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From: "Yao, Lei A" <lei.a.yao@intel.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	"Wang, Zhihong" <zhihong.wang@intel.com>,
	"Li, Xiaoyun" <xiaoyun.li@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	"Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>,
	"Lu, Wenzhuo" <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>,
	"Zhang, Helin" <helin.zhang@intel.com>,
	"ophirmu@mellanox.com" <ophirmu@mellanox.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/3] eal/x86: run-time dispatch over memcpy
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 07:47:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2DBBFF226F7CF64BAFCA79B681719D953A2CE048@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2027509.fDzOy6Rher@xps>

Hi, Thomas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:45 PM
> To: Wang, Zhihong <zhihong.wang@intel.com>; Li, Xiaoyun
> <xiaoyun.li@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> Ananyev, Konstantin <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>; Lu, Wenzhuo
> <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>; Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang@intel.com>;
> ophirmu@mellanox.com
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/3] eal/x86: run-time dispatch over
> memcpy
> 
> 02/11/2017 11:22, Wang, Zhihong:
> > > I don't know what is creating this drop exactly.
> > > When doing different tests on different environments, we do not see
> this
> > > drop.
> > > If nobody else can see such issue, I guess we can ignore it.
> >
> > Hi Thomas, Xiaoyun,
> >
> > With this patch (commit 84cc318424d49372dd2a5fbf3cf84426bf95acce) I see
> > more than 20% performance drop in vhost loopback test with testpmd
> > macswap for 256 bytes packets, which means it impacts actual vSwitching
> > performance.
> >
> > Suggest we fix it or revert it for this release.
> 
> I think we need more numbers to take a decision.
> What is the benefit of this patch? In which use-cases?
> What are the drawbacks? In which use-cases?
> 
> Please, it is a call to test performance with and without this patch
> in more environments (CPU, packet size, applications).

Following is the performance drop we observe in vhost/virtio loopback performance
with and without this patch
Test application: testpmd
CPU info: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz
OS: Ubuntu 16.04

Mergebale Path	
packet size	Performance Drop
64	-1.30%
128	0.81%
158	-19.17%
188	-19.18%
218	-16.29%
230	-16.57%
256	-16.77%
280	-3.07%
300	-3.22%
380	-2.44%
420	-1.65%
512	-0.99%
1024	0.00%
1518	-0.68%
	
Vector Path	
packet size	Performance Drop
64	3.30%
128	7.18%
256	-12.77%
512	-0.98%
1024	0.27%
1518	0.68%

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-11-03  7:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-26  7:41 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] dynamic linking support Xiaoyun Li
2017-09-26  7:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] eal/x86: run-time dispatch over memcpy Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-01 23:41   ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-02  0:12     ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-09-26  7:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/3] app/test: run-time dispatch over memcpy perf test Xiaoyun Li
2017-09-26  7:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/3] efd: run-time dispatch over x86 EFD functions Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-02  0:08   ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-02  0:09     ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-02  9:35     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-02 16:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/3] run-time Linking support Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-02 16:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] eal/x86: run-time dispatch over memcpy Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-02 16:39     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-02 23:10       ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-03 11:15         ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-03 11:39           ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-03 12:12             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-03 12:23               ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-02 16:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/3] app/test: run-time dispatch over memcpy perf test Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-02 16:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/3] efd: run-time dispatch over x86 EFD functions Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-02 16:52     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-03  8:15       ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-03 11:23         ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-03 11:27           ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-03 14:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] run-time Linking support Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-03 14:59     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] eal/x86: run-time dispatch over memcpy Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-03 14:59     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/3] app/test: run-time dispatch over memcpy perf test Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-03 14:59     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/3] efd: run-time dispatch over x86 EFD functions Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-04 17:56     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] run-time Linking support Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-04 22:33       ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-04 22:58     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-04 22:58       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/3] eal/x86: run-time dispatch over memcpy Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-05  9:37         ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-05  9:38           ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-05 11:19           ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-05 11:26             ` Richardson, Bruce
2017-10-05 11:26             ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-05 12:12               ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-04 22:58       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/3] app/test: run-time dispatch over memcpy perf test Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-04 22:58       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/3] efd: run-time dispatch over x86 EFD functions Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-05  9:40         ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-05 10:23           ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-05 12:33       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] run-time Linking support Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-05 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/3] eal/x86: run-time dispatch over memcpy Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-09 17:47           ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-13  1:06             ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-13  7:21               ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-13  7:30                 ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-13  7:31                 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-13  7:36                   ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-13  7:41                     ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-05 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/3] app/test: run-time dispatch over memcpy perf test Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-05 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/3] efd: run-time dispatch over x86 EFD functions Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-05 13:24         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] run-time Linking support Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-09 17:40         ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-13  0:58           ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-13  9:01         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 " Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-13  9:01           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/3] eal/x86: run-time dispatch over memcpy Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-13  9:28             ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-13 10:26               ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-17 21:24             ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-18  2:21               ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-18  6:22                 ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-19  2:45                   ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-19  6:58                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-19  7:51                       ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-19  8:33                         ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-19  8:50                           ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-19  8:59                             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-19  9:00                             ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-19  9:29                               ` Bruce Richardson
2017-10-20  1:02                                 ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-25  6:55                                   ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-25  7:25                                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-29  8:49                                       ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-11-02 10:22                                         ` Wang, Zhihong
2017-11-02 10:44                                           ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-11-02 10:58                                             ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-11-02 12:15                                               ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-11-03  7:47                                             ` Yao, Lei A [this message]
2017-10-25  8:50                                     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-25  8:54                                       ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-25  9:00                                         ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-25 10:32                                           ` Li, Xiaoyun
2017-10-25  9:14                                         ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-10-13  9:01           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/3] app/test: run-time dispatch over memcpy perf test Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-13  9:01           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/3] efd: run-time dispatch over x86 EFD functions Xiaoyun Li
2017-10-13 13:13           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/3] run-time Linking support Thomas Monjalon

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