[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2 00/13] datapath: Reduce lock contention.
Pravin Shelar
pshelar at nicira.com
Thu Feb 20 00:47:13 UTC 2014
Hi Jarno,
Can you send updated patches for current master?
Thanks,
Pravin.
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Jarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme at nicira.com> wrote:
> This series reduces kernel datapath lock contention. I have included
> the NUMA stats patches, as the rest do not apply cleanly without them.
> I have added netperf TCP_CRR results (connections/second) as the first
> column in the list below. These are in a specific 2-socket server,
> YMMV.
>
> I have included the current master as a baseline. The numbers are for
> the best run after a warmup, representing a case when revalidation is
> not necessary, but stats are still pushed continuously.
>
> Finally, I have manually set the max_idle to 750ms, so that it would
> not skew the results (too high max_idle will cause handlers to not be
> able to push all flows, which leads to more upcalls, and more TCP
> latency -> lower TCP_CRR score.)
>
> Jarno Rajahalme (13):
> 19k Master
> 17k datapath: Remove 5-tuple optimization.
> 45.1k datapath: Per NUMA node flow stats.
> datapath: Fix race.
> datapath: Avoid assigning a NULL pointer to flow actions.
> datapath: Use TCP flags in the flow key for stats.
> datapath: Clarify locking.
> 45.2k datapath: Minimize dp and vport critical sections.
> 52.3k datapath: Minimize ovs_flow_cmd_del critical section.
> 52.3k datapath: Minimize ovs_flow_cmd_new_or_set critical section.
> datapath: Store alloced size with sw_flow_acts.
> 52.7k datapath: Remove memory allocations from ovs_flow_cmd_execute.
> 56.2k datapath: Build netlink reply only if needed.
> 56.8k datapath: Do not return actions from flow delete.
>
> datapath/datapath.c | 528 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> datapath/flow.c | 181 ++++++++--------
> datapath/flow.h | 19 +-
> datapath/flow_netlink.c | 78 ++-----
> datapath/flow_netlink.h | 3 +-
> datapath/flow_table.c | 59 +++---
> datapath/flow_table.h | 6 +-
> 7 files changed, 445 insertions(+), 429 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
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