingress |
+  egrep "basic|matchall" > /dev/null], [0])
 OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_STOP
 AT_CLEANUP
 
@@ -135,14 +133,13 @@ AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --columns=other_config list open], [0], [dnl
 other_config        : {hw-offload="false"}
 ])
 AT_CHECK([tc -o -s -d filter show dev ovs-p0 ingress |
-  sed -n 's/.*\(pkts_rate [[0-9]]*[[a-zA-Z]]* pkts_burst [[0-9]]*[[a-zA-Z]]*\).*/\1/; T; p; q'],
+  sed -n 's/.*\(pkts_rate [[0-9]]*[[a-zA-Z]]* pkts_burst [[0-9]]*[[a-zA-Z]]*\).*/\1/; T; p; q' |
+  sed -e 's/10240/10000/'],
   [0],[dnl
-pkts_rate 100000 pkts_burst 10240
+pkts_rate 100000 pkts_burst 10000
 ])
 AT_CHECK([tc -s -d filter show dev ovs-p0 ingress |
-  sed -n 's/.*\(basic\).*/\1/; T; p; q'], [0], [dnl
-basic
-])
+  egrep "basic|matchall" > /dev/null], [0])
 OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_STOP
 AT_CLEANUP
 
@@ -160,9 +157,10 @@ AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --columns=other_config list open], [0], [dnl
 other_config        : {hw-offload="true"}
 ])
 AT_CHECK([tc -o -s -d filter show dev ovs-p0 ingress |
-  sed -n 's/.*\(pkts_rate [[0-9]]*[[a-zA-Z]]* pkts_burst [[0-9]]*[[a-zA-Z]]*\).*/\1/; T; p; q'],
+  sed -n 's/.*\(pkts_rate [[0-9]]*[[a-zA-Z]]* pkts_burst [[0-9]]*[[a-zA-Z]]*\).*/\1/; T; p; q' |
+  sed -e 's/10240/10000/'],
   [0],[dnl
-pkts_rate 100000 pkts_burst 10240
+pkts_rate 100000 pkts_burst 10000
 ])
 AT_CHECK([tc -s -d filter show dev ovs-p0 ingress |
   sed -n 's/.*\(matchall\).*/\1/; T; p; q'], [0], [dnl
-- 
2.27.0



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