[Intel-wired-lan] FW: [PATCH bpf-next 2/4] xsk: allow AF_XDP sockets to receive packets directly from a queue

Samudrala, Sridhar sridhar.samudrala at intel.com
Mon Oct 21 20:10:26 UTC 2019


On 10/20/2019 10:12 AM, Björn Töpel wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Oct 2019 at 12:15, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 05:45:26PM -0700, Samudrala, Sridhar wrote:
>>>> On 10/18/2019 5:14 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:40:07AM -0700, Samudrala, Sridhar wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perf report for "AF_XDP default rxdrop" with patched kernel - mitigations ON
>>>>>> ==========================================================================
>>>>>> Samples: 44K of event 'cycles', Event count (approx.): 38532389541
>>>>>> Overhead  Command          Shared Object              Symbol
>>>>>>     15.31%  ksoftirqd/28     [i40e]                     [k] i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc
>>>>>>     10.50%  ksoftirqd/28     bpf_prog_80b55d8a76303785  [k] bpf_prog_80b55d8a76303785
>>>>>>      9.48%  xdpsock          [i40e]                     [k] i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc
>>>>>>      8.62%  xdpsock          xdpsock                    [.] main
>>>>>>      7.11%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xsk_rcv
>>>>>>      5.81%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xdp_do_redirect
>>>>>>      4.46%  xdpsock          bpf_prog_80b55d8a76303785  [k] bpf_prog_80b55d8a76303785
>>>>>>      3.83%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xsk_rcv
>>>>>
>>>>> why everything is duplicated?
>>>>> Same code runs in different tasks ?
>>>>
>>>> Yes. looks like these functions run from both the app(xdpsock) context and ksoftirqd context.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>      2.81%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] bpf_xdp_redirect_map
>>>>>>      2.78%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xsk_map_lookup_elem
>>>>>>      2.44%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xdp_do_redirect
>>>>>>      2.19%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] __xsk_map_redirect
>>>>>>      1.62%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xsk_umem_peek_addr
>>>>>>      1.57%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xsk_umem_peek_addr
>>>>>>      1.32%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_cpu
>>>>>>      1.28%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] bpf_xdp_redirect_map
>>>>>>      1.15%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_device
>>>>>>      1.12%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xsk_map_lookup_elem
>>>>>>      1.06%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] __xsk_map_redirect
>>>>>>      0.94%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_device
>>>>>>      0.75%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] __x86_indirect_thunk_rax
>>>>>>      0.66%  ksoftirqd/28     [i40e]                     [k] i40e_clean_programming_status
>>>>>>      0.64%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] net_rx_action
>>>>>>      0.64%  swapper          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] intel_idle
>>>>>>      0.62%  ksoftirqd/28     [i40e]                     [k] i40e_napi_poll
>>>>>>      0.57%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_cpu
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perf report for "AF_XDP direct rxdrop" with patched kernel - mitigations ON
>>>>>> ==========================================================================
>>>>>> Samples: 46K of event 'cycles', Event count (approx.): 38387018585
>>>>>> Overhead  Command          Shared Object             Symbol
>>>>>>     21.94%  ksoftirqd/28     [i40e]                    [k] i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc
>>>>>>     14.36%  xdpsock          xdpsock                   [.] main
>>>>>>     11.53%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] xsk_rcv
>>>>>>     11.32%  xdpsock          [i40e]                    [k] i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc
>>>>>>      4.02%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] xsk_rcv
>>>>>>      2.91%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] xdp_do_redirect
>>>>>>      2.45%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] xsk_umem_peek_addr
>>>>>>      2.19%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] xsk_umem_peek_addr
>>>>>>      2.08%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] bpf_direct_xsk
>>>>>>      2.07%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_cpu
>>>>>>      1.53%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_device
>>>>>>      1.39%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_device
>>>>>>      1.22%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] xdp_get_xsk_from_qid
>>>>>>      1.12%  ksoftirqd/28     [i40e]                    [k] i40e_clean_programming_status
>>>>>>      0.96%  ksoftirqd/28     [i40e]                    [k] i40e_napi_poll
>>>>>>      0.95%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] net_rx_action
>>>>>>      0.89%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] xdp_do_redirect
>>>>>>      0.83%  swapper          [i40e]                    [k] i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc
>>>>>>      0.70%  swapper          [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] intel_idle
>>>>>>      0.66%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_cpu
>>>>>>      0.60%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] bpf_direct_xsk
>>>>>>      0.50%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]          [k] xsk_umem_discard_addr
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Based on the perf reports comparing AF_XDP default and direct rxdrop, we can say that
>>>>>> AF_XDP direct rxdrop codepath is avoiding the overhead of going through these functions
>>>>>>   bpf_prog_xxx
>>>>>>           bpf_xdp_redirect_map
>>>>>>   xsk_map_lookup_elem
>>>>>>           __xsk_map_redirect
>>>>>> With AF_XDP direct, xsk_rcv() is directly called via bpf_direct_xsk() in xdp_do_redirect()
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think you're identifying the overhead correctly.
>>>>> xsk_map_lookup_elem is 1%
>>>>> but bpf_xdp_redirect_map() suppose to call __xsk_map_lookup_elem()
>>>>> which is a different function:
>>>>> ffffffff81493fe0 T __xsk_map_lookup_elem
>>>>> ffffffff81492e80 t xsk_map_lookup_elem
>>>>>
>>>>> 10% for bpf_prog_80b55d8a76303785 is huge.
>>>>> It's the actual code of the program _without_ any helpers.
>>>>> How does the program actually look?
>>>>
>>>> It is the xdp program that is loaded via xsk_load_xdp_prog() in tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
>>>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/tree/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c#n268
>>>
>>> I see. Looks like map_gen_lookup was never implemented for xskmap.
>>> How about adding it first the way array_map_gen_lookup() is implemented?
>>> This will easily give 2x perf gain.
>>
>> I guess we should implement this for devmaps as well now that we allow
>> lookups into those.
>>
>> However, in this particular example, the lookup from BPF is not actually
>> needed, since bpf_redirect_map() will return a configurable error value
>> when the map lookup fails (for exactly this use case).
>>
>> So replacing:
>>
>> if (bpf_map_lookup_elem(&xsks_map, &index))
>>      return bpf_redirect_map(&xsks_map, index, 0);
>>
>> with simply
>>
>> return bpf_redirect_map(&xsks_map, index, XDP_PASS);
>>
>> would save the call to xsk_map_lookup_elem().
>>
> 
> Thanks for the reminder! I just submitted a patch. Still, doing the
> map_gen_lookup()  for xsk/devmaps still makes sense!
> 

I tried Bjorn's patch that avoids the lookups in the BPF prog.
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20191021105938.11820-1-bjorn.topel@gmail.com/

With this patch I am also seeing around 3-4% increase in xdpsock rxdrop performance and
the perf report looks like this.

Samples: 44K of event 'cycles', Event count (approx.): 38749965204
Overhead  Command          Shared Object              Symbol
   16.06%  ksoftirqd/28     [i40e]                     [k] i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc
   10.18%  ksoftirqd/28     bpf_prog_3c8251c7e0fef8db  [k] bpf_prog_3c8251c7e0fef8db
   10.15%  xdpsock          [i40e]                     [k] i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc
   10.06%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xsk_rcv
    7.45%  xdpsock          xdpsock                    [.] main
    5.76%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xdp_do_redirect
    4.51%  xdpsock          bpf_prog_3c8251c7e0fef8db  [k] bpf_prog_3c8251c7e0fef8db
    3.67%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xsk_rcv
    3.06%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] bpf_xdp_redirect_map
    2.34%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] __xsk_map_redirect
    2.33%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xdp_do_redirect
    1.69%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xsk_umem_peek_addr
    1.69%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] xsk_umem_peek_addr
    1.42%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_cpu
    1.19%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] bpf_xdp_redirect_map
    1.13%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_device
    0.95%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_device
    0.92%  swapper          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] intel_idle
    0.92%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] __xsk_map_redirect
    0.80%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] __x86_indirect_thunk_rax
    0.73%  ksoftirqd/28     [i40e]                     [k] i40e_clean_programming_status
    0.71%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] __xsk_map_lookup_elem
    0.63%  ksoftirqd/28     [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] net_rx_action
    0.62%  ksoftirqd/28     [i40e]                     [k] i40e_napi_poll
    0.58%  xdpsock          [kernel.vmlinux]           [k] dma_direct_sync_single_for_cpu

So with this patch applied, direct receive performance improvement comes down from 46% to 42%.
I think it is still substantial enough to provide an option to allow direct receive for
certain use cases. If it is OK, i can re-spin and submit the patches on top of the latest bpf-next

Thanks
Sridhar






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