From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@nvidia.com>
To: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@gmail.com>,
Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@gmail.com>,
Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Thomas Davis <tadavis@lbl.gov>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] bonding: add pure source-mac-based tx hashing option
Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 16:41:59 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <32adf8f9-e0fe-dd7f-70eb-db9f04470be0@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cfdef650-265c-19fb-de91-0f1ad0fed3e5@nvidia.com>
On 21/05/2021 16:39, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> On 21/05/2021 16:27, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>> As it turns out, a pure source-mac only tx hash has a place for some VM
>> setups. The previously added vlan+srcmac hash doesn't work as well for a
>> VM with a single MAC and multiple vlans -- these types of setups path
>> traffic more efficiently if the load is split by source mac alone. Enable
>> this by way of an extra module parameter, rather than adding yet another
>> hashing method in the tx fast path.
>>
>> Cc: Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>
>> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
>> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Thomas Davis <tadavis@lbl.gov>
>> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@nvidia.com>
>> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/networking/bonding.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
>> drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
>> 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>
> Hi,
> You seem to be missing netlink support for the new option. Code-wise the rest seems fine,
> my personal preference is still to make a configurable hash option and perhaps default to
> srcmac+vlan, i.e. it can be aliased with this hash option. I don't mind either way, but
> please add netlink support if it will be a new option as it's the preferred way for
> configuring.
>
> Thanks,
> Nik
>
Almost forgot - please include a cover letter with overview and motivation of the changes.
Also I guess these should be targeted at net-next (or at least the new option definitely should go
there), and please add changelog between patchset versions.
Cheers,
Nik
>> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
>> index 62f2aab8eaec..767dbb49018b 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
>> @@ -707,6 +707,13 @@ mode
>> swapped with the new curr_active_slave that was
>> chosen.
>>
>> +novlan_srcmac
>> +
>> + When using the vlan+srcmac xmit_hash_policy, there may be cases where
>> + omitting the vlan from the hash is beneficial. This can be done with
>> + an extra module parameter here. The default value is 0 to include
>> + vlan ID in the transmit hash.
>> +
>> num_grat_arp,
>> num_unsol_na
>>
>> @@ -964,6 +971,12 @@ xmit_hash_policy
>>
>> hash = (vlan ID) XOR (source MAC vendor) XOR (source MAC dev)
>>
>> + Optionally, if the module parameter novlan_srcmac=1 is set,
>> + the vlan ID is omitted from the hash and only the source MAC
>> + address is used, reducing the hash to
>> +
>> + hash = (source MAC vendor) XOR (source MAC dev)
>> +
>> The default value is layer2. This option was added in bonding
>> version 2.6.3. In earlier versions of bonding, this parameter
>> does not exist, and the layer2 policy is the only policy. The
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>> index 20bbda1b36e1..32785e9d0295 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>> @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static char *lacp_rate;
>> static int min_links;
>> static char *ad_select;
>> static char *xmit_hash_policy;
>> +static int novlan_srcmac;
>> static int arp_interval;
>> static char *arp_ip_target[BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS];
>> static char *arp_validate;
>> @@ -168,6 +169,9 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(xmit_hash_policy, "balance-alb, balance-tlb, balance-xor, 802.3
>> "0 for layer 2 (default), 1 for layer 3+4, "
>> "2 for layer 2+3, 3 for encap layer 2+3, "
>> "4 for encap layer 3+4, 5 for vlan+srcmac");
>> +module_param(novlan_srcmac, int, 0);
>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(novlan_srcmac, "include vlan ID in vlan+srcmac xmit_hash_policy or not; "
>> + "0 to include it (default), 1 to exclude it");
>> module_param(arp_interval, int, 0);
>> MODULE_PARM_DESC(arp_interval, "arp interval in milliseconds");
>> module_param_array(arp_ip_target, charp, NULL, 0);
>> @@ -3523,9 +3527,9 @@ static bool bond_flow_ip(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flow_keys *fk,
>>
>> static u32 bond_vlan_srcmac_hash(struct sk_buff *skb)
>> {
>> - struct ethhdr *mac_hdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
>> + struct ethhdr *mac_hdr = eth_hdr(skb);
>> u32 srcmac_vendor = 0, srcmac_dev = 0;
>> - u16 vlan;
>> + u32 hash;
>> int i;
>>
>> for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
>> @@ -3534,12 +3538,14 @@ static u32 bond_vlan_srcmac_hash(struct sk_buff *skb)
>> for (i = 3; i < ETH_ALEN; i++)
>> srcmac_dev = (srcmac_dev << 8) | mac_hdr->h_source[i];
>>
>> - if (!skb_vlan_tag_present(skb))
>> - return srcmac_vendor ^ srcmac_dev;
>> + hash = srcmac_vendor ^ srcmac_dev;
>> +
>> + if (novlan_srcmac || !skb_vlan_tag_present(skb))
>> + return hash;
>>
>> - vlan = skb_vlan_tag_get(skb);
>> + hash ^= skb_vlan_tag_get(skb);
>>
>> - return vlan ^ srcmac_vendor ^ srcmac_dev;
>> + return hash;
>> }
>>
>> /* Extract the appropriate headers based on bond's xmit policy */
>>
>
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20210518210849.1673577-1-jarod@redhat.com>
2021-05-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 1/4] bonding: add pure source-mac-based tx hashing option Jarod Wilson
2021-05-19 9:01 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2021-05-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 2/4] bond_alb: don't rewrite bridged non-local MACs Jarod Wilson
2021-05-19 22:31 ` Jay Vosburgh
2021-05-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 3/4] bond_alb: don't tx balance multicast traffic either Jarod Wilson
2021-05-19 18:45 ` Jay Vosburgh
2021-05-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 4/4] bond_alb: put all slaves into promisc Jarod Wilson
2021-05-19 16:47 ` Jay Vosburgh
[not found] ` <20210521132756.1811620-1-jarod@redhat.com>
2021-05-21 13:27 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] bonding: add pure source-mac-based tx hashing option Jarod Wilson
2021-05-21 13:39 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2021-05-21 13:41 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov [this message]
2021-05-21 18:01 ` Jay Vosburgh
2021-05-21 13:27 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/4] bonding/balance-lb: don't rewrite bridged non-local MACs Jarod Wilson
2021-05-21 17:58 ` Jay Vosburgh
2021-05-21 13:27 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] bonding/balance-alb: don't tx balance multicast traffic either Jarod Wilson
2021-05-21 17:02 ` Jay Vosburgh
2021-05-21 13:27 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] bonding/balance-alb: put all slaves into promisc Jarod Wilson
2021-05-21 17:01 ` Jay Vosburgh
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