[dpdk-dev] DSW eventdev is getting "stuck"?

Mattias Rönnblom mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com
Thu Apr 4 09:39:50 CEST 2019


On 2019-04-04 07:39, Venky Venkatesh wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/3/19, 12:02 PM, "Mattias Rönnblom" <mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com> wrote:
> 
>      On 2019-04-03 20:36, Venky Venkatesh wrote:
>      >
>      >
>      > On 4/3/19, 11:34 AM, "Mattias Rönnblom" <mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com> wrote:
>      >
>      >      On 2019-04-03 20:17, Venky Venkatesh wrote:
>      >      > Hi,
>      >      > I am using the DSW code from 18.11 with the default settings for all the #defines. Here are some more details:
>      >      > I have an 8 port system with 1 queue.
>      >      > All ports can inject events. Port 0 and 7 inject events rarely.
>      >      > Ports 1-6 are linked to the queue and hence dequeue events.
>      >      >
>      >      > I see that in steady state the total number enqueues into the system is much greater than the total number of dequeues.
>      >      > eventdev deq#: 1948491 enq#: 1949007
>      >      >
>      >
>      >      If you have more enqueues than dequeues, it means there are events in
>      >      flight in the scheduler. In the above case, it's roughly 516 events,
>      >      which sounds perfectly healthy and normal. I say roughly, because
>      >      there's no way to take a consistent, global snapshot of all xstats counters.
>      >
>      > [VV]: This is in steady state i.e. there are no more events being injected into the system. So shouldn’t everything get drained out at some point?
>      >
>      
>      Assuming appropriate application behavior, sure, of course.
>      
>      Events in flight are either in the output buffer on the producer port,
>      or the input ring on the consumer.
>      
>      Inappropriate behavior would be if any port (producer, consumer or
>      producer+consumer) is left unattended (i.e. no enqueue or dequeue
>      operation is performed).
> 
> [VV]: I am pasting the original data again below. If about 516 events are inflight, atleast a few should show up in one of the data structures that you refer to -- but they don’t as seen below. Isn't that odd? Do you have any other places I can look -- there were no migrations too to look at some other transient buffers.
> 
> Below are the counters:
>   
> [root at PA-VM-venky ~]# cat y
>        dev_credits_on_loan:                 883
> ------ port 0 --------
>        port_0_new_enqueued:                 125
>    port_0_forward_enqueued:                   0
>    port_0_release_enqueued:                   0
>    port_0_queue_0_enqueued:                 125
>            port_0_dequeued:                   0
>    port_0_queue_0_dequeued:                   0
>          port_0_migrations:                   0

Zero migrations? Looks suspicions, unless you've had a very light load 
throughout the duration of the test.

>   port_0_migration_latency:                   0
> port_0_event_proc_latency:                   0
>    port_0_inflight_credits:                   3
>                port_0_load:                  49
>             port_0_last_bg:      39368511869708

This is an unattended port. "last_bg" is a timestamp of when this port 
last checked for ongoing "background operations" (included just for the 
purpose of finding offending ports). A background operation is handling 
the signaling required for migration to progress, or flushing the output 
buffers - for producers going idle.

If you compare this "last_bg" the others', you'll see that this port has 
been idle for something like 3.8e+13 TSC cycles. Assuming 2,4 GHz TSC 
clock, this port hasn't received any love in ~4h.

An unattended port blocks completion of a migration. This in turn means 
that there might well be events sitting in the "paused_events" array at 
the various ports, related to the in-progress migration. Check 
"paused_events_len" in gdb to verify that this is indeed the case.

> ------ port 1 --------
>        port_1_new_enqueued:              138947
>    port_1_forward_enqueued:              237896
>    port_1_release_enqueued:                   0
>    port_1_queue_0_enqueued:              376843
>            port_1_dequeued:              475778
>    port_1_queue_0_dequeued:              475778
>          port_1_migrations:                   0
>   port_1_migration_latency:                   0
> port_1_event_proc_latency:              119069
>    port_1_inflight_credits:                  13
>                port_1_load:                   0
>             port_1_last_bg:      77183632541672
> ------ port 2 --------
>        port_2_new_enqueued:               88834
>    port_2_forward_enqueued:              156687
>    port_2_release_enqueued:                   0
>    port_2_queue_0_enqueued:              245521
>            port_2_dequeued:              313358
>    port_2_queue_0_dequeued:              313358
>          port_2_migrations:                   0
>   port_2_migration_latency:                   0
> port_2_event_proc_latency:              176184
>    port_2_inflight_credits:                  15
>                port_2_load:                   0
>             port_2_last_bg:      77183632941696
> ------ port 3 --------
>        port_3_new_enqueued:               73170
>    port_3_forward_enqueued:               78087
>    port_3_release_enqueued:                   0
>    port_3_queue_0_enqueued:              151257
>            port_3_dequeued:              165317
>    port_3_queue_0_dequeued:              165317
>          port_3_migrations:                   0
>   port_3_migration_latency:                   0
> port_3_event_proc_latency:              329601
>    port_3_inflight_credits:                  66
>                port_3_load:                   0
>             port_3_last_bg:      77183632966910
> ------ port 4 --------
>        port_4_new_enqueued:               93182
>    port_4_forward_enqueued:               76422
>    port_4_release_enqueued:                   0
>    port_4_queue_0_enqueued:              169604
>            port_4_dequeued:              207721
>    port_4_queue_0_dequeued:              207721
>          port_4_migrations:                   0
>   port_4_migration_latency:                   0
> port_4_event_proc_latency:              262259
>    port_4_inflight_credits:                 114
>                port_4_load:                   0
>             port_4_last_bg:      77183632760588
> ------ port 5 --------
>        port_5_new_enqueued:              144855
>    port_5_forward_enqueued:              630897
>    port_5_release_enqueued:                   0
>    port_5_queue_0_enqueued:              775752
>            port_5_dequeued:              633700
>    port_5_queue_0_dequeued:              633700
>          port_5_migrations:                   0
>   port_5_migration_latency:                   0
> port_5_event_proc_latency:               88203
>    port_5_inflight_credits:                  64
>                port_5_load:                   0
>             port_5_last_bg:      77183632277448
> ------ port 6 --------
>        port_6_new_enqueued:              153590
>    port_6_forward_enqueued:               76315
>    port_6_release_enqueued:                   0
>    port_6_queue_0_enqueued:              229905
>            port_6_dequeued:              152617
>    port_6_queue_0_dequeued:              152617
>          port_6_migrations:                   0
>   port_6_migration_latency:                   0
> port_6_event_proc_latency:              354408
>    port_6_inflight_credits:                  92
>                port_6_load:                   0
>             port_6_last_bg:      77183632653092
> ------ port 7 --------
>        port_7_new_enqueued:                   0
>    port_7_forward_enqueued:                   0
>    port_7_release_enqueued:                   0
>    port_7_queue_0_enqueued:                   0
>            port_7_dequeued:                   0
>    port_7_queue_0_dequeued:                   0
>          port_7_migrations:                   0
>   port_7_migration_latency:                   0
> port_7_event_proc_latency:                   0
>    port_7_inflight_credits:                   0
>                port_7_load:                   0

Where's the "last_bg" for this port?

>   
>   
>   
> Below are the data structure values:
>   
> (gdb) p ((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[0]->out_buffer_len
> $2 = {0 <repeats 64 times>}
> (gdb) p ((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[1]->out_buffer_len
> $3 = {0 <repeats 64 times>}
> (gdb) p ((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[2]->out_buffer_len
> $4 = {0 <repeats 64 times>}
> (gdb) p ((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[3]->out_buffer_len
> $5 = {0 <repeats 64 times>}
> (gdb) p ((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[4]->out_buffer_len
> $6 = {0 <repeats 64 times>}
> (gdb) p ((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[5]->out_buffer_len
> $7 = {0 <repeats 64 times>}
> (gdb) p ((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[6]->out_buffer_len
> $8 = {0 <repeats 64 times>}
> (gdb) p ((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[7]->out_buffer_len
> $9 = {0 <repeats 64 times>}
> (gdb) p *((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[0]->in_ring
> $10 = {r = {name = "dsw0_p0", '\000' <repeats 24 times>, flags = 6, memzone = 0xc000000090, size = 32768, mask = 32767, capacity = 16384, pad0 = 0 '\000', prod = {head = 0, tail = 0,
>        single = 0}, pad1 = 0 '\000', cons = {head = 0, tail = 0, single = 1}, pad2 = 0 '\000'}}
> (gdb) p *((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[1]->in_ring
> $11 = {r = {name = "dsw0_p1", '\000' <repeats 24 times>, flags = 6, memzone = 0xc000000120, size = 32768, mask = 32767, capacity = 16384, pad0 = 0 '\000', prod = {head = 475778,
>        tail = 475778, single = 0}, pad1 = 0 '\000', cons = {head = 475778, tail = 475778, single = 1}, pad2 = 0 '\000'}}
> (gdb) p *((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[2]->in_ring
> $12 = {r = {name = "dsw0_p2", '\000' <repeats 24 times>, flags = 6, memzone = 0xc0000001b0, size = 32768, mask = 32767, capacity = 16384, pad0 = 0 '\000', prod = {head = 313358,
>        tail = 313358, single = 0}, pad1 = 0 '\000', cons = {head = 313358, tail = 313358, single = 1}, pad2 = 0 '\000'}}
> (gdb) p *((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[3]->in_ring
> $13 = {r = {name = "dsw0_p3", '\000' <repeats 24 times>, flags = 6, memzone = 0xc000000240, size = 32768, mask = 32767, capacity = 16384, pad0 = 0 '\000', prod = {head = 165403,
>        tail = 165403, single = 0}, pad1 = 0 '\000', cons = {head = 165403, tail = 165403, single = 1}, pad2 = 0 '\000'}}
> (gdb) p *((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[4]->in_ring
> $14 = {r = {name = "dsw0_p4", '\000' <repeats 24 times>, flags = 6, memzone = 0xc0000002d0, size = 32768, mask = 32767, capacity = 16384, pad0 = 0 '\000', prod = {head = 208237,
>        tail = 208237, single = 0}, pad1 = 0 '\000', cons = {head = 208237, tail = 208237, single = 1}, pad2 = 0 '\000'}}
> (gdb) p *((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[5]->in_ring
> $15 = {r = {name = "dsw0_p5", '\000' <repeats 24 times>, flags = 6, memzone = 0xc000000360, size = 32768, mask = 32767, capacity = 16384, pad0 = 0 '\000', prod = {head = 633700,
>        tail = 633700, single = 0}, pad1 = 0 '\000', cons = {head = 633700, tail = 633700, single = 1}, pad2 = 0 '\000'}}
> (gdb) p *((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[6]->in_ring
> $16 = {r = {name = "dsw0_p6", '\000' <repeats 24 times>, flags = 6, memzone = 0xc0000003f0, size = 32768, mask = 32767, capacity = 16384, pad0 = 0 '\000', prod = {head = 152617,
>        tail = 152617, single = 0}, pad1 = 0 '\000', cons = {head = 152617, tail = 152617, single = 1}, pad2 = 0 '\000'}}
> (gdb) p *((struct dsw_evdev *)rte_eventdevs[0].data->dev_private)->ports[7]->in_ring
> $17 = {r = {name = "dsw0_p7", '\000' <repeats 24 times>, flags = 6, memzone = 0xc000000480, size = 32768, mask = 32767, capacity = 16384, pad0 = 0 '\000', prod = {head = 0, tail = 0,
>        single = 0}, pad1 = 0 '\000', cons = {head = 0, tail = 0, single = 1}, pad2 = 0 '\000'}}
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