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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 00:27:46 +0530
From: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
To: Jia He <hejianet@gmail.com>
Cc: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>,
	"Zhao, Bing" <ilovethull@163.com>,
	Olivier MATZ <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"jia.he@hxt-semitech.com" <jia.he@hxt-semitech.com>,
	"jie2.liu@hxt-semitech.com" <jie2.liu@hxt-semitech.com>,
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	"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	jianbo.liu@arm.com, hemant.agrawal@nxp.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ring: guarantee ordering of cons/prod loading
 when doing enqueue/dequeue
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-----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 10:53:12 +0800
> From: Jia He <hejianet@gmail.com>
> To: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
> Cc: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>, "Zhao, Bing"
>  <ilovethull@163.com>, Olivier MATZ <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
>  "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, "jia.he@hxt-semitech.com"
>  <jia.he@hxt-semitech.com>, "jie2.liu@hxt-semitech.com"
>  <jie2.liu@hxt-semitech.com>, "bing.zhao@hxt-semitech.com"
>  <bing.zhao@hxt-semitech.com>, "Richardson, Bruce"
>  <bruce.richardson@intel.com>, jianbo.liu@arm.com, hemant.agrawal@nxp.com
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ring: guarantee ordering of cons/prod
>  loading when doing enqueue/dequeue
> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101
>  Thunderbird/52.4.0
> 
> Hi Jerin
> 
> Thanks for your suggestions. I will try to use config macro to let it be
> chosen by user.

It is better, if we avoid #ifdef's in the common code. I think, you can
do the scheme like examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em_hlm_neon.h. Where,
the common code will have all generic routine, difference will be
moved to a separate files to reduce #ifdef clutter.

> 
> I need to point out one possible issue in your load_acq/store_rel patch
> 
> at https://github.com/jerinjacobk/mytests/blob/master/ring/0001-ring-using-c11-memory-model.patch
> 
> @@ -516,8 +541,13 @@ __rte_ring_move_cons_head(struct rte_ring *r, int
> is_sc,
>          /* Restore n as it may change every loop */
>          n = max;
> 
> +#if 0
>          *old_head = r->cons.head;
>          const uint32_t prod_tail = r->prod.tail;
> +#else
> +        *old_head = __atomic_load_n(&r->cons.head, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);      
>                --[1]
> +        const uint32_t prod_tail = __atomic_load_n(&r->prod.tail,
> __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);   --[2]
> +#endif
> 
> line [1] __ATOMIC_RELAXED is not enough for this case(tested in our ARM64
> server).
> 
> line [2] __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE guarantee the 2nd load will not be reorded before
> the 1st load, but will not
> 
> guarantee the 1st load will not be reordered after the 2nd load. Please also

For me it looks same. [1] can not cross [2] is same as [2] cannot cross
[1], if [1] are [2] at back to back. No ?

> refer to your mentioned freebsd implementation. They use __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE at
> line [1].

If I understand it correctly. in freebsd, they are planning to revisit
the usage of first __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE in Freebsd-12
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/sys/sys/buf_ring.h#L170

> 
> Should it be like instead?
> 
> +#else
> +        *old_head = __atomic_load_n(&r->cons.head, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
> +        const uint32_t prod_tail = __atomic_load_n(&r->prod.tail,
> __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);

It would be nice to see how much overhead it gives.ie back to back
__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE.


> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jia
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/31/2017 7:14 PM, Jerin Jacob Wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > > Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 10:55:15 +0800
> > > From: Jia He <hejianet@gmail.com>
> > > To: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
> > > Cc: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>, "Zhao, Bing"
> > >   <ilovethull@163.com>, Olivier MATZ <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
> > >   "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, "jia.he@hxt-semitech.com"
> > >   <jia.he@hxt-semitech.com>, "jie2.liu@hxt-semitech.com"
> > >   <jie2.liu@hxt-semitech.com>, "bing.zhao@hxt-semitech.com"
> > >   <bing.zhao@hxt-semitech.com>, "Richardson, Bruce"
> > >   <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ring: guarantee ordering of cons/prod
> > >   loading when doing enqueue/dequeue
> > > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101
> > >   Thunderbird/52.4.0
> > > 
> > > Hi Jerin
> > Hi Jia,
> > 
> > > Do you think  next step whether I need to implement the load_acquire half
> > > barrier as per freebsd
> > I did a quick prototype using C11 memory model(ACQUIRE/RELEASE) schematics
> > and tested on two arm64 platform in Cavium(Platform A: Non arm64 OOO machine)
> > and Platform B: arm64 OOO machine)
> > 
> > smp_rmb() performs better in Platform A:
> > acquire/release semantics perform better in platform B:
> > 
> > Here is the patch:
> > https://github.com/jerinjacobk/mytests/blob/master/ring/0001-ring-using-c11-memory-model.patch
> > 
> > In terms of next step:
> > - I am not sure the cost associated with acquire/release semantics on x86 or ppc.
> > IMO, We need to have both options under conditional compilation
> > flags and let the target platform choose the best one.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > Here is the performance numbers:
> > - Both platforms are running at different frequency, So absolute numbers does not
> >    matter, Just check the relative numbers.
> > 
> > Platform A: Performance numbers:
> > ================================
> > no patch(Non arm64 OOO machine)
> > -------------------------------
> > 
> > SP/SC single enq/dequeue: 40
> > MP/MC single enq/dequeue: 282
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 11
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 42
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 8
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 16
> > 
> > ### Testing empty dequeue ###
> > SC empty dequeue: 8.01
> > MC empty dequeue: 11.01
> > 
> > ### Testing using a single lcore ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 11.30
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 42.85
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 8.25
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 16.46
> > 
> > ### Testing using two physical cores ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 20.62
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 56.30
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 10.94
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 18.66
> > Test OK
> > 
> > # smp_rmb() patch((Non OOO arm64 machine)
> > http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/30029/
> > -----------------------------------------
> > 
> > SP/SC single enq/dequeue: 42
> > MP/MC single enq/dequeue: 291
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 12
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 44
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 8
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 16
> > 
> > ### Testing empty dequeue ###
> > SC empty dequeue: 13.01
> > MC empty dequeue: 15.01
> > 
> > ### Testing using a single lcore ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 11.60
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 44.32
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 8.60
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 16.50
> > 
> > ### Testing using two physical cores ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 20.95
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 56.90
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 10.90
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 18.78
> > Test OK
> > RTE>>
> > 
> > # c11 memory model patch((Non OOO arm64 machine)
> > https://github.com/jerinjacobk/mytests/blob/master/ring/0001-ring-using-c11-memory-model.patch
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ### Testing single element and burst enq/deq ###
> > SP/SC single enq/dequeue: 197
> > MP/MC single enq/dequeue: 328
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 31
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 50
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 13
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 18
> > 
> > ### Testing empty dequeue ###
> > SC empty dequeue: 13.01
> > MC empty dequeue: 18.02
> > 
> > ### Testing using a single lcore ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 30.95
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 50.30
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 13.27
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 18.11
> > 
> > ### Testing using two physical cores ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 43.38
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 64.42
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 16.71
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 22.21
> > 
> > 
> > Platform B: Performance numbers:
> > ==============================
> > #no patch(OOO arm64 machine)
> > ----------------------------
> > 
> > ### Testing single element and burst enq/deq ###
> > SP/SC single enq/dequeue: 81
> > MP/MC single enq/dequeue: 207
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 15
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 31
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 7
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 11
> > 
> > ### Testing empty dequeue ###
> > SC empty dequeue: 3.00
> > MC empty dequeue: 5.00
> > 
> > ### Testing using a single lcore ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 15.38
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 30.64
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 7.25
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 11.06
> > 
> > ### Testing using two hyperthreads ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 31.51
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 49.38
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 14.32
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 15.89
> > 
> > ### Testing using two physical cores ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 72.66
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 121.89
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 16.88
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 24.23
> > Test OK
> > RTE>>
> > 
> > 
> > # smp_rmb() patch((OOO arm64 machine)
> > http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/30029/
> > -------------------------------------------
> > 
> > ### Testing single element and burst enq/deq ###
> > SP/SC single enq/dequeue: 152
> > MP/MC single enq/dequeue: 265
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 24
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 39
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 9
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 13
> > 
> > ### Testing empty dequeue ###
> > SC empty dequeue: 31.01
> > MC empty dequeue: 32.01
> > 
> > ### Testing using a single lcore ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 24.26
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 39.52
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 9.47
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 13.31
> > 
> > ### Testing using two hyperthreads ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 40.29
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 59.57
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 17.34
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 21.58
> > 
> > ### Testing using two physical cores ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 79.05
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 153.46
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 26.41
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 38.37
> > Test OK
> > RTE>>
> > 
> > 
> > # c11 memory model patch((OOO arm64 machine)
> > https://github.com/jerinjacobk/mytests/blob/master/ring/0001-ring-using-c11-memory-model.patch
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ### Testing single element and burst enq/deq ###
> > SP/SC single enq/dequeue: 98
> > MP/MC single enq/dequeue: 130
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 18
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 8): 22
> > SP/SC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 7
> > MP/MC burst enq/dequeue (size: 32): 9
> > 
> > ### Testing empty dequeue ###
> > SC empty dequeue: 4.00
> > MC empty dequeue: 5.00
> > 
> > ### Testing using a single lcore ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 17.40
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 22.88
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 7.62
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 8.96
> > 
> > ### Testing using two hyperthreads ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 20.24
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 25.83
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 12.21
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 13.20
> > 
> > ### Testing using two physical cores ###
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 67.54
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 8): 124.63
> > SP/SC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 21.13
> > MP/MC bulk enq/dequeue (size: 32): 28.44
> > Test OK
> > RTE>>quit
> > 
> > 
> > > or find any other performance test case to compare the performance impact?
> > As far as I know, ring_perf_autotest is the better performance test.
> > If you have trouble in using "High-resolution cycle counter" in your platform then also
> > you can use ring_perf_auto test to compare the performance(as relative
> > number matters)
> > 
> > Jerin
> > 
> > > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jia
>