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From: "Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
To: "Bruce Richardson" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: "Jerin Jacob" <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>,
	"Thomas Monjalon" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	"dpdk-dev" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"David Marchand" <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
	"Ferruh Yigit" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	"Olivier Matz" <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
	"Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>,
	"Andrew Rybchenko" <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
	"Viacheslav Ovsiienko" <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>,
	"Ajit Khaparde" <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>,
	"Jerin Jacob" <jerinj@marvell.com>,
	"Hemant Agrawal" <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>,
	"Ray Kinsella" <mdr@ashroe.eu>,
	"Neil Horman" <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>,
	"Nithin Dabilpuram" <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>,
	"Kiran Kumar K" <kirankumark@marvell.com>, <techboard@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-techboard] [PATCH 1/1] mbuf: move pool pointer in first half
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 11:21:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35C61407@smartserver.smartshare.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201109100605.GB831@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com>

> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Richardson
> Sent: Monday, November 9, 2020 11:06 AM
> 
> On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 09:16:27AM +0100, Morten Brørup wrote:
> > +CC techboard
> >
> > > From: Jerin Jacob [mailto:jerinjacobk@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, November 9, 2020 6:18 AM
> > >
> > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 2:03 AM Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 07/11/2020 20:05, Jerin Jacob:
> > > > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 12:09 AM Thomas Monjalon
> > > <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> > > > > > 07/11/2020 18:12, Jerin Jacob:
> > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 10:04 PM Thomas Monjalon
> > > <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The mempool pointer in the mbuf struct is moved
> > > > > > > > from the second to the first half.
> > > > > > > > It should increase performance on most systems having 64-
> byte
> > > cache line,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > i.e. mbuf is split in two cache lines.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But In any event, Tx needs to touch the pool to freeing
> back to
> > > the
> > > > > > > pool upon  Tx completion. Right?
> > > > > > > Not able to understand the motivation for moving it to the
> > > first 64B cache line?
> > > > > > > The gain varies from driver to driver. For example, a
> Typical
> > > > > > > ARM-based NPU does not need to
> > > > > > > touch the pool in Rx and its been filled by HW. Whereas it
> > > needs to
> > > > > > > touch in Tx if the reference count is implemented.
> > > > >
> > > > > See below.
> > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Due to this change, tx_offload is moved, so some vector
> data
> > > paths
> > > > > > > > may need to be adjusted. Note: OCTEON TX2 check is
> removed
> > > temporarily!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It will be breaking the Tx path, Please just don't remove
> the
> > > static
> > > > > > > assert without adjusting the code.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Of course not.
> > > > > > I looked at the vector Tx path of OCTEON TX2,
> > > > > > it's close to be impossible to understand :)
> > > > > > Please help!
> > > > >
> > > > > Off course. Could you check the above section any share the
> > > rationale
> > > > > for this change
> > > > > and where it helps and how much it helps?
> > > >
> > > > It has been concluded in the techboard meeting you were part of.
> > > > I don't understand why we restart this discussion again.
> > > > I won't have the energy to restart this process myself.
> > > > If you don't want to apply the techboard decision, then please
> > > > do the necessary to request another quick decision.
> > >
> > > Yes. Initially, I thought it is OK as we have 128B CL, After
> looking
> > > into Thomas's change, I realized
> > > it is not good for ARM64 64B catchlines based NPU as
> > > - A Typical  ARM-based NPU does not need to touch the pool in Rx
> and
> > > its been filled by HW. Whereas it needs to
> > > touch in Tx if the reference count is implemented.
> >
> > Jerin, I don't understand what the problem is here...
> >
> > Since RX doesn't touch m->pool, it shouldn't matter for RX which
> cache line m->pool resides in. I get that.
> >
> > You are saying that TX needs to touch m->pool if the reference count
> is implemented. I get that. But I don't understand why it is worse
> having m->pool in the first cache line than in the second cache line;
> can you please clarify?
> >
> > > - Also it will be effecting exiting vector routines
> >
> > That is unavoidable if we move something from the second to the first
> cache line.
> >
> > It may require some rework on the vector routines, but it shouldn't
> be too difficult for whoever wrote these vector routines.
> >
> > >
> > > I request to reconsider the tech board decision.
> >
> > I was on the techboard meeting as an observer (or whatever the
> correct term would be for non-members), and this is my impression of
> the decision on the meeting:
> >
> > The techboard clearly decided not to move any dynamic fields in the
> first cache line, on the grounds that if we move them away again in a
> later version, DPDK users utilizing a dynamic field in the first cache
> line might experience a performance drop at that later time. And this
> will be a very bad user experience, causing grief and complaints. To
> me, this seemed like a firm decision, based on solid arguments.
> >
> > Then the techboard discussed which other field to move to the freed
> up space in the first cache line. There were no performance reports
> showing any improvements by moving the any of the suggested fields (m-
> >pool, m->next, m->tx_offload), and there was a performance report
> showing no improvements by moving m->next in a test case with large
> segmented packets. The techboard decided to move m->pool as originally
> suggested. To me, this seemed like a somewhat random choice between A,
> B and C, on the grounds that moving one of them is probably better than
> moving none of them.
> >
> 
> This largely tallies with what I remember of the discussion too.
> 
> I'd also add though that the choice between the next pointer and the
> pool
> pointer came down to the fact that the next pointer is only used for
> chained, multi-segment, packets - which also tend to be larger packets
> -
> while the pool pointer is of relevance to all packets, big and small,
> single and multi-segment.

I wish that was the case, but I am not so sure...

It is true that m->next is NULL for non-segmented packets.

However, m->next is read in the likely path of rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg(), which is called from e.g. rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(), and again from rte_pktmbuf_free(). And I assume that these functions are quite commonly used.

Not being a PMD developer, I might be wrong about this assumption.

> 
> /Bruce


  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-09 10:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-07 15:53 [dpdk-dev] " Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-07 17:12 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-11-07 18:39   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-07 19:05     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-11-07 20:33       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-09  5:18         ` Jerin Jacob
2020-11-09  8:04           ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-09  8:27             ` Jerin Jacob
2020-11-09  9:47               ` Bruce Richardson
2020-11-09 12:01                 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-11-09 12:59                   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-09 13:35                     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-11-09 14:02                       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-09 14:08                         ` Jerin Jacob
2020-11-09 14:42                           ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-09 14:53                             ` Jerin Jacob
2020-11-09  8:16           ` Morten Brørup
2020-11-09 10:06             ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-techboard] " Bruce Richardson
2020-11-09 10:21               ` Morten Brørup [this message]
2020-11-09 18:04                 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-11-10  7:15                   ` Morten Brørup
2020-11-07 18:57 ` [dpdk-dev] " Morten Brørup
2020-11-09 10:08   ` Bruce Richardson
2020-11-09 10:30     ` Morten Brørup
2020-11-09 10:33     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-11-09 10:36       ` Bruce Richardson
2020-11-09 11:24       ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-11-09 21:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] move mbuf pool pointer Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-09 21:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers: disable OCTEON TX2 in 32-bit build Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-10 18:05     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-11-09 21:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] mbuf: move pool pointer in first half Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-10 10:05     ` Morten Brørup
2020-11-10 10:44       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-10 16:25     ` Olivier Matz
2020-11-10 18:06       ` Jerin Jacob
2020-11-12 14:39         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-11-10 18:08       ` Stephen Hemminger

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