From: "Wang, Zhihong" <zhihong.wang@intel.com>
To: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] optimize vhost enqueue
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:45:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8F6C2BD409508844A0EFC19955BE09411077206B@SHSMSX103.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bbf7f96b-81e7-1702-c055-bd231fe6fa64@redhat.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxime Coquelin [mailto:maxime.coquelin@redhat.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:00 PM
> To: Wang, Zhihong <zhihong.wang@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] optimize vhost enqueue
>
> Hi Zhihong,
>
> On 08/16/2016 05:50 AM, Zhihong Wang wrote:
> > This patch optimizes the vhost enqueue function: rte_vhost_enqueue_burst.
> >
> > Currently there're 2 callbacks for vhost enqueue:
> > * virtio_dev_merge_rx for mrg_rxbuf turned on cases.
> > * virtio_dev_rx for mrg_rxbuf turned off cases.
> >
> > The virtio_dev_merge_rx doesn't provide optimal performance, also it is
> > reported having compatibility issue working with Windows VMs.
> Could you tell us more please about this compatibility issue?
For example, when you have testpmd in the host and Window VM as the guest,
with mrg_rxbuf turned on, the guest will hang once there's packets enqueued
by virtio_dev_merge_rx.
Let me know if you see the same issue.
>
> >
> > Besides, having 2 separated functions increases maintenance efforts.
> >
> > This patch uses a single function logic to replace the current 2 for
> > better maintainability, and provides better performance by optimizing
> > caching behavior especially for mrg_rxbuf turned on cases.
> Do you have some benchmark comparison before and after your change?
>
> Also, for maintainability, I would suggest the that the enqueue
> function be split. Because vhost_enqueue_burst becomes very long (220
> LoC), and max level of indentation is too high (6).
>
> It makes the code hard to understand, and prone to miss bugs during
> review and maintenance.
This is something I've thought about while writing the code, the reason I
keep it as one function body is that:
1. This function is very performance sensitive, and we need full control of
code ordering (You can compare with the current performance with the
mrg_rxbuf feature turned on to see the difference).
2. I somehow find that a single function logic makes it easier to understand,
surely I can add comments to make it easiler to read for .
Please let me know if you still insist, we can discuss more on it.
>
> >
> > It also fixes the issue working with Windows VMs.
> Ideally, the fix should be sent separately, before the rework.
> Indeed, we might want to have the fix in the stable branch, without
> picking the optimization.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhihong Wang <zhihong.wang@intel.com>
> > ---
> > lib/librte_vhost/vhost-net.h | 6 +-
> > lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c | 582 ++++++++++++++----------------------------
> > lib/librte_vhost/virtio-net.c | 15 +-
> > 3 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 395 deletions(-)
> 582 lines changed is a huge patch.
> If possible, it would be better splitting it in incremental changes,
> making the review process easier.
It looks like a huge patch, but it simply deletes the current implementation
and add the new code. I think perhaps split it into 2, 1st one to replace
just the rte_vhost_enqueue_burst, 2nd one to delete all the obsolete functions.
It should make the patch clear, how do you think? :)
>
> Also, for v2, please prefix the commit title with "vhost:".
Thanks for the hint! Will do.
>
> Thanks for your contribution, I'm looking forward for the v2.
> - Maxime
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2016-08-16 3:50 Zhihong Wang
2016-08-16 13:59 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-08-17 1:45 ` Wang, Zhihong [this message]
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 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] vhost: optimize enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [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 ` [dpdk-dev] [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 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/6] vhost: remove useless volatile Zhihong Wang
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/6] vhost: add desc prefetch Zhihong Wang
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/6] vhost: batch update used ring Zhihong Wang
2016-08-18 6:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/6] vhost: optimize cache access Zhihong Wang
2016-08-19 5:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/5] vhost: optimize enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-08-19 5:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [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 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/5] vhost: remove useless volatile Zhihong Wang
2016-08-19 5:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/5] vhost: add desc prefetch Zhihong Wang
2016-08-19 5:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [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 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/5] vhost: optimize cache access Zhihong Wang
2016-08-22 8:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [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
2016-10-14 10:11 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-30 3:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/6] " Zhihong Wang
2016-08-30 3:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/6] vhost: fix windows vm hang Zhihong Wang
2016-09-05 5:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-05 5:25 ` Wang, Zhihong
2016-09-05 5:40 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-08-30 3:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [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 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/6] vhost: remove useless volatile Zhihong Wang
2016-08-30 3:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/6] vhost: add desc prefetch Zhihong Wang
2016-08-30 3:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/6] vhost: batch update used ring Zhihong Wang
2016-08-30 3:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/6] vhost: optimize cache access Zhihong Wang
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/6] vhost: optimize enqueue Zhihong Wang
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/6] vhost: fix windows vm hang Zhihong Wang
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [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 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/6] vhost: remove useless volatile Zhihong Wang
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/6] vhost: add desc prefetch Zhihong Wang
2016-09-09 3:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [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 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/6] vhost: optimize cache access Zhihong Wang
2016-09-12 13:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [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 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Zhihong Wang
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/6] vhost: fix windows vm hang Zhihong Wang
2016-10-13 6:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [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 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/6] vhost: remove useless volatile Zhihong Wang
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/6] vhost: add desc prefetch Zhihong Wang
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/6] vhost: batch update used ring Zhihong Wang
2016-09-20 2:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 6/6] vhost: optimize cache access Zhihong Wang
2016-09-21 2:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/6] vhost: optimize enqueue Yuanhan Liu
2016-09-21 4:39 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/7] vhost: optimize mergeable Rx path Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/7] vhost: remove useless volatile Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/7] vhost: optimize cache access Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [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 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/7] vhost: use last avail idx for avail ring reservation Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/7] vhost: shadow used ring update Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 6/7] vhost: prefetch avail ring Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-14 9:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 7/7] vhost: retrieve avail head once Yuanhan Liu
2016-10-18 2:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [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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