1. 07 Jan, 2014 9 commits
    • Benjamin Poirier's avatar
      net: Do not enable tx-nocache-copy by default · cdb3f4a3
      Benjamin Poirier authored
      There are many cases where this feature does not improve performance or even
      reduces it.
      
      For example, here are the results from tests that I've run using 3.12.6 on one
      Intel Xeon W3565 and one i7 920 connected by ixgbe adapters. The results are
      from the Xeon, but they're similar on the i7. All numbers report the
      mean±stddev over 10 runs of 10s.
      
      1) latency tests similar to what is described in "c6e1a0d1 net: Allow no-cache
      copy from user on transmit"
      There is no statistically significant difference between tx-nocache-copy
      on/off.
      nic irqs spread out (one queue per cpu)
      
      200x netperf -r 1400,1
      tx-nocache-copy off
              692000±1000 tps
              50/90/95/99% latency (us): 275±2/643.8±0.4/799±1/2474.4±0.3
      tx-nocache-copy on
              693000±1000 tps
              50/90/95/99% latency (us): 274±1/644.1±0.7/800±2/2474.5±0.7
      
      200x netperf -r 14000,14000
      tx-nocache-copy off
              86450±80 tps
              50/90/95/99% latency (us): 334.37±0.02/838±1/2100±20/3990±40
      tx-nocache-copy on
              86110±60 tps
              50/90/95/99% latency (us): 334.28±0.01/837±2/2110±20/3990±20
      
      2) single stream throughput tests
      tx-nocache-copy leads to higher service demand
      
                              throughput  cpu0        cpu1        demand
                              (Gb/s)      (Gcycle)    (Gcycle)    (cycle/B)
      
      nic irqs and netperf on cpu0 (1x netperf -T0,0 -t omni -- -d send)
      
      tx-nocache-copy off     9402±5      9.4±0.2                 0.80±0.01
      tx-nocache-copy on      9403±3      9.85±0.04               0.838±0.004
      
      nic irqs on cpu0, netperf on cpu1 (1x netperf -T1,1 -t omni -- -d send)
      
      tx-nocache-copy off     9401±5      5.83±0.03   5.0±0.1     0.923±0.007
      tx-nocache-copy on      9404±2      5.74±0.03   5.523±0.009 0.958±0.002
      
      As a second example, here are some results from Eric Dumazet with latest
      net-next.
      tx-nocache-copy also leads to higher service demand
      
      (cpu is Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5660  @ 2.80GHz)
      
      lpq83:~# ./ethtool -K eth0 tx-nocache-copy on
      lpq83:~# perf stat ./netperf -H lpq84 -c
      MIGRATED TCP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to lpq84.prod.google.com () port 0 AF_INET
      Recv   Send    Send                          Utilization       Service Demand
      Socket Socket  Message  Elapsed              Send     Recv     Send    Recv
      Size   Size    Size     Time     Throughput  local    remote   local   remote
      bytes  bytes   bytes    secs.    10^6bits/s  % S      % U      us/KB   us/KB
      
       87380  16384  16384    10.00      9407.44   2.50     -1.00    0.522   -1.000
      
       Performance counter stats for './netperf -H lpq84 -c':
      
             4282.648396 task-clock                #    0.423 CPUs utilized
                   9,348 context-switches          #    0.002 M/sec
                      88 CPU-migrations            #    0.021 K/sec
                     355 page-faults               #    0.083 K/sec
          11,812,797,651 cycles                    #    2.758 GHz                     [82.79%]
           9,020,522,817 stalled-cycles-frontend   #   76.36% frontend cycles idle    [82.54%]
           4,579,889,681 stalled-cycles-backend    #   38.77% backend  cycles idle    [67.33%]
           6,053,172,792 instructions              #    0.51  insns per cycle
                                                   #    1.49  stalled cycles per insn [83.64%]
             597,275,583 branches                  #  139.464 M/sec                   [83.70%]
               8,960,541 branch-misses             #    1.50% of all branches         [83.65%]
      
            10.128990264 seconds time elapsed
      
      lpq83:~# ./ethtool -K eth0 tx-nocache-copy off
      lpq83:~# perf stat ./netperf -H lpq84 -c
      MIGRATED TCP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to lpq84.prod.google.com () port 0 AF_INET
      Recv   Send    Send                          Utilization       Service Demand
      Socket Socket  Message  Elapsed              Send     Recv     Send    Recv
      Size   Size    Size     Time     Throughput  local    remote   local   remote
      bytes  bytes   bytes    secs.    10^6bits/s  % S      % U      us/KB   us/KB
      
       87380  16384  16384    10.00      9412.45   2.15     -1.00    0.449   -1.000
      
       Performance counter stats for './netperf -H lpq84 -c':
      
             2847.375441 task-clock                #    0.281 CPUs utilized
                  11,632 context-switches          #    0.004 M/sec
                      49 CPU-migrations            #    0.017 K/sec
                     354 page-faults               #    0.124 K/sec
           7,646,889,749 cycles                    #    2.686 GHz                     [83.34%]
           6,115,050,032 stalled-cycles-frontend   #   79.97% frontend cycles idle    [83.31%]
           1,726,460,071 stalled-cycles-backend    #   22.58% backend  cycles idle    [66.55%]
           2,079,702,453 instructions              #    0.27  insns per cycle
                                                   #    2.94  stalled cycles per insn [83.22%]
             363,773,213 branches                  #  127.757 M/sec                   [83.29%]
               4,242,732 branch-misses             #    1.17% of all branches         [83.51%]
      
            10.128449949 seconds time elapsed
      
      CC: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarBenjamin Poirier <bpoirier@suse.de>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      cdb3f4a3
    • Jiri Pirko's avatar
      ipv4: loopback device: ignore value changes after device is upped · dfd1582d
      Jiri Pirko authored
      When lo is brought up, new ifa is created. Then, devconf and neigh values
      bitfield should be set so later changes of default values would not
      affect lo values.
      
      Note that the same behaviour is in ipv6. Also note that this is likely
      not an issue in many distros (for example Fedora 19) because userspace
      sets address to lo manually before bringing it up.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      dfd1582d
    • FX Le Bail's avatar
      IPv6: add the option to use anycast addresses as source addresses in echo reply · 509aba3b
      FX Le Bail authored
      This change allows to follow a recommandation of RFC4942.
      
      - Add "anycast_src_echo_reply" sysctl to control the use of anycast addresses
        as source addresses for ICMPv6 echo reply. This sysctl is false by default
        to preserve existing behavior.
      - Add inline check ipv6_anycast_destination().
      - Use them in icmpv6_echo_reply().
      
      Reference:
      RFC4942 - IPv6 Transition/Coexistence Security Considerations
         (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4942#section-2.1.6)
      
      2.1.6. Anycast Traffic Identification and Security
      
         [...]
         To avoid exposing knowledge about the internal structure of the
         network, it is recommended that anycast servers now take advantage of
         the ability to return responses with the anycast address as the
         source address if possible.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarFrancois-Xavier Le Bail <fx.lebail@yahoo.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarHannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      509aba3b
    • Wei Yongjun's avatar
      net/mlx4_en: fix error return code in mlx4_en_get_qp() · 9ba75fb0
      Wei Yongjun authored
      Fix to return a negative error code from the error handling
      case instead of 0.
      
      Fixes: 837052d0 ('net/mlx4_en: Add netdev support for TCP/IP offloads of vxlan tunneling')
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      9ba75fb0
    • Hayes Wang's avatar
      r8152: correct some messages · 4a8deae2
      Hayes Wang authored
       - Replace pr_warn_ratelimited() with net_ratelimit() and netdev_warn().
       - Adjust the algnment of some messages.
       - Remove the peroid.
       - Fix some messages don't have terminating newline.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarHayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      4a8deae2
    • David S. Miller's avatar
      bna: Fix build due to missing use of dma_unmap_len_set() · ecca6a96
      David S. Miller authored
      > as reported for linux-next of Dec.20, 2013
      > when CONFIG_NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE is not enabled:
      >
      > drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c: In function 'bnad_start_xmit':
      > drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c:3074:26: error: 'struct bnad_tx_vector' has no member named 'dma_len'
      Reported-by: default avatarRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      ecca6a96
    • Eric Dumazet's avatar
      gre_offload: statically build GRE offloading support · 438e38fa
      Eric Dumazet authored
      GRO/GSO layers can be enabled on a node, even if said
      node is only forwarding packets.
      
      This patch permits GSO (and upcoming GRO) support for GRE
      encapsulated packets, even if the host has no GRE tunnel setup.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
      Cc: H.K. Jerry Chu <hkchu@google.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      438e38fa
    • Hauke Mehrtens's avatar
      bgmac: fix typos · 0e595934
      Hauke Mehrtens authored
      This fixes some typos found by Sergei.
      Reported-by: default avatarSergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarHauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      0e595934
    • David S. Miller's avatar
      Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jesse/openvswitch · 39b6b299
      David S. Miller authored
      Jesse Gross says:
      
      ====================
      [GIT net-next] Open vSwitch
      
      Open vSwitch changes for net-next/3.14. Highlights are:
       * Performance improvements in the mechanism to get packets to userspace
         using memory mapped netlink and skb zero copy where appropriate.
       * Per-cpu flow stats in situations where flows are likely to be shared
         across CPUs. Standard flow stats are used in other situations to save
         memory and allocation time.
       * A handful of code cleanups and rationalization.
      ====================
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      39b6b299
  2. 06 Jan, 2014 31 commits