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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:44:36 -0700
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Hans Schillstrom <hans.schillstrom@...csson.com>
Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...e.fr>,
"lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org" <lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
"netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org" <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
"horms@...ge.net.au" <horms@...ge.net.au>, "ja@....bg" <ja@....bg>,
"wensong@...ux-vs.org" <wensong@...ux-vs.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/9] ipvs network name space aware
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 03:23:48PM +0200, Hans Schillstrom wrote:
> On Monday 18 October 2010 13:37:38 Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> > On 10/18/2010 11:54 AM, Hans Schillstrom wrote:
> > > On Monday 18 October 2010 10:59:25 Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 10/08/2010 01:16 PM, Hans Schillstrom wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> This part contains the include files
> > >>> where include/net/netns/ip_vs.h is new and contains all moved vars.
> > >>>
> > >>> SUMMARY
> > >>>
> > >>> include/net/ip_vs.h | 136 ++++---
> > >>> include/net/net_namespace.h | 2 +
> > >>> include/net/netns/ip_vs.h | 112 +++++
> > >>>
> > >>> Signed-off-by:Hans Schillstrom<hans.schillstrom@...csson.com>
> > >>> ---
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> [ ... ]
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> #ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6
> > >>> diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
> > >>> index bd10a79..b59cdc5 100644
> > >>> --- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
> > >>> +++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
> > >>> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
> > >>> #include<net/netns/ipv4.h>
> > >>> #include<net/netns/ipv6.h>
> > >>> #include<net/netns/dccp.h>
> > >>> +#include<net/netns/ip_vs.h>
> > >>> #include<net/netns/x_tables.h>
> > >>> #if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK) || defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MODULE)
> > >>> #include<net/netns/conntrack.h>
> > >>> @@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ struct net {
> > >>> struct sk_buff_head wext_nlevents;
> > >>> #endif
> > >>> struct net_generic *gen;
> > >>> + struct netns_ipvs *ipvs;
> > >>> };
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> IMHO, it would be better to use the net_generic infra-structure instead
> > >> of adding a new field in the netns structure.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > > I realized that to, but the performance penalty is quite high with net_generic :-(
> > > But on the other hand if you are going to backport it, (without recompiling the kernel)
> > > you gonna need it!
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, yes. We don't want to have the init_net_ns performances to be impacted.
> >
> > You use here a pointer which will be dereferenced like the net_generic,
> > I don't think there will be
> > a big difference between using net_generic and using a pointer in the
> > net namespace structure.
> >
> > The difference is the id usage, but this one is based on the idr which
> > is quite fast.
> >
>
> I'm not so sure about that, have a look at net_generic and rcu_read_lock
> and compare
> ipvs = net->ipvs;
> vs.
> ipvs = net_generic(net, id)
>
> static inline void *net_generic(struct net *net, int id)
> {
> struct net_generic *ng;
> void *ptr;
>
> rcu_read_lock();
> ng = rcu_dereference(net->gen);
> BUG_ON(id == 0 || id > ng->len);
> ptr = ng->ptr[id - 1];
> rcu_read_unlock();
>
> return ptr;
> }
> ...
> static inline void rcu_read_lock(void)
> {
> __rcu_read_lock();
> __acquire(RCU);
> rcu_read_acquire();
> }
>
> Another way of doing it is to pass the ipvs ptr instead of the net ptr,
> and add *net to the ipvs struct.
>
> > We should experiment a bit here to compare both solutions.
> Agre
> >
> I single stepped through the rcu_read_lock() on a x86_64
> and it's quite many "stepi" that you need to enter :-(
Was this by chance with lockdep enabled? If not, could you please send
your .config?
Thanx, Paul
> > IMHO, we can (1) create a non-pointer netns_ipvs field in the net
> > namespace structure or (2) use a pointer [with net_generic].
> >
> > (1) is the faster but with the drawback of having a bigger memory
> > footprint even if the ipvs module is not loaded.
> > In this case we have to take care of what we store in the netns_ipvs
> > structure, that is reduce the per namespace table and so. At the first
> > glance, I think we can reduce this to the sysctls and a very few data,
> > for example using global tables tagged with the namespace and we don't
> > break the cacheline alignment optimization.
> >
> > (2) is slower but as the memory is allocated and freed when the module
> > is loaded/unloaded. What I don't like with this approach is we add some
> > overhead even if the netns is not compiled in the kernel.
> >
> or (3)
> Like (1) with data that needs to be cache aligned in "struct net"
> and the rest in an ipvs struct.
> Global hash tables or not ?
>
> > > My sugestion, take both with a configuration switch like:
> > > (i.e. avoid the rcu locking)
> > >
> > > --- net/ip_vs.h ---
> > > ...
> > > extern int ip_vs_net_id; /* net id for ip_vs */
> > >
> > >
> > > static inline struct netns_ipvs * net_ipvs(struct net* net, int id) {
> > > #ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_FAST_NETNS
> > > return net->ipvs;
> > > #else
> > > return (struct netns_ipvs *)net_generic(net, id);
> > > #endif
> > > }
> > > ...
> > >
> > > and where you need the netns_ipvs struct ptr,
> > > [snip]
> > > struct ip_vs_conn *ip_vs_conn_in_get(struct net *net, ....
> > > {
> > > struct netns_ipvs *ipvs = net_ipvs(net, ip_vs_net_id);
> > > ...
> > >
> >
> > It is a nice way to wrap both solutions but at this point I don't think
> > it is worth to add a 3rd option to compile ipvs.
> >
> >
>
> --
> Regards
> Hans Schillstrom <hans.schillstrom@...csson.com>
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