[PATCH net v4 3/4] netdevsim: support devmem RX and TX bindings

From: Mina Almasry

Date: Thu Oct 15 2026 - 13:13:29 EST


Set a 64-bit DMA mask on nsim_bus_dev, enable NETMEM_TX_DMA on the
netdevsim net_device, and configure page_pool instances with
PP_FLAG_ALLOW_UNREADABLE_NETMEM and queue_idx, plus PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP |
PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV when CONFIG_HAS_DMA is set, so devmem bind-rx and
bind-tx netlink operations can be tested against netdevsim in software
selftests.

The pp_hold debugfs file allocates pages from the queue 0 page pool, so
refuse it when that pool is backed by a memory provider, and take the
netdev instance lock there so a concurrent bind-rx cannot swap the pool
in between. The software PSP path checksums the payload when the peer
does not decapsulate, so drop unreadable skbs there.

Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kaifeng Wang <kaifengw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Only request page pool DMA mapping when CONFIG_HAS_DMA is set
(Sashiko).
- Refuse pp_hold on a page pool backed by a memory provider, under the
netdev instance lock (Sashiko).
- Drop unreadable skbs in the software PSP path when it would have to
checksum the payload (Sashiko).
---
drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c | 1 +
drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
drivers/net/netdevsim/psp.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
index 5c55c308487b4..f87f5e037b6fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ nsim_bus_dev_new(unsigned int id, unsigned int port_count, unsigned int num_queu
nsim_bus_dev->port_count = port_count;
nsim_bus_dev->num_queues = num_queues;
nsim_bus_dev->initial_net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
+ dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(&nsim_bus_dev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
/* Disallow using nsim_bus_dev */
smp_store_release(&nsim_bus_dev->init, false);

diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
index b4a99f3ceac60..357ea9e5623b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
@@ -414,19 +414,27 @@ static int nsim_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
return done;
}

-static int nsim_create_page_pool(struct page_pool **p, struct napi_struct *napi)
+static int nsim_create_page_pool(struct net_device *dev, struct page_pool **p,
+ struct napi_struct *napi, int idx)
{
+ struct netdevsim *ns = netdev_priv(dev);
struct page_pool_params params = {
.order = 0,
.pool_size = NSIM_RING_SIZE,
+ .flags = PP_FLAG_ALLOW_UNREADABLE_NETMEM,
+ .max_len = PAGE_SIZE,
.nid = NUMA_NO_NODE,
- .dev = &napi->dev->dev,
+ .dev = &ns->nsim_bus_dev->dev,
.napi = napi,
.dma_dir = DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL,
- .netdev = napi->dev,
+ .netdev = dev,
+ .queue_idx = idx,
};
struct page_pool *pool;

+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAS_DMA))
+ params.flags |= PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP | PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV;
+
pool = page_pool_create(&params);
if (IS_ERR(pool))
return PTR_ERR(pool);
@@ -450,7 +458,7 @@ static int nsim_init_napi(struct netdevsim *ns)
for (i = 0; i < dev->num_rx_queues; i++) {
rq = ns->rq[i];

- err = nsim_create_page_pool(&rq->page_pool, &rq->napi);
+ err = nsim_create_page_pool(dev, &rq->page_pool, &rq->napi, i);
if (err)
goto err_pp_destroy;
}
@@ -762,14 +770,16 @@ nsim_queue_mem_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
if (ns->rq_reset_mode == 1) {
if (!netif_running(ns->netdev))
return -ENETDOWN;
- return nsim_create_page_pool(&qmem->pp, &ns->rq[idx]->napi);
+ return nsim_create_page_pool(dev, &qmem->pp,
+ &ns->rq[idx]->napi, idx);
}

qmem->rq = nsim_queue_alloc();
if (!qmem->rq)
return -ENOMEM;

- err = nsim_create_page_pool(&qmem->rq->page_pool, &qmem->rq->napi);
+ err = nsim_create_page_pool(dev, &qmem->rq->page_pool, &qmem->rq->napi,
+ idx);
if (err)
goto err_free;

@@ -929,12 +939,15 @@ nsim_pp_hold_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
return ret;

rtnl_lock();
+ netdev_lock(ns->netdev);
ret = count;
if (val == !!ns->page)
goto exit;

if (!netif_running(ns->netdev) && val) {
ret = -ENETDOWN;
+ } else if (val && page_pool_is_unreadable(ns->rq[0]->page_pool)) {
+ ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
} else if (val) {
ns->page = page_pool_dev_alloc_pages(ns->rq[0]->page_pool);
if (!ns->page)
@@ -946,6 +959,7 @@ nsim_pp_hold_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
}

exit:
+ netdev_unlock(ns->netdev);
rtnl_unlock();
return ret;
}
@@ -1051,6 +1065,7 @@ static int nsim_init_netdevsim(struct netdevsim *ns)
ns->netdev->netdev_ops = &nsim_netdev_ops;
ns->netdev->stat_ops = &nsim_stat_ops;
ns->netdev->queue_mgmt_ops = &nsim_queue_mgmt_ops;
+ ns->netdev->netmem_tx = NETMEM_TX_DMA;
netdev_lockdep_set_classes(ns->netdev);

err = nsim_udp_tunnels_info_create(ns->nsim_dev, ns->netdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/psp.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/psp.c
index 6b3532b5e360d..908cc0d391dc6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/psp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/psp.c
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ nsim_do_psp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netdevsim *ns,
__wsum csum;
int udplen;

+ if (!skb_frags_readable(skb)) {
+ rc = SKB_DROP_REASON_PSP_OUTPUT;
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
+
/* Do not decapsulate. Receive the skb with the udp and psp
* headers still there as if this is a normal udp packet.
* psp_dev_encapsulate() sets udp checksum to 0, so we need to
--
2.56.0.176.g3575e65682-goog