On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 09:54:09AM -0700, Stanislav Fomichev wrote: > This series implements initial TX metadata (offloads) for AF_XDP. > See patch #2 for the main implementation and mlx5-one for the > example on how to consume the metadata on the device side. > > Starting with two types of offloads: > - request TX timestamp (and write it back into the metadata area) > - request TX checksum offload > > Changes since last RFC: > - add /* private: */ comments to headers (Simon) > - handle metadata only in the first frag (Simon) > - rename xdp_hw_metadata flags (Willem) > - s/tmo_request_checksum/tmo_request_timestamp/ in xdp_metadata_ops > comment (Willem) > - Documentation/networking/xsk-tx-metadata.rst Stan, thanks for working on it - we reviewed the patchset with Magnus and we have some questions (responded inline to patches). Overall we think it would be worth implementing this work against another ZC driver (preferably ice :P) to check that proposed API is generic enough. > > RFC v4: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230724235957.1953861-1-sdf@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > Performance: > > I've implemented a small xskgen tool to try to saturate single tx queue: > https://github.com/fomichev/xskgen/tree/master > > Here are the performance numbers with some analysis. > > 1. Baseline. Running with commit eb62e6aef940 ("Merge branch 'bpf: > Support bpf_get_func_ip helper in uprobes'"), nothing from this series: > > - with 1400 bytes of payload: 98 gbps, 8 mpps > ./xskgen -s 1400 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 116960000000 bits, took 1.189130 sec, 98.357623 gbps 8.409509 mpps > > - with 200 bytes of payload: 49 gbps, 23 mpps > ./xskgen -s 200 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000064 packets 20960134144 bits, took 0.422235 sec, 49.640921 gbps 23.683645 mpps > > 2. Adding single commit that supports reserving XDP_TX_METADATA_LEN > changes nothing numbers-wise. > > - baseline for 1400 > ./xskgen -s 1400 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 116960000000 bits, took 1.189247 sec, 98.347946 gbps 8.408682 mpps > > - baseline for 200 > ./xskgen -s 200 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 20960000000 bits, took 0.421248 sec, 49.756913 gbps 23.738985 mpps > > 3. Adding -M flag causes xskgen to reserve the metadata and fill it, but > doesn't set XDP_TX_METADATA descriptor option. > > - new baseline for 1400 (with only filling the metadata) > ./xskgen -M -s 1400 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 116960000000 bits, took 1.188767 sec, 98.387657 gbps 8.412077 mpps > > - new baseline for 200 (with only filling the metadata) > ./xskgen -M -s 200 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 20960000000 bits, took 0.410213 sec, 51.095407 gbps 24.377579 mpps > (the numbers go sligtly up here, not really sure why, maybe some cache-related > side-effects? > > 4. Next, I'm running the same test but with the commit that adds actual > general infra to parse XDP_TX_METADATA (but no driver support). > Essentially applying "xsk: add TX timestamp and TX checksum offload support" > from this series. Numbers are the same. > > - fill metadata for 1400 > ./xskgen -M -s 1400 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 116960000000 bits, took 1.188430 sec, 98.415557 gbps 8.414463 mpps > > - fill metadata for 200 > ./xskgen -M -s 200 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 20960000000 bits, took 0.411559 sec, 50.928299 gbps 24.297853 mpps > > - request metadata for 1400 > ./xskgen -m -s 1400 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 116960000000 bits, took 1.188723 sec, 98.391299 gbps 8.412389 mpps > > - request metadata for 200 > ./xskgen -m -s 200 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000064 packets 20960134144 bits, took 0.411240 sec, 50.968131 gbps 24.316856 mpps > > 5. Now, for the most interesting part, I'm adding mlx5 driver support. > The mpps for 200 bytes case goes down from 23 mpps to 19 mpps, but > _only_ when I enable the metadata. This looks like a side effect > of me pushing extra metadata pointer via mlx5e_xdpi_fifo_push. > Hence, this part is wrapped into 'if (xp_tx_metadata_enabled)' > to not affect the existing non-metadata use-cases. Since this is not > regressing existing workloads, I'm not spending any time trying to > optimize it more (and leaving it up to mlx owners to purse if > they see any good way to do it). > > - same baseline > ./xskgen -s 1400 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 116960000000 bits, took 1.189434 sec, 98.332484 gbps 8.407360 mpps > > ./xskgen -s 200 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000128 packets 20960268288 bits, took 0.425254 sec, 49.288821 gbps 23.515659 mpps > > - fill metadata for 1400 > ./xskgen -M -s 1400 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 116960000000 bits, took 1.189528 sec, 98.324714 gbps 8.406696 mpps > > - fill metadata for 200 > ./xskgen -M -s 200 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000128 packets 20960268288 bits, took 0.519085 sec, 40.379260 gbps 19.264914 mpps > > - request metadata for 1400 > ./xskgen -m -s 1400 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000000 packets 116960000000 bits, took 1.189329 sec, 98.341165 gbps 8.408102 mpps > > - request metadata for 200 > ./xskgen -m -s 200 -b eth3 10:70:fd:48:10:77 10:70:fd:48:10:87 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1077 fe80::1270:fdff:fe48:1087 1 1 > sent 10000128 packets 20960268288 bits, took 0.519929 sec, 40.313713 gbps 19.233642 mpps > > Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Stanislav Fomichev (9): > xsk: Support XDP_TX_METADATA_LEN > xsk: add TX timestamp and TX checksum offload support > tools: ynl: print xsk-features from the sample > net/mlx5e: Implement AF_XDP TX timestamp and checksum offload > selftests/xsk: Support XDP_TX_METADATA_LEN > selftests/bpf: Add csum helpers > selftests/bpf: Add TX side to xdp_metadata > selftests/bpf: Add TX side to xdp_hw_metadata > xsk: document XDP_TX_METADATA_LEN layout > > Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml | 20 ++ > Documentation/networking/index.rst | 1 + > Documentation/networking/xsk-tx-metadata.rst | 75 +++++++ > drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h | 4 +- > .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c | 72 ++++++- > .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.h | 10 +- > .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/tx.c | 11 +- > .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 1 + > include/linux/netdevice.h | 27 +++ > include/linux/skbuff.h | 5 +- > include/net/xdp_sock.h | 61 ++++++ > include/net/xdp_sock_drv.h | 13 ++ > include/net/xsk_buff_pool.h | 6 + > include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h | 36 ++++ > include/uapi/linux/netdev.h | 16 ++ > net/core/netdev-genl.c | 12 +- > net/xdp/xsk.c | 61 ++++++ > net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c | 1 + > net/xdp/xsk_queue.h | 19 +- > tools/include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h | 50 ++++- > tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h | 15 ++ > tools/net/ynl/generated/netdev-user.c | 19 ++ > tools/net/ynl/generated/netdev-user.h | 3 + > tools/net/ynl/samples/netdev.c | 6 + > tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.h | 43 ++++ > .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_metadata.c | 31 ++- > tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdp_hw_metadata.c | 201 +++++++++++++++++- > tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xsk.c | 17 ++ > tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xsk.h | 1 + > 29 files changed, 793 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/xsk-tx-metadata.rst > > -- > 2.41.0.640.ga95def55d0-goog > >
