[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] event/sw: performance improvements
Honnappa Nagarahalli
Honnappa.Nagarahalli at arm.com
Thu Sep 24 01:10:58 CEST 2020
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> >
> > Add minimum burst throughout the scheduler pipeline and a flush counter.
> > Replace ring API calls with local single threaded implementation where
> > possible.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau at intel.com>
>
> Thanks for the patch, a few comments inline.
>
> > ---
> > drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.h | 11 +++-
> > drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev_scheduler.c | 83
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.h b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.h
> > index 7c77b2495..95e51065f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.h
> > +++ b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.h
> > @@ -29,7 +29,13 @@
> > /* report dequeue burst sizes in buckets */ #define
> > SW_DEQ_STAT_BUCKET_SHIFT 2
> > /* how many packets pulled from port by sched */ -#define
> > SCHED_DEQUEUE_BURST_SIZE 32
> > +#define SCHED_DEQUEUE_BURST_SIZE 64
> > +
> > +#define SCHED_MIN_BURST_SIZE 8
> > +#define SCHED_NO_ENQ_CYCLE_FLUSH 256
> > +/* set SCHED_DEQUEUE_BURST_SIZE to 64 or 128 when setting this to 1*/
> > +#define SCHED_REFILL_ONCE_PER_CALL 1
>
> Is it possible to make the above #define a runtime option?
> Eg, --vdev event_sw,refill_iter=1
>
> That would allow packaged versions of DPDK to be usable in both modes.
>
> > +
> >
> > #define SW_PORT_HIST_LIST (MAX_SW_PROD_Q_DEPTH) /* size of our
> > history list */ #define NUM_SAMPLES 64 /* how many data points use
> > for average stats */ @@ -214,6 +220,9 @@ struct sw_evdev {
> > uint32_t xstats_count_mode_port;
> > uint32_t xstats_count_mode_queue;
> >
> > + uint16_t sched_flush_count;
> > + uint16_t sched_min_burst;
> > +
> > /* Contains all ports - load balanced and directed */
> > struct sw_port ports[SW_PORTS_MAX] __rte_cache_aligned;
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev_scheduler.c
> > b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev_scheduler.c
> > index cff747da8..ca6d1caff 100644
> > --- a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev_scheduler.c
> > +++ b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev_scheduler.c
> > @@ -26,6 +26,29 @@
> > /* use cheap bit mixing, we only need to lose a few bits */ #define
> > SW_HASH_FLOWID(f) (((f) ^ (f >> 10)) & FLOWID_MASK)
> >
> > +
> > +/* single object enq and deq for non MT ring */ static
> > +__rte_always_inline void sw_nonmt_ring_dequeue(struct rte_ring *r,
> > +void **obj) {
> > + if ((r->prod.tail - r->cons.tail) < 1)
> > + return;
> > + void **ring = (void **)&r[1];
> > + *obj = ring[r->cons.tail & r->mask];
> > + r->cons.tail++;
> > +}
> > +static __rte_always_inline int
> > +sw_nonmt_ring_enqueue(struct rte_ring *r, void *obj) {
> > + if ((r->capacity + r->cons.tail - r->prod.tail) < 1)
> > + return 0;
> > + void **ring = (void **)&r[1];
> > + ring[r->prod.tail & r->mask] = obj;
> > + r->prod.tail++;
> > + return 1;
> > +
Why not make these APIs part of the rte_ring library? You could further optimize them by keeping the indices on the same cacheline.
> > +
> > +
> > static inline uint32_t
> > sw_schedule_atomic_to_cq(struct sw_evdev *sw, struct sw_qid * const qid,
> > uint32_t iq_num, unsigned int count)
> > @@ -146,9 +169,9 @@ sw_schedule_parallel_to_cq(struct sw_evdev *sw,
> struct
> > sw_qid * const qid,
> > cq_idx = 0;
> > cq = qid->cq_map[cq_idx++];
> >
> > - } while (rte_event_ring_free_count(
> > - sw->ports[cq].cq_worker_ring) == 0 ||
> > - sw->ports[cq].inflights ==
> SW_PORT_HIST_LIST);
> > + } while (sw->ports[cq].inflights == SW_PORT_HIST_LIST ||
> > + rte_event_ring_free_count(
> > + sw->ports[cq].cq_worker_ring) == 0);
> >
> > struct sw_port *p = &sw->ports[cq];
> > if (sw->cq_ring_space[cq] == 0 ||
> > @@ -164,7 +187,7 @@ sw_schedule_parallel_to_cq(struct sw_evdev *sw,
> struct
> > sw_qid * const qid,
> > p->hist_list[head].qid = qid_id;
> >
> > if (keep_order)
> > - rte_ring_sc_dequeue(qid->reorder_buffer_freelist,
> > + sw_nonmt_ring_dequeue(qid->reorder_buffer_freelist,
> > (void *)&p->hist_list[head].rob_entry);
> >
> > sw->ports[cq].cq_buf[sw->ports[cq].cq_buf_count++] = *qe;
> > @@ -229,7 +252,7 @@ sw_schedule_qid_to_cq(struct sw_evdev *sw)
> > uint32_t pkts_done = 0;
> > uint32_t count = iq_count(&qid->iq[iq_num]);
> >
> > - if (count > 0) {
> > + if (count >= sw->sched_min_burst) {
> > if (type == SW_SCHED_TYPE_DIRECT)
> > pkts_done += sw_schedule_dir_to_cq(sw, qid,
> > iq_num, count);
> > @@ -267,7 +290,7 @@ sw_schedule_reorder(struct sw_evdev *sw, int
> qid_start, int
> > qid_end)
> >
> > for (; qid_start < qid_end; qid_start++) {
> > struct sw_qid *qid = &sw->qids[qid_start];
> > - int i, num_entries_in_use;
> > + unsigned int i, num_entries_in_use;
> >
> > if (qid->type != RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED)
> > continue;
> > @@ -275,6 +298,9 @@ sw_schedule_reorder(struct sw_evdev *sw, int
> qid_start, int
> > qid_end)
> > num_entries_in_use = rte_ring_free_count(
> > qid->reorder_buffer_freelist);
> >
> > + if (num_entries_in_use < sw->sched_min_burst)
> > + num_entries_in_use = 0;
> > +
> > for (i = 0; i < num_entries_in_use; i++) {
> > struct reorder_buffer_entry *entry;
> > int j;
> > @@ -320,7 +346,7 @@ sw_schedule_reorder(struct sw_evdev *sw, int
> qid_start, int
> > qid_end)
> > if (!entry->ready) {
> > entry->fragment_index = 0;
> >
> > - rte_ring_sp_enqueue(
> > + sw_nonmt_ring_enqueue(
> > qid->reorder_buffer_freelist,
> > entry);
> >
> > @@ -349,9 +375,11 @@ __pull_port_lb(struct sw_evdev *sw, uint32_t port_id,
> int
> > allow_reorder)
> > uint32_t pkts_iter = 0;
> > struct sw_port *port = &sw->ports[port_id];
> >
> > +#if !SCHED_REFILL_ONCE_PER_CALL
> > /* If shadow ring has 0 pkts, pull from worker ring */
> > if (port->pp_buf_count == 0)
> > sw_refill_pp_buf(sw, port);
> > +#endif
>
> As per above comment, this #if would become a runtime check.
> Similar for the below #if comments.
>
>
> > while (port->pp_buf_count) {
> > const struct rte_event *qe = &port->pp_buf[port-
> >pp_buf_start];
> > @@ -467,9 +495,11 @@ sw_schedule_pull_port_dir(struct sw_evdev *sw,
> uint32_t
> > port_id)
> > uint32_t pkts_iter = 0;
> > struct sw_port *port = &sw->ports[port_id];
> >
> > +#if !SCHED_REFILL_ONCE_PER_CALL
> > /* If shadow ring has 0 pkts, pull from worker ring */
> > if (port->pp_buf_count == 0)
> > sw_refill_pp_buf(sw, port);
> > +#endif
> >
> > while (port->pp_buf_count) {
> > const struct rte_event *qe = &port->pp_buf[port-
> >pp_buf_start];
> > @@ -557,12 +587,41 @@ sw_event_schedule(struct rte_eventdev *dev)
> > /* push all the internal buffered QEs in port->cq_ring to the
> > * worker cores: aka, do the ring transfers batched.
> > */
> > + int no_enq = 1;
> > for (i = 0; i < sw->port_count; i++) {
> > - struct rte_event_ring *worker = sw->ports[i].cq_worker_ring;
> > - rte_event_ring_enqueue_burst(worker, sw->ports[i].cq_buf,
> > - sw->ports[i].cq_buf_count,
> > - &sw->cq_ring_space[i]);
> > - sw->ports[i].cq_buf_count = 0;
> > + struct sw_port *port = &sw->ports[i];
> > + struct rte_event_ring *worker = port->cq_worker_ring;
> > +
> > +#if SCHED_REFILL_ONCE_PER_CALL
> > + /* If shadow ring has 0 pkts, pull from worker ring */
> > + if (port->pp_buf_count == 0)
> > + sw_refill_pp_buf(sw, port);
> > +#endif
> > +
> > + if (port->cq_buf_count >= sw->sched_min_burst) {
> > + rte_event_ring_enqueue_burst(worker,
> > + port->cq_buf,
> > + port->cq_buf_count,
> > + &sw->cq_ring_space[i]);
> > + port->cq_buf_count = 0;
> > + no_enq = 0;
> > + } else {
> > + sw->cq_ring_space[i] =
> > + rte_event_ring_free_count(worker) -
> > + port->cq_buf_count;
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (no_enq) {
> > + if (unlikely(sw->sched_flush_count >
> > SCHED_NO_ENQ_CYCLE_FLUSH))
> > + sw->sched_min_burst = 1;
> > + else
> > + sw->sched_flush_count++;
> > + } else {
> > + if (sw->sched_flush_count)
> > + sw->sched_flush_count--;
> > + else
> > + sw->sched_min_burst = SCHED_MIN_BURST_SIZE;
> > }
> >
> > }
> > --
> > 2.17.1
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