veth_poll() derives the index of the peer TX queue to wake from
rq->xdp_rxq.queue_index. That field is only initialized by
xdp_rxq_info_reg() in veth_enable_xdp_range(), which runs only when an
XDP program is attached. On the plain GRO/NAPI path
(veth_napi_enable_range()) xdp_rxq_info_reg() is never called, so
queue_index stays 0 for every queue, as priv->rq is zero-allocated.
So in a multi-queue setup with GRO enabled and no XDP program attached,
every NAPI instance looks at the peer's TX queue 0. If veth_xmit() stops
peer TX queue 1 because the ptr_ring is full (NETDEV_TX_BUSY), nothing
ever wakes it again: the poller draining queue 1 wakes queue 0 instead.
veth implements no ndo_tx_timeout, so the netdev watchdog does not kick
in either, and the queue stays stopped indefinitely.
Derive the index from the position of the rq within priv->rq instead,
which is correct regardless of whether XDP was ever enabled.
Scripts to reproduce the stall are available at
https://github.com/netoptimizer/veth-backpressure-performance-testing
Fixes: dc82a33297fc ("veth: apply qdisc backpressure on full ptr_ring to reduce TX drops")
Signed-off-by: Jonas Köppeler <j.koeppeler@tu-berlin.de>
Tested-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260806-veth-fix-poll-queue-idx-v1-1-c5357fb7573d@tu-berlin.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
struct veth_rq *rq =
container_of(napi, struct veth_rq, xdp_napi);
struct veth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(rq->dev);
- int queue_idx = rq->xdp_rxq.queue_index;
+ int queue_idx = rq - priv->rq;
struct netdev_queue *peer_txq;
struct veth_stats stats = {};
struct net_device *peer_dev;