On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 01:15:19PM -0600, Daniel Jurgens wrote:
> Classifiers can be used by more than one rule. If there is an existing
> classifier, use it instead of creating a new one. If duplicate
> classifiers are created it would artifically limit the number of rules
> to the classifier limit, which is likely less than the rules limit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Jurgens <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Shahar Shitrit <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <[email protected]>
> ---
> v4:
>     - Fixed typo in commit message
>     - for (int -> for (
> 
> v8:
>     - Removed unused num_classifiers. Jason Wang
> 
> v12:
>     - Clarified comment about destroy_classifier freeing. MST
>     - Renamed the classifier field of virtnet_classifier to obj. MST
>     - Explained why in commit message. MST
> ---
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index 7600e2383a72..5e49cd78904f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
>  #include <uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h>
>  #include <uapi/linux/virtio_net_ff.h>
>  #include <linux/xarray.h>
> +#include <linux/refcount.h>
>  
>  static int napi_weight = NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT;
>  module_param(napi_weight, int, 0444);
> @@ -302,7 +303,6 @@ struct virtnet_ff {
>       struct virtio_net_ff_cap_mask_data *ff_mask;
>       struct virtio_net_ff_actions *ff_actions;
>       struct xarray classifiers;
> -     int num_classifiers;
>       struct virtnet_ethtool_ff ethtool;
>  };
>  
> @@ -5816,12 +5816,13 @@ struct virtnet_ethtool_rule {
>  /* The classifier struct must be the last field in this struct */
>  struct virtnet_classifier {
>       size_t size;
> +     refcount_t refcount;
>       u32 id;
> -     struct virtio_net_resource_obj_ff_classifier classifier;
> +     struct virtio_net_resource_obj_ff_classifier obj;
>  };
>  
>  static_assert(sizeof(struct virtnet_classifier) ==
> -           ALIGN(offsetofend(struct virtnet_classifier, classifier),
> +           ALIGN(offsetofend(struct virtnet_classifier, obj),
>                   __alignof__(struct virtnet_classifier)),
>             "virtnet_classifier: classifier must be the last member");
>  
> @@ -5909,11 +5910,24 @@ static bool validate_mask(const struct virtnet_ff *ff,
>       return false;
>  }
>  
> -static int setup_classifier(struct virtnet_ff *ff, struct virtnet_classifier 
> *c)
> +static int setup_classifier(struct virtnet_ff *ff,
> +                         struct virtnet_classifier **c)
>  {
> +     struct virtnet_classifier *tmp;
> +     unsigned long i;
>       int err;
>  
> -     err = xa_alloc(&ff->classifiers, &c->id, c,
> +     xa_for_each(&ff->classifiers, i, tmp) {
> +             if ((*c)->size == tmp->size &&
> +                 !memcmp(&tmp->obj, &(*c)->obj, tmp->size)) {
> +                     refcount_inc(&tmp->refcount);
> +                     kfree(*c);
> +                     *c = tmp;
> +                     goto out;
> +             }
> +     }
> +
> +     err = xa_alloc(&ff->classifiers, &(*c)->id, *c,
>                      XA_LIMIT(0, le32_to_cpu(ff->ff_caps->classifiers_limit) 
> - 1),
>                      GFP_KERNEL);
>       if (err)
> @@ -5921,29 +5935,30 @@ static int setup_classifier(struct virtnet_ff *ff, 
> struct virtnet_classifier *c)
>  
>       err = virtio_admin_obj_create(ff->vdev,
>                                     VIRTIO_NET_RESOURCE_OBJ_FF_CLASSIFIER,
> -                                   c->id,
> +                                   (*c)->id,
>                                     VIRTIO_ADMIN_GROUP_TYPE_SELF,
>                                     0,
> -                                   &c->classifier,
> -                                   c->size);
> +                                   &(*c)->obj,
> +                                   (*c)->size);
>       if (err)
>               goto err_xarray;
>  
> +     refcount_set(&(*c)->refcount, 1);
> +out:
>       return 0;
>  
>  err_xarray:
> -     xa_erase(&ff->classifiers, c->id);
> +     xa_erase(&ff->classifiers, (*c)->id);
>  
>       return err;
>  }
>  
> -static void destroy_classifier(struct virtnet_ff *ff,
> -                            u32 classifier_id)
> +static void try_destroy_classifier(struct virtnet_ff *ff, u32 classifier_id)
>  {
>       struct virtnet_classifier *c;
>  
>       c = xa_load(&ff->classifiers, classifier_id);
> -     if (c) {
> +     if (c && refcount_dec_and_test(&c->refcount)) {
>               virtio_admin_obj_destroy(ff->vdev,
>                                        VIRTIO_NET_RESOURCE_OBJ_FF_CLASSIFIER,
>                                        c->id,
> @@ -5967,7 +5982,7 @@ static void destroy_ethtool_rule(struct virtnet_ff *ff,
>                                0);
>  
>       xa_erase(&ff->ethtool.rules, eth_rule->flow_spec.location);
> -     destroy_classifier(ff, eth_rule->classifier_id);
> +     try_destroy_classifier(ff, eth_rule->classifier_id);
>       kfree(eth_rule);
>  }
>  
> @@ -6139,7 +6154,7 @@ static int build_and_insert(struct virtnet_ff *ff,
>       }
>  
>       c->size = classifier_size;
> -     classifier = &c->classifier;
> +     classifier = &c->obj;
>       classifier->count = num_hdrs;
>       selector = (void *)&classifier->selectors[0];
>  
> @@ -6149,14 +6164,16 @@ static int build_and_insert(struct virtnet_ff *ff,
>       if (err)
>               goto err_key;
>  
> -     err = setup_classifier(ff, c);
> +     err = setup_classifier(ff, &c);
>       if (err)
>               goto err_classifier;
>  
>       err = insert_rule(ff, eth_rule, c->id, key, key_size);
>       if (err) {
> -             /* destroy_classifier will free the classifier */
> -             destroy_classifier(ff, c->id);
> +             /* destroy_classifier release the reference on the classifier


try_destroy_classifier ? and I think you mean *will* release and free.

and what is "the reference"

> +              * and free it if needed.
> +              */
> +             try_destroy_classifier(ff, c->id);
>               goto err_key;
>       }
>  
> -- 
> 2.50.1


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