Re: [RFC PATCH bpf-next v6 1/3] net: Rename mono_delivery_time to tstamp_type for scalabilty

[Willem de Bruijn]

Abhishek Chauhan (ABC) wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/6/2024 11:51 AM, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> > Abhishek Chauhan wrote:
> >> mono_delivery_time was added to check if skb->tstamp has delivery
> >> time in mono clock base (i.e. EDT) otherwise skb->tstamp has
> >> timestamp in ingress and delivery_time at egress.
> >>
> >> Renaming the bitfield from mono_delivery_time to tstamp_type is for
> >> extensibilty for other timestamps such as userspace timestamp
> >> (i.e. SO_TXTIME) set via sock opts.
> >>
> >> As we are renaming the mono_delivery_time to tstamp_type, it makes
> >> sense to start assigning tstamp_type based on enum defined
> >> in this commit.
> >>
> >> Earlier we used bool arg flag to check if the tstamp is mono in
> >> function skb_set_delivery_time, Now the signature of the functions
> >> accepts tstamp_type to distinguish between mono and real time.
> >>
> >> Also skb_set_delivery_type_by_clockid is a new function which accepts
> >> clockid to determine the tstamp_type.
> >>
> >> In future tstamp_type:1 can be extended to support userspace timestamp
> >> by increasing the bitfield.
> >>
> >> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/bc037db4-58bb-4861-ac31-a361a93841d3@xxxxxxxxx/
> >> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Chauhan <quic_abchauha@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Changes since v5
> >> - Avoided using garble function names as mentioned by
> >>   Willem.
> >> - Implemented a conversion function stead of duplicating 
> >>   the same logic as mentioned by Willem.
> >> - Fixed indentation problems and minor documentation issues
> >>   which mentions tstamp_type as a whole instead of bitfield
> >>   notations. (Mentioned both by Willem and Martin)
> >>   
> >> Changes since v4
> >> - Introduce new function to directly delivery_time and
> >>   another to set tstamp_type based on clockid. 
> >> - Removed un-necessary comments in skbuff.h as 
> >>   enums were obvious and understood.
> >>
> >> Changes since v3
> >> - Fixed inconsistent capitalization in skbuff.h
> >> - remove reference to MONO_DELIVERY_TIME_MASK in skbuff.h
> >>   and point it to skb_tstamp_type now.
> >> - Explicitely setting SKB_CLOCK_MONO if valid transmit_time
> >>   ip_send_unicast_reply 
> >> - Keeping skb_tstamp inline with skb_clear_tstamp. 
> >> - skb_set_delivery_time checks if timstamp is 0 and 
> >>   sets the tstamp_type to SKB_CLOCK_REAL.
> >> - Above comments are given by Willem 
> >> - Found out that skbuff.h has access to uapi/linux/time.h
> >>   So now instead of using  CLOCK_REAL/CLOCK_MONO 
> >>   i am checking actual clockid_t directly to set tstamp_type 
> >>   example:- CLOCK_REALTIME/CLOCK_MONOTONIC 
> >> - Compilation error fixed in 
> >>   net/ieee802154/6lowpan/reassembly.c
> >>
> >> Changes since v2
> >> - Minor changes to commit subject
> >>
> >> Changes since v1
> >> - Squashed the two commits into one as mentioned by Willem.
> >> - Introduced switch in skb_set_delivery_time.
> >> - Renamed and removed directionality aspects w.r.t tstamp_type 
> >>   as mentioned by Willem.
> >>
> >>  include/linux/skbuff.h                     | 53 ++++++++++++++++------
> >>  include/net/inet_frag.h                    |  4 +-
> >>  net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c |  6 +--
> >>  net/core/dev.c                             |  2 +-
> >>  net/core/filter.c                          | 10 ++--
> >>  net/ieee802154/6lowpan/reassembly.c        |  2 +-
> >>  net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c                   |  2 +-
> >>  net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c                     |  2 +-
> >>  net/ipv4/ip_output.c                       |  9 ++--
> >>  net/ipv4/tcp_output.c                      | 16 +++----
> >>  net/ipv6/ip6_output.c                      |  6 +--
> >>  net/ipv6/netfilter.c                       |  6 +--
> >>  net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c    |  2 +-
> >>  net/ipv6/reassembly.c                      |  2 +-
> >>  net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c                        |  2 +-
> >>  net/sched/act_bpf.c                        |  4 +-
> >>  net/sched/cls_bpf.c                        |  4 +-
> >>  17 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> >> index 1c2902eaebd3..de3915e2bfdb 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> >> @@ -706,6 +706,11 @@ typedef unsigned int sk_buff_data_t;
> >>  typedef unsigned char *sk_buff_data_t;
> >>  #endif
> >>  
> >> +enum skb_tstamp_type {
> >> +	SKB_CLOCK_REALTIME,
> >> +	SKB_CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
> >> +};
> >> +
> >>  /**
> >>   * DOC: Basic sk_buff geometry
> >>   *
> >> @@ -823,10 +828,9 @@ typedef unsigned char *sk_buff_data_t;
> >>   *	@dst_pending_confirm: need to confirm neighbour
> >>   *	@decrypted: Decrypted SKB
> >>   *	@slow_gro: state present at GRO time, slower prepare step required
> >> - *	@mono_delivery_time: When set, skb->tstamp has the
> >> - *		delivery_time in mono clock base (i.e. EDT).  Otherwise, the
> >> - *		skb->tstamp has the (rcv) timestamp at ingress and
> >> - *		delivery_time at egress.
> >> + *	@tstamp_type: When set, skb->tstamp has the
> >> + *		delivery_time in mono clock base Otherwise, the
> >> + *		timestamp is considered real clock base.
> > 
> > Missing period. More importantly, no longer conditional. It always
> > captures the type of skb->tstamp.
> > 
> I think i should move the patchset 2 documentation to this patch itself. 
> 
> @tstamp_type: When set, skb->tstamp has the
> + *		delivery_time clock base of skb->tstamp.
> >> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> >> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> >> @@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ static int __tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
> >>  	tp = tcp_sk(sk);
> >>  	prior_wstamp = tp->tcp_wstamp_ns;
> >>  	tp->tcp_wstamp_ns = max(tp->tcp_wstamp_ns, tp->tcp_clock_cache);
> >> -	skb_set_delivery_time(skb, tp->tcp_wstamp_ns, true);
> >> +	skb_set_delivery_type_by_clockid(skb, tp->tcp_wstamp_ns, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
> >>  	if (clone_it) {
> >>  		oskb = skb;
> >>  
> >> @@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ int tcp_fragment(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_queue tcp_queue,
> >>  
> >>  	skb_split(skb, buff, len);
> >>  
> >> -	skb_set_delivery_time(buff, skb->tstamp, true);
> >> +	skb_set_delivery_type_by_clockid(buff, skb->tstamp, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
> >>  	tcp_fragment_tstamp(skb, buff);
> > 
> > All these hardcoded monotonic calls in TCP can be the shorter version
> > 
> >     skb_set_delivery_type(.., SKB_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
> I think i should directly call skb_set_delivery_time if i know that TCP always uses Monotonic clock base, 
> rather than calling the wrapper api which does nothing but switch and then calls skb_set_delivery_Time. 
> 
> Makes sense. I will make the changes in v7 . 

Thanks, +1 on both