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Message-ID: <CAJ8uoz2v_48F6BuMkG7RPUymjQ2XL4hdPbeZu2R6SoarHSP47A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Aug 2019 16:14:05 +0200
From:   Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@...il.com>
To:     Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com>
Cc:     Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4] libbpf: add xsk_ring_prod__nb_free() function

On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 3:46 PM Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 21 Aug 2019, at 15:11, Magnus Karlsson wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 3:51 PM Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> When an AF_XDP application received X packets, it does not mean X
> >> frames can be stuffed into the producer ring. To make it easier for
> >> AF_XDP applications this API allows them to check how many frames can
> >> be added into the ring.
> >>
> >> The patch below looks like a name change only, but the xsk_prod__
> >> prefix denotes that this API is exposed to be used by applications.
> >>
> >> Besides, if you set the nb value to the size of the ring, you will
> >> get the exact amount of slots available, at the cost of performance
> >> (you touch shared state for sure). nb is there to limit the
> >> touching of the shared state.
> >>
> >> Also the example xdpsock application has been modified to use this
> >> new API, so it's also able to process flows at a 1pps rate on veth
> >> interfaces.
> >
> > My apologies for the late reply and thank you for working on this. So
> > what kind of performance difference do you see with your modified
> > xdpsock application on a regular NIC for txpush and l2fwd? If there is
> > basically no difference or it is faster, we can go ahead and accept
> > this. But if the difference is large, we might consider to have two
> > versions of txpush and l2fwd as the regular NICs do not need this. Or
> > we optimize your code so that it becomes as fast as the previous
> > version.
>
> For both operation modes, I ran 5 test with and without the changes
> applied using an iexgb connecting to a XENA tester. The throughput
> numbers were within the standard deviation, so no noticeable performance
> gain or drop.

Sounds good, but let me take your patches for a run on something
faster, just to make sure we are CPU bound. Will get back.

/Magnus

> Let me know if this is enough, if not I can rebuild the setup and do
> some more tests.
>
> > /Magnus
> >
> >> Signed-off-by: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> v3 -> v4
> >>   - Cleanedup commit message
> >>   - Updated AF_XDP sample application to use this new API
> >>
> >> v2 -> v3
> >>   - Removed cache by pass option
> >>
> >> v1 -> v2
> >>   - Renamed xsk_ring_prod__free() to xsk_ring_prod__nb_free()
> >>   - Add caching so it will only touch global state when needed
> >>
> >>  samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c | 109
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >>  tools/lib/bpf/xsk.h        |   4 +-
> >>  2 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
> >> index 93eaaf7239b2..87115e233b54 100644
> >> --- a/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
> >> +++ b/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
> >> @@ -461,9 +461,13 @@ static void kick_tx(struct xsk_socket_info *xsk)
> >>
> >>  static inline void complete_tx_l2fwd(struct xsk_socket_info *xsk)
> >>  {
> >> -       u32 idx_cq = 0, idx_fq = 0;
> >> -       unsigned int rcvd;
> >> +       static u64 free_frames[NUM_FRAMES];
> >> +       static size_t nr_free_frames;
> >> +
> >> +       u32 idx_cq = 0, idx_fq = 0, free_slots;
> >> +       unsigned int rcvd, i;
> >>         size_t ndescs;
> >> +       int ret;
> >>
> >>         if (!xsk->outstanding_tx)
> >>                 return;
> >> @@ -474,27 +478,52 @@ static inline void complete_tx_l2fwd(struct
> >> xsk_socket_info *xsk)
> >>
> >>         /* re-add completed Tx buffers */
> >>         rcvd = xsk_ring_cons__peek(&xsk->umem->cq, ndescs, &idx_cq);
> >> -       if (rcvd > 0) {
> >> -               unsigned int i;
> >> -               int ret;
> >> +       if (!rcvd)
> >> +               return;
> >>
> >> -               ret = xsk_ring_prod__reserve(&xsk->umem->fq, rcvd,
> >> &idx_fq);
> >> -               while (ret != rcvd) {
> >> -                       if (ret < 0)
> >> -                               exit_with_error(-ret);
> >> -                       ret = xsk_ring_prod__reserve(&xsk->umem->fq,
> >> rcvd,
> >> -                                                    &idx_fq);
> >> -               }
> >> -               for (i = 0; i < rcvd; i++)
> >> +       /* When xsk_ring_cons__peek() for example returns that 5
> >> packets
> >> +        * have been received, it does not automatically mean that
> >> +        * xsk_ring_prod__reserve() will have 5 slots available. You
> >> will
> >> +        * see this, for example, when using a veth interface due to
> >> the
> >> +        * RX_BATCH_SIZE used by the generic driver.
> >> +        *
> >> +        * In this example we store unused buffers and try to
> >> re-stock
> >> +        * them the next iteration.
> >> +        */
> >> +
> >> +       free_slots = xsk_prod__nb_free(&xsk->umem->fq, rcvd +
> >> nr_free_frames);
> >> +       if (free_slots > rcvd + nr_free_frames)
> >> +               free_slots = rcvd + nr_free_frames;
> >> +
> >> +       ret = xsk_ring_prod__reserve(&xsk->umem->fq, free_slots,
> >> &idx_fq);
> >> +       while (ret != free_slots) {
> >> +               if (ret < 0)
> >> +                       exit_with_error(-ret);
> >> +               ret = xsk_ring_prod__reserve(&xsk->umem->fq,
> >> free_slots,
> >> +                                            &idx_fq);
> >> +       }
> >> +       for (i = 0; i < rcvd; i++) {
> >> +               u64 addr = *xsk_ring_cons__comp_addr(&xsk->umem->cq,
> >> idx_cq++);
> >> +
> >> +               if (i < free_slots)
> >>                         *xsk_ring_prod__fill_addr(&xsk->umem->fq,
> >> idx_fq++) =
> >> -
> >> *xsk_ring_cons__comp_addr(&xsk->umem->cq,
> >> -                                                         idx_cq++);
> >> +                               addr;
> >> +               else
> >> +                       free_frames[nr_free_frames++] = addr;
> >> +       }
> >>
> >> -               xsk_ring_prod__submit(&xsk->umem->fq, rcvd);
> >> -               xsk_ring_cons__release(&xsk->umem->cq, rcvd);
> >> -               xsk->outstanding_tx -= rcvd;
> >> -               xsk->tx_npkts += rcvd;
> >> +       if (free_slots > rcvd) {
> >> +               for (i = 0; i < (free_slots - rcvd); i++) {
> >> +                       u64 addr = free_frames[--nr_free_frames];
> >> +                       *xsk_ring_prod__fill_addr(&xsk->umem->fq,
> >> idx_fq++) =
> >> +                               addr;
> >> +               }
> >>         }
> >> +
> >> +       xsk_ring_prod__submit(&xsk->umem->fq, free_slots);
> >> +       xsk_ring_cons__release(&xsk->umem->cq, rcvd);
> >> +       xsk->outstanding_tx -= rcvd;
> >> +       xsk->tx_npkts += rcvd;
> >>  }
> >>
> >>  static inline void complete_tx_only(struct xsk_socket_info *xsk)
> >> @@ -517,19 +546,37 @@ static inline void complete_tx_only(struct
> >> xsk_socket_info *xsk)
> >>
> >>  static void rx_drop(struct xsk_socket_info *xsk)
> >>  {
> >> +       static u64 free_frames[NUM_FRAMES];
> >> +       static size_t nr_free_frames;
> >> +
> >>         unsigned int rcvd, i;
> >> -       u32 idx_rx = 0, idx_fq = 0;
> >> +       u32 idx_rx = 0, idx_fq = 0, free_slots;
> >>         int ret;
> >>
> >>         rcvd = xsk_ring_cons__peek(&xsk->rx, BATCH_SIZE, &idx_rx);
> >>         if (!rcvd)
> >>                 return;
> >>
> >> -       ret = xsk_ring_prod__reserve(&xsk->umem->fq, rcvd, &idx_fq);
> >> -       while (ret != rcvd) {
> >> +       /* When xsk_ring_cons__peek() for example returns that 5
> >> packets
> >> +        * have been received, it does not automatically mean that
> >> +        * xsk_ring_prod__reserve() will have 5 slots available. You
> >> will
> >> +        * see this, for example, when using a veth interface due to
> >> the
> >> +        * RX_BATCH_SIZE used by the generic driver.
> >> +        *
> >> +        * In this example we store unused buffers and try to
> >> re-stock
> >> +        * them the next iteration.
> >> +        */
> >> +
> >> +       free_slots = xsk_prod__nb_free(&xsk->umem->fq, rcvd +
> >> nr_free_frames);
> >> +       if (free_slots > rcvd + nr_free_frames)
> >> +               free_slots = rcvd + nr_free_frames;
> >> +
> >> +       ret = xsk_ring_prod__reserve(&xsk->umem->fq, free_slots,
> >> &idx_fq);
> >> +       while (ret != free_slots) {
> >>                 if (ret < 0)
> >>                         exit_with_error(-ret);
> >> -               ret = xsk_ring_prod__reserve(&xsk->umem->fq, rcvd,
> >> &idx_fq);
> >> +               ret = xsk_ring_prod__reserve(&xsk->umem->fq,
> >> free_slots,
> >> +                                            &idx_fq);
> >>         }
> >>
> >>         for (i = 0; i < rcvd; i++) {
> >> @@ -538,10 +585,22 @@ static void rx_drop(struct xsk_socket_info
> >> *xsk)
> >>                 char *pkt = xsk_umem__get_data(xsk->umem->buffer,
> >> addr);
> >>
> >>                 hex_dump(pkt, len, addr);
> >> -               *xsk_ring_prod__fill_addr(&xsk->umem->fq, idx_fq++) =
> >> addr;
> >> +               if (i < free_slots)
> >> +                       *xsk_ring_prod__fill_addr(&xsk->umem->fq,
> >> idx_fq++) =
> >> +                               addr;
> >> +               else
> >> +                       free_frames[nr_free_frames++] = addr;
> >> +       }
> >> +
> >> +       if (free_slots > rcvd) {
> >> +               for (i = 0; i < (free_slots - rcvd); i++) {
> >> +                       u64 addr = free_frames[--nr_free_frames];
> >> +                       *xsk_ring_prod__fill_addr(&xsk->umem->fq,
> >> idx_fq++) =
> >> +                               addr;
> >> +               }
> >>         }
> >>
> >> -       xsk_ring_prod__submit(&xsk->umem->fq, rcvd);
> >> +       xsk_ring_prod__submit(&xsk->umem->fq, free_slots);
> >>         xsk_ring_cons__release(&xsk->rx, rcvd);
> >>         xsk->rx_npkts += rcvd;
> >>  }
> >> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.h b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.h
> >> index 833a6e60d065..cae506ab3f3c 100644
> >> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.h
> >> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.h
> >> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ xsk_ring_cons__rx_desc(const struct xsk_ring_cons
> >> *rx, __u32 idx)
> >>         return &descs[idx & rx->mask];
> >>  }
> >>
> >> -static inline __u32 xsk_prod_nb_free(struct xsk_ring_prod *r, __u32
> >> nb)
> >> +static inline __u32 xsk_prod__nb_free(struct xsk_ring_prod *r, __u32
> >> nb)
> >>  {
> >>         __u32 free_entries = r->cached_cons - r->cached_prod;
> >>
> >> @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static inline __u32 xsk_cons_nb_avail(struct
> >> xsk_ring_cons *r, __u32 nb)
> >>  static inline size_t xsk_ring_prod__reserve(struct xsk_ring_prod
> >> *prod,
> >>                                             size_t nb, __u32 *idx)
> >>  {
> >> -       if (xsk_prod_nb_free(prod, nb) < nb)
> >> +       if (xsk_prod__nb_free(prod, nb) < nb)
> >>                 return 0;
> >>
> >>         *idx = prod->cached_prod;
> >> --
> >> 2.18.1
> >>

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