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Message-ID: <497F2DF4.4000507@cosmosbay.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:53:24 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	Paweł Staszewski <pstaszewski@...are.pl>
CC:	Linux Network Development list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: results with diff affinity settings using ixgbe

Paweł Staszewski a écrit :
> I make some tests with affinity on my machine with some traffic load.
> If someone want look:
> 
> 
> 
> Traffic in all test was 350Mbit/s TX and the same on RX
> 
> RX queues on cpu6 / TX queues on cpu7 / intel e1000e on cpu4
> Average:     CPU   %user   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft 
> %steal   %idle    intr/s
> Average:     all    0.05    0.00    0.00    0.00    1.89   10.03   
> 0.00   88.03 221511.70
> Average:       0    0.40    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00   99.60      0.70
> Average:       1    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      0.80
> Average:       2    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      0.70
> Average:       3    0.00    0.00    0.10    0.00    0.00    0.40   
> 0.00   99.50      0.70
> Average:       4    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    2.06   18.74   
> 0.00   79.20  12870.50
> Average:       5    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      1.30
> Average:       6    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    2.65   57.49   
> 0.00   39.86  59410.60
> Average:       7    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   10.50    5.00   
> 0.00   84.50  53977.90
> 
> 
> RX queues on cpu6 / TX queues on cpu7 / intel e1000e on cpu1
> Average:     CPU   %user   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft 
> %steal   %idle    intr/s
> Average:     all    0.08    0.00    0.09    0.00    0.75   14.24   
> 0.00   84.84 215755.20
> Average:       0    0.50    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00   99.50      1.30
> Average:       1    0.00    0.00    0.53    0.00    2.34   36.91   
> 0.00   60.21   9771.90
> Average:       2    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      1.40
> Average:       3    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.20   
> 0.00   99.80      1.30
> Average:       4    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      1.30
> Average:       5    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      1.80
> Average:       6    0.00    0.00    0.20    0.00    2.65   78.51   
> 0.00   18.64  54691.70
> Average:       7    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    1.03    0.51   
> 0.00   98.46  54060.60
> 
> 
> All RX/TX queues from ixgbe on one cpu7 / intel e1000e on cpu1
> Average:     CPU   %user   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft 
> %steal   %idle    intr/s
> Average:     all    0.07    0.00    0.10    0.00    1.19    9.44   
> 0.00   89.19 210155.50
> Average:       0    0.60    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00   99.40      0.60
> Average:       1    0.00    0.00    0.41    0.00    2.87   16.27   
> 0.00   80.45  13045.30
> Average:       2    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      0.70
> Average:       3    0.10    0.00    0.30    0.00    0.00    0.20   
> 0.00   99.40      0.60
> Average:       4    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      0.70
> Average:       5    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      1.10
> Average:       6    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      0.60
> Average:       7    0.00    0.00    0.10    0.00    6.77   60.00   
> 0.00   33.13 107242.50
> 
> 
> All RX/TX queues from ixgbe on one cpu7 / intel e1000e on cpu4
> Average:     CPU   %user   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft 
> %steal   %idle    intr/s
> Average:     all    0.05    0.00    0.04    0.00    1.24    9.55   
> 0.00   89.12 212186.90
> Average:       0    0.40    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00   99.60      2.20
> Average:       1    0.10    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00   99.90      2.30
> Average:       2    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      2.20
> Average:       3    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.30   
> 0.00   99.70      2.20
> Average:       4    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    1.03   14.68   
> 0.00   84.28  11965.50
> Average:       5    0.00    0.00    0.10    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00   99.90      2.80
> Average:       6    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   
> 0.00  100.00      2.30
> Average:       7    0.00    0.00    0.20    0.00    8.97   62.69   
> 0.00   28.13 110943.50
> 
> 
> Affinity set to "ffffffff" / and intel e1000e is on cpu4
> Average:     CPU   %user   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft 
> %steal   %idle    intr/s
> Average:     all    0.10    0.00    0.14    0.01    1.16   15.07   
> 0.00   83.52 185043.10
> Average:       0    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.10    2.90   36.90   
> 0.00   60.10   9008.60
> Average:       1    0.00    0.00    0.10    0.00    2.30   28.36   
> 0.00   69.24   9009.10
> Average:       2    0.80    0.00    0.40    0.00    0.50   13.76   
> 0.00   84.54   9008.90
> Average:       3    0.00    0.00    0.20    0.00    0.20    4.61   
> 0.00   94.98   9008.90
> Average:       4    0.00    0.00    0.10    0.00    2.35   19.55   
> 0.00   77.99  14142.10
> Average:       5    0.00    0.00    0.10    0.00    0.20    3.85   
> 0.00   95.84   9009.10
> Average:       6    0.00    0.00    0.10    0.00    0.40    4.22   
> 0.00   95.28   9008.90
> Average:       7    0.00    0.00    0.10    0.00    0.51    8.69   
> 0.00   90.70   9009.00
> 
> And if i split more RX/TX queues to different CPU-s i have more load
> done by:
> CPU: Core 2, speed 2999.98 MHz (estimated)
> Counted CPU_CLK_UNHALTED events (Clock cycles when not halted) with a
> unit mask of 0x00 (Unhalted core cycles) count 100000
> samples  %        image name               app name                
> symbol name
> 458001   29.5565  vmlinux                  vmlinux                 
> native_read_tsc
> 
> If all interrupts are on one CPU i have the best results
> So for me the best is to put ixgbe work on one CPU or make affinity to
> balance over all cpus

I am confused by all these numbers. What is your goal exactly ?

If one CPU is able to do the whole workload, it will be faster too.

All other cpus are idle and wont fight with cache lines.


> 
> But something is wrong with my intel e1000e
> because if i put intel e1000e with ixgbe on the same CPU system have
> 100% cpu load and all hangs.


Try to reproduce the bug and submit it ?

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