From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] bpf: remove use of vla
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:34:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251030173732.246435-6-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251030173732.246435-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>
Replace variable length array with two part loop which
applies filter in bursts up to 32 packets.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 lib/bpf/bpf_pkt.c   | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 lib/bpf/meson.build |  2 --
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/bpf/bpf_pkt.c b/lib/bpf/bpf_pkt.c
index 087ac0f244..15d36739a0 100644
--- a/lib/bpf/bpf_pkt.c
+++ b/lib/bpf/bpf_pkt.c
@@ -157,13 +157,16 @@ bpf_eth_cbh_add(struct bpf_eth_cbh *cbh, uint16_t port, uint16_t queue)
 /*
  * BPF packet processing routines.
  */
+#define BPF_FILTER_BURST	32u
 
 static inline uint32_t
 apply_filter(struct rte_mbuf *mb[], const uint64_t rc[], uint32_t num,
 	uint32_t drop)
 {
 	uint32_t i, j, k;
-	struct rte_mbuf *dr[num];
+	struct rte_mbuf *dr[BPF_FILTER_BURST];
+
+	RTE_ASSERT(num <= BPF_FILTER_BURST);
 
 	for (i = 0, j = 0, k = 0; i != num; i++) {
 
@@ -191,65 +194,75 @@ static inline uint32_t
 pkt_filter_vm(const struct rte_bpf *bpf, struct rte_mbuf *mb[], uint32_t num,
 	uint32_t drop)
 {
-	uint32_t i;
-	void *dp[num];
-	uint64_t rc[num];
+	uint32_t matched = 0;
+
+	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < num; i += BPF_FILTER_BURST) {
+		uint32_t burst_sz = RTE_MIN(num, BPF_FILTER_BURST);
+		void *dp[BPF_FILTER_BURST];
+		uint64_t rc[BPF_FILTER_BURST];
 
-	for (i = 0; i != num; i++)
-		dp[i] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb[i], void *);
+		for (uint32_t j = 0; j < burst_sz; j++)
+			dp[j] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb[i + j], void *);
 
-	rte_bpf_exec_burst(bpf, dp, rc, num);
-	return apply_filter(mb, rc, num, drop);
+		rte_bpf_exec_burst(bpf, dp, rc, burst_sz);
+		matched += apply_filter(mb + i, rc, burst_sz, drop);
+	}
+	return matched;
 }
 
 static inline uint32_t
 pkt_filter_jit(const struct rte_bpf_jit *jit, struct rte_mbuf *mb[],
 	uint32_t num, uint32_t drop)
 {
-	uint32_t i, n;
-	void *dp;
-	uint64_t rc[num];
-
-	n = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i != num; i++) {
-		dp = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb[i], void *);
-		rc[i] = jit->func(dp);
-		n += (rc[i] == 0);
-	}
+	uint32_t matched = 0;
+
+	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < num; i += BPF_FILTER_BURST) {
+		uint32_t burst_sz = RTE_MIN(num, BPF_FILTER_BURST);
+		uint64_t rc[BPF_FILTER_BURST];
+
+		for (uint32_t j = 0; j < burst_sz; j++) {
+			void *dp = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb[i + j], void *);
 
-	if (n != 0)
-		num = apply_filter(mb, rc, num, drop);
+			rc[j] = jit->func(dp);
+		}
 
-	return num;
+		matched += apply_filter(mb + i, rc, burst_sz, drop);
+	}
+	return matched;
 }
 
 static inline uint32_t
 pkt_filter_mb_vm(const struct rte_bpf *bpf, struct rte_mbuf *mb[], uint32_t num,
 	uint32_t drop)
 {
-	uint64_t rc[num];
+	uint32_t matched = 0;
+
+	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < num; i += BPF_FILTER_BURST) {
+		uint32_t burst_sz = RTE_MIN(num, BPF_FILTER_BURST);
+		uint64_t rc[BPF_FILTER_BURST];
 
-	rte_bpf_exec_burst(bpf, (void **)mb, rc, num);
-	return apply_filter(mb, rc, num, drop);
+		rte_bpf_exec_burst(bpf, (void **)mb, rc, burst_sz);
+		matched += apply_filter(mb + i, rc, burst_sz, drop);
+	}
+	return matched;
 }
 
 static inline uint32_t
 pkt_filter_mb_jit(const struct rte_bpf_jit *jit, struct rte_mbuf *mb[],
 	uint32_t num, uint32_t drop)
 {
-	uint32_t i, n;
-	uint64_t rc[num];
+	uint32_t matched = 0;
 
-	n = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i != num; i++) {
-		rc[i] = jit->func(mb[i]);
-		n += (rc[i] == 0);
-	}
+	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < num; i += BPF_FILTER_BURST) {
+		uint32_t burst_sz = RTE_MIN(num, BPF_FILTER_BURST);
+		uint64_t rc[BPF_FILTER_BURST];
 
-	if (n != 0)
-		num = apply_filter(mb, rc, num, drop);
+		for (uint32_t j = 0; j < burst_sz; j++)
+			rc[j] = jit->func(mb[i + j]);
 
-	return num;
+		matched += apply_filter(mb + i, rc, burst_sz, drop);
+	}
+	return matched;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/lib/bpf/meson.build b/lib/bpf/meson.build
index 28df7f469a..aa258a9061 100644
--- a/lib/bpf/meson.build
+++ b/lib/bpf/meson.build
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ if is_windows
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-cflags += no_wvla_cflag
-
 if arch_subdir == 'x86' and dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_32')
     build = false
     reason = 'not supported on 32-bit x86'
-- 
2.51.0
     prev parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-30 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-30 17:34 [PATCH 0/5] bpf enhancements Stephen Hemminger
2025-10-30 17:34 ` [PATCH 1/5] bpf: add allocation annotations to functions Stephen Hemminger
2025-10-30 17:34 ` [PATCH 2/5] bpf: use rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk Stephen Hemminger
2025-10-30 17:34 ` [PATCH 3/5] bpf: add a test for BPF ELF load Stephen Hemminger
2025-10-30 17:34 ` [PATCH 4/5] bpf: add test for rx and tx filtering Stephen Hemminger
2025-10-30 17:34 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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