similar to: [PATCH net-next RFC 0/3] virtio-net: Conditionally enable tx interrupt

We free transmitted packets in ndo_start_xmit() in the past to get better performance in the past. One side effect is that skb_orphan() needs to be called in ndo_start_xmit() which makes sk_wmem_alloc not accurate in fact. For TCP protocol, this means several optimization could not work well such as TCP small queue and auto corking. This can lead extra low throughput of small packets stream.

We free transmitted packets in ndo_start_xmit() in the past to get better performance in the past. One side effect is that skb_orphan() needs to be called in ndo_start_xmit() which makes sk_wmem_alloc not accurate in fact. For TCP protocol, this means several optimization could not work well such as TCP small queue and auto corking. This can lead extra low throughput of small packets stream.

According to David, proper accounting and queueing (at all levels, not just TCP sockets) is more important than trying to skim a bunch of cycles by avoiding TX interrupts. Having an event to free the SKB is absolutely essential for the stack to operate correctly. This series tries to enable tx interrupt for virtio-net. The idea is simple: enable tx interrupt and schedule a tx napi to free old

According to David, proper accounting and queueing (at all levels, not just TCP sockets) is more important than trying to skim a bunch of cycles by avoiding TX interrupts. Having an event to free the SKB is absolutely essential for the stack to operate correctly. This series tries to enable tx interrupt for virtio-net. The idea is simple: enable tx interrupt and schedule a tx napi to free old

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> Add napi for virtio-net transmit completion processing. Changes: v1 -> v2: - disable by default - disable unless affinity_hint_set because cache misses add up to a third higher cycle cost, e.g., in TCP_RR tests. This is not limited to the patch that enables tx completion cleaning in rx napi. - use trylock to

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> Add napi for virtio-net transmit completion processing. Changes: v1 -> v2: - disable by default - disable unless affinity_hint_set because cache misses add up to a third higher cycle cost, e.g., in TCP_RR tests. This is not limited to the patch that enables tx completion cleaning in rx napi. - use trylock to

On 10/15/2014 06:18 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 03:25:29PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: >> > Orphan skb in ndo_start_xmit() breaks socket accounting and packet >> > queuing. This in fact breaks lots of things such as pktgen and several >> > TCP optimizations. And also make BQL can't be implemented for >> > virtio-net. >> >

On 10/15/2014 06:18 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 03:25:29PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: >> > Orphan skb in ndo_start_xmit() breaks socket accounting and packet >> > queuing. This in fact breaks lots of things such as pktgen and several >> > TCP optimizations. And also make BQL can't be implemented for >> > virtio-net. >> >

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> Add napi for virtio-net transmit completion processing. Based on previous patchsets by Jason Wang: [RFC V7 PATCH 0/7] enable tx interrupts for virtio-net http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1505.3/00245.html Changes: RFC -> v1: - dropped vhost interrupt moderation patch: not needed and likely expensive at light

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> Add napi for virtio-net transmit completion processing. Based on previous patchsets by Jason Wang: [RFC V7 PATCH 0/7] enable tx interrupts for virtio-net http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1505.3/00245.html Changes: RFC -> v1: - dropped vhost interrupt moderation patch: not needed and likely expensive at light

Hello: We used to orphan packets before transmission for virtio-net. This breaks socket accounting and can lead serveral functions won't work, e.g: - Byte Queue Limit depends on tx completion nofication to work. - Packet Generator depends on tx completion nofication for the last transmitted packet to complete. - TCP Small Queue depends on proper accounting of sk_wmem_alloc to work. This

Hello: We used to orphan packets before transmission for virtio-net. This breaks socket accounting and can lead serveral functions won't work, e.g: - Byte Queue Limit depends on tx completion nofication to work. - Packet Generator depends on tx completion nofication for the last transmitted packet to complete. - TCP Small Queue depends on proper accounting of sk_wmem_alloc to work. This

On newer hosts that support delayed tx interrupts, we probably don't have much to gain from orphaning packets early. Based on patch by Jason Wang. Note: this might degrade performance for hosts without event idx support. Should be addressed by the next patch. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 137

Orphan skb in ndo_start_xmit() breaks socket accounting and packet queuing. This in fact breaks lots of things such as pktgen and several TCP optimizations. And also make BQL can't be implemented for virtio-net. This patch tries to solve this issue by enabling tx interrupt. To avoid introducing extra spinlocks, a tx napi was scheduled to free those packets. More tx interrupt mitigation

On newer hosts that support delayed tx interrupts, we probably don't have much to gain from orphaning packets early. Based on patch by Jason Wang. Note: this might degrade performance for hosts without event idx support. Should be addressed by the next patch. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 137

Orphan skb in ndo_start_xmit() breaks socket accounting and packet queuing. This in fact breaks lots of things such as pktgen and several TCP optimizations. And also make BQL can't be implemented for virtio-net. This patch tries to solve this issue by enabling tx interrupt. To avoid introducing extra spinlocks, a tx napi was scheduled to free those packets. More tx interrupt mitigation

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> Add napi for virtio-net transmit completion processing. Changes: v2 -> v3: - convert __netif_tx_trylock to __netif_tx_lock on tx napi poll ensure that the handler always cleans, to avoid deadlock - unconditionally clean in start_xmit avoid adding an unnecessary "if (use_napi)" branch - remove

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> Add napi for virtio-net transmit completion processing. Changes: v2 -> v3: - convert __netif_tx_trylock to __netif_tx_lock on tx napi poll ensure that the handler always cleans, to avoid deadlock - unconditionally clean in start_xmit avoid adding an unnecessary "if (use_napi)" branch - remove

On 2018/12/6 ??6:54, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > When use_napi is set, let's enable BQLs. Note: some of the issues are > similar to wifi. It's worth considering whether something similar to > commit 36148c2bbfbe ("mac80211: Adjust TSQ pacing shift") might be > benefitial. I've played a similar patch several days before. The tricky part is the mode switching

On 2018/12/6 ??6:54, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > When use_napi is set, let's enable BQLs. Note: some of the issues are > similar to wifi. It's worth considering whether something similar to > commit 36148c2bbfbe ("mac80211: Adjust TSQ pacing shift") might be > benefitial. I've played a similar patch several days before. The tricky part is the mode switching