and remove all O(N) sequences from kernel critical sections in ipfw.
In detail:
1. introduce a IPFW_UH_LOCK to arbitrate requests from
the upper half of the kernel. Some things, such as 'ipfw show',
can be done holding this lock in read mode, whereas insert and
delete require IPFW_UH_WLOCK.
2. introduce a mapping structure to keep rules together. This replaces
the 'next' chain currently used in ipfw rules. At the moment
the map is a simple array (sorted by rule number and then rule_id),
so we can find a rule quickly instead of having to scan the list.
This reduces many expensive lookups from O(N) to O(log N).
3. when an expensive operation (such as insert or delete) is done
by userland, we grab IPFW_UH_WLOCK, create a new copy of the map
without blocking the bottom half of the kernel, then acquire
IPFW_WLOCK and quickly update pointers to the map and related info.
After dropping IPFW_LOCK we can then continue the cleanup protected
by IPFW_UH_LOCK. So userland still costs O(N) but the kernel side
is only blocked for O(1).
4. do not pass pointers to rules through dummynet, netgraph, divert etc,
but rather pass a <slot, chain_id, rulenum, rule_id> tuple.
We validate the slot index (in the array of #2) with chain_id,
and if successful do a O(1) dereference; otherwise, we can find
the rule in O(log N) through <rulenum, rule_id>
All the above does not change the userland/kernel ABI, though there
are some disgusting casts between pointers and uint32_t
Operation costs now are as follows:
Function Old Now Planned
-------------------------------------------------------------------
+ skipto X, non cached O(N) O(log N)
+ skipto X, cached O(1) O(1)
XXX dynamic rule lookup O(1) O(log N) O(1)
+ skipto tablearg O(N) O(1)
+ reinject, non cached O(N) O(log N)
+ reinject, cached O(1) O(1)
+ kernel blocked during setsockopt() O(N) O(1)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
The only (very small) regression is on dynamic rule lookup and this will
be fixed in a day or two, without changing the userland/kernel ABI
Supported by: Valeria Paoli
MFC after: 1 month
If packet leaves ipfw to other kernel subsystem (dummynet, netgraph, etc)
it carries pointer to matching ipfw rule. If this packet then reinjected back
to ipfw, ruleset processing starts from that rule. If rule was deleted
meanwhile, due to existed race condition panic was possible (as well as
other odd effects like parsing rules in 'reap list').
P.S. this commit changes ABI so userland ipfw related binaries should be
recompiled.
MFC after: 1 month
Tested by: Mikolaj Golub
container structures, depending on VIMAGE_GLOBALS compile time option.
Make VIMAGE_GLOBALS a new compile-time option, which by default will not
be defined, resulting in instatiations of global variables selected for
V_irtualization (enclosed in #ifdef VIMAGE_GLOBALS blocks) to be
effectively compiled out. Instantiate new global container structures
to hold V_irtualized variables: vnet_net_0, vnet_inet_0, vnet_inet6_0,
vnet_ipsec_0, vnet_netgraph_0, and vnet_gif_0.
Update the VSYM() macro so that depending on VIMAGE_GLOBALS the V_
macros resolve either to the original globals, or to fields inside
container structures, i.e. effectively
#ifdef VIMAGE_GLOBALS
#define V_rt_tables rt_tables
#else
#define V_rt_tables vnet_net_0._rt_tables
#endif
Update SYSCTL_V_*() macros to operate either on globals or on fields
inside container structs.
Extend the internal kldsym() lookups with the ability to resolve
selected fields inside the virtualization container structs. This
applies only to the fields which are explicitly registered for kldsym()
visibility via VNET_MOD_DECLARE() and vnet_mod_register(), currently
this is done only in sys/net/if.c.
Fix a few broken instances of MODULE_GLOBAL() macro use in SCTP code,
and modify the MODULE_GLOBAL() macro to resolve to V_ macros, which in
turn result in proper code being generated depending on VIMAGE_GLOBALS.
De-virtualize local static variables in sys/contrib/pf/net/pf_subr.c
which were prematurely V_irtualized by automated V_ prepending scripts
during earlier merging steps. PF virtualization will be done
separately, most probably after next PF import.
Convert a few variable initializations at instantiation to
initialization in init functions, most notably in ipfw. Also convert
TUNABLE_INT() initializers for V_ variables to TUNABLE_FETCH_INT() in
initializer functions.
Discussed at: devsummit Strassburg
Reviewed by: bz, julian
Approved by: julian (mentor)
Obtained from: //depot/projects/vimage-commit2/...
X-MFC after: never
Sponsored by: NLnet Foundation, The FreeBSD Foundation
with net byte order. Change byte order to net in ng_ipfw_input(), change
byte order to host before ip_output(), do not change before ip_input().
In collaboration with: ru
