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openvswitch: reduce stack usage in do_execute_actions
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do_execute_actions() function can be called recursively multiple
times while executing actions that require pipeline forking or
recirculations.  It may also be re-entered multiple times if the packet
leaves openvswitch module and re-enters it through a different port.

Currently, there is a 256-byte array allocated on stack in this
function that is supposed to hold NSH header.  Compilers tend to
pre-allocate that space right at the beginning of the function:

     a88:       48 81 ec b0 01 00 00    sub    $0x1b0,%rsp

NSH is not a very common protocol, but the space is allocated on every
recursive call or re-entry multiplying the wasted stack space.

Move the stack allocation to push_nsh() function that is only used
if NSH actions are actually present.  push_nsh() is also a simple
function without a possibility for re-entry, so the stack is returned
right away.

With this change the preallocated space is reduced by 256 B per call:

     b18:       48 81 ec b0 00 00 00    sub    $0xb0,%rsp

Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Eelco Chaudron echaudro@redhat.com
Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Ilya Maximets authored and David S. Miller committed Oct 1, 2023
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23 changes: 11 additions & 12 deletions net/openvswitch/actions.c
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@@ -311,11 +311,18 @@ static int push_eth(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key,
return 0;
}

static int push_nsh(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key,
const struct nshhdr *nh)
static noinline_for_stack int push_nsh(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct sw_flow_key *key,
const struct nlattr *a)
{
u8 buffer[NSH_HDR_MAX_LEN];
struct nshhdr *nh = (struct nshhdr *)buffer;
int err;

err = nsh_hdr_from_nlattr(a, nh, NSH_HDR_MAX_LEN);
if (err)
return err;

err = nsh_push(skb, nh);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -1439,17 +1446,9 @@ static int do_execute_actions(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
err = pop_eth(skb, key);
break;

case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_NSH: {
u8 buffer[NSH_HDR_MAX_LEN];
struct nshhdr *nh = (struct nshhdr *)buffer;

err = nsh_hdr_from_nlattr(nla_data(a), nh,
NSH_HDR_MAX_LEN);
if (unlikely(err))
break;
err = push_nsh(skb, key, nh);
case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_NSH:
err = push_nsh(skb, key, nla_data(a));
break;
}

case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_POP_NSH:
err = pop_nsh(skb, key);

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