From a5340d933e3cd7829a24bacc156dd1e475a1ae2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Keller Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 05:32:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] i40e: ignore skb->xmit_more when deciding to set RS bit Since commit 6a7fded776a7 ("i40e: Fix RS bit update in Tx path and disable force WB workaround") we've tried to "optimize" setting the RS bit based around skb->xmit_more. This same logic was refactored in commit 1dc8b538795f ("i40e: Reorder logic for coalescing RS bits"), but ultimately was not functionally changed. Using skb->xmit_more in this way is incorrect, because in certain circumstances we may see a large number of skbs in sequence with xmit_more set. This leads to a performance loss as the hardware does not writeback anything for those packets, which delays the time it takes for us to respond to the stack transmit requests. This significantly impacts UDP performance, especially when layered with multiple devices, such as bonding, VLANs, and vnet setups. This was not noticed until now because it is difficult to create a setup which reproduces the issue. It was discovered in a UDP_STREAM test in a VM, connected using a vnet device to a bridge, which is connected to a bonded pair of X710 ports in active-backup mode with a VLAN. These layered devices seem to compound the number of skbs transmitted at once by the qdisc. Additionally, the problem can be masked by reducing the ITR value. Since the original commit does not provide strong justification for this RS bit "optimization", revert to the previous behavior of setting the RS bit every 4th packet. Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller Tested-by: Andrew Bowers Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c | 34 +++------------------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c index d9fdf69bbc6e..3bd176606c09 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c @@ -3167,38 +3167,12 @@ static inline int i40e_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb, /* write last descriptor with EOP bit */ td_cmd |= I40E_TX_DESC_CMD_EOP; - /* We can OR these values together as they both are checked against - * 4 below and at this point desc_count will be used as a boolean value - * after this if/else block. + /* We OR these values together to check both against 4 (WB_STRIDE) + * below. This is safe since we don't re-use desc_count afterwards. */ desc_count |= ++tx_ring->packet_stride; - /* Algorithm to optimize tail and RS bit setting: - * if queue is stopped - * mark RS bit - * reset packet counter - * else if xmit_more is supported and is true - * advance packet counter to 4 - * reset desc_count to 0 - * - * if desc_count >= 4 - * mark RS bit - * reset packet counter - * if desc_count > 0 - * update tail - * - * Note: If there are less than 4 descriptors - * pending and interrupts were disabled the service task will - * trigger a force WB. - */ - if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring))) { - goto do_rs; - } else if (skb->xmit_more) { - /* set stride to arm on next packet and reset desc_count */ - tx_ring->packet_stride = WB_STRIDE; - desc_count = 0; - } else if (desc_count >= WB_STRIDE) { -do_rs: + if (desc_count >= WB_STRIDE) { /* write last descriptor with RS bit set */ td_cmd |= I40E_TX_DESC_CMD_RS; tx_ring->packet_stride = 0; @@ -3219,7 +3193,7 @@ do_rs: first->next_to_watch = tx_desc; /* notify HW of packet */ - if (desc_count) { + if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) { writel(i, tx_ring->tail); /* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail -- 2.30.2