On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:19 PM Gaul, Maximilian <maximilian.gaul@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
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> I try to dynamically add new multicast streams by creating a new AF-XDP socket bound to a RX-Queue.
> I also create a new ethtool-rule to steer the flow of the multicast stream towards that RX-Queue.
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> My BPF program has a Hash-Map which maps a struct consisting of { src-ip, dst-ip, dst-port } to an index in the XSKMap (which is then used to redirect an incoming packet).
> So adding a new AF-XDP socket also means adding a new entry to that Hash-Map (and to the XSKMap).
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> Now what I am experiencing is that the moment I add a new XSK, other already running sockets are loosing some packets (around 10ms worth of packets).
> I don't experience any packet loss afterwards.
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> My question is: Is there something happening inside the XSK- or HashMap which could cause other packet streams to drop packets?
What NIC are you running on?
/Magnus
> I am not using Shared Umem, just launching a new process which starts that XSK.
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> Best regards
>
> Max
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