From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (lindbergh.monkeyblade.net [23.128.96.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 576C81E521 for ; Tue, 16 May 2023 07:45:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from esa.microchip.iphmx.com (esa.microchip.iphmx.com [68.232.154.123]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93B351BF0 for ; Tue, 16 May 2023 00:45:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=microchip.com; i=@microchip.com; q=dns/txt; s=mchp; t=1684223139; x=1715759139; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to; bh=RukK+0L/4X9csOT6mHo1rGQesDVApAfxAzTqB4Pui74=; b=1C+CJQTagHtJGwo9lAcqZ1o+5QNKGPfwoGxwzmj2WabWlvBGmbqHhPGy 5bd9hNX9zkDOlgOhNoLYskG9J1lconmQSsPZ4kfx6PxwCZXax+zh3iGNf jbRV0errGzvVJEC34W5hD0go1x/EyDPK4qMp+ZkHorYg1HF3YViMC2vQf ulponcyw25C+QnM0k+WPyKmX5SuRtkLQ6OWmd+hPpcBOMg0LCDUO9at7d YkYmw2Q34EdbqeNg5mCMPlMUM3DlRyND+ORFxmxv8fcXcb8xKpdZhOskZ 8/YAvoj6IkfSHro9YTMjM1Aort71wYCNRBxQA1emer6VbKYVFqGjcchhC A==; X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.99,278,1677567600"; d="scan'208";a="211467903" X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) Received: from unknown (HELO email.microchip.com) ([170.129.1.10]) by esa4.microchip.iphmx.com with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-SHA256; 16 May 2023 00:45:38 -0700 Received: from chn-vm-ex01.mchp-main.com (10.10.85.143) by chn-vm-ex04.mchp-main.com (10.10.85.152) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id 15.1.2507.21; Tue, 16 May 2023 00:45:34 -0700 Received: from localhost (10.10.115.15) by chn-vm-ex01.mchp-main.com (10.10.85.143) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 15.1.2507.21 via Frontend Transport; Tue, 16 May 2023 00:45:34 -0700 Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 09:45:33 +0200 From: Horatiu Vultur To: Eric Dumazet CC: Subject: Re: Performance regression on lan966x when extracting frames Message-ID: <20230516074533.t5pwat6ld5qqk5ak@soft-dev3-1> References: <20230515091226.sd2sidyjll64jjay@soft-dev3-1> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_NONE,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net The 05/15/2023 14:30, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 11:12 AM Horatiu Vultur > wrote: Hi Eric, Thanks for looking at this. > > > > Hi, > > > > I have noticed that on the HEAD of net-next[0] there is a performance drop > > for lan966x when extracting frames towards the CPU. Lan966x has a Cortex > > A7 CPU. All the tests are done using iperf3 command like this: > > 'iperf3 -c 10.97.10.1 -R' > > > > So on net-next, I can see the following: > > [ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 473 MBytes 396 Mbits/sec 456 sender > > And it gets around ~97000 interrupts. > > > > While going back to the commit[1], I can see the following: > > [ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 632 MBytes 529 Mbits/sec 11 sender > > And it gets around ~1000 interrupts. > > > > I have done a little bit of searching and I have noticed that this > > commit [2] introduce the regression. > > I have tried to revert this commit on net-next and tried again, then I > > can see much better results but not exactly the same: > > [ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 616 MBytes 516 Mbits/sec 0 sender > > And it gets around ~700 interrupts. > > > > So my question is, was I supposed to change something in lan966x driver? > > or is there a bug in lan966x driver that pop up because of this change? > > > > Any advice will be great. Thanks! > > > > [0] befcc1fce564 ("sfc: fix use-after-free in efx_tc_flower_record_encap_match()") > > [1] d4671cb96fa3 ("Merge branch 'lan966x-tx-rx-improve'") > > [2] 8b43fd3d1d7d ("net: optimize ____napi_schedule() to avoid extra NET_RX_SOFTIRQ") > > > > > > Hmmm... thanks for the report. > > This seems related to softirq (k)scheduling. > > Have you tried to apply this recent commit ? > > Commit-ID: d15121be7485655129101f3960ae6add40204463 > Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/d15121be7485655129101f3960ae6add40204463 > Author: Paolo Abeni > AuthorDate: Mon, 08 May 2023 08:17:44 +02:00 > Committer: Thomas Gleixner > CommitterDate: Tue, 09 May 2023 21:50:27 +02:00 > > Revert "softirq: Let ksoftirqd do its job" I have tried to apply this patch but the results are the same: [ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 478 MBytes 400 Mbits/sec 188 sender And it gets just a little bit bigger number of interrupts ~11000 > > > Alternative would be to try this : > > diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c > index b3c13e0419356b943e90b1f46dd7e035c6ec1a9c..f570a3ca00e7aa0e605178715f90bae17b86f071 > 100644 > --- a/net/core/dev.c > +++ b/net/core/dev.c > @@ -6713,8 +6713,8 @@ static __latent_entropy void > net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h) > list_splice(&list, &sd->poll_list); > if (!list_empty(&sd->poll_list)) > __raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_RX_SOFTIRQ); > - else > - sd->in_net_rx_action = false; > + > + sd->in_net_rx_action = false; > > net_rps_action_and_irq_enable(sd); > end:; I have tried to use also this change with and without the previous patch but the result is the same: [ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 478 MBytes 401 Mbits/sec 256 sender And it is the same number of interrupts. Is something else that I should try? -- /Horatiu