Re: [PATCH net-next v3] tun: support NAPI for packets received from batched XDP buffs

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:46:56 +0800
Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 11:38 AM Harold Huang <baymaxhuang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > In tun, NAPI is supported and we can also use NAPI in the path of
> > batched XDP buffs to accelerate packet processing. What is more, after
> > we use NAPI, GRO is also supported. The iperf shows that the throughput of
> > single stream could be improved from 4.5Gbps to 9.2Gbps. Additionally, 9.2
> > Gbps nearly reachs the line speed of the phy nic and there is still about
> > 15% idle cpu core remaining on the vhost thread.
> >
> > Test topology:
> > [iperf server]<--->tap<--->dpdk testpmd<--->phy nic<--->[iperf client]
> >
> > Iperf stream:
> > iperf3 -c 10.0.0.2  -i 1 -t 10
> >
> > Before:
> > ...
> > [  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   558 MBytes  4.68 Gbits/sec    0   1.50 MBytes
> > [  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   556 MBytes  4.67 Gbits/sec    1   1.35 MBytes
> > [  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   556 MBytes  4.67 Gbits/sec    2   1.18 MBytes
> > [  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   559 MBytes  4.69 Gbits/sec    0   1.48 MBytes
> > [  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   556 MBytes  4.67 Gbits/sec    1   1.33 MBytes
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
> > [  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.39 GBytes  4.63 Gbits/sec   72          sender
> > [  5]   0.00-10.04  sec  5.39 GBytes  4.61 Gbits/sec               receiver
> >
> > After:
> > ...
> > [  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  1.07 GBytes  9.19 Gbits/sec    0   1.55 MBytes
> > [  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  1.08 GBytes  9.30 Gbits/sec    0   1.63 MBytes
> > [  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  1.08 GBytes  9.25 Gbits/sec    0   1.72 MBytes
> > [  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  1.08 GBytes  9.25 Gbits/sec   77   1.31 MBytes
> > [  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  1.08 GBytes  9.24 Gbits/sec    0   1.48 MBytes
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
> > [  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  10.8 GBytes  9.28 Gbits/sec  166          sender
> > [  5]   0.00-10.04  sec  10.8 GBytes  9.24 Gbits/sec               receiver
> >
> > Reported-at: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CACGkMEvTLG0Ayg+TtbN4q4pPW-ycgCCs3sC3-TF8cuRTf7Pp1A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Harold Huang <baymaxhuang@xxxxxxxxx>  
> 
> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Would this help when using sendmmsg and recvmmsg on the TAP device?
Asking because interested in speeding up another use of TAP device, and wondering
if this would help.