From: arno@natisbad•org (Arnaud Ebalard)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [BUG,REGRESSION?] 3.11.6+,3.12: GbE iface rate drops to few KB/s
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 22:51:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871u298lv6.fsf@natisbad.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20131121004430.GX8581@1wt.eu
Hi,
Willy Tarreau <w@1wt•eu> writes:
> OK it paid off. And very well :-)
>
> I did it at once and it worked immediately. I generally don't like this
> because I always fear that some bug was left there hidden in the code. I have
> only tested it on the Mirabox, so I'll have to try on the OpenBlocks AX3-4 and
> on the XP-GP board for some SMP stress tests.
>
> I upgraded my Mirabox to latest Linus' git (commit 5527d151) and compared
> with and without the patch.
>
> without :
> - need at least 12 streams to reach gigabit.
> - 60% of idle CPU remains at 1 Gbps
> - HTTP connection rate on empty objects is 9950 connections/s
> - cumulated outgoing traffic on two ports reaches 1.3 Gbps
>
> with the patch :
> - a single stream easily saturates the gigabit
> - 87% of idle CPU at 1 Gbps (12 streams, 90% idle at 1 stream)
> - HTTP connection rate on empty objects is 10250 connections/s
> - I saturate the two gig ports at 99% CPU, so 2 Gbps sustained output.
>
> BTW I must say I was impressed to see that big an improvement in CPU
> usage between 3.10 and 3.13, I suspect some of the Tx queue improvements
> that Eric has done in between account for this.
>
> I cut the patch in 3 parts :
> - one which reintroduces the hidden bits of the driver
> - one which replaces the timer with the IRQ
> - one which changes the default Tx coalesce from 16 to 4 packets
> (larger was preferred with the timer, but less is better now).
>
> I'm attaching them, please test them on your device.
Well, on the RN102 (Armada 370), I get the same results as with your
previous patch, i.e. netperf and nginx saturate the link. Apache still
lagging behind though.
> Note that this is *not* for inclusion at the moment as it has not been
> tested on the SMP CPUs.
I tested it on my RN2120 (2-core armada XP): I got no problem and the
link saturated w/ apache, nginx and netperf. Good work!
Cheers,
a+
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Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-10 13:53 [BUG,REGRESSION?] 3.11.6+,3.12: GbE iface rate drops to few KB/s Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-12 6:48 ` Cong Wang
2013-11-12 7:56 ` Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-12 8:36 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-12 9:14 ` Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-12 10:01 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-12 15:34 ` Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-13 7:22 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-17 14:19 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-17 17:41 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-19 6:44 ` Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-19 13:53 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-19 17:43 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-19 18:31 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-19 18:41 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-19 23:53 ` Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-20 0:08 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-20 0:35 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-20 0:43 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-20 0:52 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-20 8:50 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-11-20 19:21 ` Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-20 19:11 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-20 19:26 ` Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-20 21:28 ` Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-20 21:54 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-21 0:44 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-21 21:51 ` Arnaud Ebalard [this message]
2013-11-21 21:52 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-21 22:00 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-21 22:55 ` Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-21 23:23 ` Rick Jones
[not found] ` <20131121183834.GB18513@1wt.eu>
2013-11-21 19:04 ` ARM network performance and dma_mask (was: [BUG,REGRESSION?] 3.11.6+,3.12: GbE iface rate drops to few KB/s) Thomas Petazzoni
2013-11-21 21:51 ` ARM network performance and dma_mask (was: [BUG, REGRESSION?] 3.11.6+, 3.12: " Willy Tarreau
2013-11-21 22:01 ` ARM network performance and dma_mask Rob Herring
2013-11-21 22:13 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-20 17:12 ` [BUG,REGRESSION?] 3.11.6+,3.12: GbE iface rate drops to few KB/s Willy Tarreau
2013-11-20 17:30 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-20 17:38 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-20 18:52 ` David Miller
2013-11-20 17:34 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-20 17:40 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-20 18:15 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-20 18:21 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-20 18:29 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-20 19:22 ` Arnaud Ebalard
2013-11-18 10:09 ` David Laight
2013-11-18 10:52 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-18 10:26 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-11-18 10:44 ` Simon Guinot
2013-11-18 16:54 ` Stephen Hemminger
2013-11-18 17:13 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-18 10:51 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-11-18 17:58 ` Florian Fainelli
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