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From: Sergey Vyazmitinov <s.vyazmitinov@brain4net.com>
To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fast data availability check in thread_single loop
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:05:15 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK_zqSO5U7JQnwChS=1Emp_ZPc_+TixZiT6hBDqv846GtQEs9Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4316d3de-8159-fd34-8515-f82ba33b31e8@intel.com>

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:29 AM, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
 wrote:

> On 12/29/2016 11:23 PM, Sergey Vyazmitinov wrote:
> > This allow to significant reduces packets processing latency.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sergey Vyazmitinov <s.vyazmitinov@brain4net.com>
> > ---
> >  .../linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h |  6 ++++
> >  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c             | 33
> ++++++++++++++++------
> >  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
> b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
> > index 09713b0..8183a8e 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
> > @@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ struct rte_kni_fifo {
> >       void *volatile buffer[];     /**< The buffer contains mbuf
> pointers */
> >  };
> >
> > +static inline int
> > +kni_fifo_empty(struct rte_kni_fifo *fifo)
> > +{
> > +     return fifo->write == fifo->read;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * The kernel image of the rte_mbuf struct, with only the relevant
> fields.
> >   * Padding is necessary to assure the offsets of these fields
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> > index 497db9b..4bf9bfa 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> > @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
> >  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Kernel Module for managing kni devices");
> >
> >  #define KNI_RX_LOOP_NUM 1000
> > +#define KNI_RX_DATA_LOOP_NUM 2500
> >
> >  #define KNI_MAX_DEVICES 32
> >
> > @@ -129,25 +130,39 @@ static struct pernet_operations kni_net_ops = {
> >  #endif
> >  };
> >
> > -static int
> > -kni_thread_single(void *data)
> > +static inline void
> > +kni_thread_single_rx_data_loop(struct kni_net *knet)
> >  {
> > -     struct kni_net *knet = data;
> > -     int j;
> >       struct kni_dev *dev;
> > +     int i;
> >
> > -     while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
> > -             down_read(&knet->kni_list_lock);
> > -             for (j = 0; j < KNI_RX_LOOP_NUM; j++) {
> > -                     list_for_each_entry(dev, &knet->kni_list_head,
> list) {
> > +     for (i = 0; i < KNI_RX_DATA_LOOP_NUM; ++i) {
>
> When there are multiple KNI interfaces, and lets assume there is traffic
> too, this will behave like:
>
> KNI1x2500 data_packets + KNI2x2500 data_packets .... KNI10x2500
>
> After data packets, KNI1 resp_packet + KNI2 resp_packets ...
>
> Won't this scenario also may cause latency? And perhaps jitter according
> KNI interface traffic loads?
>
> This may be good for some use cases, but not sure if this is good for all.
>
We can decrease KNI_RX_DATA_LOOP_NUM to some reasonable value.
I can make test to find lower bound.
Also, the point is in fast check for a new data in interface rx queue.
May be will be better add some kind of break after several kni_net_rx calls.
Without them loop ends very quickly.
Anyway, this patch decrease average latency in my case from 4.5ms to
0.011ms in ping test with 100000 packets.

>
> > +             list_for_each_entry(dev, &knet->kni_list_head, list) {
> > +                     /* Burst dequeue from rx_q */
> > +                     if (!kni_fifo_empty((struct rte_kni_fifo
> *)dev->rx_q)) {
>
> Do we need this check, since first thing in kni_net_rx_normal() is
> checking if there is item in the queue?
>
> You right. Without that check latency is even less.

>  #ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
> >                               kni_chk_vhost_rx(dev);
> >  #else
> >                               kni_net_rx(dev);
> >  #endif
> > -                             kni_net_poll_resp(dev);
> >                       }
> >               }
> > +     }
> > +     list_for_each_entry(dev, &knet->kni_list_head, list) {
> > +             kni_net_poll_resp(dev);
> > +     }
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int
> > +kni_thread_single(void *data)
> > +{
> > +     struct kni_net *knet = data;
> > +     int j;
> > +
> > +     while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
> > +             down_read(&knet->kni_list_lock);
> > +             for (j = 0; j < KNI_RX_LOOP_NUM; j++)
> > +                     kni_thread_single_rx_data_loop(knet);
> >               up_read(&knet->kni_list_lock);
> >  #ifdef RTE_KNI_PREEMPT_DEFAULT
> >               /* reschedule out for a while */
> >
>
>

  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-18 11:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-29 23:23 Sergey Vyazmitinov
2017-01-11 17:29 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-01-18 11:05   ` Sergey Vyazmitinov [this message]
2017-01-18 12:35     ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-01-18 13:11     ` Jay Rolette
2017-03-10 12:59       ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-10 13:16         ` Jay Rolette

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