Re: rps perfomance WAS(Re: rps: question

Changli Gao
2010-04-22T01:27:28Z

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks a lot Jamal, this is really useful
>
> Drawback of using a fixed src ip from your generator is that all flows
> share the same struct dst entry on SUT. This might explain some glitches
> you noticed (ip_route_input + ip_rcv at high level on slave/application
> cpus)
> Also note your test is one way. If some data was replied we would see
> much use of the 'flows'
>
> I notice epoll_ctl() used a lot, are you re-arming epoll each time you
> receive a datagram ?
>
> I see slave/application cpus hit _raw_spin_lock_irqsave() and
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore().
>
> Maybe a ring buffer could help (instead of a double linked queue) for
> backlog, or the double queue trick, if Changli wants to respin his
> patch.
>
>

OK, I'll post a new patch against the current tree, so Jamal can have
a try. I am sorry, but I don't have a suitable computer for benchmark.

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Regards，
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@gmail.com)