From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org (smtp3.osuosl.org [140.211.166.136]) (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 C4009468B for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2023 05:24:42 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.dev header.i=@linux.dev header.b="bnSB12l7" Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F03DB60B22 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2023 05:24:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp3.osuosl.org F03DB60B22 Authentication-Results: smtp3.osuosl.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=linux.dev header.i=@linux.dev header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=key1 header.b=bnSB12l7 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.1 X-Spam-Level: Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp3.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6oqe34ujGVoa for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2023 05:24:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out-176.mta0.migadu.com (out-176.mta0.migadu.com [91.218.175.176]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C4C960807 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2023 05:24:40 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp3.osuosl.org 9C4C960807 Message-ID: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.dev; s=key1; t=1701667477; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=u0n2D/tnKgjpK2IUTwVrFHT+iGyrOIMwpCUFmx4lMTU=; b=bnSB12l7yn8qLQ9sVFvz8Gy4jPgIDLSnGlmeiELwTQMNSv1zPVlmP3/sYWhcg+DmjNbscD O3RdF1TahhVPmYdEzaPBJydGbmC7cnj0+U7NKN1bRJDsqS+Dw+7/Gx1FUl6ws6oks+SKNZ H3sKARcUQk0Zw/ORM1cy6Fie+iJhZkA= Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 13:24:28 +0800 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: virtualization@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] virtio_net: Add page_pool support to improve performance To: Xuan Zhuo Cc: Liang Chen , jasowang@redhat.com, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, davem@davemloft.net, pabeni@redhat.com, alexander.duyck@gmail.com, "Michael S. Tsirkin" References: <20230526054621.18371-1-liangchen.linux@gmail.com> <20230526054621.18371-2-liangchen.linux@gmail.com> <20231129095825-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <0c2efe49-03db-4616-a4e5-26ff0434e323@linux.dev> <1701311694.1163726-1-xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com> <1701394709.904543-1-xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com> X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. From: Zhu Yanjun In-Reply-To: <1701394709.904543-1-xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT 在 2023/12/1 9:38, Xuan Zhuo 写道: > On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:30:40 +0800, Zhu Yanjun wrote: >> >> 在 2023/11/30 10:34, Xuan Zhuo 写道: >>> On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 23:29:10 +0800, Zhu Yanjun wrote: >>>> 在 2023/11/29 23:22, Zhu Yanjun 写道: >>>>> 在 2023/11/29 22:59, Michael S. Tsirkin 写道: >>>>>> On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 10:50:57PM +0800, Zhu Yanjun wrote: >>>>>>> 在 2023/5/26 13:46, Liang Chen 写道: >>>>>> what made you respond to a patch from May, now? >>>>> I want to apply page_pool to our virtio_net. This virtio_net works on >>>>> our device. >>>>> >>>>> I want to verify whether page_pool on virtio_net with our device can >>>>> improve the performance or not. >>>>> >>>>> And I found that ethtool is wrong. >>>>> >>>>> I use virtio_net on our device. I found that page member variable in >>>>> rq is not used in recv path. >>>>> >>>>> When virtio_net is modprobe, I checked page member variable in rq with >>>>> kprobe or crash tool.  page member variable in rq is always NULL. >>>>> >>>>> But sg in recv path is used. >>>>> >>>>> So how to use page member variable in rq? If page member variable in >>>>> rq is always NULL, can we remove it? >>>>> >>>>> BTW, I use ping and iperf tool to make tests with virtio_net. In the >>>>> tests, page member variable in rq is always NULL. >>>> >>>> And I replaced page member variable in rq with page_pool, but the >>>> statistics of page_pool are always 0. >>>> >>>> It is interesting that page_pool member variable in rq is not used in >>>> ping and iperf tests. >>>> >>>> I am not sure what tests can make page member variable not NULL. ^_^ >>> Do you mean rq->pages? >>> >>> That is for big mode. >> >> Hi, Xuan >> >> Got it. What is big mode? Do you mean big packet size? I run iperf with >> the packet size 2^23. >> >> The rq->pages is still NULL. >> >> It is interesting. > > You may need to check the code of virtnet_probe(). Thanks a lot. From virtnet_probe, big mode and mergeable mode can be found. Zhu Yanjun > > Thanks. > > >> >> Zhu Yanjun >> >> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>>> Best Regards, >>>> >>>> Zhu Yanjun >>>> >>>> >>>>> It is interesting. >>>>> >>>>> Zhu Yanjun >>>>>