From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
To: "Wang, Zhihong" <zhihong.wang@intel.com>,
Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jianbo Liu <jianbo.liu@linaro.org>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] vhost: optimize enqueue
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:23:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <570cc934-590e-8770-9853-f03a1380d181@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <76ec0b90-3748-e3c0-abbb-257570086268@redhat.com>
On 10/13/2016 09:54 AM, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>
>
> On 10/13/2016 08:02 AM, Wang, Zhihong wrote:
>>> > Yes, that's great effort! With your hardwork, we know what the
>>> bottleneck
>>> > is and how it could be improved.
>>> >
>>> > However, you don't have to do code refactor (merge two code path to
>>> one)
>>> > to apply those improvements. From what I know, in this patchset, there
>>> > are two factors could improve the performance:
>>> >
>>> > - copy hdr together with packet data
>>> >
>>> > - shadow used ring update and update at once
>>> >
>>> > The overall performance boost I got with your v6 patchset with mrg-Rx
>>> > code path is about 27% (in PVP case). And I have just applied the 1st
>>> > optimization, it yields about 20% boosts. The left could be covered if
>>> > we apply the 2nd optimization (I guess).
>>> >
>>> > That would be a clean way to optimize vhost mergeable Rx path:
>>> >
>>> > - you don't touch non-mrg Rx path (well, you may could apply the
>>> > shadow_used_ring trick to it as wel)
>>> >
>>> > This would at least make sure we will have no such performance
>>> > regression issue reported by ARM guys.
>>> >
>>> > - you don't refactor the code
>>> >
>>> > The rewrite from scratch could introduce other issues, besides the
>>> > performance regression. We may just don't know it yet.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Make sense to you? If you agree, I think we could still make it in
>>> > this release: they would be some small changes after all. For example,
>>> > below is the patch applies the 1st optimization tip on top of
>>> > dpdk-next-virtio
>>
>> Thanks for this great idea. I think it's a better way to do it.
>> I'll start to make the patch then.
>>
>>
>
> I personally find having two paths better for maintenance as it is
> easier to understand (IMHO).
> So if we can have the performance gain while keeping the two paths,
> I definitely support the idea.
I was going to re-run some PVP benchmark with 0% pkt loss, as I had
some strange results last week.
Problem is that your series no more apply cleanly due to
next-virtio's master branch history rewrite.
Any chance you send me a rebased version so that I can apply the series?
Thanks,
Maxime
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Thread overview: 141+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-16 3:50 [PATCH] optimize vhost enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-08-16 13:59 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-08-17 1:45 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-17 2:38 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-17 6:41 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-17 9:17 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-08-17 9:51 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-18 13:44 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-17 10:07 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] vhost: optimize enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] vhost: rewrite enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-08-19 2:39 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-19 7:07 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] vhost: remove obsolete Zhihong Wang
2016-08-19 2:32 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-19 7:08 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] vhost: remove useless volatile Zhihong Wang
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] vhost: add desc prefetch Zhihong Wang
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] vhost: batch update used ring Zhihong Wang
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] vhost: optimize cache access Zhihong Wang
2016-08-19 5:43 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] vhost: optimize enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-08-19 5:43 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] vhost: rewrite enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-08-22 9:35 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-08-23 2:27 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-25 4:00 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-19 5:43 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] vhost: remove useless volatile Zhihong Wang
2016-08-19 5:43 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] vhost: add desc prefetch Zhihong Wang
2016-08-19 5:43 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] vhost: batch update used ring Zhihong Wang
2016-08-25 3:48 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-25 5:19 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-19 5:43 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] vhost: optimize cache access Zhihong Wang
2016-08-22 8:11 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] vhost: optimize enqueue Maxime Coquelin
2016-08-22 10:01 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-08-22 10:35 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-08-24 3:37 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-23 2:31 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-23 10:43 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-23 12:16 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-08-23 12:22 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-23 2:15 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-21 8:50 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-21 9:27 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-21 12:54 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-22 2:11 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-22 2:29 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-22 5:47 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-22 6:58 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-22 9:01 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-22 10:04 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-22 14:41 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-23 2:56 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-23 10:41 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-23 13:41 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-09-25 5:41 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-26 5:12 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-26 5:25 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-26 5:38 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-26 6:00 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-26 4:24 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-26 5:37 ` Luke Gorrie
2016-09-26 5:40 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-27 10:21 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-27 16:45 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-10-09 12:09 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-10-10 2:44 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-10 5:31 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-10-10 6:22 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-10-10 6:57 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-10-10 7:25 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-10-12 2:53 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-12 12:22 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-10-12 15:31 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-10-13 1:21 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-10-13 3:51 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-10-13 5:33 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 5:35 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-13 6:02 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-10-13 7:54 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-13 9:23 ` Maxime Coquelin [this message]
2016-10-14 10:11 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-30 3:35 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] " Zhihong Wang
2016-08-30 3:35 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] vhost: fix windows vm hang Zhihong Wang
2016-09-05 5:24 ` [dpdk-stable] " Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-05 5:25 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-05 5:40 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-30 3:36 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] vhost: rewrite enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-09-05 6:39 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-07 5:33 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-07 5:39 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-08-30 3:36 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] vhost: remove useless volatile Zhihong Wang
2016-08-30 3:36 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] vhost: add desc prefetch Zhihong Wang
2016-08-30 3:36 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] vhost: batch update used ring Zhihong Wang
2016-08-30 3:36 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] vhost: optimize cache access Zhihong Wang
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] vhost: optimize enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] vhost: fix windows vm hang Zhihong Wang
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] vhost: rewrite enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-09-12 15:42 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-09-14 8:20 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-15 16:35 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-09-12 16:26 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-09-14 8:22 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-18 14:19 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-19 3:29 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] vhost: remove useless volatile Zhihong Wang
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] vhost: add desc prefetch Zhihong Wang
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] vhost: batch update used ring Zhihong Wang
2016-09-12 15:45 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-09-14 8:43 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-15 16:38 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-09-18 2:55 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-18 2:57 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] vhost: optimize cache access Zhihong Wang
2016-09-12 13:52 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] vhost: optimize enqueue Maxime Coquelin
2016-09-12 13:56 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-09-12 14:01 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [PATCH v6 " Zhihong Wang
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] vhost: fix windows vm hang Zhihong Wang
2016-10-13 6:18 ` [dpdk-stable] " Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [PATCH v6 2/6] vhost: rewrite enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-09-22 9:58 ` Jianbo Liu
2016-09-22 10:13 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] vhost: remove useless volatile Zhihong Wang
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] vhost: add desc prefetch Zhihong Wang
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] vhost: batch update used ring Zhihong Wang
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] vhost: optimize cache access Zhihong Wang
2016-09-21 4:32 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-09-21 2:26 ` [PATCH v6 0/6] vhost: optimize enqueue Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-21 4:39 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [PATCH v7 0/7] vhost: optimize mergeable Rx path Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [PATCH v7 1/7] vhost: remove useless volatile Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [PATCH v7 2/7] vhost: optimize cache access Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [PATCH v7 3/7] vhost: simplify mergeable Rx vring reservation Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-25 22:08 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-10-26 2:56 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [PATCH v7 4/7] vhost: use last avail idx for avail ring reservation Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [PATCH v7 5/7] vhost: shadow used ring update Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [PATCH v7 6/7] vhost: prefetch avail ring Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [PATCH v7 7/7] vhost: retrieve avail head once Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-18 2:25 ` [PATCH v7 0/7] vhost: optimize mergeable Rx path Jianbo Liu
2016-10-18 14:53 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-21 7:51 ` Yuanhan Liu
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