[PATCH v24 03/20] iov_iter: skip copy if src == dst for direct data placement

[Max Gurtovoy]

On 04/04/2024 15:37, Aurelien Aptel wrote:
> From: Ben Ben-Ishay <benishay at nvidia.com>
> 
> When using direct data placement (DDP) the NIC could write the payload
> directly into the destination buffer and constructs SKBs such that
> they point to this data. To skip copies when SKB data already resides
> in the destination buffer we check if (src == dst), and skip the copy
> when it's true.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Ben-Ishay <benishay at nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Boris Pismenny <borisp at nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz at nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yoray Zack <yorayz at nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shai Malin <smalin at nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel at nvidia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch at nvidia.com>
> ---
>   lib/iov_iter.c | 9 ++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
> index 4a6a9f419bd7..a85125485174 100644
> --- a/lib/iov_iter.c
> +++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
> @@ -62,7 +62,14 @@ static __always_inline
>   size_t memcpy_to_iter(void *iter_to, size_t progress,
>   		      size_t len, void *from, void *priv2)
>   {
> -	memcpy(iter_to, from + progress, len);
> +	/*
> +	 * When using direct data placement (DDP) the hardware writes
> +	 * data directly to the destination buffer, and constructs
> +	 * IOVs such that they point to this data.
> +	 * Thus, when the src == dst we skip the memcpy.
> +	 */
> +	if (iter_to != from + progress)
> +		memcpy(iter_to, from + progress, len);
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   

Looks good,
Reviewed-by: Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy at nvidia.com>