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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 15:58:49 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>
Cc: aleksander.lobakin@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
 lorenzo.bianconi@...hat.com, bpf@...r.kernel.org, hawk@...nel.org,
 toke@...hat.com, willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
 sdf@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 2/2] xdp: add multi-buff support for xdp
 running in generic mode

On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 00:08:15 +0100 Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> v00 (NS:ns0 - 192.168.0.1/24) <---> (NS:ns1 - 192.168.0.2/24) v01 ==(XDP_REDIRECT)==> v10 (NS:ns1 - 192.168.1.1/24) <---> (NS:ns2 - 192.168.1.2/24) v11
> 
> - v00: iperf3 client (pinned on core 0)
> - v11: iperf3 server (pinned on core 7)
> 
> net-next veth codebase (page_pool APIs):
> =======================================
> - MTU  1500: ~ 5.42 Gbps
> - MTU  8000: ~ 14.1 Gbps
> - MTU 64000: ~ 18.4 Gbps
> 
> net-next veth codebase + page_frag_cahe APIs [0]:
> =================================================
> - MTU  1500: ~ 6.62 Gbps
> - MTU  8000: ~ 14.7 Gbps
> - MTU 64000: ~ 19.7 Gbps
> 
> xdp_generic codebase + page_frag_cahe APIs (current proposed patch):
> ====================================================================
> - MTU  1500: ~ 6.41 Gbps
> - MTU  8000: ~ 14.2 Gbps
> - MTU 64000: ~ 19.8 Gbps
> 
> xdp_generic codebase + page_frag_cahe APIs [1]:
> ===============================================

This one should say page pool?

> - MTU  1500: ~ 5.75 Gbps
> - MTU  8000: ~ 15.3 Gbps
> - MTU 64000: ~ 21.2 Gbps
> 
> It seems page_pool APIs are working better for xdp_generic codebase
> (except MTU 1500 case) while page_frag_cache APIs are better for
> veth driver. What do you think? Am I missing something?

IDK the details of veth XDP very well but IIUC they are pretty much 
the same. Are there any clues in perf -C 0 / 7?

> [0] Here I have just used napi_alloc_frag() instead of
> page_pool_dev_alloc_va()/page_pool_dev_alloc() in
> veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff()
> 
> [1] I developed this PoC to use page_pool APIs for xdp_generic code:

Why not put the page pool in softnet_data?

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