virtio_net: introduce VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID

There's no need for the guest to validate the checksum if it have been validated by host nics. So this patch introduces a new flag - VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID which is used to bypass the checksum examing in guest. The backend (tap/macvtap) may set this flag when met skbs with CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY to save cpu utilization. No feature negotiation is needed as old driver just ignore this flag. Iperf shows 12%-30% performance improvement for UDP traffic. For TCP, when gro is on no difference as it produces skb with partial checksum. But when gro is disabled, 20% or even higher improvement could be measured by netperf. Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <[email protected]> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
tail · Jun 11, 2011 · 10a8d94 · 10a8d94
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diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -508,6 +508,8 @@ static int macvtap_skb_to_vnet_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 		vnet_hdr->flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;
 		vnet_hdr->csum_start = skb_checksum_start_offset(skb);
 		vnet_hdr->csum_offset = skb->csum_offset;
+	} else if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) {
+		vnet_hdr->flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID;
 	} /* else everything is zero */
 
 	return 0;

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -788,6 +788,8 @@ static ssize_t tun_put_user(struct tun_struct *tun,
 			gso.flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;
 			gso.csum_start = skb_checksum_start_offset(skb);
 			gso.csum_offset = skb->csum_offset;
+		} else if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) {
+			gso.flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID;
 		} /* else everything is zero */
 
 		if (unlikely(memcpy_toiovecend(iv, (void *)&gso, total,

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ static void receive_buf(struct net_device *dev, void *buf, unsigned int len)
 					  hdr->hdr.csum_start,
 					  hdr->hdr.csum_offset))
 			goto frame_err;
+	} else if (hdr->hdr.flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID) {
+		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 	}
 
 	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);

diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct virtio_net_config {
  * specify GSO or CSUM features, you can simply ignore the header. */
 struct virtio_net_hdr {
 #define VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM	1	// Use csum_start, csum_offset
+#define VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID	2	// Csum is valid
 	__u8 flags;
 #define VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE		0	// Not a GSO frame
 #define VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV4	1	// GSO frame, IPv4 TCP (TSO)

diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1685,6 +1685,8 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			vnet_hdr.flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;
 			vnet_hdr.csum_start = skb_checksum_start_offset(skb);
 			vnet_hdr.csum_offset = skb->csum_offset;
+		} else if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) {
+			vnet_hdr.flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID;
 		} /* else everything is zero */
 
 		err = memcpy_toiovec(msg->msg_iov, (void *)&vnet_hdr,