netdev - Re: [PATCH] macvtap: Fix macvtap_get

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Date:	Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:21:57 +0800
From:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:	Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
CC:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, arnd@...db.de,
	davem@...emloft.net, levinsasha928@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macvtap: Fix macvtap_get_queue to use rxhash first

On 11/25/2011 11:07 AM, Krishna Kumar2 wrote:
> "Michael S. Tsirkin"<mst@...hat.com>  wrote on 11/24/2011 09:44:31 PM:
>
>>> As far as I can see, ixgbe binds queues to physical cpu, so let
> consider:
>>> vhost thread transmits packets of flow A on processor M
>>> during packet transmission, ixgbe driver programs the card to
>>> deliver the packet of flow A to queue/cpu M through flow director
>>> (see ixgbe_atr())
>>> vhost thread then receives packet of flow A with from M
>>> ...
>>> vhost thread transmits packets of flow A on processor N
>>> ixgbe driver programs the flow director to change the delivery of
>>> flow A to queue N ( cpu N )
>>> vhost thread then receives packet of flow A with from N
>>> ...
>>>
>>> So, for a single flow A, we may get different queue mappings. Using
>>> rxhash instead may solve this issue.
>> Or better, transmit a single flow from a single vhost thread.
>>
>> If packets of a single flow get spread over different CPUs,
>> they will get reordered and things are not going to work well.
> My testing so far shows that guest sends on (e.g.) TXQ#2
> only, which is handled by vhost#2; and this doesn't change
> for the entire duration of the test. Incoming keeps
> changing for different packets but become same with
> this patch. To iterate, I have not seen the following:

Yes because guest chose the txq of virtio-net based on hash.

>
> "
> vhost thread transmits packets of flow A on processor M
> ...
> vhost thread transmits packets of flow A on processor N
> "

My description is not clear again :(
I mean the same vhost thead:

vhost thread #0 transmits packets of flow A on processor M
...
vhost thread #0 move to another process N and start to transmit packets 
of flow A

> - KK
>

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