* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove copy threshold for async vhost
@ 2021-08-20 12:44 Jiayu Hu
2021-08-27 8:20 ` Maxime Coquelin
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jiayu Hu @ 2021-08-20 12:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dev; +Cc: maxime.coquelin, chenbo.xia, david.marchand, Jiayu Hu, Cheng Jiang
Copy threshold is introduced in async vhost data path to select
the appropriate copy engine to do copies for higher efficiency.
However, it may cause packets out-of-order, and it also causes
data path performance unpredictable.
Therefore, this patch removes copy threshold support in async vhost
data path.
Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst | 7 -
examples/vhost/main.c | 22 +-
lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h | 22 +-
lib/vhost/vhost.c | 6 +-
lib/vhost/vhost.h | 1 -
lib/vhost/virtio_net.c | 439 +++++++++---------------------------
6 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 381 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
index 8874033..171e009 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
@@ -235,13 +235,6 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost API functions:
Currently, only ``RTE_VHOST_ASYNC_INORDER`` capable device is
supported by vhost.
- * ``async_threshold``
-
- The copy length (in bytes) below which CPU copy will be used even if
- applications call async vhost APIs to enqueue/dequeue data.
-
- Typical value is 256~1024 depending on the async device capability.
-
Applications must provide following ``ops`` callbacks for vhost lib to
work with the async copy devices:
diff --git a/examples/vhost/main.c b/examples/vhost/main.c
index bc3d71c..a4a8214 100644
--- a/examples/vhost/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost/main.c
@@ -891,17 +891,11 @@ drain_vhost(struct vhost_dev *vdev)
if (builtin_net_driver) {
ret = vs_enqueue_pkts(vdev, VIRTIO_RXQ, m, nr_xmit);
} else if (async_vhost_driver) {
- uint32_t cpu_cpl_nr = 0;
uint16_t enqueue_fail = 0;
- struct rte_mbuf *m_cpu_cpl[nr_xmit];
complete_async_pkts(vdev);
- ret = rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst(vdev->vid, VIRTIO_RXQ,
- m, nr_xmit, m_cpu_cpl, &cpu_cpl_nr);
- __atomic_add_fetch(&vdev->pkts_inflight, ret - cpu_cpl_nr, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
-
- if (cpu_cpl_nr)
- free_pkts(m_cpu_cpl, cpu_cpl_nr);
+ ret = rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst(vdev->vid, VIRTIO_RXQ, m, nr_xmit);
+ __atomic_add_fetch(&vdev->pkts_inflight, ret, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
enqueue_fail = nr_xmit - ret;
if (enqueue_fail)
@@ -1222,19 +1216,12 @@ drain_eth_rx(struct vhost_dev *vdev)
enqueue_count = vs_enqueue_pkts(vdev, VIRTIO_RXQ,
pkts, rx_count);
} else if (async_vhost_driver) {
- uint32_t cpu_cpl_nr = 0;
uint16_t enqueue_fail = 0;
- struct rte_mbuf *m_cpu_cpl[MAX_PKT_BURST];
complete_async_pkts(vdev);
enqueue_count = rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst(vdev->vid,
- VIRTIO_RXQ, pkts, rx_count,
- m_cpu_cpl, &cpu_cpl_nr);
- __atomic_add_fetch(&vdev->pkts_inflight, enqueue_count - cpu_cpl_nr,
- __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
-
- if (cpu_cpl_nr)
- free_pkts(m_cpu_cpl, cpu_cpl_nr);
+ VIRTIO_RXQ, pkts, rx_count);
+ __atomic_add_fetch(&vdev->pkts_inflight, enqueue_count, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
enqueue_fail = rx_count - enqueue_count;
if (enqueue_fail)
@@ -1495,7 +1482,6 @@ new_device(int vid)
ioat_check_completed_copies_cb;
config.features = RTE_VHOST_ASYNC_INORDER;
- config.async_threshold = 256;
return rte_vhost_async_channel_register(vid, VIRTIO_RXQ,
config, &channel_ops);
diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
index b25ff44..ad71555 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ enum {
* async channel configuration
*/
struct rte_vhost_async_config {
- uint32_t async_threshold;
uint32_t features;
uint32_t rsvd[2];
};
@@ -182,13 +181,9 @@ int rte_vhost_async_channel_unregister_thread_unsafe(int vid,
uint16_t queue_id);
/**
- * This function submits enqueue data to async engine. Successfully
- * enqueued packets can be transfer completed or being occupied by DMA
- * engines, when this API returns. Transfer completed packets are returned
- * in comp_pkts, so users need to guarantee its size is greater than or
- * equal to the size of pkts; for packets that are successfully enqueued
- * but not transfer completed, users should poll transfer status by
- * rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed().
+ * This function submits enqueue packets to async copy engine. Users
+ * need to poll transfer status by rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed()
+ * for successfully enqueued packets.
*
* @param vid
* id of vhost device to enqueue data
@@ -198,19 +193,12 @@ int rte_vhost_async_channel_unregister_thread_unsafe(int vid,
* array of packets to be enqueued
* @param count
* packets num to be enqueued
- * @param comp_pkts
- * empty array to get transfer completed packets. Users need to
- * guarantee its size is greater than or equal to that of pkts
- * @param comp_count
- * num of packets that are transfer completed, when this API returns.
- * If no packets are transfer completed, its value is set to 0.
* @return
- * num of packets enqueued, including in-flight and transfer completed
+ * num of packets enqueued
*/
__rte_experimental
uint16_t rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
- struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count,
- struct rte_mbuf **comp_pkts, uint32_t *comp_count);
+ struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count);
/**
* This function checks async completion status for a specific vhost
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.c b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
index 355ff37..996287c 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1621,7 +1621,6 @@ int rte_vhost_extern_callback_register(int vid,
static __rte_always_inline int
async_channel_register(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
- struct rte_vhost_async_config config,
struct rte_vhost_async_channel_ops *ops)
{
struct virtio_net *dev = get_device(vid);
@@ -1693,7 +1692,6 @@ async_channel_register(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
vq->async_ops.check_completed_copies = ops->check_completed_copies;
vq->async_ops.transfer_data = ops->transfer_data;
- vq->async_threshold = config.async_threshold;
vq->async_registered = true;
@@ -1732,7 +1730,7 @@ rte_vhost_async_channel_register(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
return -1;
rte_spinlock_lock(&vq->access_lock);
- ret = async_channel_register(vid, queue_id, config, ops);
+ ret = async_channel_register(vid, queue_id, ops);
rte_spinlock_unlock(&vq->access_lock);
return ret;
@@ -1768,7 +1766,7 @@ rte_vhost_async_channel_register_thread_unsafe(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
ops->transfer_data == NULL))
return -1;
- return async_channel_register(vid, queue_id, config, ops);
+ return async_channel_register(vid, queue_id, ops);
}
int
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
index d98ca8a..1e56311 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ struct vhost_virtqueue {
/* vq async features */
bool async_registered;
- uint32_t async_threshold;
int notif_enable;
#define VIRTIO_UNINITIALIZED_NOTIF (-1)
diff --git a/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c
index 8549afb..f6127c7 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c
@@ -965,17 +965,16 @@ async_mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *src_it,
struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *dst_it)
{
+ struct rte_mbuf *hdr_mbuf;
+ struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf tmp_hdr, *hdr = NULL;
+ uint64_t buf_addr, buf_iova;
+ uint64_t hdr_addr;
+ uint64_t mapped_len;
uint32_t vec_idx = 0;
uint32_t mbuf_offset, mbuf_avail;
uint32_t buf_offset, buf_avail;
- uint64_t buf_addr, buf_iova, buf_len;
- uint32_t cpy_len, cpy_threshold;
- uint64_t hdr_addr;
- struct rte_mbuf *hdr_mbuf;
- struct batch_copy_elem *batch_copy = vq->batch_copy_elems;
- struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf tmp_hdr, *hdr = NULL;
+ uint32_t cpy_len, buf_len;
int error = 0;
- uint64_t mapped_len;
uint32_t tlen = 0;
int tvec_idx = 0;
@@ -986,8 +985,6 @@ async_mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
goto out;
}
- cpy_threshold = vq->async_threshold;
-
buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
@@ -1037,7 +1034,7 @@ async_mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
buf_offset = 0;
- buf_avail = buf_len;
+ buf_avail = buf_len;
}
/* done with current mbuf, get the next one */
@@ -1045,7 +1042,7 @@ async_mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
m = m->next;
mbuf_offset = 0;
- mbuf_avail = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m);
+ mbuf_avail = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m);
}
if (hdr_addr) {
@@ -1069,18 +1066,20 @@ async_mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
cpy_len = RTE_MIN(buf_avail, mbuf_avail);
- while (unlikely(cpy_len && cpy_len >= cpy_threshold)) {
+ while (unlikely(cpy_len)) {
hpa = (void *)(uintptr_t)gpa_to_first_hpa(dev,
buf_iova + buf_offset,
cpy_len, &mapped_len);
-
- if (unlikely(!hpa || mapped_len < cpy_threshold))
- break;
+ if (unlikely(!hpa)) {
+ VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%d) %s: failed to get hpa.\n",
+ dev->vid, __func__);
+ error = -1;
+ goto out;
+ }
async_fill_vec(src_iovec + tvec_idx,
(void *)(uintptr_t)rte_pktmbuf_iova_offset(m,
mbuf_offset), (size_t)mapped_len);
-
async_fill_vec(dst_iovec + tvec_idx,
hpa, (size_t)mapped_len);
@@ -1092,45 +1091,11 @@ async_mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
buf_offset += (uint32_t)mapped_len;
tvec_idx++;
}
-
- if (likely(cpy_len)) {
- if (unlikely(vq->batch_copy_nb_elems >= vq->size)) {
- rte_memcpy(
- (void *)((uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset)),
- rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void *, mbuf_offset),
- cpy_len);
-
- PRINT_PACKET(dev,
- (uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset),
- cpy_len, 0);
- } else {
- batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].dst =
- (void *)((uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset));
- batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].src =
- rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void *, mbuf_offset);
- batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].log_addr =
- buf_iova + buf_offset;
- batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].len =
- cpy_len;
- vq->batch_copy_nb_elems++;
- }
-
- mbuf_avail -= cpy_len;
- mbuf_offset += cpy_len;
- buf_avail -= cpy_len;
- buf_offset += cpy_len;
- }
-
}
+ async_fill_iter(src_it, tlen, src_iovec, tvec_idx);
+ async_fill_iter(dst_it, tlen, dst_iovec, tvec_idx);
out:
- if (tlen) {
- async_fill_iter(src_it, tlen, src_iovec, tvec_idx);
- async_fill_iter(dst_it, tlen, dst_iovec, tvec_idx);
- } else {
- src_it->count = 0;
- }
-
return error;
}
@@ -1303,67 +1268,6 @@ virtio_dev_rx_sync_batch_check(struct virtio_net *dev,
return 0;
}
-static __rte_always_inline int
-virtio_dev_rx_async_batch_check(struct virtio_net *dev,
- struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
- struct rte_mbuf **pkts,
- uint64_t *desc_addrs,
- uint64_t *lens)
-{
- bool wrap_counter = vq->avail_wrap_counter;
- struct vring_packed_desc *descs = vq->desc_packed;
- uint16_t avail_idx = vq->last_avail_idx;
- uint16_t used_idx = vq->last_used_idx;
- uint32_t buf_offset = sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf);
- uint32_t cpy_threshold = vq->async_threshold;
- uint16_t i;
-
- vhost_for_each_try_unroll(i, 0, PACKED_BATCH_SIZE) {
- if (unlikely(pkts[i]->data_len >= cpy_threshold))
- return -1;
- }
-
- if (unlikely(avail_idx & PACKED_BATCH_MASK))
- return -1;
-
- if (unlikely((avail_idx + PACKED_BATCH_SIZE) > vq->size))
- return -1;
-
- if (unlikely((used_idx + PACKED_BATCH_SIZE) > vq->size))
- return -1;
-
- vhost_for_each_try_unroll(i, 0, PACKED_BATCH_SIZE) {
- if (unlikely(pkts[i]->next != NULL))
- return -1;
- if (unlikely(!desc_is_avail(&descs[avail_idx + i],
- wrap_counter)))
- return -1;
- }
-
- vhost_for_each_try_unroll(i, 0, PACKED_BATCH_SIZE)
- lens[i] = descs[avail_idx + i].len;
-
- vhost_for_each_try_unroll(i, 0, PACKED_BATCH_SIZE) {
- if (unlikely(pkts[i]->pkt_len > (lens[i] - buf_offset)))
- return -1;
- }
-
- vhost_for_each_try_unroll(i, 0, PACKED_BATCH_SIZE)
- desc_addrs[i] = vhost_iova_to_vva(dev, vq,
- descs[avail_idx + i].addr,
- &lens[i],
- VHOST_ACCESS_RW);
-
- vhost_for_each_try_unroll(i, 0, PACKED_BATCH_SIZE) {
- if (unlikely(!desc_addrs[i]))
- return -1;
- if (unlikely(lens[i] != descs[avail_idx + i].len))
- return -1;
- }
-
- return 0;
-}
-
static __rte_always_inline void
virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed_copy(struct virtio_net *dev,
struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
@@ -1428,32 +1332,6 @@ virtio_dev_rx_sync_batch_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
return 0;
}
-static __rte_always_inline int
-virtio_dev_rx_async_batch_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
- struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
- struct rte_mbuf **pkts,
- struct rte_mbuf **comp_pkts, uint32_t *pkt_done)
-{
- uint16_t i;
- uint64_t desc_addrs[PACKED_BATCH_SIZE];
- uint64_t lens[PACKED_BATCH_SIZE];
-
- if (virtio_dev_rx_async_batch_check(dev, vq, pkts, desc_addrs, lens) == -1)
- return -1;
-
- virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed_copy(dev, vq, pkts, desc_addrs, lens);
-
- if (vq->shadow_used_idx) {
- do_data_copy_enqueue(dev, vq);
- vhost_flush_enqueue_shadow_packed(dev, vq);
- }
-
- vhost_for_each_try_unroll(i, 0, PACKED_BATCH_SIZE)
- comp_pkts[(*pkt_done)++] = pkts[i];
-
- return 0;
-}
-
static __rte_always_inline int16_t
virtio_dev_rx_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
@@ -1625,12 +1503,11 @@ store_dma_desc_info_packed(struct vring_used_elem_packed *s_ring,
static __rte_noinline uint32_t
virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, uint16_t queue_id,
- struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count,
- struct rte_mbuf **comp_pkts, uint32_t *comp_count)
+ struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
{
+ struct buf_vector buf_vec[BUF_VECTOR_MAX];
uint32_t pkt_idx = 0, pkt_burst_idx = 0;
uint16_t num_buffers;
- struct buf_vector buf_vec[BUF_VECTOR_MAX];
uint16_t avail_head;
struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *it_pool = vq->it_pool;
@@ -1638,17 +1515,11 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
struct rte_vhost_async_desc tdes[MAX_PKT_BURST];
struct iovec *src_iovec = vec_pool;
struct iovec *dst_iovec = vec_pool + (VHOST_MAX_ASYNC_VEC >> 1);
- uint16_t slot_idx = 0;
- uint16_t segs_await = 0;
- uint16_t iovec_idx = 0, it_idx = 0;
struct async_inflight_info *pkts_info = vq->async_pkts_info;
uint32_t n_pkts = 0, pkt_err = 0;
- uint32_t num_async_pkts = 0, num_done_pkts = 0;
int32_t n_xfer;
- struct {
- uint16_t pkt_idx;
- uint16_t last_avail_idx;
- } async_pkts_log[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+ uint16_t segs_await = 0;
+ uint16_t iovec_idx = 0, it_idx = 0, slot_idx = 0;
/*
* The ordering between avail index and desc reads need to be enforced.
@@ -1682,38 +1553,16 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
break;
}
- slot_idx = (vq->async_pkts_idx + num_async_pkts) &
- (vq->size - 1);
- if (it_pool[it_idx].count) {
- uint16_t from, to;
-
- async_fill_desc(&tdes[pkt_burst_idx++],
- &it_pool[it_idx], &it_pool[it_idx + 1]);
- pkts_info[slot_idx].descs = num_buffers;
- pkts_info[slot_idx].mbuf = pkts[pkt_idx];
- async_pkts_log[num_async_pkts].pkt_idx = pkt_idx;
- async_pkts_log[num_async_pkts++].last_avail_idx =
- vq->last_avail_idx;
-
- iovec_idx += it_pool[it_idx].nr_segs;
- it_idx += 2;
-
- segs_await += it_pool[it_idx].nr_segs;
-
- /**
- * recover shadow used ring and keep DMA-occupied
- * descriptors.
- */
- from = vq->shadow_used_idx - num_buffers;
- to = vq->async_desc_idx_split & (vq->size - 1);
+ async_fill_desc(&tdes[pkt_burst_idx++], &it_pool[it_idx],
+ &it_pool[it_idx + 1]);
- store_dma_desc_info_split(vq->shadow_used_split,
- vq->async_descs_split, vq->size, from, to, num_buffers);
+ slot_idx = (vq->async_pkts_idx + pkt_idx) & (vq->size - 1);
+ pkts_info[slot_idx].descs = num_buffers;
+ pkts_info[slot_idx].mbuf = pkts[pkt_idx];
- vq->async_desc_idx_split += num_buffers;
- vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
- } else
- comp_pkts[num_done_pkts++] = pkts[pkt_idx];
+ iovec_idx += it_pool[it_idx].nr_segs;
+ segs_await += it_pool[it_idx].nr_segs;
+ it_idx += 2;
vq->last_avail_idx += num_buffers;
@@ -1727,7 +1576,7 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
BUF_VECTOR_MAX))) {
n_xfer = vq->async_ops.transfer_data(dev->vid,
queue_id, tdes, 0, pkt_burst_idx);
- if (n_xfer >= 0) {
+ if (likely(n_xfer >= 0)) {
n_pkts = n_xfer;
} else {
VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
@@ -1738,9 +1587,7 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
iovec_idx = 0;
it_idx = 0;
-
segs_await = 0;
- vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += n_pkts;
if (unlikely(n_pkts < pkt_burst_idx)) {
/*
@@ -1749,6 +1596,7 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
* completion
*/
pkt_err = pkt_burst_idx - n_pkts;
+ pkt_idx++;
pkt_burst_idx = 0;
break;
}
@@ -1759,7 +1607,7 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
if (pkt_burst_idx) {
n_xfer = vq->async_ops.transfer_data(dev->vid, queue_id, tdes, 0, pkt_burst_idx);
- if (n_xfer >= 0) {
+ if (likely(n_xfer >= 0)) {
n_pkts = n_xfer;
} else {
VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%d) %s: failed to transfer data for queue id %d.\n",
@@ -1767,40 +1615,39 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
n_pkts = 0;
}
- vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += n_pkts;
-
if (unlikely(n_pkts < pkt_burst_idx))
pkt_err = pkt_burst_idx - n_pkts;
}
- do_data_copy_enqueue(dev, vq);
-
if (unlikely(pkt_err)) {
uint16_t num_descs = 0;
- num_async_pkts -= pkt_err;
- /* calculate the sum of descriptors of DMA-error packets. */
+ /* update number of completed packets */
+ pkt_idx -= pkt_err;
+
+ /* calculate the sum of descriptors to revert */
while (pkt_err-- > 0) {
num_descs += pkts_info[slot_idx & (vq->size - 1)].descs;
slot_idx--;
}
- vq->async_desc_idx_split -= num_descs;
+
/* recover shadow used ring and available ring */
- vq->shadow_used_idx -= (vq->last_avail_idx -
- async_pkts_log[num_async_pkts].last_avail_idx -
- num_descs);
- vq->last_avail_idx =
- async_pkts_log[num_async_pkts].last_avail_idx;
- pkt_idx = async_pkts_log[num_async_pkts].pkt_idx;
- num_done_pkts = pkt_idx - num_async_pkts;
+ vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_descs;
+ vq->last_avail_idx -= num_descs;
}
- vq->async_pkts_idx += num_async_pkts;
- *comp_count = num_done_pkts;
-
+ /* keep used descriptors */
if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx)) {
- flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq);
- vhost_vring_call_split(dev, vq);
+ uint16_t to = vq->async_desc_idx_split & (vq->size - 1);
+
+ store_dma_desc_info_split(vq->shadow_used_split,
+ vq->async_descs_split, vq->size, 0, to,
+ vq->shadow_used_idx);
+
+ vq->async_desc_idx_split += vq->shadow_used_idx;
+ vq->async_pkts_idx += pkt_idx;
+ vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += pkt_idx;
+ vq->shadow_used_idx = 0;
}
return pkt_idx;
@@ -1862,13 +1709,12 @@ vhost_update_used_packed(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
}
static __rte_always_inline int
-vhost_enqueue_async_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
+vhost_enqueue_async_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
struct buf_vector *buf_vec,
uint16_t *nr_descs,
uint16_t *nr_buffers,
- struct vring_packed_desc *async_descs,
struct iovec *src_iovec, struct iovec *dst_iovec,
struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *src_it,
struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *dst_it)
@@ -1909,28 +1755,15 @@ vhost_enqueue_async_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
buffer_buf_id[*nr_buffers] = buf_id;
buffer_desc_count[*nr_buffers] = desc_count;
*nr_buffers += 1;
-
*nr_descs += desc_count;
avail_idx += desc_count;
if (avail_idx >= vq->size)
avail_idx -= vq->size;
}
- if (async_mbuf_to_desc(dev, vq, pkt, buf_vec, nr_vec, *nr_buffers, src_iovec, dst_iovec,
- src_it, dst_it) < 0)
+ if (unlikely(async_mbuf_to_desc(dev, vq, pkt, buf_vec, nr_vec, *nr_buffers, src_iovec, dst_iovec,
+ src_it, dst_it) < 0))
return -1;
- /* store descriptors for DMA */
- if (avail_idx >= *nr_descs) {
- rte_memcpy(async_descs, &vq->desc_packed[vq->last_avail_idx],
- *nr_descs * sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc));
- } else {
- uint16_t nr_copy = vq->size - vq->last_avail_idx;
-
- rte_memcpy(async_descs, &vq->desc_packed[vq->last_avail_idx],
- nr_copy * sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc));
- rte_memcpy(async_descs + nr_copy, vq->desc_packed,
- (*nr_descs - nr_copy) * sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc));
- }
vhost_shadow_enqueue_packed(vq, buffer_len, buffer_buf_id, buffer_desc_count, *nr_buffers);
@@ -1938,16 +1771,15 @@ vhost_enqueue_async_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
}
static __rte_always_inline int16_t
-virtio_dev_rx_async_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+virtio_dev_rx_async_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
struct rte_mbuf *pkt, uint16_t *nr_descs, uint16_t *nr_buffers,
- struct vring_packed_desc *async_descs,
struct iovec *src_iovec, struct iovec *dst_iovec,
struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *src_it, struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *dst_it)
{
struct buf_vector buf_vec[BUF_VECTOR_MAX];
- if (unlikely(vhost_enqueue_async_single_packed(dev, vq, pkt, buf_vec, nr_descs, nr_buffers,
- async_descs, src_iovec, dst_iovec,
+ if (unlikely(vhost_enqueue_async_packed(dev, vq, pkt, buf_vec, nr_descs, nr_buffers,
+ src_iovec, dst_iovec,
src_it, dst_it) < 0)) {
VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%d) failed to get enough desc from vring\n", dev->vid);
return -1;
@@ -1960,15 +1792,13 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue
}
static __rte_always_inline void
-dma_error_handler_packed(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, struct vring_packed_desc *async_descs,
- uint16_t async_descs_idx, uint16_t slot_idx, uint32_t nr_err,
- uint32_t *pkt_idx, uint32_t *num_async_pkts, uint32_t *num_done_pkts)
+dma_error_handler_packed(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, uint16_t slot_idx,
+ uint32_t nr_err, uint32_t *pkt_idx)
{
uint16_t descs_err = 0;
uint16_t buffers_err = 0;
struct async_inflight_info *pkts_info = vq->async_pkts_info;
- *num_async_pkts -= nr_err;
*pkt_idx -= nr_err;
/* calculate the sum of buffers and descs of DMA-error packets. */
while (nr_err-- > 0) {
@@ -1977,113 +1807,59 @@ dma_error_handler_packed(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, struct vring_packed_desc *a
slot_idx--;
}
- vq->async_buffer_idx_packed -= buffers_err;
-
if (vq->last_avail_idx >= descs_err) {
vq->last_avail_idx -= descs_err;
-
- rte_memcpy(&vq->desc_packed[vq->last_avail_idx],
- &async_descs[async_descs_idx - descs_err],
- descs_err * sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc));
} else {
- uint16_t nr_copy;
-
vq->last_avail_idx = vq->last_avail_idx + vq->size - descs_err;
- nr_copy = vq->size - vq->last_avail_idx;
- rte_memcpy(&vq->desc_packed[vq->last_avail_idx],
- &async_descs[async_descs_idx - descs_err],
- nr_copy * sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc));
- descs_err -= nr_copy;
- rte_memcpy(&vq->desc_packed[0], &async_descs[async_descs_idx - descs_err],
- descs_err * sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc));
vq->avail_wrap_counter ^= 1;
}
- *num_done_pkts = *pkt_idx - *num_async_pkts;
+ vq->shadow_used_idx -= buffers_err;
}
static __rte_noinline uint32_t
virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, uint16_t queue_id,
- struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count,
- struct rte_mbuf **comp_pkts, uint32_t *comp_count)
+ struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
{
uint32_t pkt_idx = 0, pkt_burst_idx = 0;
uint32_t remained = count;
- uint16_t async_descs_idx = 0;
+ int32_t n_xfer;
uint16_t num_buffers;
uint16_t num_descs;
- int32_t n_xfer;
struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *it_pool = vq->it_pool;
struct iovec *vec_pool = vq->vec_pool;
struct rte_vhost_async_desc tdes[MAX_PKT_BURST];
struct iovec *src_iovec = vec_pool;
struct iovec *dst_iovec = vec_pool + (VHOST_MAX_ASYNC_VEC >> 1);
+ struct async_inflight_info *pkts_info = vq->async_pkts_info;
+ uint32_t n_pkts = 0, pkt_err = 0;
uint16_t slot_idx = 0;
uint16_t segs_await = 0;
uint16_t iovec_idx = 0, it_idx = 0;
- struct async_inflight_info *pkts_info = vq->async_pkts_info;
- uint32_t n_pkts = 0, pkt_err = 0;
- uint32_t num_async_pkts = 0, num_done_pkts = 0;
- struct vring_packed_desc async_descs[vq->size];
do {
rte_prefetch0(&vq->desc_packed[vq->last_avail_idx]);
- if (remained >= PACKED_BATCH_SIZE) {
- if (!virtio_dev_rx_async_batch_packed(dev, vq,
- &pkts[pkt_idx], comp_pkts, &num_done_pkts)) {
- pkt_idx += PACKED_BATCH_SIZE;
- remained -= PACKED_BATCH_SIZE;
- continue;
- }
- }
num_buffers = 0;
num_descs = 0;
- if (unlikely(virtio_dev_rx_async_single_packed(dev, vq, pkts[pkt_idx],
+ if (unlikely(virtio_dev_rx_async_packed(dev, vq, pkts[pkt_idx],
&num_descs, &num_buffers,
- &async_descs[async_descs_idx],
&src_iovec[iovec_idx], &dst_iovec[iovec_idx],
&it_pool[it_idx], &it_pool[it_idx + 1]) < 0))
break;
- VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%d) current index %d | end index %d\n",
- dev->vid, vq->last_avail_idx,
- vq->last_avail_idx + num_descs);
-
- slot_idx = (vq->async_pkts_idx + num_async_pkts) % vq->size;
- if (it_pool[it_idx].count) {
- uint16_t from;
-
- async_descs_idx += num_descs;
- async_fill_desc(&tdes[pkt_burst_idx++],
- &it_pool[it_idx], &it_pool[it_idx + 1]);
- pkts_info[slot_idx].descs = num_descs;
- pkts_info[slot_idx].nr_buffers = num_buffers;
- pkts_info[slot_idx].mbuf = pkts[pkt_idx];
- num_async_pkts++;
- iovec_idx += it_pool[it_idx].nr_segs;
- it_idx += 2;
-
- segs_await += it_pool[it_idx].nr_segs;
-
- /**
- * recover shadow used ring and keep DMA-occupied
- * descriptors.
- */
- from = vq->shadow_used_idx - num_buffers;
- store_dma_desc_info_packed(vq->shadow_used_packed,
- vq->async_buffers_packed, vq->size, from,
- vq->async_buffer_idx_packed, num_buffers);
-
- vq->async_buffer_idx_packed += num_buffers;
- if (vq->async_buffer_idx_packed >= vq->size)
- vq->async_buffer_idx_packed -= vq->size;
- vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
- } else {
- comp_pkts[num_done_pkts++] = pkts[pkt_idx];
- }
+ slot_idx = (vq->async_pkts_idx + pkt_idx) % vq->size;
+
+ async_fill_desc(&tdes[pkt_burst_idx++], &it_pool[it_idx],
+ &it_pool[it_idx + 1]);
+ pkts_info[slot_idx].descs = num_descs;
+ pkts_info[slot_idx].nr_buffers = num_buffers;
+ pkts_info[slot_idx].mbuf = pkts[pkt_idx];
+ iovec_idx += it_pool[it_idx].nr_segs;
+ segs_await += it_pool[it_idx].nr_segs;
+ it_idx += 2;
pkt_idx++;
remained--;
@@ -2098,7 +1874,7 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
((VHOST_MAX_ASYNC_VEC >> 1) - segs_await < BUF_VECTOR_MAX))) {
n_xfer = vq->async_ops.transfer_data(dev->vid,
queue_id, tdes, 0, pkt_burst_idx);
- if (n_xfer >= 0) {
+ if (likely(n_xfer >= 0)) {
n_pkts = n_xfer;
} else {
VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
@@ -2110,7 +1886,6 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
iovec_idx = 0;
it_idx = 0;
segs_await = 0;
- vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += n_pkts;
if (unlikely(n_pkts < pkt_burst_idx)) {
/*
@@ -2129,7 +1904,7 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
if (pkt_burst_idx) {
n_xfer = vq->async_ops.transfer_data(dev->vid, queue_id, tdes, 0, pkt_burst_idx);
- if (n_xfer >= 0) {
+ if (likely(n_xfer >= 0)) {
n_pkts = n_xfer;
} else {
VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%d) %s: failed to transfer data for queue id %d.\n",
@@ -2137,25 +1912,29 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
n_pkts = 0;
}
- vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += n_pkts;
-
if (unlikely(n_pkts < pkt_burst_idx))
pkt_err = pkt_burst_idx - n_pkts;
}
- do_data_copy_enqueue(dev, vq);
-
if (unlikely(pkt_err))
- dma_error_handler_packed(vq, async_descs, async_descs_idx, slot_idx, pkt_err,
- &pkt_idx, &num_async_pkts, &num_done_pkts);
- vq->async_pkts_idx += num_async_pkts;
- if (vq->async_pkts_idx >= vq->size)
- vq->async_pkts_idx -= vq->size;
- *comp_count = num_done_pkts;
+ dma_error_handler_packed(vq, slot_idx, pkt_err, &pkt_idx);
if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx)) {
- vhost_flush_enqueue_shadow_packed(dev, vq);
- vhost_vring_call_packed(dev, vq);
+ /* keep used descriptors. */
+ store_dma_desc_info_packed(vq->shadow_used_packed, vq->async_buffers_packed,
+ vq->size, 0, vq->async_buffer_idx_packed,
+ vq->shadow_used_idx);
+
+ vq->async_buffer_idx_packed += vq->shadow_used_idx;
+ if (vq->async_buffer_idx_packed >= vq->size)
+ vq->async_buffer_idx_packed -= vq->size;
+
+ vq->async_pkts_idx += pkt_idx;
+ if (vq->async_pkts_idx >= vq->size)
+ vq->async_pkts_idx -= vq->size;
+
+ vq->shadow_used_idx = 0;
+ vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += pkt_idx;
}
return pkt_idx;
@@ -2219,14 +1998,13 @@ vhost_poll_enqueue_completed(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count)
{
struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
+ struct async_inflight_info *pkts_info;
+ int32_t n_cpl;
uint16_t n_pkts_cpl = 0, n_pkts_put = 0, n_descs = 0, n_buffers = 0;
uint16_t start_idx, pkts_idx, vq_size;
- struct async_inflight_info *pkts_info;
uint16_t from, i;
- int32_t n_cpl;
vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
-
pkts_idx = vq->async_pkts_idx % vq->size;
pkts_info = vq->async_pkts_info;
vq_size = vq->size;
@@ -2236,7 +2014,7 @@ vhost_poll_enqueue_completed(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
if (count > vq->async_last_pkts_n) {
n_cpl = vq->async_ops.check_completed_copies(dev->vid,
queue_id, 0, count - vq->async_last_pkts_n);
- if (n_cpl >= 0) {
+ if (likely(n_cpl >= 0)) {
n_pkts_cpl = n_cpl;
} else {
VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
@@ -2245,9 +2023,9 @@ vhost_poll_enqueue_completed(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
n_pkts_cpl = 0;
}
}
- n_pkts_cpl += vq->async_last_pkts_n;
- n_pkts_put = RTE_MIN(count, n_pkts_cpl);
+ n_pkts_cpl += vq->async_last_pkts_n;
+ n_pkts_put = RTE_MIN(n_pkts_cpl, count);
if (unlikely(n_pkts_put == 0)) {
vq->async_last_pkts_n = n_pkts_cpl;
return 0;
@@ -2266,7 +2044,6 @@ vhost_poll_enqueue_completed(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
pkts[i] = pkts_info[from].mbuf;
}
}
-
vq->async_last_pkts_n = n_pkts_cpl - n_pkts_put;
vq->async_pkts_inflight_n -= n_pkts_put;
@@ -2303,7 +2080,7 @@ rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
uint16_t n_pkts_cpl = 0;
- if (!dev)
+ if (unlikely(!dev))
return 0;
VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%d) %s\n", dev->vid, __func__);
@@ -2363,8 +2140,7 @@ rte_vhost_clear_queue_thread_unsafe(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
static __rte_always_inline uint32_t
virtio_dev_rx_async_submit(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
- struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count,
- struct rte_mbuf **comp_pkts, uint32_t *comp_count)
+ struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
{
struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
uint32_t nb_tx = 0;
@@ -2395,13 +2171,11 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
goto out;
if (vq_is_packed(dev))
- nb_tx = virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_packed(dev,
- vq, queue_id, pkts, count, comp_pkts,
- comp_count);
+ nb_tx = virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_packed(dev, vq, queue_id,
+ pkts, count);
else
- nb_tx = virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(dev,
- vq, queue_id, pkts, count, comp_pkts,
- comp_count);
+ nb_tx = virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(dev, vq, queue_id,
+ pkts, count);
out:
if (dev->features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
@@ -2415,12 +2189,10 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
uint16_t
rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
- struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count,
- struct rte_mbuf **comp_pkts, uint32_t *comp_count)
+ struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count)
{
struct virtio_net *dev = get_device(vid);
- *comp_count = 0;
if (!dev)
return 0;
@@ -2431,8 +2203,7 @@ rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
return 0;
}
- return virtio_dev_rx_async_submit(dev, queue_id, pkts, count, comp_pkts,
- comp_count);
+ return virtio_dev_rx_async_submit(dev, queue_id, pkts, count);
}
static inline bool
--
2.7.4
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove copy threshold for async vhost
2021-08-20 12:44 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove copy threshold for async vhost Jiayu Hu
@ 2021-08-27 8:20 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-09-14 11:24 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-09-16 11:15 ` Ferruh Yigit
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Maxime Coquelin @ 2021-08-27 8:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jiayu Hu, dev; +Cc: chenbo.xia, david.marchand, Cheng Jiang
Hi Jiayu,
Thanks for working on it!
On 8/20/21 2:44 PM, Jiayu Hu wrote:
> Copy threshold is introduced in async vhost data path to select
> the appropriate copy engine to do copies for higher efficiency.
> However, it may cause packets out-of-order, and it also causes
> data path performance unpredictable.
>
> Therefore, this patch removes copy threshold support in async vhost
> data path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst | 7 -
> examples/vhost/main.c | 22 +-
> lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h | 22 +-
> lib/vhost/vhost.c | 6 +-
> lib/vhost/vhost.h | 1 -
> lib/vhost/virtio_net.c | 439 +++++++++---------------------------
> 6 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 381 deletions(-)
>
It looks good to me, and simplifies the code a lot.
Reviewed-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
Thanks,
Maxime
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove copy threshold for async vhost
2021-08-20 12:44 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove copy threshold for async vhost Jiayu Hu
2021-08-27 8:20 ` Maxime Coquelin
@ 2021-09-14 11:24 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-09-16 11:15 ` Ferruh Yigit
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Maxime Coquelin @ 2021-09-14 11:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jiayu Hu, dev; +Cc: chenbo.xia, david.marchand, Cheng Jiang
On 8/20/21 2:44 PM, Jiayu Hu wrote:
> Copy threshold is introduced in async vhost data path to select
> the appropriate copy engine to do copies for higher efficiency.
> However, it may cause packets out-of-order, and it also causes
> data path performance unpredictable.
>
> Therefore, this patch removes copy threshold support in async vhost
> data path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst | 7 -
> examples/vhost/main.c | 22 +-
> lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h | 22 +-
> lib/vhost/vhost.c | 6 +-
> lib/vhost/vhost.h | 1 -
> lib/vhost/virtio_net.c | 439 +++++++++---------------------------
> 6 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 381 deletions(-)
>
Applied to dpdk-next-virtio/main.
Thanks,
Maxime
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove copy threshold for async vhost
2021-08-20 12:44 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove copy threshold for async vhost Jiayu Hu
2021-08-27 8:20 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-09-14 11:24 ` Maxime Coquelin
@ 2021-09-16 11:15 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-16 11:34 ` Maxime Coquelin
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ferruh Yigit @ 2021-09-16 11:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jiayu Hu, dev, maxime.coquelin; +Cc: chenbo.xia, david.marchand, Cheng Jiang
On 8/20/2021 1:44 PM, Jiayu Hu wrote:
> Copy threshold is introduced in async vhost data path to select
> the appropriate copy engine to do copies for higher efficiency.
> However, it may cause packets out-of-order, and it also causes
> data path performance unpredictable.
>
Just checking, if the patch is fixing data performance issue, should it be
backported?
> Therefore, this patch removes copy threshold support in async vhost
> data path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>
<...>
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove copy threshold for async vhost
2021-09-16 11:15 ` Ferruh Yigit
@ 2021-09-16 11:34 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-09-16 11:55 ` Xia, Chenbo
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Maxime Coquelin @ 2021-09-16 11:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ferruh Yigit, Jiayu Hu, dev; +Cc: chenbo.xia, david.marchand, Cheng Jiang
Hi Ferruh,
On 9/16/21 13:15, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 8/20/2021 1:44 PM, Jiayu Hu wrote:
>> Copy threshold is introduced in async vhost data path to select
>> the appropriate copy engine to do copies for higher efficiency.
>> However, it may cause packets out-of-order, and it also causes
>> data path performance unpredictable.
>>
>
> Just checking, if the patch is fixing data performance issue, should it be
> backported?
This is experimental code that is not used in real product for now, and
will likely heavily change given OVS rejected this design.
So I would personally not bother backporting patches for it.
Jiayu, Chenbo, do you think otherwise?
Regards,
Maxime
>> Therefore, this patch removes copy threshold support in async vhost
>> data path.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>
> <...>
>
>
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove copy threshold for async vhost
2021-09-16 11:34 ` Maxime Coquelin
@ 2021-09-16 11:55 ` Xia, Chenbo
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Xia, Chenbo @ 2021-09-16 11:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Maxime Coquelin, Yigit, Ferruh, Hu, Jiayu, dev
Cc: david.marchand, Jiang, Cheng1
Hi,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:34 PM
> To: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>;
> dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; david.marchand@redhat.com; Jiang,
> Cheng1 <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove copy threshold for async vhost
>
> Hi Ferruh,
>
> On 9/16/21 13:15, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> > On 8/20/2021 1:44 PM, Jiayu Hu wrote:
> >> Copy threshold is introduced in async vhost data path to select
> >> the appropriate copy engine to do copies for higher efficiency.
> >> However, it may cause packets out-of-order, and it also causes
> >> data path performance unpredictable.
> >>
> >
> > Just checking, if the patch is fixing data performance issue, should it be
> > backported?
>
> This is experimental code that is not used in real product for now, and
> will likely heavily change given OVS rejected this design.
>
> So I would personally not bother backporting patches for it.
+1. Based on the experimental state. Let's save the effort of backporting.
Thanks,
Chenbo
> Jiayu, Chenbo, do you think otherwise?
>
> Regards,
> Maxime
>
> >> Therefore, this patch removes copy threshold support in async vhost
> >> data path.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>
> > <...>
> >
> >
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