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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Cc: Harold Huang <baymaxhuang@gmail.com>,
	netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
	open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"open list:XDP (eXpress Data Path)" <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] tun: support NAPI for packets received from batched XDP buffs
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:15:39 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220228091539.057c80ef@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACGkMEtFFe3mVkXYjYJZtGdU=tAB+T5TYCqySzSxR2N5e4UV1A@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:46:56 +0800
Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 11:38 AM Harold Huang <baymaxhuang@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > In tun, NAPI is supported and we can also use NAPI in the path of
> > batched XDP buffs to accelerate packet processing. What is more, after
> > we use NAPI, GRO is also supported. The iperf shows that the throughput of
> > single stream could be improved from 4.5Gbps to 9.2Gbps. Additionally, 9.2
> > Gbps nearly reachs the line speed of the phy nic and there is still about
> > 15% idle cpu core remaining on the vhost thread.
> >
> > Test topology:
> > [iperf server]<--->tap<--->dpdk testpmd<--->phy nic<--->[iperf client]
> >
> > Iperf stream:
> > iperf3 -c 10.0.0.2  -i 1 -t 10
> >
> > Before:
> > ...
> > [  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   558 MBytes  4.68 Gbits/sec    0   1.50 MBytes
> > [  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   556 MBytes  4.67 Gbits/sec    1   1.35 MBytes
> > [  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   556 MBytes  4.67 Gbits/sec    2   1.18 MBytes
> > [  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   559 MBytes  4.69 Gbits/sec    0   1.48 MBytes
> > [  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   556 MBytes  4.67 Gbits/sec    1   1.33 MBytes
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
> > [  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.39 GBytes  4.63 Gbits/sec   72          sender
> > [  5]   0.00-10.04  sec  5.39 GBytes  4.61 Gbits/sec               receiver
> >
> > After:
> > ...
> > [  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  1.07 GBytes  9.19 Gbits/sec    0   1.55 MBytes
> > [  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  1.08 GBytes  9.30 Gbits/sec    0   1.63 MBytes
> > [  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  1.08 GBytes  9.25 Gbits/sec    0   1.72 MBytes
> > [  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  1.08 GBytes  9.25 Gbits/sec   77   1.31 MBytes
> > [  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  1.08 GBytes  9.24 Gbits/sec    0   1.48 MBytes
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
> > [  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  10.8 GBytes  9.28 Gbits/sec  166          sender
> > [  5]   0.00-10.04  sec  10.8 GBytes  9.24 Gbits/sec               receiver
> >
> > Reported-at: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CACGkMEvTLG0Ayg+TtbN4q4pPW-ycgCCs3sC3-TF8cuRTf7Pp1A@mail.gmail.com
> > Signed-off-by: Harold Huang <baymaxhuang@gmail.com>  
> 
> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>

Would this help when using sendmmsg and recvmmsg on the TAP device?
Asking because interested in speeding up another use of TAP device, and wondering
if this would help.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-28 17:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-24 10:38 [PATCH] tun: support NAPI to accelerate packet processing Harold Huang
2022-02-24 17:22 ` Paolo Abeni
2022-02-25  3:36   ` Harold Huang
2022-02-25  3:46 ` Jason Wang
2022-02-25  9:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2] tun: support NAPI for packets received from batched XDP buffs Harold Huang
2022-02-28  2:15   ` Jason Wang
2022-02-28  4:06   ` Eric Dumazet
2022-02-28  4:20     ` Jason Wang
     [not found]       ` <CANn89iKLhhwGnmEyfZuEKjtt7OwTbVyDYcFUMDYoRpdXjbMwiA@mail.gmail.com>
2022-02-28  5:17         ` Jason Wang
2022-02-28  7:26           ` Harold Huang
2022-02-28  7:56             ` Jason Wang
2022-02-28  3:38 ` [PATCH net-next v3] " Harold Huang
2022-02-28  7:46   ` Jason Wang
2022-02-28 17:15     ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2022-03-01  1:47       ` Jason Wang
2022-03-01  1:58       ` Harold Huang
2022-03-02  1:40   ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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