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Date:	Sat, 6 Feb 2010 07:22:41 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Chris Caputo <ccaputo@....net>
To:	bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: bonding forwarding perf issues in 2.6.32.7 & 2.6.29.6

Kernel 2.6.32.7 (and 2.6.32.5 & 2.6.29.6) on a 2x Intel Xeon E5420 
(Quad-Core 2.5Ghz), SuperMicro X7DBE+, 32GB (16 * 2GB) DDR2-667MHz.

I have a router with a variety of e1000 and e1000e based interfaces.

bond0 is a 2xGigE (82571EB) with two active slaves.

bond1 has up to 3 slaves (2x 80003ES2LAN/82563, 82546EB).

Both are configured with miimon=100, balance-xor, layer3+4.

When bond1 has just a single active slave, outbound (and possibly inbound) 
forwarding performance on bond1 is better than when it has two or three 
active slaves.  Ie., when I activate the second slave, by enabling the 
port on the switch it is connected to, forwarding performance drops 
dramatically across the full bond1.

Locally originated packets do not seem to be harmed by the second GigE 
coming online.  From what I have observed, the issue is with forwarding.  
The majority of the forwarding traffic is coming in on bond0 and egressing 
on bond1.

I have tried changing IRQ binding in a variety of ways (same CPU, same 
core, different cores, paired based on bond, irqbalance) and it hasn't 
helped.

I have tried having one of bond1's GigEs be on a separate bus with a 
separate NIC, to no avail.

Oprofiling (data below) does not reveal much time is being spent in the 
bonding driver.  bond_start_xmit() is the peak for the bonding driver, at 
less than 1% regardless of how many interfaces are bound.

Does anyone have any tips on how I should try to narrow down this further?

Thanks,
Chris

---

bond1 with just one 80003ES2LAN/82563 active:

samples  %        image name               app name                 symbol name
114103   13.4161  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         ipt_do_table
24447     2.8745  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_xmit_frame
23687     2.7851  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         dev_queue_xmit
19088     2.2444  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_clean_tx_irq
18820     2.2128  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         skb_copy_bits
16028     1.8846  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         skb_segment
15013     1.7652  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         __slab_free
14187     1.6681  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         __slab_alloc
13649     1.6048  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         mwait_idle
13177     1.5493  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_irq_enable
13017     1.5305  bgpd                     bgpd                     bgp_process_announce_selected
12242     1.4394  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         __alloc_skb
11186     1.3152  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         ip_vs_in
11054     1.2997  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         find_vma
10861     1.2770  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         ip_rcv
10724     1.2609  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         nf_iterate
10659     1.2533  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         kmem_cache_alloc

bond1 with a 80003ES2LAN/82563 and a 82546EB active:

samples  %        image name               app name                 symbol name
36249    14.1261  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         ipt_do_table
5985      2.3323  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         skb_copy_bits
5731      2.2333  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         __slab_free
5496      2.1418  e1000.ko                 e1000.ko                 e1000_clean
5489      2.1390  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         dev_queue_xmit
5247      2.0447  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         mwait_idle
5090      1.9835  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_xmit_frame
5025      1.9582  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_irq_enable
4777      1.8616  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         __slab_alloc
4714      1.8370  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_clean_tx_irq
4102      1.5985  e1000.ko                 e1000.ko                 e1000_intr
4004      1.5603  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         skb_segment
3924      1.5292  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_intr_msi
3867      1.5070  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         __alloc_skb
3424      1.3343  e1000.ko                 e1000.ko                 e1000_xmit_frame
3225      1.2568  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         find_vma
3148      1.2268  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         kfree

bond1 with 2x 80003ES2LAN/82563 active and a 82546EB active:

samples  %        image name               app name                 symbol name
28124    14.5651  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         ipt_do_table
5725      2.9649  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_irq_enable
5077      2.6293  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         mwait_idle
4374      2.2652  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         skb_copy_bits
4277      2.2150  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_intr_msi
4224      2.1876  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_xmit_frame
3863      2.0006  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         __slab_free
3826      1.9814  e1000e.ko                e1000e.ko                e1000_clean_tx_irq
3682      1.9069  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         dev_queue_xmit
3512      1.8188  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         __slab_alloc
3191      1.6526  e1000.ko                 e1000.ko                 e1000_clean
3042      1.5754  e1000.ko                 e1000.ko                 e1000_intr
2540      1.3154  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         __alloc_skb
2425      1.2559  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         ip_rcv
2406      1.2460  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         skb_segment
2333      1.2082  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         nf_iterate
2329      1.2062  vmlinux-2.6.32.7         vmlinux-2.6.32.7         ip_vs_in
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