[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] sched: fix port time rounding error

[Singh, Jasvinder]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 10:19 PM
> To: alangordondewar at gmail.com
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Alan Dewar <alan.dewar at att.com>; Singh, Jasvinder
> <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] sched: fix port time rounding error
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: alangordondewar at gmail.com <alangordondewar at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 9:48 AM
> > To: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>
> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Alan Dewar <alan.dewar at att.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH] sched: fix port time rounding error
> >
> > From: Alan Dewar <alan.dewar at att.com>
> >
> > The QoS scheduler works off port time that is computed from the number
> > of CPU cycles that have elapsed since the last time the port was
> > polled.   It divides the number of elapsed cycles to calculate how
> > many bytes can be sent, however this division can generate rounding
> > errors, where some fraction of a byte sent may be lost.
> >
> > Lose enough of these fractional bytes and the QoS scheduler
> > underperforms.  The problem is worse with low bandwidths.
> >
> > To compensate for this rounding error this fix doesn't advance the
> > port's time_cpu_cycles by the number of cycles that have elapsed, but
> > by multiplying the computed number of bytes that can be sent (which
> > has been rounded down) by number of cycles per byte.
> > This will mean that port's time_cpu_cycles will lag behind the CPU
> > cycles momentarily.  At the next poll, the lag will be taken into
> > account.
> >
> > Fixes: de3cfa2c98 ("sched: initial import")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Dewar <alan.dewar at att.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c | 12 ++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
> > b/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c index c0983ddda..c656dba2d 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
> > @@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ struct rte_sched_port {
> >  	uint64_t time_cpu_bytes;      /* Current CPU time measured in bytes
> > */
> >  	uint64_t time;                /* Current NIC TX time measured in bytes */
> >  	struct rte_reciprocal inv_cycles_per_byte; /* CPU cycles per byte */
> > +	uint64_t cycles_per_byte;
> >
> >  	/* Grinders */
> >  	struct rte_mbuf **pkts_out;
> > @@ -852,6 +853,7 @@ rte_sched_port_config(struct
> rte_sched_port_params
> > *params)
> >  	cycles_per_byte = (rte_get_tsc_hz() << RTE_SCHED_TIME_SHIFT)
> >  		/ params->rate;
> >  	port->inv_cycles_per_byte = rte_reciprocal_value(cycles_per_byte);
> > +	port->cycles_per_byte = cycles_per_byte;
> >
> >  	/* Grinders */
> >  	port->pkts_out = NULL;
> > @@ -2673,20 +2675,26 @@ static inline void
> > rte_sched_port_time_resync(struct rte_sched_port *port)  {
> >  	uint64_t cycles = rte_get_tsc_cycles();
> > -	uint64_t cycles_diff = cycles - port->time_cpu_cycles;
> > +	uint64_t cycles_diff;
> >  	uint64_t bytes_diff;
> >  	uint32_t i;
> >
> > +	if (cycles < port->time_cpu_cycles)
> > +		goto end;

Above check seems redundant as port->time_cpu_cycles will always be less than the current cycles due to roundoff in previous iteration.


> > +	cycles_diff = cycles - port->time_cpu_cycles;
> >  	/* Compute elapsed time in bytes */
> >  	bytes_diff = rte_reciprocal_divide(cycles_diff <<
> > RTE_SCHED_TIME_SHIFT,
> >  					   port->inv_cycles_per_byte);
> >
> >  	/* Advance port time */
> > -	port->time_cpu_cycles = cycles;
> > +	port->time_cpu_cycles +=
> > +		(bytes_diff * port->cycles_per_byte) >>
> > RTE_SCHED_TIME_SHIFT;
> >  	port->time_cpu_bytes += bytes_diff;
> >  	if (port->time < port->time_cpu_bytes)
> >  		port->time = port->time_cpu_bytes;
> >
> > +end:
> >  	/* Reset pipe loop detection */
> >  	for (i = 0; i < port->n_subports_per_port; i++)
> >  		port->subports[i]->pipe_loop = RTE_SCHED_PIPE_INVALID;
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> 
> Adding Jasvinder.