From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
To: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
kuba@kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
toshiaki.makita1@gmail.com, lorenzo.bianconi@redhat.com,
toke@redhat.com, brouer@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next] net: veth: alloc skb in bulk for ndo_xdp_xmit
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 15:14:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210202151400.00e36ff7@carbon.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a14a30d3c06fff24e13f836c733d80efc0bd6eb5.1611957532.git.lorenzo@kernel.org>
On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:04:08 +0100
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org> wrote:
> Split ndo_xdp_xmit and ndo_start_xmit use cases in veth_xdp_rcv routine
> in order to alloc skbs in bulk for XDP_PASS verdict.
> Introduce xdp_alloc_skb_bulk utility routine to alloc skb bulk list.
> The proposed approach has been tested in the following scenario:
>
> eth (ixgbe) --> XDP_REDIRECT --> veth0 --> (remote-ns) veth1 --> XDP_PASS
>
> XDP_REDIRECT: xdp_redirect_map bpf sample
> XDP_PASS: xdp_rxq_info bpf sample
>
> traffic generator: pkt_gen sending udp traffic on a remote device
>
> bpf-next master: ~3.64Mpps
> bpf-next + skb bulking allocation: ~3.79Mpps
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
> ---
I wanted Lorenzo to test 8 vs 16 bulking, but after much testing and
IRC dialog, we cannot find and measure any difference with enough
accuracy. Thus:
Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
> Changes since v2:
> - use __GFP_ZERO flag instead of memset
> - move some veth_xdp_rcv_batch() logic in veth_xdp_rcv_skb()
>
> Changes since v1:
> - drop patch 2/3, squash patch 1/3 and 3/3
> - set VETH_XDP_BATCH to 16
> - rework veth_xdp_rcv to use __ptr_ring_consume
> ---
> drivers/net/veth.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> include/net/xdp.h | 1 +
> net/core/xdp.c | 11 +++++++
> 3 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
> index 6e03b619c93c..aa1a66ad2ce5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/veth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
> #define VETH_XDP_HEADROOM (XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM + NET_IP_ALIGN)
>
> #define VETH_XDP_TX_BULK_SIZE 16
> +#define VETH_XDP_BATCH 16
>
--
Best regards,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer
MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-02 16:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-29 22:04 Lorenzo Bianconi
2021-01-31 14:16 ` Toshiaki Makita
2021-02-02 14:14 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer [this message]
2021-02-04 0:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2021-02-04 0:14 ` Daniel Borkmann
2021-02-04 9:05 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-02-04 15:43 ` Daniel Borkmann
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