Re: Qemu/KVM guest boots 2x slower with vhost_net

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On 10/05/11 01:12, Reeted wrote:
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I found that virtual machines in my host booted 2x slower ... to the vhost_net presence
...

Just a small update,

Firstly: I cannot reproduce any slowness after boot by doing:

# time /etc/init.d/chrony restart
Restarting time daemon: Starting /usr/sbin/chronyd...
chronyd is running and online.
real    0m3.022s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.000s

since this is a network service I expected it to show the problem, but it doesn't. It takes exactly same time with and without vhost_net.


Secondly, vhost_net appears to work correctly, because I have performed a NPtcp performance test between two guests in the same host, and these are the results:

vhost_net deactivated for both hosts:

NPtcp -h 192.168.7.81
    Send and receive buffers are 16384 and 87380 bytes
    (A bug in Linux doubles the requested buffer sizes)
    Now starting the main loop
    0:       1 bytes    917 times -->      0.08 Mbps in      92.07 usec
    1:       2 bytes   1086 times -->      0.18 Mbps in      86.04 usec
    2:       3 bytes   1162 times -->      0.27 Mbps in      85.08 usec
    3:       4 bytes    783 times -->      0.36 Mbps in      85.34 usec
    4:       6 bytes    878 times -->      0.54 Mbps in      85.42 usec
    5:       8 bytes    585 times -->      0.72 Mbps in      85.31 usec
    6:      12 bytes    732 times -->      1.07 Mbps in      85.52 usec
    7:      13 bytes    487 times -->      1.16 Mbps in      85.52 usec
    8:      16 bytes    539 times -->      1.43 Mbps in      85.26 usec
    9:      19 bytes    659 times -->      1.70 Mbps in      85.43 usec
    10:      21 bytes    739 times -->      1.77 Mbps in      90.71 usec
    11:      24 bytes    734 times -->      2.13 Mbps in      86.13 usec
    12:      27 bytes    822 times -->      2.22 Mbps in      92.80 usec
    13:      29 bytes    478 times -->      2.35 Mbps in      94.02 usec
    14:      32 bytes    513 times -->      2.60 Mbps in      93.75 usec
    15:      35 bytes    566 times -->      3.15 Mbps in      84.77 usec
    16:      45 bytes    674 times -->      4.01 Mbps in      85.56 usec
    17:      48 bytes    779 times -->      4.32 Mbps in      84.70 usec
    18:      51 bytes    811 times -->      4.61 Mbps in      84.32 usec
    19:      61 bytes    465 times -->      5.08 Mbps in      91.57 usec
    20:      64 bytes    537 times -->      5.22 Mbps in      93.46 usec
    21:      67 bytes    551 times -->      5.73 Mbps in      89.20 usec
    22:      93 bytes    602 times -->      8.28 Mbps in      85.73 usec
    23:      96 bytes    777 times -->      8.45 Mbps in      86.70 usec
    24:      99 bytes    780 times -->      8.71 Mbps in      86.72 usec
    25:     125 bytes    419 times -->     11.06 Mbps in      86.25 usec
    26:     128 bytes    575 times -->     11.38 Mbps in      85.80 usec
    27:     131 bytes    591 times -->     11.60 Mbps in      86.17 usec
    28:     189 bytes    602 times -->     16.55 Mbps in      87.14 usec
    29:     192 bytes    765 times -->     16.80 Mbps in      87.19 usec
    30:     195 bytes    770 times -->     17.11 Mbps in      86.94 usec
    31:     253 bytes    401 times -->     22.04 Mbps in      87.59 usec
    32:     256 bytes    568 times -->     22.64 Mbps in      86.25 usec
    33:     259 bytes    584 times -->     22.68 Mbps in      87.12 usec
    34:     381 bytes    585 times -->     33.19 Mbps in      87.58 usec
    35:     384 bytes    761 times -->     33.54 Mbps in      87.36 usec
    36:     387 bytes    766 times -->     33.91 Mbps in      87.08 usec
    37:     509 bytes    391 times -->     44.23 Mbps in      87.80 usec
    38:     512 bytes    568 times -->     44.70 Mbps in      87.39 usec
    39:     515 bytes    574 times -->     45.21 Mbps in      86.90 usec
    40:     765 bytes    580 times -->     66.05 Mbps in      88.36 usec
    41:     768 bytes    754 times -->     66.73 Mbps in      87.81 usec
    42:     771 bytes    760 times -->     67.02 Mbps in      87.77 usec
    43:    1021 bytes    384 times -->     88.04 Mbps in      88.48 usec
    44:    1024 bytes    564 times -->     88.30 Mbps in      88.48 usec
    45:    1027 bytes    566 times -->     88.63 Mbps in      88.40 usec
    46:    1533 bytes    568 times -->     71.75 Mbps in     163.00 usec
    47:    1536 bytes    408 times -->     72.11 Mbps in     162.51 usec
    48:    1539 bytes    410 times -->     71.71 Mbps in     163.75 usec
    49:    2045 bytes    204 times -->     95.40 Mbps in     163.55 usec
    50:    2048 bytes    305 times -->     95.26 Mbps in     164.02 usec
    51:    2051 bytes    305 times -->     95.33 Mbps in     164.14 usec
    52:    3069 bytes    305 times -->    141.16 Mbps in     165.87 usec
    53:    3072 bytes    401 times -->    142.19 Mbps in     164.83 usec
    54:    3075 bytes    404 times -->    150.68 Mbps in     155.70 usec
    55:    4093 bytes    214 times -->    192.36 Mbps in     162.33 usec
    56:    4096 bytes    307 times -->    193.21 Mbps in     161.74 usec
    57:    4099 bytes    309 times -->    213.24 Mbps in     146.66 usec
    58:    6141 bytes    341 times -->    330.80 Mbps in     141.63 usec
    59:    6144 bytes    470 times -->    328.09 Mbps in     142.87 usec
    60:    6147 bytes    466 times -->    330.53 Mbps in     141.89 usec
    61:    8189 bytes    235 times -->    437.29 Mbps in     142.87 usec
    62:    8192 bytes    349 times -->    436.23 Mbps in     143.27 usec
    63:    8195 bytes    349 times -->    436.99 Mbps in     143.08 usec
    64:   12285 bytes    349 times -->    625.88 Mbps in     149.75 usec
    65:   12288 bytes    445 times -->    626.27 Mbps in     149.70 usec
    66:   12291 bytes    445 times -->    626.15 Mbps in     149.76 usec
    67:   16381 bytes    222 times -->    793.58 Mbps in     157.48 usec
    68:   16384 bytes    317 times -->    806.90 Mbps in     154.91 usec
    69:   16387 bytes    322 times -->    796.81 Mbps in     156.90 usec
    70:   24573 bytes    318 times -->   1127.58 Mbps in     166.26 usec
    71:   24576 bytes    400 times -->   1125.20 Mbps in     166.64 usec
    72:   24579 bytes    400 times -->   1124.84 Mbps in     166.71 usec
    73:   32765 bytes    200 times -->   1383.86 Mbps in     180.64 usec
    74:   32768 bytes    276 times -->   1376.05 Mbps in     181.68 usec
    75:   32771 bytes    275 times -->   1377.47 Mbps in     181.51 usec
    76:   49149 bytes    275 times -->   1824.90 Mbps in     205.48 usec
    77:   49152 bytes    324 times -->   1813.95 Mbps in     206.73 usec
    78:   49155 bytes    322 times -->   1765.68 Mbps in     212.40 usec
    79:   65533 bytes    156 times -->   2193.44 Mbps in     227.94 usec
    80:   65536 bytes    219 times -->   2186.79 Mbps in     228.65 usec
    81:   65539 bytes    218 times -->   2186.98 Mbps in     228.64 usec
    82:   98301 bytes    218 times -->   2831.01 Mbps in     264.92 usec
    83:   98304 bytes    251 times -->   2804.76 Mbps in     267.40 usec
    84:   98307 bytes    249 times -->   2824.62 Mbps in     265.53 usec
    85:  131069 bytes    125 times -->   3106.48 Mbps in     321.90 usec
    86:  131072 bytes    155 times -->   3033.71 Mbps in     329.63 usec
    87:  131075 bytes    151 times -->   3044.89 Mbps in     328.43 usec
    88:  196605 bytes    152 times -->   4196.94 Mbps in     357.40 usec
    89:  196608 bytes    186 times -->   4358.25 Mbps in     344.17 usec
    90:  196611 bytes    193 times -->   4362.34 Mbps in     343.86 usec
    91:  262141 bytes     96 times -->   4654.49 Mbps in     429.69 usec
    92:  262144 bytes    116 times -->   4727.16 Mbps in     423.09 usec
    93:  262147 bytes    118 times -->   4697.22 Mbps in     425.79 usec
    94:  393213 bytes    117 times -->   5452.51 Mbps in     550.20 usec
    95:  393216 bytes    121 times -->   5360.27 Mbps in     559.67 usec
    96:  393219 bytes    119 times -->   5358.03 Mbps in     559.91 usec
    97:  524285 bytes     59 times -->   5053.83 Mbps in     791.47 usec
    98:  524288 bytes     63 times -->   5033.86 Mbps in     794.62 usec
    99:  524291 bytes     62 times -->   5691.44 Mbps in     702.81 usec
    100:  786429 bytes     71 times -->   5750.68 Mbps in    1043.35 usec
    101:  786432 bytes     63 times -->   5809.21 Mbps in    1032.84 usec
    102:  786435 bytes     64 times -->   5864.45 Mbps in    1023.12 usec
    103: 1048573 bytes     32 times -->   5755.24 Mbps in    1390.03 usec
    104: 1048576 bytes     35 times -->   6001.51 Mbps in    1333.00 usec
    105: 1048579 bytes     37 times -->   6099.40 Mbps in    1311.61 usec
    106: 1572861 bytes     38 times -->   6061.69 Mbps in    1979.64 usec
    107: 1572864 bytes     33 times -->   6144.15 Mbps in    1953.08 usec
    108: 1572867 bytes     34 times -->   6108.20 Mbps in    1964.58 usec
    109: 2097149 bytes     16 times -->   6128.72 Mbps in    2610.65 usec
    110: 2097152 bytes     19 times -->   6271.35 Mbps in    2551.29 usec
    111: 2097155 bytes     19 times -->   6273.55 Mbps in    2550.39 usec
    112: 3145725 bytes     19 times -->   6146.28 Mbps in    3904.79 usec
    113: 3145728 bytes     17 times -->   6288.29 Mbps in    3816.62 usec
    114: 3145731 bytes     17 times -->   6234.73 Mbps in    3849.41 usec
    115: 4194301 bytes      8 times -->   5852.76 Mbps in    5467.50 usec
    116: 4194304 bytes      9 times -->   5886.74 Mbps in    5435.94 usec
    117: 4194307 bytes      9 times -->   5887.35 Mbps in    5435.39 usec
    118: 6291453 bytes      9 times -->   4502.11 Mbps in   10661.67 usec
    119: 6291456 bytes      6 times -->   4541.26 Mbps in   10569.75 usec
    120: 6291459 bytes      6 times -->   4465.98 Mbps in   10747.93 usec
    121: 8388605 bytes      3 times -->   4601.84 Mbps in   13907.47 usec
    122: 8388608 bytes      3 times -->   4590.50 Mbps in   13941.84 usec
    123: 8388611 bytes      3 times -->   4195.17 Mbps in   15255.65 usec



vhost_net activated for both hosts:

NPtcp -h 192.168.7.81
    Send and receive buffers are 16384 and 87380 bytes
    (A bug in Linux doubles the requested buffer sizes)
    Now starting the main loop
    0:       1 bytes   1013 times -->      0.10 Mbps in      75.89 usec
    1:       2 bytes   1317 times -->      0.21 Mbps in      74.03 usec
    2:       3 bytes   1350 times -->      0.30 Mbps in      76.90 usec
    3:       4 bytes    866 times -->      0.43 Mbps in      71.27 usec
    4:       6 bytes   1052 times -->      0.60 Mbps in      76.02 usec
    5:       8 bytes    657 times -->      0.79 Mbps in      76.88 usec
    6:      12 bytes    812 times -->      1.24 Mbps in      73.72 usec
    7:      13 bytes    565 times -->      1.40 Mbps in      70.60 usec
    8:      16 bytes    653 times -->      1.58 Mbps in      77.05 usec
    9:      19 bytes    730 times -->      1.90 Mbps in      76.25 usec
    10:      21 bytes    828 times -->      1.98 Mbps in      80.85 usec
    11:      24 bytes    824 times -->      2.47 Mbps in      74.22 usec
    12:      27 bytes    954 times -->      2.73 Mbps in      75.45 usec
    13:      29 bytes    589 times -->      3.06 Mbps in      72.23 usec
    14:      32 bytes    668 times -->      3.26 Mbps in      74.84 usec
    15:      35 bytes    709 times -->      3.46 Mbps in      77.09 usec
    16:      45 bytes    741 times -->      4.50 Mbps in      76.35 usec
    17:      48 bytes    873 times -->      4.83 Mbps in      75.90 usec
    18:      51 bytes    905 times -->      5.50 Mbps in      70.72 usec
    19:      61 bytes    554 times -->      6.36 Mbps in      73.14 usec
    20:      64 bytes    672 times -->      6.28 Mbps in      77.77 usec
    21:      67 bytes    663 times -->      6.39 Mbps in      80.06 usec
    22:      93 bytes    671 times -->      9.44 Mbps in      75.15 usec
    23:      96 bytes    887 times -->      9.52 Mbps in      76.90 usec
    24:      99 bytes    880 times -->     10.55 Mbps in      71.57 usec
    25:     125 bytes    508 times -->     12.63 Mbps in      75.49 usec
    26:     128 bytes    657 times -->     12.30 Mbps in      79.38 usec
    27:     131 bytes    639 times -->     12.72 Mbps in      78.57 usec
    28:     189 bytes    660 times -->     18.36 Mbps in      78.55 usec
    29:     192 bytes    848 times -->     18.84 Mbps in      77.75 usec
    30:     195 bytes    864 times -->     18.91 Mbps in      78.69 usec
    31:     253 bytes    443 times -->     24.04 Mbps in      80.28 usec
    32:     256 bytes    620 times -->     26.61 Mbps in      73.40 usec
    33:     259 bytes    686 times -->     26.09 Mbps in      75.75 usec
    34:     381 bytes    672 times -->     40.04 Mbps in      72.59 usec
    35:     384 bytes    918 times -->     39.67 Mbps in      73.86 usec
    36:     387 bytes    906 times -->     40.68 Mbps in      72.58 usec
    37:     509 bytes    469 times -->     51.70 Mbps in      75.11 usec
    38:     512 bytes    664 times -->     51.55 Mbps in      75.77 usec
    39:     515 bytes    662 times -->     49.61 Mbps in      79.19 usec
    40:     765 bytes    637 times -->     75.91 Mbps in      76.89 usec
    41:     768 bytes    867 times -->     76.03 Mbps in      77.07 usec
    42:     771 bytes    866 times -->     76.21 Mbps in      77.19 usec
    43:    1021 bytes    436 times -->     99.46 Mbps in      78.32 usec
    44:    1024 bytes    637 times -->    100.04 Mbps in      78.10 usec
    45:    1027 bytes    641 times -->    100.06 Mbps in      78.31 usec
    46:    1533 bytes    641 times -->    113.15 Mbps in     103.36 usec
    47:    1536 bytes    644 times -->    127.72 Mbps in      91.75 usec
    48:    1539 bytes    727 times -->    102.87 Mbps in     114.14 usec
    49:    2045 bytes    293 times -->    177.68 Mbps in      87.81 usec
    50:    2048 bytes    569 times -->    103.58 Mbps in     150.85 usec
    51:    2051 bytes    331 times -->    107.53 Mbps in     145.52 usec
    52:    3069 bytes    344 times -->    204.05 Mbps in     114.75 usec
    53:    3072 bytes    580 times -->    207.53 Mbps in     112.93 usec
    54:    3075 bytes    590 times -->    211.37 Mbps in     110.99 usec
    55:    4093 bytes    301 times -->    285.23 Mbps in     109.48 usec
    56:    4096 bytes    456 times -->    317.27 Mbps in      98.50 usec
    57:    4099 bytes    507 times -->    332.92 Mbps in      93.93 usec
    58:    6141 bytes    532 times -->    462.96 Mbps in     101.20 usec
    59:    6144 bytes    658 times -->    451.75 Mbps in     103.76 usec
    60:    6147 bytes    642 times -->    478.19 Mbps in      98.07 usec
    61:    8189 bytes    340 times -->    743.81 Mbps in      84.00 usec
    62:    8192 bytes    595 times -->    695.89 Mbps in      89.81 usec
    63:    8195 bytes    556 times -->    702.95 Mbps in      88.94 usec
    64:   12285 bytes    562 times -->    945.94 Mbps in      99.08 usec
    65:   12288 bytes    672 times -->    870.86 Mbps in     107.65 usec
    66:   12291 bytes    619 times -->    954.94 Mbps in      98.20 usec
    67:   16381 bytes    339 times -->   1003.02 Mbps in     124.60 usec
    68:   16384 bytes    401 times -->    652.84 Mbps in     191.47 usec
    69:   16387 bytes    261 times -->    872.02 Mbps in     143.37 usec
    70:   24573 bytes    348 times -->   1105.61 Mbps in     169.57 usec
    71:   24576 bytes    393 times -->   1037.52 Mbps in     180.72 usec
    72:   24579 bytes    368 times -->   1066.39 Mbps in     175.85 usec
    73:   32765 bytes    189 times -->   1271.24 Mbps in     196.64 usec
    74:   32768 bytes    254 times -->   1253.73 Mbps in     199.41 usec
    75:   32771 bytes    250 times -->   1101.71 Mbps in     226.94 usec
    76:   49149 bytes    220 times -->   1704.99 Mbps in     219.93 usec
    77:   49152 bytes    303 times -->   1678.17 Mbps in     223.46 usec
    78:   49155 bytes    298 times -->   1648.32 Mbps in     227.52 usec
    79:   65533 bytes    146 times -->   1940.36 Mbps in     257.67 usec
    80:   65536 bytes    194 times -->   1785.37 Mbps in     280.05 usec
    81:   65539 bytes    178 times -->   2079.85 Mbps in     240.41 usec
    82:   98301 bytes    207 times -->   2840.36 Mbps in     264.04 usec
    83:   98304 bytes    252 times -->   3441.30 Mbps in     217.94 usec
    84:   98307 bytes    305 times -->   3575.33 Mbps in     209.78 usec
    85:  131069 bytes    158 times -->   3145.83 Mbps in     317.87 usec
    86:  131072 bytes    157 times -->   3283.65 Mbps in     304.54 usec
    87:  131075 bytes    164 times -->   3610.07 Mbps in     277.01 usec
    88:  196605 bytes    180 times -->   4921.05 Mbps in     304.81 usec
    89:  196608 bytes    218 times -->   4953.98 Mbps in     302.79 usec
    90:  196611 bytes    220 times -->   4841.76 Mbps in     309.81 usec
    91:  262141 bytes    107 times -->   4546.37 Mbps in     439.91 usec
    92:  262144 bytes    113 times -->   4730.30 Mbps in     422.81 usec
    93:  262147 bytes    118 times -->   5211.50 Mbps in     383.77 usec
    94:  393213 bytes    130 times -->   7191.67 Mbps in     417.15 usec
    95:  393216 bytes    159 times -->   7423.89 Mbps in     404.10 usec
    96:  393219 bytes    164 times -->   7321.70 Mbps in     409.74 usec
    97:  524285 bytes     81 times -->   7631.75 Mbps in     524.12 usec
    98:  524288 bytes     95 times -->   7287.79 Mbps in     548.86 usec
    99:  524291 bytes     91 times -->   7253.28 Mbps in     551.48 usec
    100:  786429 bytes     90 times -->   8451.33 Mbps in     709.94 usec
    101:  786432 bytes     93 times -->   8755.43 Mbps in     685.29 usec
    102:  786435 bytes     97 times -->   8740.15 Mbps in     686.49 usec
    103: 1048573 bytes     48 times -->   9220.97 Mbps in     867.59 usec
    104: 1048576 bytes     57 times -->   8512.15 Mbps in     939.83 usec
    105: 1048579 bytes     53 times -->   8556.70 Mbps in     934.94 usec
    106: 1572861 bytes     53 times -->   9566.40 Mbps in    1254.39 usec
    107: 1572864 bytes     53 times -->  10165.18 Mbps in    1180.50 usec
    108: 1572867 bytes     56 times -->  11420.63 Mbps in    1050.73 usec
    109: 2097149 bytes     31 times -->  11295.29 Mbps in    1416.52 usec
    110: 2097152 bytes     35 times -->  11869.30 Mbps in    1348.02 usec
    111: 2097155 bytes     37 times -->  11407.22 Mbps in    1402.62 usec
    112: 3145725 bytes     35 times -->  12821.47 Mbps in    1871.86 usec
    113: 3145728 bytes     35 times -->  11727.57 Mbps in    2046.46 usec
    114: 3145731 bytes     32 times -->  12803.10 Mbps in    1874.55 usec
    115: 4194301 bytes     17 times -->  10009.28 Mbps in    3197.03 usec
    116: 4194304 bytes     15 times -->  10283.54 Mbps in    3111.77 usec
    117: 4194307 bytes     16 times -->  10923.95 Mbps in    2929.34 usec
    118: 6291453 bytes     17 times -->  11959.10 Mbps in    4013.68 usec
    119: 6291456 bytes     16 times -->  10674.76 Mbps in    4496.59 usec
    120: 6291459 bytes     14 times -->  10868.07 Mbps in    4416.61 usec
    121: 8388605 bytes      7 times -->   9456.16 Mbps in    6768.07 usec
    122: 8388608 bytes      7 times -->   9303.58 Mbps in    6879.07 usec
    123: 8388611 bytes      7 times -->  10048.79 Mbps in    6368.93 usec

so the case vhost_net is indeed faster in NPtcp by a factor almost 2, but that's only visible for the very high speeds and buffer sizes. Also note that the speed in the vhost_net case is much more variable, even if it's higher on average.

I expected more difference...
Actually I expected no-vhost to be slower than what it is.
Kudos to the developers.


If you have any more ideas for the slower boot please tell. I am of course not worried about waiting 10-30 more seconds at boot time, I am worried that if there is some factor 2x or 3x slowness somewhere, that can bite me in production without me even realizing.

And after having seen the above no-vhost_net tcp benchmarks I guess I don't really need vhost_net active for these VMs during production, so I will just disable vhost_net to be on the safe side until I can track down the boot-time slowness somehow.

Thanks for your help
R.
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