linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v7] virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk

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Date:   Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:57:54 +0100
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...edance.com>
Cc:     Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@...il.com>,
        Cong Wang <cong.wang@...edance.com>,
        Jiang Wang <jiang.wang@...edance.com>,
        Krasnov Arseniy <oxffffaa@...il.com>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7] virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with
 sk_buff

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 07:28:42PM +0000, Bobby Eshleman wrote:
>This commit changes virtio/vsock to use sk_buff instead of
>virtio_vsock_pkt. Beyond better conforming to other net code, using
>sk_buff allows vsock to use sk_buff-dependent features in the future
>(such as sockmap) and improves throughput.
>
>This patch introduces the following performance changes:
>
>Tool/Config: uperf w/ 64 threads, SOCK_STREAM
>Test Runs: 5, mean of results
>Before: commit 95ec6bce2a0b ("Merge branch 'net-ipa-more-endpoints'")
>
>Test: 64KB, g2h
>Before: 21.63 Gb/s
>After: 25.59 Gb/s (+18%)
>
>Test: 16B, g2h
>Before: 11.86 Mb/s
>After: 17.41 Mb/s (+46%)
>
>Test: 64KB, h2g
>Before: 2.15 Gb/s
>After: 3.6 Gb/s (+67%)
>
>Test: 16B, h2g
>Before: 14.38 Mb/s
>After: 18.43 Mb/s (+28%)
>
>Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...edance.com>
>---
>
>Note: v7 only built, not retested since v6.

I re-tested and everything seems okay:

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>