Hi:
This series tries to implement tx batching support for vhost. This was
done by using MSG_MORE as a hint for under layer socket. The backend
(e.g tap) can then batch the packets temporarily in a list and
submit it all once the number of bacthed exceeds a limitation.
Tests shows obvious improvement on guest pktgen over over
mlx4(noqueue) on host:
Mpps -+%
rx_batched=0 0.90 +0%
rx_batched=4 0.97 +7.8%
rx_batched=8 0.97 +7.8%
rx_batched=16 0.98 +8.9%
rx_batched=32 1.03 +14.4%
rx_batched=48 1.09 +21.1%
rx_batched=64 1.02 +13.3%
Changes from V2:
- remove uselss queue limitation check (and we don't drop any packet now)
Changes from V1:
- drop NAPI handler since we don't use NAPI now
- fix the issues that may exceeds max pending of zerocopy
- more improvement on available buffer detection
- move the limitation of batched pacekts from vhost to tuntap
Please review.
Thanks
Jason Wang (3):
vhost: better detection of available buffers
vhost_net: tx batching
tun: rx batching
drivers/net/tun.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
drivers/vhost/net.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 8 ++++++--
3 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
--
2.7.4
Jason Wang
2016-Dec-30 05:20 UTC
[PATCH net-next V3 1/3] vhost: better detection of available buffers
This patch tries to do several tweaks on vhost_vq_avail_empty() for a better performance: - check cached avail index first which could avoid userspace memory access. - using unlikely() for the failure of userspace access - check vq->last_avail_idx instead of cached avail index as the last step. This patch is need for batching supports which needs to peek whether or not there's still available buffers in the ring. Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com> --- drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c index d643260..9f11838 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c @@ -2241,11 +2241,15 @@ bool vhost_vq_avail_empty(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq) __virtio16 avail_idx; int r; + if (vq->avail_idx != vq->last_avail_idx) + return false; + r = vhost_get_user(vq, avail_idx, &vq->avail->idx); - if (r) + if (unlikely(r)) return false; + vq->avail_idx = vhost16_to_cpu(vq, avail_idx); - return vhost16_to_cpu(vq, avail_idx) == vq->avail_idx; + return vq->avail_idx == vq->last_avail_idx; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_vq_avail_empty); -- 2.7.4
This patch tries to utilize tuntap rx batching by peeking the tx
virtqueue during transmission, if there's more available buffers in
the virtqueue, set MSG_MORE flag for a hint for backend (e.g tuntap)
to batch the packets.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com>
---
drivers/vhost/net.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 5dc3465..c42e9c3 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -351,6 +351,15 @@ static int vhost_net_tx_get_vq_desc(struct vhost_net *net,
return r;
}
+static bool vhost_exceeds_maxpend(struct vhost_net *net)
+{
+ struct vhost_net_virtqueue *nvq = &net->vqs[VHOST_NET_VQ_TX];
+ struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = &nvq->vq;
+
+ return (nvq->upend_idx + vq->num - VHOST_MAX_PEND) % UIO_MAXIOV
+ == nvq->done_idx;
+}
+
/* Expects to be always run from workqueue - which acts as
* read-size critical section for our kind of RCU. */
static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
@@ -394,8 +403,7 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
/* If more outstanding DMAs, queue the work.
* Handle upend_idx wrap around
*/
- if (unlikely((nvq->upend_idx + vq->num - VHOST_MAX_PEND)
- % UIO_MAXIOV == nvq->done_idx))
+ if (unlikely(vhost_exceeds_maxpend(net)))
break;
head = vhost_net_tx_get_vq_desc(net, vq, vq->iov,
@@ -454,6 +462,16 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
msg.msg_control = NULL;
ubufs = NULL;
}
+
+ total_len += len;
+ if (total_len < VHOST_NET_WEIGHT &&
+ !vhost_vq_avail_empty(&net->dev, vq) &&
+ likely(!vhost_exceeds_maxpend(net))) {
+ msg.msg_flags |= MSG_MORE;
+ } else {
+ msg.msg_flags &= ~MSG_MORE;
+ }
+
/* TODO: Check specific error and bomb out unless ENOBUFS? */
err = sock->ops->sendmsg(sock, &msg, len);
if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
@@ -472,7 +490,6 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
vhost_add_used_and_signal(&net->dev, vq, head, 0);
else
vhost_zerocopy_signal_used(net, vq);
- total_len += len;
vhost_net_tx_packet(net);
if (unlikely(total_len >= VHOST_NET_WEIGHT)) {
vhost_poll_queue(&vq->poll);
--
2.7.4
We can only process 1 packet at one time during sendmsg(). This often
lead bad cache utilization under heavy load. So this patch tries to do
some batching during rx before submitting them to host network
stack. This is done through accepting MSG_MORE as a hint from
sendmsg() caller, if it was set, batch the packet temporarily in a
linked list and submit them all once MSG_MORE were cleared.
Tests were done by pktgen (burst=128) in guest over mlx4(noqueue) on host:
Mpps -+%
rx_batched=0 0.90 +0%
rx_batched=4 0.97 +7.8%
rx_batched=8 0.97 +7.8%
rx_batched=16 0.98 +8.9%
rx_batched=32 1.03 +14.4%
rx_batched=48 1.09 +21.1%
rx_batched=64 1.02 +13.3%
The maximum number of batched packets were specified through a module
parameter.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com>
---
drivers/net/tun.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index cd8e02c..a268ed9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+static int rx_batched;
+module_param(rx_batched, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_batched, "Number of packets batched in rx");
+
/* Uncomment to enable debugging */
/* #define TUN_DEBUG 1 */
@@ -522,6 +526,7 @@ static void tun_queue_purge(struct tun_file *tfile)
while ((skb = skb_array_consume(&tfile->tx_array)) != NULL)
kfree_skb(skb);
+ skb_queue_purge(&tfile->sk.sk_write_queue);
skb_queue_purge(&tfile->sk.sk_error_queue);
}
@@ -1140,10 +1145,36 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_alloc_skb(struct tun_file
*tfile,
return skb;
}
+static void tun_rx_batched(struct tun_file *tfile, struct sk_buff *skb,
+ int more)
+{
+ struct sk_buff_head *queue = &tfile->sk.sk_write_queue;
+ struct sk_buff_head process_queue;
+ int qlen;
+ bool rcv = false;
+
+ spin_lock(&queue->lock);
+ qlen = skb_queue_len(queue);
+ __skb_queue_tail(queue, skb);
+ if (!more || qlen == rx_batched) {
+ __skb_queue_head_init(&process_queue);
+ skb_queue_splice_tail_init(queue, &process_queue);
+ rcv = true;
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&queue->lock);
+
+ if (rcv) {
+ local_bh_disable();
+ while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&process_queue)))
+ netif_receive_skb(skb);
+ local_bh_enable();
+ }
+}
+
/* Get packet from user space buffer */
static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
void *msg_control, struct iov_iter *from,
- int noblock)
+ int noblock, bool more)
{
struct tun_pi pi = { 0, cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_IP) };
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -1283,10 +1314,15 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun,
struct tun_file *tfile,
skb_probe_transport_header(skb, 0);
rxhash = skb_get_hash(skb);
+
#ifndef CONFIG_4KSTACKS
- local_bh_disable();
- netif_receive_skb(skb);
- local_bh_enable();
+ if (!rx_batched) {
+ local_bh_disable();
+ netif_receive_skb(skb);
+ local_bh_enable();
+ } else {
+ tun_rx_batched(tfile, skb, more);
+ }
#else
netif_rx_ni(skb);
#endif
@@ -1312,7 +1348,8 @@ static ssize_t tun_chr_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
struct iov_iter *from)
if (!tun)
return -EBADFD;
- result = tun_get_user(tun, tfile, NULL, from, file->f_flags &
O_NONBLOCK);
+ result = tun_get_user(tun, tfile, NULL, from,
+ file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK, false);
tun_put(tun);
return result;
@@ -1570,7 +1607,8 @@ static int tun_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr
*m, size_t total_len)
return -EBADFD;
ret = tun_get_user(tun, tfile, m->msg_control, &m->msg_iter,
- m->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
+ m->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT,
+ m->msg_flags & MSG_MORE);
tun_put(tun);
return ret;
}
--
2.7.4
From: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:20:51 +0800> @@ -1283,10 +1314,15 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile, > skb_probe_transport_header(skb, 0); > > rxhash = skb_get_hash(skb); > + > #ifndef CONFIG_4KSTACKS > - local_bh_disable(); > - netif_receive_skb(skb); > - local_bh_enable(); > + if (!rx_batched) { > + local_bh_disable(); > + netif_receive_skb(skb); > + local_bh_enable(); > + } else { > + tun_rx_batched(tfile, skb, more); > + } > #else > netif_rx_ni(skb); > #endifIf rx_batched has been set, and we are talking to clients not using this new MSG_MORE facility (or such clients don't have multiple TX packets to send to you, thus MSG_MORE is often clear), you are doing a lot more work per-packet than the existing code. You take the queue lock, you test state, you splice into a local queue on the stack, then you walk that local stack queue to submit just one SKB to netif_receive_skb(). I think you want to streamline this sequence in such cases so that the cost before and after is similar if not equivalent.
On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:20:51 +0800 Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com> wrote:> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c > index cd8e02c..a268ed9 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/tun.c > +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c > @@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ > > #include <linux/uaccess.h> > > +static int rx_batched; > +module_param(rx_batched, int, 0444); > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_batched, "Number of packets batched in rx"); > + > /* Uncomment to enable debugging */I like the concept or rx batching. But controlling it via a module parameter is one of the worst API choices. Ethtool would be better to use because that is how other network devices control batching. If you do ethtool, you could even extend it to have an number of packets and max latency value.