[PATCH net-next v8 03/16] net: Add a function to splice pages into an skbuff for MSG_SPLICE_PAGES

From: David Howells
Date: Thu May 18 2023 - 05:57:30 EST



Add a function to handle MSG_SPLICE_PAGES being passed internally to
sendmsg(). Pages are spliced into the given socket buffer if possible and
copied in if not (e.g. they're slab pages or have a zero refcount).

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

---
Notes:
ver #8)
- Order local variables in reverse xmas tree order.
- Remove duplicate coalescence check.
- Warn if sendpage_ok() fails.

ver #7)
- Export function.
- Never copy data, return -EIO if sendpage_ok() returns false.

include/linux/skbuff.h | 3 +
net/core/skbuff.c | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 91 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 4c0ad48e38ca..1c5f0ac6f8c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -5097,5 +5097,8 @@ static inline void skb_mark_for_recycle(struct sk_buff *skb)
#endif
}

+ssize_t skb_splice_from_iter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct iov_iter *iter,
+ ssize_t maxsize, gfp_t gfp);
+
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* _LINUX_SKBUFF_H */
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 7f53dcb26ad3..f4a5b51aed22 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -6892,3 +6892,91 @@ nodefer: __kfree_skb(skb);
if (unlikely(kick) && !cmpxchg(&sd->defer_ipi_scheduled, 0, 1))
smp_call_function_single_async(cpu, &sd->defer_csd);
}
+
+static void skb_splice_csum_page(struct sk_buff *skb, struct page *page,
+ size_t offset, size_t len)
+{
+ const char *kaddr;
+ __wsum csum;
+
+ kaddr = kmap_local_page(page);
+ csum = csum_partial(kaddr + offset, len, 0);
+ kunmap_local(kaddr);
+ skb->csum = csum_block_add(skb->csum, csum, skb->len);
+}
+
+/**
+ * skb_splice_from_iter - Splice (or copy) pages to skbuff
+ * @skb: The buffer to add pages to
+ * @iter: Iterator representing the pages to be added
+ * @maxsize: Maximum amount of pages to be added
+ * @gfp: Allocation flags
+ *
+ * This is a common helper function for supporting MSG_SPLICE_PAGES. It
+ * extracts pages from an iterator and adds them to the socket buffer if
+ * possible, copying them to fragments if not possible (such as if they're slab
+ * pages).
+ *
+ * Returns the amount of data spliced/copied or -EMSGSIZE if there's
+ * insufficient space in the buffer to transfer anything.
+ */
+ssize_t skb_splice_from_iter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct iov_iter *iter,
+ ssize_t maxsize, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ size_t frag_limit = READ_ONCE(sysctl_max_skb_frags);
+ struct page *pages[8], **ppages = pages;
+ ssize_t spliced = 0, ret = 0;
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ while (iter->count > 0) {
+ ssize_t space, nr;
+ size_t off, len;
+
+ ret = -EMSGSIZE;
+ space = frag_limit - skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
+ if (space < 0)
+ break;
+
+ /* We might be able to coalesce without increasing nr_frags */
+ nr = clamp_t(size_t, space, 1, ARRAY_SIZE(pages));
+
+ len = iov_iter_extract_pages(iter, &ppages, maxsize, nr, 0, &off);
+ if (len <= 0) {
+ ret = len ?: -EIO;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ i = 0;
+ do {
+ struct page *page = pages[i++];
+ size_t part = min_t(size_t, PAGE_SIZE - off, len);
+
+ ret = -EIO;
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!sendpage_ok(page)))
+ goto out;
+
+ ret = skb_append_pagefrags(skb, page, off, part,
+ frag_limit);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ iov_iter_revert(iter, len);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_NONE)
+ skb_splice_csum_page(skb, page, off, part);
+
+ off = 0;
+ spliced += part;
+ maxsize -= part;
+ len -= part;
+ } while (len > 0);
+
+ if (maxsize <= 0)
+ break;
+ }
+
+out:
+ skb_len_add(skb, spliced);
+ return spliced ?: ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_splice_from_iter);