netdev - Re: e1000 full-duplex TCP performance well below wire speed

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:15:54 -0800
From:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
To:	Carsten Aulbert <carsten.aulbert@....mpg.de>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Bruce Allen <ballen@...vity.phys.uwm.edu>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Henning Fehrmann <henning.fehrmann@....mpg.de>,
	Bruce Allen <bruce.allen@....mpg.de>
Subject: Re: e1000 full-duplex TCP performance well below wire speed

Carsten Aulbert wrote:
> Hi Andi,
> 
> Andi Kleen wrote:
>> Another issue with full duplex TCP not mentioned yet is that if TSO is
>> used the output  will be somewhat bursty and might cause problems with
>> the TCP ACK clock of the other direction because the ACKs would need
>> to squeeze in between full TSO bursts.
>>
>> You could try disabling TSO with ethtool.
> 
> I just tried that:
> 
> https://n0.aei.uni-hannover.de/wiki/index.php/NetworkTestNetperf3
> 
> It seems that the numbers do get better (sweet-spot seems to be MTU6000
> with 914 MBit/s and 927 MBit/s), however for other settings the results
> vary a lot so I'm not sure how large the statistical fluctuations are.
> 
> Next test I'll try if it makes sense to enlarge the ring buffers.

sometimes it may help if the system (cpu) is laggy or busy a lot so that the card
has more buffers available (and thus can go longer without servicing)

Usually (if your system responds quickly) it's better to use *smaller* ring sizes
as this reduces cache. Hence the small default value.

so, unless the ethtool -S ethX output indicates that your system is too busy
(rx_no_buffer_count increases) I would not recommend increasing the ring size.

Auke
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