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From: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: markmc@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-ring: Use threshold for switching to indirect descriptors
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:17:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1322669842.3985.10.camel@lappy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1322669511.3985.8.camel@lappy>

Sorry, I forgot to copy-paste one of the results :)

On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 18:11 +0200, Sasha Levin wrote:
> I did some testing of indirect descriptors under different workloads.
> 
> All tests were on a 2 vcpu guest with vhost on. Simple TCP_STREAM using
> netperf.
> 
> Indirect desc off:
> guest -> host, 1 stream: ~4600mb/s
> host -> guest, 1 stream: ~5900mb/s
> guest -> host, 8 streams: ~620mb/s (on average)
> host -> guest, 8 stream: ~600mb/s (on average)
> 
> Indirect desc on:
> guest -> host, 1 stream: ~4900mb/s
> host -> guest, 1 stream: ~5400mb/s
> guest -> host, 8 streams: ~620mb/s (on average)
> host -> guest, 8 stream: ~600mb/s (on average)
Should be:
host -> guest, 8 stream: ~515mb/s (on average)

> 
> Which means that for one stream, guest to host gets faster while host to
> guest gets slower when indirect descriptors are on.
> 

-- 

Sasha.

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From: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	markmc@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-ring: Use threshold for switching to indirect descriptors
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:17:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1322669842.3985.10.camel@lappy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1322669511.3985.8.camel@lappy>

Sorry, I forgot to copy-paste one of the results :)

On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 18:11 +0200, Sasha Levin wrote:
> I did some testing of indirect descriptors under different workloads.
> 
> All tests were on a 2 vcpu guest with vhost on. Simple TCP_STREAM using
> netperf.
> 
> Indirect desc off:
> guest -> host, 1 stream: ~4600mb/s
> host -> guest, 1 stream: ~5900mb/s
> guest -> host, 8 streams: ~620mb/s (on average)
> host -> guest, 8 stream: ~600mb/s (on average)
> 
> Indirect desc on:
> guest -> host, 1 stream: ~4900mb/s
> host -> guest, 1 stream: ~5400mb/s
> guest -> host, 8 streams: ~620mb/s (on average)
> host -> guest, 8 stream: ~600mb/s (on average)
Should be:
host -> guest, 8 stream: ~515mb/s (on average)

> 
> Which means that for one stream, guest to host gets faster while host to
> guest gets slower when indirect descriptors are on.
> 

-- 

Sasha.


  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-30 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-29  9:33 [PATCH] virtio-ring: Use threshold for switching to indirect descriptors Sasha Levin
2011-11-29  9:33 ` Sasha Levin
2011-11-29 12:56 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-11-29 12:56   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-11-29 13:34   ` Sasha Levin
2011-11-29 13:34     ` Sasha Levin
2011-11-29 13:54     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-11-29 14:21       ` Sasha Levin
2011-11-29 14:21         ` Sasha Levin
2011-11-29 14:54         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-11-29 14:54           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-11-29 14:58           ` Avi Kivity
2011-11-29 14:58             ` Avi Kivity
2011-11-30 16:11             ` Sasha Levin
2011-11-30 16:11               ` Sasha Levin
2011-11-30 16:17               ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2011-11-30 16:17                 ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-01  2:42               ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-01  2:42                 ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-01  7:58                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-01  7:58                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-01  8:09                   ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-01  8:09                     ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-01 10:26                     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-01 10:26                       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-02  0:46                       ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-02  0:46                         ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-03 11:50                         ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-03 11:50                           ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-04 11:06                           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 11:06                             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 15:15                             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 15:15                               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 11:52                           ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-04 11:52                             ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-04 12:01                             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 12:01                               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 12:06                               ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-04 12:06                                 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-04 15:11                                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 15:11                                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 15:16                                   ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-04 15:16                                     ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-04 16:00                                     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 16:00                                       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 16:33                                       ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-04 16:33                                         ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-05  0:10                                     ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-05  0:10                                       ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-05  9:52                                       ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-05  9:52                                         ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-06  5:07                                         ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-06  5:07                                           ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-06  9:58                                           ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-06  9:58                                             ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-06 12:03                                             ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-07 13:37                                               ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-07 13:37                                                 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-06 12:03                                             ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-04 12:13                             ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-04 12:13                               ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-04 16:22                               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 16:22                                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-04 17:34                                 ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-04 17:34                                   ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-04 17:37                                   ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-04 17:37                                     ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-04 17:39                                     ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-04 17:39                                       ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-04 18:23                                       ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-04 18:23                                         ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-07 14:02                                         ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-07 14:02                                           ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-07 15:48                                           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-07 15:48                                             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-12-08  9:44                                             ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-08 10:37                                               ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-08 10:37                                                 ` Sasha Levin
2011-12-09  5:33                                                 ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-09  5:33                                                 ` Rusty Russell
2011-12-08  9:44                                             ` Rusty Russell
2011-11-29 13:54     ` Michael S. Tsirkin

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