Björn Töpel <[email protected]> writes: > From: Björn Töpel <[email protected]> > > In commit 43e74c0267a3 ("bpf_xdp_redirect_map: Perform map lookup in > eBPF helper") the bpf_redirect_map() helper learned to do map lookup, > which means that the explicit lookup in the XDP program for AF_XDP is > not needed for post-5.3 kernels. > > This commit adds the implicit map lookup with default action, which > improves the performance for the "rx_drop" [1] scenario with ~4%. > > For pre-5.3 kernels, the bpf_redirect_map() returns XDP_ABORTED, and a > fallback path for backward compatibility is entered, where explicit > lookup is still performed. This means a slight regression for older > kernels (an additional bpf_redirect_map() call), but I consider that a > fair punishment for users not upgrading their kernels. ;-) > > v1->v2: Backward compatibility (Toke) [2] > v2->v3: Avoid masking/zero-extension by using JMP32 [3] > > [1] # xdpsock -i eth0 -z -r > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/[email protected]/ > [3] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/[email protected]/ > > Suggested-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <[email protected]>
