> On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 6:18 PM Jesper Dangaard Brouer
> <brouer@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:27:18 +0200
> > Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 2:51 PM Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This series introduce XDP multi-buffer support. The mvneta driver is
> > > > the first to support these new "non-linear" xdp_{buff,frame}. Reviewers
> > > > please focus on how these new types of xdp_{buff,frame} packets
> > > > traverse the different layers and the layout design. It is on purpose
> > > > that BPF-helpers are kept simple, as we don't want to expose the
> > > > internal layout to allow later changes.
> > > >
> > > > For now, to keep the design simple and to maintain performance, the XDP
> > > > BPF-prog (still) only have access to the first-buffer. It is left for
> > > > later (another patchset) to add payload access across multiple buffers.
> > > > This patchset should still allow for these future extensions. The goal
> > > > is to lift the XDP MTU restriction that comes with XDP, but maintain
> > > > same performance as before.
> > [...]
> > > >
> > > > [0] https://netdevconf.info/0x14/session.html?talk-the-path-to-tcp-4k-mtu-and-rx-zerocopy
> > > > [1] https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-project/blob/master/areas/core/xdp-multi-buffer01-design.org
> > > > [2] https://netdevconf.info/0x14/session.html?tutorial-add-XDP-support-to-a-NIC-driver (XDPmulti-buffers section)
> > >
> > > Took your patches for a test run with the AF_XDP sample xdpsock on an
> > > i40e card and the throughput degradation is between 2 to 6% depending
> > > on the setup and microbenchmark within xdpsock that is executed. And
> > > this is without sending any multi frame packets. Just single frame
> > > ones. Tirtha made changes to the i40e driver to support this new
> > > interface so that is being included in the measurements.
> >
> > Could you please share Tirtha's i40e support patch with me?
> 
> We will post them on the list as an RFC. Tirtha also added AF_XDP
> multi-frame support on top of Lorenzo's patches so we will send that
> one out as well. Will also rerun my experiments, properly document
> them and send out just to be sure that I did not make any mistake.

ack, very cool, thx

> 
> Just note that I would really like for the multi-frame support to get
> in. I have lost count on how many people that have asked for it to be
> added to XDP and AF_XDP. So please check our implementation and
> improve it so we can get the overhead down to where we want it to be.

sure, I will do.

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
> Thanks: Magnus
> 
> > I would like to reproduce these results in my testlab, in-order to
> > figure out where the throughput degradation comes from.
> >
> > > What performance do you see with the mvneta card? How much are we
> > > willing to pay for this feature when it is not being used or can we in
> > > some way selectively turn it on only when needed?
> >
> > Well, as Daniel says performance wise we require close to /zero/
> > additional overhead, especially as you state this happens when sending
> > a single frame, which is a base case that we must not slowdown.
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> >   Jesper Dangaard Brouer
> >   MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
> >   LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
> >
>