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Message-ID: <0afcc48493b941ffab991d52b7c97a0d@BLUPR03MB373.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Dec 2013 02:44:40 +0000
From:	"fugang.duan@...escale.com" <fugang.duan@...escale.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Hector Palacios <hector.palacios@...i.com>
CC:	Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Fabio.Estevam@...escale.com" <Fabio.Estevam@...escale.com>,
	"shawn.guo@...aro.org" <shawn.guo@...aro.org>,
	"l.stach@...gutronix.de" <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
	"Frank.Li@...escale.com" <Frank.Li@...escale.com>,
	"bhutchings@...arflare.com" <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: FEC performance degradation with certain packet sizes

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Data: Thursday, December 19, 2013 1:39 AM

>To: Hector Palacios
>Cc: Marek Vasut; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Estevam Fabio-R49496;
>shawn.guo@...aro.org; l.stach@...gutronix.de; Li Frank-B20596; Duan Fugang-
>B38611; bhutchings@...arflare.com; davem@...emloft.net
>Subject: Re: FEC performance degradation with certain packet sizes
>
>On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 17:43 +0100, Hector Palacios wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm resending this thread (reworded the subject) with additional people on CC.
>> I found the issue happens also with auto-negotiated link and is reproducible
>on the
>> i.MX6 as well as on the i.MX28. It looks like a problem with the fec driver.
>>
>> Steps to reproduce:
>> On the target:
>> 	netpipe
>> On the host:
>> 	netpipe -h <target_ip> -n 5
>>
>> At certain packet sizes (starting always at 1533 bytes), the performance
>drops
>> dramatically:
>>
>> On i.MX28:
>> [...]
>>   42:     771 bytes      5 times -->     19.78 Mbps in     297.41 usec
>>   43:    1021 bytes      5 times -->     23.29 Mbps in     334.41 usec
>>   44:    1024 bytes      5 times -->     23.61 Mbps in     330.90 usec
>>   45:    1027 bytes      5 times -->     23.43 Mbps in     334.41 usec
>>   46:    1533 bytes      5 times -->      0.13 Mbps in   88817.49 usec
>>   47:    1536 bytes      5 times -->      0.06 Mbps in  189914.91 usec
>>   48:    1539 bytes      5 times -->      0.06 Mbps in  204917.19 usec
>>   49:    2045 bytes      5 times -->      0.07 Mbps in  210931.79 usec
>>   50:    2048 bytes      5 times -->      0.07 Mbps in  210919.10 usec
>>   51:    2051 bytes      5 times -->      0.07 Mbps in  212915.71 usec
>>   52:    3069 bytes      5 times -->     35.42 Mbps in     661.01 usec
>>   53:    3072 bytes      5 times -->     35.57 Mbps in     659.00 usec
>>   54:    3075 bytes      5 times -->     35.42 Mbps in     662.29 usec
>>   55:    4093 bytes      5 times -->     40.03 Mbps in     780.19 usec
>>   56:    4096 bytes      5 times -->     40.75 Mbps in     766.79 usec
>>   57:    4099 bytes      5 times -->     40.64 Mbps in     769.49 usec
>>   58:    6141 bytes      5 times -->      3.08 Mbps in   15187.90 usec
>>   59:    6144 bytes      5 times -->      2.94 Mbps in   15928.19 usec
>>   60:    6147 bytes      5 times -->      5.57 Mbps in    8418.91 usec
>>   61:    8189 bytes      5 times -->      1.34 Mbps in   46574.90 usec
>>   62:    8192 bytes      5 times -->      2.17 Mbps in   28781.99 usec
>>   63:    8195 bytes      5 times -->      1.36 Mbps in   45923.69 usec
>>   64:   12285 bytes      5 times -->     51.78 Mbps in    1810.21 usec
>>   65:   12288 bytes      5 times -->     50.46 Mbps in    1857.81 usec
>>   66:   12291 bytes      5 times -->     54.01 Mbps in    1736.21 usec
>>   67:   16381 bytes      5 times -->     55.86 Mbps in    2237.50 usec
>>   68:   16384 bytes      5 times -->     56.93 Mbps in    2195.79 usec
>>   69:   16387 bytes      5 times -->     35.62 Mbps in    3509.60 usec
>>   70:   24573 bytes      5 times -->      7.19 Mbps in   26075.60 usec
>>   71:   24576 bytes      5 times -->     58.36 Mbps in    3212.59 usec
>>   72:   24579 bytes      5 times -->      7.92 Mbps in   23678.90 usec
>>   73:   32765 bytes      5 times -->     58.14 Mbps in    4299.79 usec
>>   74:   32768 bytes      5 times -->      5.34 Mbps in   46810.20 usec
>>   75:   32771 bytes      5 times -->     41.51 Mbps in    6023.21 usec
>>   76:   49149 bytes      5 times -->     49.62 Mbps in    7557.20 usec
>>   77:   49152 bytes      5 times -->     48.82 Mbps in    7681.11 usec
>>
>> On i.MX6:
>> [...]
>>   42:     771 bytes      5 times -->     16.21 Mbps in     362.91 usec
>>   43:    1021 bytes      5 times -->     17.97 Mbps in     433.51 usec
>>   44:    1024 bytes      5 times -->     18.19 Mbps in     429.40 usec
>>   45:    1027 bytes      5 times -->     18.16 Mbps in     431.41 usec
>>   46:    1533 bytes      5 times -->      2.35 Mbps in    4970.11 usec
>>   47:    1536 bytes      5 times -->      2.36 Mbps in    4959.91 usec
>>   48:    1539 bytes      5 times -->      2.37 Mbps in    4959.20 usec
>>   49:    2045 bytes      5 times -->      3.14 Mbps in    4972.31 usec
>>   50:    2048 bytes      5 times -->      3.15 Mbps in    4959.50 usec
>>   51:    2051 bytes      5 times -->      3.15 Mbps in    4960.01 usec
>>   52:    3069 bytes      5 times -->      4.70 Mbps in    4984.19 usec
>>   53:    3072 bytes      5 times -->      4.73 Mbps in    4960.10 usec
>>   54:    3075 bytes      5 times -->      4.73 Mbps in    4957.81 usec
>>   55:    4093 bytes      5 times -->      6.29 Mbps in    4966.71 usec
>>   56:    4096 bytes      5 times -->      6.30 Mbps in    4962.00 usec
>>   57:    4099 bytes      5 times -->      6.31 Mbps in    4957.71 usec
>>   58:    6141 bytes      5 times -->     49.25 Mbps in     951.40 usec
>>   59:    6144 bytes      5 times -->     49.23 Mbps in     952.21 usec
>>   60:    6147 bytes      5 times -->     49.18 Mbps in     953.69 usec
>>
>> Does anyone have any clue about where the problem might be?
>
>What is the driver in use ?
>
>Have you tried disabling tso/gso ?
>
>ethtool -k eth0
>
>ethtool -K eth0 tso off gso off
>

Enet IP don't support tso feature.

I will reproduce the issue in imx6q/dl sd platform, and analyze the issue.
Previous test, we don't use netpipe tool test ethernet performance.

Thanks,
Andy

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