Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] ptr_ring: make __ptr_ring_empty() checking more reliable

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 05:20:10PM +0800, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
> On 2021/6/25 14:39, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 11:18:56AM +0800, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
> >> Currently r->queue[] is cleared after r->consumer_head is moved
> >> forward, which makes the __ptr_ring_empty() checking called in
> >> page_pool_refill_alloc_cache() unreliable if the checking is done
> >> after the r->queue clearing and before the consumer_head moving
> >> forward.
> >>
> >> Move the r->queue[] clearing after consumer_head moving forward
> >> to make __ptr_ring_empty() checking more reliable.
> >>
> >> As a side effect of above change, a consumer_head checking is
> >> avoided for the likely case, and it has noticeable performance
> >> improvement when it is tested using the ptr_ring_test selftest
> >> added in the previous patch.
> >>
> >> Using "taskset -c 1 ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000"
> >> to test the case of single thread doing both the enqueuing and
> >> dequeuing:
> >>
> >>  arch     unpatched           patched       delta
> >> arm64      4648 ms            4464 ms       +3.9%
> >>  X86       2562 ms            2401 ms       +6.2%
> >>
> >> Using "taskset -c 1-2 ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 1 -N 100000000"
> >> to test the case of one thread doing enqueuing and another thread
> >> doing dequeuing concurrently, also known as single-producer/single-
> >> consumer:
> >>
> >>  arch      unpatched             patched         delta
> >> arm64   3624 ms + 3624 ms   3462 ms + 3462 ms    +4.4%
> >>  x86    2758 ms + 2758 ms   2547 ms + 2547 ms    +7.6%
> > 
> > Nice but it's small - could be a fluke.
> > How many tests did you run? What is the variance?
> > Did you try pinning to different CPUs to observe numa effects?
> > Please use perf or some other modern tool for this kind
> > of benchmark. Thanks!
> 
> The result is quite stable, and retest using perf stat:

How stable exactly?  Try with -r so we can find out.

> ---------------unpatched ptr_ring.c begin----------------------------------
> 
> perf stat ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000
> ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2385198 us
> 
>  Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000':
> 
>            2385.49 msec task-clock                #    1.000 CPUs utilized
>                 26      context-switches          #    0.011 K/sec
>                  0      cpu-migrations            #    0.000 K/sec
>                 57      page-faults               #    0.024 K/sec
>         6202023521      cycles                    #    2.600 GHz
>        17424187640      instructions              #    2.81  insn per cycle
>    <not supported>      branches
>            6506477      branch-misses
> 
>        2.385785170 seconds time elapsed
> 
>        2.384014000 seconds user
>        0.000000000 seconds sys
> 
> 
> root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000
> ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2383385 us
> 
>  Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000':
> 
>            2383.67 msec task-clock                #    1.000 CPUs utilized
>                 26      context-switches          #    0.011 K/sec
>                  0      cpu-migrations            #    0.000 K/sec
>                 57      page-faults               #    0.024 K/sec
>         6197278066      cycles                    #    2.600 GHz
>        17424207772      instructions              #    2.81  insn per cycle
>    <not supported>      branches
>            6495766      branch-misses
> 
>        2.383941170 seconds time elapsed
> 
>        2.382215000 seconds user
>        0.000000000 seconds sys
> 
> 
> root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000
> ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2390858 us
> 
>  Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000':
> 
>            2391.16 msec task-clock                #    1.000 CPUs utilized
>                 25      context-switches          #    0.010 K/sec
>                  0      cpu-migrations            #    0.000 K/sec
>                 57      page-faults               #    0.024 K/sec
>         6216704120      cycles                    #    2.600 GHz
>        17424243041      instructions              #    2.80  insn per cycle
>    <not supported>      branches
>            6483886      branch-misses
> 
>        2.391420440 seconds time elapsed
> 
>        2.389647000 seconds user
>        0.000000000 seconds sys
> 
> 
> root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000
> ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2389810 us
> 
>  Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000':
> 
>            2390.10 msec task-clock                #    1.000 CPUs utilized
>                 26      context-switches          #    0.011 K/sec
>                  0      cpu-migrations            #    0.000 K/sec
>                 58      page-faults               #    0.024 K/sec
>         6213995715      cycles                    #    2.600 GHz
>        17424227499      instructions              #    2.80  insn per cycle
>    <not supported>      branches
>            6474069      branch-misses
> 
>        2.390367070 seconds time elapsed
> 
>        2.388644000 seconds user
>        0.000000000 seconds sys
> 
> ---------------unpatched ptr_ring.c end----------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------patched ptr_ring.c begin----------------------------------
> root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000
> ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2198894 us
> 
>  Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000':
> 
>            2199.18 msec task-clock                #    1.000 CPUs utilized
>                 23      context-switches          #    0.010 K/sec
>                  0      cpu-migrations            #    0.000 K/sec
>                 56      page-faults               #    0.025 K/sec
>         5717671859      cycles                    #    2.600 GHz
>        16124164124      instructions              #    2.82  insn per cycle
>    <not supported>      branches
>            6564829      branch-misses
> 
>        2.199445990 seconds time elapsed
> 
>        2.197859000 seconds user
>        0.000000000 seconds sys
> 
> 
> root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000
> ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2222337 us
> 
>  Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000':
> 
>            2222.63 msec task-clock                #    1.000 CPUs utilized
>                 23      context-switches          #    0.010 K/sec
>                  0      cpu-migrations            #    0.000 K/sec
>                 57      page-faults               #    0.026 K/sec
>         5778632853      cycles                    #    2.600 GHz
>        16124210769      instructions              #    2.79  insn per cycle
>    <not supported>      branches
>            6603904      branch-misses
> 
>        2.222901020 seconds time elapsed
> 
>        2.221312000 seconds user
>        0.000000000 seconds sys
> 
> 
> root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000
> ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2251980 us
> 
>  Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000':
> 
>            2252.28 msec task-clock                #    1.000 CPUs utilized
>                 25      context-switches          #    0.011 K/sec
>                  0      cpu-migrations            #    0.000 K/sec
>                 57      page-faults               #    0.025 K/sec
>         5855668335      cycles                    #    2.600 GHz
>        16124310588      instructions              #    2.75  insn per cycle
>    <not supported>      branches
>            6777279      branch-misses
> 
>        2.252543340 seconds time elapsed
> 
>        2.250897000 seconds user
>        0.000000000 seconds sys
> 
> 
> root@(none):~#
> root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000
> ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2209415 us
> 
>  Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000':
> 
>            2209.70 msec task-clock                #    1.000 CPUs utilized
>                 24      context-switches          #    0.011 K/sec
>                  0      cpu-migrations            #    0.000 K/sec
>                 58      page-faults               #    0.026 K/sec
>         5745003772      cycles                    #    2.600 GHz
>        16124198886      instructions              #    2.81  insn per cycle
>    <not supported>      branches
>            6508414      branch-misses
> 
>        2.209973960 seconds time elapsed
> 
>        2.208354000 seconds user
>        0.000000000 seconds sys
> 
> 
> root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000
> ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2211409 us
> 
>  Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000':
> 
>            2211.70 msec task-clock                #    1.000 CPUs utilized
>                 24      context-switches          #    0.011 K/sec
>                  0      cpu-migrations            #    0.000 K/sec
>                 57      page-faults               #    0.026 K/sec
>         5750136694      cycles                    #    2.600 GHz
>        16124176577      instructions              #    2.80  insn per cycle
>    <not supported>      branches
>            6553023      branch-misses
> 
>        2.211968470 seconds time elapsed
> 
>        2.210303000 seconds user
>        0.000000000 seconds sys
> 
> ---------------patched ptr_ring.c end----------------------------------
> 
> > 
> >>
> 




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Wireless]     [Linux Kernel]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Share Photos]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux