[dpdk-dev] Load-balancing position field in DPDK load_balancer sample app vs. Hash table

[Matt Laswell]

Hey Folks,

This thread has been tremendously helpful, as I'm looking at adding
RSS-based load balancing to my application in the not too distant future.
Many thanks to all who have contributed, especially regarding symmetric RSS.

Not to derail the conversation too badly, but could one of you point me to
some example code that demonstrates the steps needed to configure RSS?
We're using Niantic NICs, so I assume that this is pretty standard stuff,
but having an example to study is a real leg up.

Again, thanks for all of the information.

--
Matt Laswell
laswell at infiniteio.com
infinite io, inc.

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Chilikin, Andrey <
andrey.chilikin at intel.com> wrote:

> Fortville supports symmetrical hashing on HW level, a patch for i40e PMD
> was submitted a couple of weeks ago. For Niantic you can use symmetrical
> rss key recommended by Konstantin.
>
> Regards,
> Andrey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ananyev, Konstantin
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 4:50 PM
> To: Yerden Zhumabekov; Kamraan Nasim; dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Yuanzhang Hu
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Load-balancing position field in DPDK
> load_balancer sample app vs. Hash table
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Yerden Zhumabekov [mailto:e_zhumabekov at sts.kz]
> > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 4:23 PM
> > To: Ananyev, Konstantin; Kamraan Nasim; dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: Yuanzhang Hu
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Load-balancing position field in DPDK
> > load_balancer sample app vs. Hash table
> >
> > I'd like to interject a question here.
> >
> > In case of flow classification, one might possibly prefer for packets
> > from the same flow to fall on the same logical core. With this '%'
> > load balancing, it would require to get the same RSS hash value for
> > packets with direct (src to dst) and swapped (dst to src) IPs and
> > ports. Am I correct that hardware RSS calculation cannot provide this
> symmetry?
>
> As I remember, it is possible but you have to tweak rss key values.
> Here is a paper describing how to do that:
> http://www.ndsl.kaist.edu/~shinae/papers/TR-symRSS.pdf
>
> Konstantin
>
> >
> > 14.11.2014 20:44, Ananyev, Konstantin пишет:
> > > If you have a NIC that is capable to do HW hash computation, then
> > > you can do your load balancing based on that value.
> > > Let say ixgbe/igb/i40e NICs can calculate RSS hash value based on
> > > different combinations of dst/src Ips, dst/src ports.
> > > This value can be stored inside mbuf for each RX packet by PMD RX
> function.
> > > Then you can do:
> > > worker_id = mbuf->hash.rss % n_workersl
> > >
> > > That might to provide better balancing then using just one byte
> > > value, plus should be a bit faster, as in that case your balancer code
> don't need to touch packet's data.
> > >
> > > Konstantin
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Yerden Zhumabekov
> > State Technical Service
> > Astana, KZ
> >
>
>