[PATCH v3 1/4] net: introduce helper sendpages_ok()

[Sagi Grimberg]

On 06/06/2024 19:12, Ofir Gal wrote:
> Network drivers are using sendpage_ok() to check the first page of an
> iterator in order to disable MSG_SPLICE_PAGES. The iterator can
> represent list of contiguous pages.
>
> When MSG_SPLICE_PAGES is enabled skb_splice_from_iter() is being used,
> it requires all pages in the iterator to be sendable. Therefore it needs
> to check that each page is sendable.
>
> The patch introduces a helper sendpages_ok(), it returns true if all the
> contiguous pages are sendable.
>
> Drivers who want to send contiguous pages with MSG_SPLICE_PAGES may use
> this helper to check whether the page list is OK. If the helper does not
> return true, the driver should remove MSG_SPLICE_PAGES flag.
>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
> Signed-off-by: Ofir Gal <ofir.gal at volumez.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/net.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
> index 688320b79fcc..421a6b5b9ad1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/net.h
> +++ b/include/linux/net.h
> @@ -322,6 +322,28 @@ static inline bool sendpage_ok(struct page *page)
>   	return !PageSlab(page) && page_count(page) >= 1;
>   }
>   
> +/*
> + * Check sendpage_ok on contiguous pages.
> + */
> +static inline bool sendpages_ok(struct page *page, size_t len, size_t offset)
> +{
> +	struct page *p;
> +	size_t count;
> +
> +	p = page + (offset >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +
> +	count = 0;

Assignment can move to the declaration.

> +	while (count < len) {
> +		if (!sendpage_ok(p))
> +			return false;
> +
> +		p++;
> +		count += PAGE_SIZE;
> +	}
> +
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
>   int kernel_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, struct kvec *vec,
>   		   size_t num, size_t len);
>   int kernel_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,

Other than that,

Reviewed-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi at grimberg.me>