Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: core: use listified Rx for GRO_NORMAL in napi_gro_receive()

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Wed Jun 24 2020 - 17:28:07 EST


On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 03:06:10PM -0600, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
>
> This patch introduced a behavior change around GRO_DROP:
>
> napi_skb_finish used to sometimes return GRO_DROP:
>
> > -static gro_result_t napi_skb_finish(gro_result_t ret, struct sk_buff *skb)
> > +static gro_result_t napi_skb_finish(struct napi_struct *napi,
> > + struct sk_buff *skb,
> > + gro_result_t ret)
> > {
> > switch (ret) {
> > case GRO_NORMAL:
> > - if (netif_receive_skb_internal(skb))
> > - ret = GRO_DROP;
> > + gro_normal_one(napi, skb);
> >
>
> But under your change, gro_normal_one and the various calls that makes
> never propagates its return value, and so GRO_DROP is never returned to
> the caller, even if something drops it.
>
> Was this intentional? Or should I start looking into how to restore it?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason

For some context, I'm consequently mulling over this change in my code,
since checking for GRO_DROP now constitutes dead code:

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c
index 91438144e4f7..9b2ab6fc91cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c
@@ -414,14 +414,8 @@ static void wg_packet_consume_data_done(struct wg_peer *peer,
if (unlikely(routed_peer != peer))
goto dishonest_packet_peer;

- if (unlikely(napi_gro_receive(&peer->napi, skb) == GRO_DROP)) {
- ++dev->stats.rx_dropped;
- net_dbg_ratelimited("%s: Failed to give packet to userspace from peer %llu (%pISpfsc)\n",
- dev->name, peer->internal_id,
- &peer->endpoint.addr);
- } else {
- update_rx_stats(peer, message_data_len(len_before_trim));
- }
+ napi_gro_receive(&peer->napi, skb);
+ update_rx_stats(peer, message_data_len(len_before_trim));
return;

dishonest_packet_peer: