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Commit 65e6dcf7 authored by Lorenzo Bianconi's avatar Lorenzo Bianconi Committed by Daniel Borkmann
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net, veth: Alloc skb in bulk for ndo_xdp_xmit



Split ndo_xdp_xmit and ndo_start_xmit use cases in veth_xdp_rcv routine
in order to alloc skbs in bulk for XDP_PASS verdict.

Introduce xdp_alloc_skb_bulk utility routine to alloc skb bulk list.
The proposed approach has been tested in the following scenario:

eth (ixgbe) --> XDP_REDIRECT --> veth0 --> (remote-ns) veth1 --> XDP_PASS

XDP_REDIRECT: xdp_redirect_map bpf sample
XDP_PASS: xdp_rxq_info bpf sample

traffic generator: pkt_gen sending udp traffic on a remote device

bpf-next master: ~3.64Mpps
bpf-next + skb bulking allocation: ~3.79Mpps

Signed-off-by: default avatarLorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Reviewed-by: default avatarToshiaki Makita <toshiaki.makita1@gmail.com>
Acked-by: default avatarJesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/a14a30d3c06fff24e13f836c733d80efc0bd6eb5.1611957532.git.lorenzo@kernel.org
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