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Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:36:55 +0000
From:   Andrei Gherzan <andrei.gherzan@...onical.com>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] selftests: net: udpgso_bench_tx: Cater for
 pending datagrams zerocopy benchmarking

On 23/01/31 07:26PM, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-01-31 at 16:31 +0000, Andrei Gherzan wrote:
> > On 23/01/31 05:22PM, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2023-01-31 at 15:08 +0000, Andrei Gherzan wrote:
> > > > On 23/01/31 03:51PM, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2023-01-31 at 13:04 +0000, Andrei Gherzan wrote:
> > > > > > The test tool can check that the zerocopy number of completions value is
> > > > > > valid taking into consideration the number of datagram send calls. This can
> > > > > > catch the system into a state where the datagrams are still in the system
> > > > > > (for example in a qdisk, waiting for the network interface to return a
> > > > > > completion notification, etc).
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This change adds a retry logic of computing the number of completions up to
> > > > > > a configurable (via CLI) timeout (default: 2 seconds).
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Andrei Gherzan <andrei.gherzan@...onical.com>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >  tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_tx.c | 38 +++++++++++++++----
> > > > > >  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_tx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_tx.c
> > > > > > index b47b5c32039f..5a29b5f24023 100644
> > > > > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_tx.c
> > > > > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_tx.c
> > > > > > @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static int	cfg_payload_len	= (1472 * 42);
> > > > > >  static int	cfg_port	= 8000;
> > > > > >  static int	cfg_runtime_ms	= -1;
> > > > > >  static bool	cfg_poll;
> > > > > > +static int	cfg_poll_loop_timeout_ms = 2000;
> > > > > >  static bool	cfg_segment;
> > > > > >  static bool	cfg_sendmmsg;
> > > > > >  static bool	cfg_tcp;
> > > > > > @@ -235,16 +236,17 @@ static void flush_errqueue_recv(int fd)
> > > > > >  	}
> > > > > >  }
> > > > > >  
> > > > > > -static void flush_errqueue(int fd, const bool do_poll)
> > > > > > +static void flush_errqueue(int fd, const bool do_poll,
> > > > > > +		unsigned long poll_timeout, const bool poll_err)
> > > > > >  {
> > > > > >  	if (do_poll) {
> > > > > >  		struct pollfd fds = {0};
> > > > > >  		int ret;
> > > > > >  
> > > > > >  		fds.fd = fd;
> > > > > > -		ret = poll(&fds, 1, 500);
> > > > > > +		ret = poll(&fds, 1, poll_timeout);
> > > > > >  		if (ret == 0) {
> > > > > > -			if (cfg_verbose)
> > > > > > +			if ((cfg_verbose) && (poll_err))
> > > > > >  				fprintf(stderr, "poll timeout\n");
> > > > > >  		} else if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > >  			error(1, errno, "poll");
> > > > > > @@ -254,6 +256,22 @@ static void flush_errqueue(int fd, const bool do_poll)
> > > > > >  	flush_errqueue_recv(fd);
> > > > > >  }
> > > > > >  
> > > > > > +static void flush_errqueue_retry(int fd, const bool do_poll, unsigned long num_sends)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +	unsigned long tnow, tstop;
> > > > > > +	bool first_try = true;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +	tnow = gettimeofday_ms();
> > > > > > +	tstop = tnow + cfg_poll_loop_timeout_ms;
> > > > > > +	do {
> > > > > > +		flush_errqueue(fd, do_poll, tstop - tnow, first_try);
> > > > > > +		first_try = false;
> > > > > > +		if (!do_poll)
> > > > > > +			usleep(1000);  // a throttling delay if polling is enabled
> > > > > 
> > > > > Even if the kernel codying style is not very strictly enforced for
> > > > > self-tests, please avoid c++ style comments.
> > > > > 
> > > > > More importantly, as Willem noded, this function is always called with
> > > > > do_poll == true. You should drop such argument and the related branch
> > > > > above.
> > > > 
> > > > Agreed. I will drop.
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > +		tnow = gettimeofday_ms();
> > > > > > +	} while ((stat_zcopies != num_sends) && (tnow < tstop));
> > > > > > +}
> > > > > > +
> > > > > >  static int send_tcp(int fd, char *data)
> > > > > >  {
> > > > > >  	int ret, done = 0, count = 0;
> > > > > > @@ -413,8 +431,9 @@ static int send_udp_segment(int fd, char *data)
> > > > > >  
> > > > > >  static void usage(const char *filepath)
> > > > > >  {
> > > > > > -	error(1, 0, "Usage: %s [-46acmHPtTuvz] [-C cpu] [-D dst ip] [-l secs] [-M messagenr] [-p port] [-s sendsize] [-S gsosize]",
> > > > > > -		    filepath);
> > > > > > +	error(1, 0,
> > > > > > +			"Usage: %s [-46acmHPtTuvz] [-C cpu] [-D dst ip] [-l secs] [-L secs] [-M messagenr] [-p port] [-s sendsize] [-S gsosize]",
> > > > > > +			filepath);
> > > > > 
> > > > > Please avoid introducing unnecessary white-space changes (no reason to
> > > > > move the usage text on a new line)
> > > > 
> > > > The only reason why I've done this was to make scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > > happy:
> > > > 
> > > > WARNING: line length of 141 exceeds 100 columns
> > > > #83: FILE: tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_tx.c:432:
> > > > 
> > > > I can drop and ignore the warning, or maybe it would have been better to
> > > > just mention this in git message. What do you prefer?
> > > 
> > > Long lines are allowed for (kernel) messages, to make them easily grep-
> > > able.
> > > 
> > > In this specific case you can either append the new text to the message
> > > without introducing that strange indentation or even better break the
> > > usage string alike:
> > > 
> > > 	"Usage: %s [-46acmHPtTuvz] [-C cpu] [-D dst ip] [-l secs] [-L secs]"
> > > 	" [-L secs] [-M messagenr] [-p port] [-s sendsize] [-S gsosize]"
> > 
> > Funny I went through this too but it also fails with:
> > 
> > WARNING: quoted string split across lines
> > #84: FILE: tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_tx.c:433
> > 
> > This is how I usually do it but it seems like it's flagged too.
> 
> I'm all for ignoring this warning in this specific context. Among other
> things it will be consistent with other existing self-tests.
> 
> Eventually the checkpatch script could be tuned (with an unrelated
> patch) to discriminate between kernel and self-tests code.

In that case I will use quoted strings split across lines in the next
version

-- 
Andrei Gherzan

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