General Design
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-The headroom for the metadata is reserved via ``tx_metadata_len`` in
-``struct xdp_umem_reg``. The metadata length is therefore the same for
-every socket that shares the same umem. The metadata layout is a fixed UAPI,
-refer to ``union xsk_tx_metadata`` in ``include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h``.
-Thus, generally, the ``tx_metadata_len`` field above should contain
-``sizeof(union xsk_tx_metadata)``.
+The headroom for the metadata is reserved via ``tx_metadata_len`` and
+``XDP_UMEM_TX_METADATA_LEN`` flag in ``struct xdp_umem_reg``. The metadata
+length is therefore the same for every socket that shares the same umem.
+The metadata layout is a fixed UAPI, refer to ``union xsk_tx_metadata`` in
+``include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h``. Thus, generally, the ``tx_metadata_len``
+field above should contain ``sizeof(union xsk_tx_metadata)``.
+
+Note that in the original implementation the ``XDP_UMEM_TX_METADATA_LEN``
+flag was not required. Applications might attempt to create a umem
+with a flag first and if it fails, do another attempt without a flag.
The headroom and the metadata itself should be located right before
``xdp_desc->addr`` in the umem frame. Within a frame, the metadata
#define XDP_UMEM_FLAGS_VALID ( \
XDP_UMEM_UNALIGNED_CHUNK_FLAG | \
XDP_UMEM_TX_SW_CSUM | \
+ XDP_UMEM_TX_METADATA_LEN | \
0)
static int xdp_umem_reg(struct xdp_umem *umem, struct xdp_umem_reg *mr)
if (headroom >= chunk_size - XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM)
return -EINVAL;
- if (mr->tx_metadata_len >= 256 || mr->tx_metadata_len % 8)
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (mr->flags & XDP_UMEM_TX_METADATA_LEN) {
+ if (mr->tx_metadata_len >= 256 || mr->tx_metadata_len % 8)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ umem->tx_metadata_len = mr->tx_metadata_len;
+ }
umem->size = size;
umem->headroom = headroom;
umem->pgs = NULL;
umem->user = NULL;
umem->flags = mr->flags;
- umem->tx_metadata_len = mr->tx_metadata_len;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&umem->xsk_dma_list);
refcount_set(&umem->users, 1);