interface allows the ifnet structure to be defined as an opaque
type in NIC drivers. This then allows the ifnet structure to be
changed without a need to change or recompile NIC drivers.
Put differently, NIC drivers can be written and compiled once and
be used with different network stack implementations, provided of
course that those network stack implementations have an API and
ABI compatible interface.
This commit introduces the 'if_t' type to replace 'struct ifnet *'
as the type of a network interface. The 'if_t' type is defined as
'void *' to enable the compiler to perform type conversion to
'struct ifnet *' and vice versa where needed and without warnings.
The functions that implement the API are the only functions that
need to have an explicit cast.
The MII code has been converted to use the driver API to avoid
unnecessary code churn. Code churn comes from having to work with
both converted and unconverted drivers in correlation with having
callback functions that take an interface. By converting the MII
code first, the callback functions can be defined so that the
compiler will perform the typecasts automatically.
As soon as all drivers have been converted, the if_t type can be
redefined as needed and the API functions can be fix to not need
an explicit cast.
The immediate benefactors of this change are:
1. Juniper Networks - The network stack implementation in Junos
is entirely different from FreeBSD's one and this change
allows Juniper to build "stock" NIC drivers that can be used
in combination with both the FreeBSD and Junos stacks.
2. FreeBSD - This change opens the door towards changing ifnet
and implementing new features and optimizations in the network
stack without it requiring a change in the many NIC drivers
FreeBSD has.
Submitted by: Anuranjan Shukla <anshukla@juniper.net>
Reviewed by: glebius@
Obtained from: Juniper Networks, Inc.
ifa_ifwithnet() and ifa_ifwithdstaddr() The legacy functions will call the
_fib() versions with RT_ALL_FIBS, preserving legacy behavior.
sys/net/if_var.h
sys/net/if.c
Add legacy-compatible functions as described above. Ensure legacy
behavior when RT_ALL_FIBS is passed as fibnum.
sys/netinet/in_pcb.c
sys/netinet/ip_output.c
sys/netinet/ip_options.c
sys/net/route.c
sys/net/rtsock.c
sys/netinet6/nd6.c
Call with _fib() functions if we must use a specific fib, or the
legacy functions otherwise.
tests/sys/netinet/fibs_test.sh
tests/sys/netinet/udp_dontroute.c
Improve the udp_dontroute test. The bug that this test exercises is
that ifa_ifwithnet() will return the wrong address, if multiple
interfaces have addresses on the same subnet but with different
fibs. The previous version of the test only considered one possible
failure mode: that ifa_ifwithnet_fib() might fail to find any
suitable address at all. The new version also checks whether
ifa_ifwithnet_fib() finds the correct address by checking where the
ARP request goes.
Reported by: bz, hrs
Reviewed by: hrs
MFC after: 1 week
X-MFC-with: 264905
Sponsored by: Spectra Logic
These two bugs are closely related. The root cause is that ifa_ifwithnet
does not consider FIBs when searching for an interface address.
sys/net/if_var.h
sys/net/if.c
Add a fib argument to ifa_ifwithnet and ifa_ifwithdstadddr. Those
functions will only return an address whose interface fib equals the
argument.
sys/net/route.c
Update calls to ifa_ifwithnet and ifa_ifwithdstaddr with fib
arguments.
sys/netinet/in.c
Update in_addprefix to consider the interface fib when adding
prefixes. This will prevent it from not adding a subnet route when
one already exists on a different fib.
sys/net/rtsock.c
sys/netinet/in_pcb.c
sys/netinet/ip_output.c
sys/netinet/ip_options.c
sys/netinet6/nd6.c
Add RT_DEFAULT_FIB arguments to ifa_ifwithdstaddr and ifa_ifwithnet.
In some cases it there wasn't a clear specific fib number to use.
In others, I was unable to test those functions so I chose
RT_DEFAULT_FIB to minimize divergence from current behavior. I will
fix some of the latter changes along with PR kern/187553.
tests/sys/netinet/fibs_test.sh
tests/sys/netinet/udp_dontroute.c
tests/sys/netinet/Makefile
Revert r263738. The udp_dontroute test was right all along.
However, bugs kern/187550 and kern/187553 cancelled each other out
when it came to this test. Because of kern/187553, ifa_ifwithnet
searched the default fib instead of the requested one, but because
of kern/187550, there was an applicable subnet route on the default
fib. The new test added in r263738 doesn't work right, however. I
can verify with dtrace that ifa_ifwithnet returned the wrong address
before I applied this commit, but route(8) miraculously found the
correct interface to use anyway. I don't know how.
Clear expected failure messages for kern/187550 and kern/187552.
PR: kern/187550
PR: kern/187552
Reviewed by: melifaro
MFC after: 3 weeks
Sponsored by: Spectra Logic
sys/net/route.c
In rtinit1, use the interface fib instead of the process fib. The
latter wasn't very useful because ifconfig(8) is usually invoked
with the default process fib. Changing ifconfig(8) to use setfib(2)
would be redundant, because it already sets the interface fib.
tests/sys/netinet/fibs_test.sh
Clear the expected ATF failure
sys/net/if.c
Pass the interface fib in calls to rtrequest1_fib and rtalloc1_fib
sys/netinet/in.c
sys/net/if_var.h
Add a fibnum argument to ifa_switch_loopback_route, a subroutine of
in_scrubprefix. Pass it the interface fib.
PR: kern/187549
Reviewed by: melifaro
MFC after: 3 weeks
Sponsored by: Spectra Logic Corporation
interface, in the r241616 a crutch was provided. It didn't work well, and
finally we decided that it is time to break ABI and simply make if_baudrate
a 64-bit value. Meanwhile, the entire struct if_data was reviewed.
o Remove the if_baudrate_pf crutch.
o Make all fields of struct if_data fixed machine independent size. The
notion of data (packet counters, etc) are by no means MD. And it is a
bug that on amd64 we've got a 64-bit counters, while on i386 32-bit,
which at modern speeds overflow within a second.
This also removes quite a lot of COMPAT_FREEBSD32 code.
o Give 16 bit for the ifi_datalen field. This field was provided to
make future changes to if_data less ABI breaking. Unfortunately the
8 bit size of it had effectively limited sizeof if_data to 256 bytes.
o Give 32 bits to ifi_mtu and ifi_metric.
o Give 64 bits to the rest of fields, since they are counters.
__FreeBSD_version bumped.
Discussed with: emax
Sponsored by: Netflix
Sponsored by: Nginx, Inc.
provide function ifa_switch_loopback_route() that will be used in case when
an interface address used for a loopback route goes away, but we have another
interface address with same address value and want to preserve loopback
route.
Sponsored by: Netflix
Sponsored by: Nginx, Inc.
default from the very beginning. It was placed in wrong namespace
net.link.ether, originally it had been at another wrong namespace. It was
incorrectly documented at incorrect manual page arp(8). Since new-ARP commit,
the tunable have been consulted only on route addition, and ignored on route
deletion. Behaviour of a system with tunable turned off is not fully correct,
and has no advantages comparing to normal behavior.
and ordering related variables, fields and locks next to each
other. Add more comments to variables.
Over time 'ifnet' has accumlated a lot of additional pointers and
functionality in an unstructured way making it quite hard to read
and understand while obfuscating relationships between fields and
variables.
Quantify the structure size and how bloated it has become.
This is only a mechanical change in preparation for upcoming
work to make ifnet opaque to drivers and to separate out the
interface queuing.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
from net/if_var to it own new net/ifq.h.
For now net/ifq.h is unconditionally included through net/if_var.h.
This is a mechanical change in preparation to make struct ifnet and
the individual interface queue mechanisms opaque.
Discussed with: glebius
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
from if.h.
- Remove unnecessary includes and declarations from if.h
- Remove unnecessary includes and declarations from if_var.h [1]
- Mark some declarations that are about to be removed in near
future with comments, explaning why this declaration is still
necessary.
- Protect eventhandler declarations with #ifdef SYS_EVENTHANDLER_H.
Obtained from: bdeBSD [1]
Sponsored by: Netflix
Sponsored by: Nginx, Inc.
four counters to struct ifaddr. This kills '+=' on a variables shared
between processors for every packet.
- Nuke struct if_data from struct ifaddr.
- In ip_input() do not put a reference on ifaddr, instead update statistics
right now in place and do IN_IFADDR_RUNLOCK(). These removes atomic(9)
for every packet. [1]
- To properly support NET_RT_IFLISTL sysctl used by getifaddrs(3), in
rtsock.c fill if_data fields using counter_u64_fetch().
- Accidentially fix bug in COMPAT_32 version of NET_RT_IFLISTL, which
took if_data not from the ifaddr, but from ifaddr's ifnet. [2]
Submitted by: melifaro [1], pluknet[2]
Sponsored by: Netflix
Sponsored by: Nginx, Inc.
limited in the amount of data they can handle at once.
Drivers can set ifp->if_hw_tsomax before calling ether_ifattach() to
change the limit.
The lowest allowable size is IP_MAXPACKET / 8 (8192 bytes) as anything
less wouldn't be very useful anymore. The upper limit is still at
IP_MAXPACKET (65536 bytes). Raising it requires further auditing of
the IPv4/v6 code path's as the length field in the IP header would
overflow leading to confusion in firewalls and others packet handler on
the real size of the packet.
The placement into "struct ifnet" is a bit hackish but the best place
that was found. When the stack/driver boundary is updated it should
be handled in a better way.
Submitted by: cperciva (earlier version)
Reviewed by: cperciva
Tested by: cperciva
MFC after: 1 week (using spare struct members to preserve ABI)
reside on their own cache line to prevent false sharing with other
nearby structures, especially for those in the .bss segment.
NB: Those mutexes and rwlocks with variables next to them that get
changed on every invocation do not benefit from their own cache line.
Actually it may be net negative because two cache misses would be
incurred in those cases.
of helper functions:
- carp_master() - boolean function which is true if an address
is in the MASTER state.
- ifa_preferred() - boolean function that compares two addresses,
and is aware of CARP.
Utilize ifa_preferred() in ifa_ifwithnet().
The previous version of patch also changed source address selection
logic in jails using carp_master(), but we failed to negotiate this part
with Bjoern. May be we will approach this problem again later.
Reported & tested by: Anton Yuzhaninov <citrin citrin.ru>
Sponsored by: Nginx, Inc
of the newer drivers. The basic problem was
that the driver was pulling the mbuf off the
drbr ring and then when sending with xmit(), encounting
a full transmit ring. Thus the lower layer
xmit() function would return an error, and the
drivers would then append the data back on to the ring.
For TCP this is a horrible scenario sure to bring
on a fast-retransmit.
The fix is to use drbr_peek() to pull the data pointer
but not remove it from the ring. If it fails then
we either call the new drbr_putback or drbr_advance
method. Advance moves it forward (we do this sometimes
when the xmit() function frees the mbuf). When
we succeed we always call advance. The
putback will always copy the mbuf back to the top
of the ring. Note that the putback *cannot* be used
with a drbr_dequeue() only with drbr_peek(). We most
of the time, in putback, would not need to copy it
back since most likey the mbuf is still the same, but
sometimes xmit() functions will change the mbuf via
a pullup or other call. So the optimial case for
the single consumer is to always copy it back. If
we ever do a multiple_consumer (for lagg?) we
will need a test and atomic in the put back possibly
a seperate putback_mc() in the ring buf.
Reviewed by: jhb@freebsd.org, jlv@freebsd.org
around the problem where high speed interfaces (such as ixgbe(4))
are not able to report real ifi_baudrate. bascially, take a spare
byte from struct if_data and use it to store ifi_baudrate power
factor. in other words,
real ifi_baudrate = ifi_baudrate * 10 ^ ifi_baudrate power factor
this should be backwards compatible with old binaries. use ixgbe(4)
as an example on how drivers would set ifi_baudrate power factor
Discussed with: kib, scottl, glebius
MFC after: 1 week
tree used it incorrectly, which lead to inaccurate overrated
if_obytes accounting. The drbr(9) used to update ifnet stats on
drbr_enqueue(), which is not accurate since enqueuing doesn't
imply successful processing by driver. Dequeuing neither mean
that. Most drivers also called drbr_stats_update() which did
accounting again, leading to doubled if_obytes statistics. And
in case of severe transmitting, when a packet could be several
times enqueued and dequeued it could have been accounted several
times.
o Thus, make drbr(9) API thinner. Now drbr(9) merely chooses between
ALTQ queueing or buf_ring(9) queueing.
- It doesn't touch the buf_ring stats any more.
- It doesn't touch ifnet stats anymore.
- drbr_stats_update() no longer exists.
o buf_ring(9) handles its stats itself:
- It handles br_drops itself.
- br_prod_bytes stats are dropped. Rationale: no one ever
reads them but update of a common counter on every packet
negatively affects performance due to excessive cache
invalidation.
- buf_ring_enqueue_bytes() reduced to buf_ring_enqueue(), since
we no longer account bytes.
o Drivers handle their stats theirselves: if_obytes, if_omcasts.
o mlx4(4), igb(4), em(4), vxge(4), oce(4) and ixv(4) no longer
use drbr_stats_update(), and update ifnet stats theirselves.
o bxe(4) was the most correct driver, it didn't call
drbr_stats_update(), thus it was the only driver accurate under
moderate load. Now it also maintains stats itself.
o ixgbe(4) had already taken stats from hardware, so just
- drop software stats updating.
- take multicast packet count from hardware as well.
o mxge(4) just no longer needs NO_SLOW_STATS define.
o cxgb(4), cxgbe(4) need no change, since they obtain stats
from hardware.
Reviewed by: jfv, gnn
Merge ether_ipfw_chk() and part of bridge_pfil() into
unified ipfw_check_frame() function called by PFIL.
This change was suggested by rwatson? @ DevSummit.
Remove ipfw headers from ether/bridge code since they are unneeded now.
Note this thange introduce some (temporary) performance penalty since
PFIL read lock has to be acquired for every link-level packet.
MFC after: 3 weeks
llentry_free() and arptimer():
o Use callout_init_rw() for lle timeout, this allows us safely
disestablish them.
- This allows us to simplify the arptimer() and make it
race safe.
o Consistently use ifp->if_afdata_lock to lock access to
linked lists in the lle hashes.
o Introduce new lle flag LLE_LINKED, which marks an entry that
is attached to the hash.
- Use LLE_LINKED to avoid double unlinking via consequent
calls to llentry_free().
- Mark lle with LLE_DELETED via |= operation istead of =,
so that other flags won't be lost.
o Make LLE_ADDREF(), LLE_REMREF() and LLE_FREE_LOCKED() more
consistent and provide more informative KASSERTs.
The patch is a collaborative work of all submitters and myself.
PR: kern/165863
Submitted by: Andrey Zonov <andrey zonov.org>
Submitted by: Ryan Stone <rysto32 gmail.com>
Submitted by: Eric van Gyzen <eric_van_gyzen dell.com>
- Stateful TCP offload drivers for Terminator 3 and 4 (T3 and T4) ASICs.
These are available as t3_tom and t4_tom modules that augment cxgb(4)
and cxgbe(4) respectively. The cxgb/cxgbe drivers continue to work as
usual with or without these extra features.
- iWARP driver for Terminator 3 ASIC (kernel verbs). T4 iWARP in the
works and will follow soon.
Build-tested with make universe.
30s overview
============
What interfaces support TCP offload? Look for TOE4 and/or TOE6 in the
capabilities of an interface:
# ifconfig -m | grep TOE
Enable/disable TCP offload on an interface (just like any other ifnet
capability):
# ifconfig cxgbe0 toe
# ifconfig cxgbe0 -toe
Which connections are offloaded? Look for toe4 and/or toe6 in the
output of netstat and sockstat:
# netstat -np tcp | grep toe
# sockstat -46c | grep toe
Reviewed by: bz, gnn
Sponsored by: Chelsio communications.
MFC after: ~3 months (after 9.1, and after ensuring MFC is feasible)
interface address lists that distinguish read locks from write locks.
To preserve the KPI, the previous operations are mapped to the write
lock macros. The lock is still kept as a mutex for now.
Reviewed by: bz
MFC after: 2 weeks
from scratch, copying needed functionality from the old implemenation
on demand, with a thorough review of all code. The main change is that
interface layer has been removed from the CARP. Now redundant addresses
are configured exactly on the interfaces, they run on.
The CARP configuration itself is, as before, configured and read via
SIOCSVH/SIOCGVH ioctls. A new prefix created with SIOCAIFADDR or
SIOCAIFADDR_IN6 may now be configured to a particular virtual host id,
which makes the prefix redundant.
ifconfig(8) semantics has been changed too: now one doesn't need
to clone carpXX interface, he/she should directly configure a vhid
on a Ethernet interface.
To supply vhid data from the kernel to an application the getifaddrs(8)
function had been changed to pass ifam_data with each address. [1]
The new implementation definitely closes all PRs related to carp(4)
being an interface, and may close several others. It also allows
to run a single redundant IP per interface.
Big thanks to Bjoern Zeeb for his help with inet6 part of patch, for
idea on using ifam_data and for several rounds of reviewing!
PR: kern/117000, kern/126945, kern/126714, kern/120130, kern/117448
Reviewed by: bz
Submitted by: bz [1]
- TCP keep* timers
- TCP UTO (adjust from what was there already)
- netmap
- route caching
- user cookie (temporary to allow for the real fix)
Slightly re-shuffle struct ifnet moving fields out of the middle
of spares and to better align.
Discussed with: rwatson (slightly earlier version)
to be assigned to a non-default FIB instance.
You may need to recompile world or ports due to the change of struct ifnet.
Submitted by: cjsp
Submitted by: Alexander V. Chernikov (melifaro ipfw.ru)
(original versions)
Reviewed by: julian
Reviewed by: Alexander V. Chernikov (melifaro ipfw.ru)
MFC after: 2 weeks
X-MFC: use spare in struct ifnet
- introduce drbr_needs_enqueue that returns whether the interface/br needs
an enqueue operation: returns true if altq is enabled or there are
already packets in the ring (as we need to maintain packet order)
- update all drbr consumers
- fix drbr_flush
- avoid using the driver queue (IFQ_DRV_*) in the altq case as the
multiqueue consumer does not provide enough protection, serialize altq
interaction with the main queue lock
- make drbr_dequeue_cond work with altq
Discussed with: kmacy, yongari, jfv
MFC after: 4 weeks
ifmultiaddr structures' reference to the parent interface, unless the parent
interface is really detaching. While here, program only link layer multicast
filters to a wlan's hardware parent interface.
PR: kern/142391, kern/142392
Reviewed by: sam, rpaolo, bms
MFC after: 1 week
address on an interface has changed. This lets stacked interfaces such as
vlan(4) detect that their lower interface has changed and adjust things in
order to keep working. Previously this situation broke at least vlan(4) and
lagg(4) configurations.
The EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE call was not placed within if_setlladdr() due to the
risk of a loop.
PR: kern/142927
Submitted by: Nikolay Denev
