On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 04:46:35PM +0800, Heng Qi wrote:
> UDP tunneling protocols usually identify a flow using the outer source UDP
> port, which is useful for processing UDP-encapsulated packets, such as
> increasing entropy for RSS queue selection or hashing the same flow to the
> same receive queue. Therefore, we extend it as a new RSS configuration.
>
that's not a real motivation is it? it's already included for
increasing entropy.
the real motivation is ignoring source and destination ip
because they can change if tunneling gateway changes, right?
> Signed-off-by: Heng Qi <hen...@linux.alibaba.com>
> Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanz...@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> device-types/net/description.tex | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> device-types/net/device-conformance.tex | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/device-types/net/description.tex
> b/device-types/net/description.tex
> index 76585b0..366775a 100644
> --- a/device-types/net/description.tex
> +++ b/device-types/net/description.tex
> @@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ \subsection{Feature bits}\label{sec:Device Types / Network
> Device / Feature bits
> \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR(23)] Set MAC address through control
> channel.
>
> +\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_UDP_TUNNEL_SRCPORT(50)] Device supports outer source
> port hash
> + for UDP-encapsulated packets.
> +
> \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_TUNNEL(51)] Device supports inner header hash for
> encapsulated packets.
>
> \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_VQ_NOTF_COAL(52)] Device supports virtqueue notification
> coalescing.
> @@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ \subsubsection{Feature bit requirements}\label{sec:Device
> Types / Network Device
> \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS] Requires VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ.
> \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_VQ_NOTF_COAL] Requires VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ.
> \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_TUNNEL] Requires VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ along with
> VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS or VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT.
> +\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_UDP_TUNNEL_SRCPORT] Requires VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ
> along with VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS or VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT.
> \end{description}
>
> \subsubsection{Legacy Interface: Feature bits}\label{sec:Device Types /
> Network Device / Feature bits / Legacy Interface: Feature bits}
> @@ -927,11 +931,29 @@ \subsubsection{Processing of Incoming
> Packets}\label{sec:Device Types / Network
> #define VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_UDP_EX (1 << 8)
> \end{lstlisting}
>
> +A UDP-encapsulated packet uses UDP as the transport protocol in the outer
> header
> +\ref{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Processing of
> Incoming Packets / Hash calculation for incoming packets / Encapsulated
> packet}.
> +UDP tunneling protocols usually use the outer source UDP port to identify a
> specific flow.
> +The hash calculated over the outer source UDP port
> can thus be used by the device to queue these different flows
what does this "can be used" mean here is unclear.
> +on different receive queues or queue the same specific flow on the same
> receive queue.
different from what? same as what?
> +
> +If additionally the feature VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_UDP_TUNNEL_SRCPORT was
> negotiated,
> +the following hash types are applicable for UDP-encapsulated packets:
> +\begin{lstlisting}
> +#define VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_UDPv4_TUNNEL_SRCPORT (1 << 9)
> +#define VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_UDPv6_TUNNEL_SRCPORT (1 << 10)
> +\end{lstlisting}
> +
> \subparagraph{IPv4 packets}
> \label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation / Processing of
> Incoming Packets / Hash calculation for incoming packets / IPv4 packets}
> The device calculates the hash on IPv4 packets according to 'Enabled hash
> types' bitmask as follows:
> \begin{itemize}
> -\item If VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_TCPv4 is set and the packet has
> +\item If additionally VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_UDPv4_TUNNEL_SRCPORT is set and a
> received encapsulated
what makes the packet "encapsulated" here is unclear.
> +packet has an outer UDPv4 header, the hash is calculated over the following
> fields:
> +\begin{itemize}
> +\item Outer source UDP port
> +\end{itemize}
> +\item Else if VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_TCPv4 is set and the packet has
> a TCP header, the hash is calculated over the following fields:
> \begin{itemize}
> \item Source IP address
> @@ -961,7 +983,12 @@ \subsubsection{Processing of Incoming
> Packets}\label{sec:Device Types / Network
> The device calculates the hash on IPv6 packets without extension
> headers according to 'Enabled hash types' bitmask as follows:
> \begin{itemize}
> -\item If VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_TCPv6 is set and the packet has
> +\item If additionally VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_UDPv6_TUNNEL_SRCPORT is set and a
> received encapsulated
> +packet has an outer UDPv6 header, the hash is calculated over the following
> fields:
> +\begin{itemize}
> +\item Outer source UDP port
> +\end{itemize}
> +\item Else if VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_TCPv6 is set and the packet has
> a TCPv6 header, the hash is calculated over the following fields:
> \begin{itemize}
> \item Source IPv6 address
> @@ -991,6 +1018,11 @@ \subsubsection{Processing of Incoming
> Packets}\label{sec:Device Types / Network
> The device calculates the hash on IPv6 packets with extension
> headers according to 'Enabled hash types' bitmask as follows:
> \begin{itemize}
> +\item If additionally VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_UDPv6_TUNNEL_SRCPORT is set and a
> received encapsulated
> +packet has an outer UDPv6 header, the hash is calculated over the following
> fields:
> +\begin{itemize}
> +\item Outer source UDP port
> +\end{itemize}
> \item If VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_TCP_EX is set and the packet
> has a TCPv6 header, the hash is calculated over the following fields:
> \begin{itemize}
> @@ -1139,8 +1171,21 @@ \subsubsection{Processing of Incoming
> Packets}\label{sec:Device Types / Network
> #define VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_IPv6_EX 7
> #define VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_TCPv6_EX 8
> #define VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_UDPv6_EX 9
> +#define VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_UDPv4_TUNNEL_SRCPORT 10 /* Only if
> additionally VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_UDP_TUNNEL_SRCPORT was negotiated */
> +#define VIRTIO_NET_HASH_REPORT_UDPv6_TUNNEL_SRCPORT 11 /* Only if
> additionally VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_UDP_TUNNEL_SRCPORT was negotiated */
> \end{lstlisting}
>
> +\devicenormative{\subparagraph}{Outer Source UDP Port}{Device Types /
> Network Device / Device Operation / Outer Source UDP Port}
> +
> +When all the following cases occur:
> +\begin{itemize}
> +\item Both VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_UDP_TUNNEL_SRCPORT and VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_TUNNEL
> are negotiated.
> +\item A received UDP-encapsulated packet's outer header matches one of the
> encapsulation types enabled in \field{enabled_tunnel_types}.
> +\item VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_UDPv4_TUNNEL_SRCPORT is set in \field{hash_types}
> and a received encapsulated packet has an outer UDPv4 header or
> + VIRTIO_NET_HASH_TYPE_UDPv6_TUNNEL_SRCPORT is set in \field{hash_types}
> and a received encapsulated packet has an outer UDPv6 header.
> +\end{itemize}
> +the device MUST calculate the hash over the inner header rather than the
> outer source UDP port.
> +
> \subsubsection{Control Virtqueue}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device /
> Device Operation / Control Virtqueue}
>
> The driver uses the control virtqueue (if VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ is
> diff --git a/device-types/net/device-conformance.tex
> b/device-types/net/device-conformance.tex
> index f88f48b..4fd036b 100644
> --- a/device-types/net/device-conformance.tex
> +++ b/device-types/net/device-conformance.tex
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation
> / Packet Transmission}
> \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation
> / Setting Up Receive Buffers}
> \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation
> / Processing of Incoming Packets}
> +\item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation
> / Outer Source UDP Port}
> \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation
> / Control Virtqueue / Packet Receive Filtering}
> \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation
> / Control Virtqueue / Setting MAC Address Filtering}
> \item \ref{devicenormative:Device Types / Network Device / Device Operation
> / Control Virtqueue / VLAN Filtering}
> --
> 2.19.1.6.gb485710b
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