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From: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>
To: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@redhat.com>
Cc: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>,
	bpf@vger.kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
	andrii@kernel.org, martin.lau@linux.dev, song@kernel.org,
	yhs@fb.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com, kpsingh@kernel.org,
	haoluo@google.com, jolsa@kernel.org,
	David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>,
	Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>,
	Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@intel.com>,
	Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@gmail.com>,
	Maryam Tahhan <mtahhan@redhat.com>,
	xdp-hints@xdp-project.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [xdp-hints] Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4 01/15] bpf: Document XDP RX metadata
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 19:48:36 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKH8qBuCwxiCPLmH9xzfG+C39GUEHFcC4h45DLZVJ9V1bsJnRA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r0x1eegg.fsf@toke.dk>

On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 3:46 PM Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 2:34 AM Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 8:37 AM David Vernet <void@manifault.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 06:35:51PM -0800, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> >> >> > Document all current use-cases and assumptions.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
> >> >> > Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
> >> >> > Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>
> >> >> > Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> >> >> > Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
> >> >> > Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
> >> >> > Cc: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> >> >> > Cc: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@intel.com>
> >> >> > Cc: Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@gmail.com>
> >> >> > Cc: Maryam Tahhan <mtahhan@redhat.com>
> >> >> > Cc: xdp-hints@xdp-project.net
> >> >> > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>
> >> >> > ---
> >> >> >  Documentation/bpf/xdp-rx-metadata.rst | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> >> >  1 file changed, 90 insertions(+)
> >> >> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/bpf/xdp-rx-metadata.rst
> >> >> >
> >> >> > diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/xdp-rx-metadata.rst b/Documentation/bpf/xdp-rx-metadata.rst
> >> >> > new file mode 100644
> >> >> > index 000000000000..498eae718275
> >> >> > --- /dev/null
> >> >> > +++ b/Documentation/bpf/xdp-rx-metadata.rst
> >> >>
> >> >> I think you need to add this to Documentation/bpf/index.rst. Or even
> >> >> better, maybe it's time to add an xdp/ subdirectory and put all docs
> >> >> there? Don't want to block your patchset from bikeshedding on this
> >> >> point, so for now it's fine to just put it in
> >> >> Documentation/bpf/index.rst until we figure that out.
> >> >
> >> > Maybe let's put it under Documentation/networking/xdp-rx-metadata.rst
> >> > and reference form Documentation/networking/index.rst? Since it's more
> >> > relevant to networking than the core bpf?
> >> >
> >> >> > @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
> >> >> > +===============
> >> >> > +XDP RX Metadata
> >> >> > +===============
> >> >> > +
> >> >> > +XDP programs support creating and passing custom metadata via
> >> >> > +``bpf_xdp_adjust_meta``. This metadata can be consumed by the following
> >> >> > +entities:
> >> >>
> >> >> Can you add a couple of sentences to this intro section that explains
> >> >> what metadata is at a high level?
> >> >
> >> > I'm gonna copy-paste here what I'm adding, feel free to reply back if
> >> > still unclear. (so we don't have to wait another week to discuss the
> >> > changes)
> >> >
> >> > XDP programs support creating and passing custom metadata via
> >> > ``bpf_xdp_adjust_meta``. The metadata can contain some extra information
> >> > about the packet: timestamps, hash, vlan and tunneling information, etc.
> >> > This metadata can be consumed by the following entities:
> >>
> >> This is not really accurate, though? The metadata area itself can
> >> contain whatever the XDP program wants it to, and I think you're
> >> conflating the "old" usage for arbitrary storage with the driver-kfunc
> >> metadata support.
> >>
> >> I think we should clear separate the two: the metadata area is just a
> >> place to store data (and is not consumed by the stack, except that
> >> TC-BPF programs can access it), and the driver kfuncs are just a general
> >> way to get data out of the drivers (and has nothing to do with the
> >> metadata area, you can just get the data into stack variables).
> >>
> >> While it would be good to have a documentation of the general metadata
> >> area stuff somewhere, I don't think it necessarily have to be part of
> >> this series, so maybe just stick to documenting the kfuncs?
> >
> > Maybe I can reword to something like below?
> >
> > The metadata can be used to store some extra information about the
> > packet timestamps, hash, vlan and tunneling information, etc.
> >
> > This way we are not actually defining what it is, but hinting about
> > how it's commonly used?
>
> Sent another reply to the original patch with some comments that are
> hopefully a bit more constructive :)

Thanks, everything makes sense, will incorporate. I'll also try to
share the patches privately with you sometime tomorrow maybe; not
super comfortable sending them out with a bunch of changes on top of
your authorship without some kind of ack from you :-)

> -Toke
>

  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-15  3:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-13  2:35 [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 00/15] xdp: hints via kfuncs Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:35 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 01/15] bpf: Document XDP RX metadata Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13 16:37   ` [xdp-hints] " David Vernet
2022-12-13 20:42     ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-14 10:34       ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2022-12-14 18:42         ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-14 23:46           ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2022-12-15  3:48             ` Stanislav Fomichev [this message]
2022-12-15 14:04               ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2022-12-14 23:46   ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2022-12-17  4:20   ` kernel test robot
2022-12-13  2:35 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 02/15] bpf: Rename bpf_{prog,map}_is_dev_bound to is_offloaded Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:35 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 03/15] bpf: Introduce device-bound XDP programs Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13 23:25   ` [xdp-hints] " Martin KaFai Lau
2022-12-14 18:42     ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:35 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 04/15] selftests/bpf: Update expected test_offload.py messages Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:35 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 05/15] bpf: XDP metadata RX kfuncs Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13 17:00   ` [xdp-hints] " David Vernet
2022-12-13 20:42     ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13 21:45       ` David Vernet
2022-12-14  1:53   ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-12-14 18:43     ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-14 10:54   ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2022-12-14 18:43     ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:35 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 07/15] veth: Introduce veth_xdp_buff wrapper for xdp_buff Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:35 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 08/15] veth: Support RX XDP metadata Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13 15:55   ` [xdp-hints] " Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2022-12-13 20:42     ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-14  9:48       ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2022-12-14 10:47         ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2022-12-14 18:09           ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-12-14 18:44             ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:35 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 09/15] selftests/bpf: Verify xdp_metadata xdp->af_xdp path Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:36 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 10/15] net/mlx4_en: Introduce wrapper for xdp_buff Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  8:56   ` [xdp-hints] " Tariq Toukan
2022-12-13  2:36 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 11/15] net/mlx4_en: Support RX XDP metadata Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  8:56   ` [xdp-hints] " Tariq Toukan
2022-12-13  2:36 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 12/15] xsk: Add cb area to struct xdp_buff_xsk Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:36 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 13/15] net/mlx5e: Introduce wrapper for xdp_buff Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:36 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 14/15] net/mlx5e: Support RX XDP metadata Stanislav Fomichev
2022-12-13  2:36 ` [xdp-hints] [PATCH bpf-next v4 15/15] selftests/bpf: Simple program to dump XDP RX metadata Stanislav Fomichev

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