Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 04:20:48AM CEST, dave.taht@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 12:37 AM Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Fri, May 10, 2024 at 01:27:08PM CEST, mst@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 01:11:49PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> >> Fri, May 10, 2024 at 12:52:52PM CEST, mst@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> >On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 12:37:15PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> >> >> Thu, May 09, 2024 at 04:28:12PM CEST, mst@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> >> >On Thu, May 09, 2024 at 03:31:56PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> >> >> >> Thu, May 09, 2024 at 02:41:39PM CEST, mst@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> >> >> >On Thu, May 09, 2024 at 01:46:15PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> >> >> >> >> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Add support for Byte Queue Limits (BQL). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >Can we get more detail on the benefits you observe etc? >> >> >> >> >Thanks! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> More info about the BQL in general is here: >> >> >> >> https://lwn.net/Articles/469652/ >> >> >> > >> >> >> >I know about BQL in general. We discussed BQL for virtio in the past >> >> >> >mostly I got the feedback from net core maintainers that it likely >> won't >> >> >> >benefit virtio. >> >> >> >> >> >> Do you have some link to that, or is it this thread: >> >> >> >> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/21384cb5-99a6-7431-1039-b356521e1bc3@xxxxxxxxxx/ >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >A quick search on lore turned up this, for example: >> >> > >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/a11eee78-b2a1-3dbc-4821-b5f4bfaae819@xxxxxxxxx/ >> >> >> >> Says: >> >> "Note that NIC with many TX queues make BQL almost useless, only adding >> extra >> >> overhead." >> >> >> >> But virtio can have one tx queue, I guess that could be quite common >> >> configuration in lot of deployments. >> > >> >Not sure we should worry about performance for these though. >> >What I am saying is this should come with some benchmarking >> >results. >> >> I did some measurements with VDPA, backed by ConnectX6dx NIC, single >> queue pair: >> >> super_netperf 200 -H $ip -l 45 -t TCP_STREAM & >> nice -n 20 netperf -H $ip -l 10 -t TCP_RR >> >> RR result with no bql: >> 29.95 >> 32.74 >> 28.77 >> >> RR result with bql: >> 222.98 >> 159.81 >> 197.88 >> >> >> >Yay! is that with pfifo_fast or fq_codel as the underlying qdisc? pfifo_fast > >fq_codel, please? > > >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> I don't see why virtio should be any different from other >> >> >> drivers/devices that benefit from bql. HOL blocking is the same here >> are >> >> >> everywhere. >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >So I'm asking, what kind of benefit do you observe? >> >> >> >> >> >> I don't have measurements at hand, will attach them to v2. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >-- >> >> >> >MST >> >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >-- >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVFWSyMp3xg&t=1098s Waves Podcast >Dave Täht CSO, LibreQos
