On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 14:24 +0200, Sasha Levin wrote: > This patch adds support to using the vhost-net device when using a tap backed > virtio-net device. > > Activating vhost-net is done by appending a 'vhost=1' flag to the net device > configuration. For example: > > 'kvm run -n mode=tap,vhost=1' > > Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx> > --- I forgot to attach performance numbers to the changelog, so here they are: Short version ------------------ TCP Throughput: +29% UDP Throughput: +10% TCP Latency: -15% UDP Latency: -12% Long version ------------------ MIGRATED TCP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Recv Send Send Socket Socket Message Elapsed Size Size Size Time Throughput bytes bytes bytes secs. 10^6bits/sec 87380 16384 16384 10.00 4895.04 MIGRATED UDP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Socket Message Elapsed Messages Size Size Time Okay Errors Throughput bytes bytes secs # # 10^6bits/sec 229376 65507 10.00 125287 0 6565.60 229376 10.00 106910 5602.57 MIGRATED TCP REQUEST/RESPONSE TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET : first burst 0 Local /Remote Socket Size Request Resp. Elapsed Trans. Send Recv Size Size Time Rate bytes Bytes bytes bytes secs. per sec 16384 87380 1 1 10.00 14811.55 MIGRATED UDP REQUEST/RESPONSE TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET : first burst 0 Local /Remote Socket Size Request Resp. Elapsed Trans. Send Recv Size Size Time Rate bytes Bytes bytes bytes secs. per sec 229376 229376 1 1 10.00 16000.44 229376 229376 After: MIGRATED TCP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Recv Send Send Socket Socket Message Elapsed Size Size Size Time Throughput bytes bytes bytes secs. 10^6bits/sec 87380 16384 16384 10.00 6340.74 MIGRATED UDP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Socket Message Elapsed Messages Size Size Time Okay Errors Throughput bytes bytes secs # # 10^6bits/sec 229376 65507 10.00 131478 0 6890.09 229376 10.00 118136 6190.90 MIGRATED TCP REQUEST/RESPONSE TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET : first burst 0 Local /Remote Socket Size Request Resp. Elapsed Trans. Send Recv Size Size Time Rate bytes Bytes bytes bytes secs. per sec 16384 87380 1 1 10.00 17126.10 MIGRATED UDP REQUEST/RESPONSE TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET : first burst 0 Local /Remote Socket Size Request Resp. Elapsed Trans. Send Recv Size Size Time Rate bytes Bytes bytes bytes secs. per sec 229376 229376 1 1 10.00 17944.51 -- Sasha. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
