[ovs-dev] [PATCH 0/5] Rxq scheduling updates.

[David Marchand]

On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 11:19 PM Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> The first two patches do not provide new functionality for the user
> (except the logs are reworked). They are reworking to make the
> rxq scheduling and PMD auto load balance code more modular for cleanup
> and to be used by subsequent patches. They are also removing the code
> duplication between them by having some common functions they can both use.
>
> 1/5 reworks the current rxq scheduling code to make it more modular
> and reusable.
>
> 2/5 makes PMD auto load balance reuse the common rxq scheduling code
> and removes the duplication of the rxq scheduling code in PMD auto load
> balance for making a dry run.
>
> 3/5 adds a new option to assign rxqs to pmds that incorporates the
> estimated load of the PMD and removes the restriction for trying to
> equally distribute the number of rxqs across the PMDs. This means it
> is solely load based so will help optimize balancing the processing
> load across the PMDs. With this method, a group of low loaded rxqs
> may be on one PMD, while another PMD could have just one highly loaded
> rxq.
>
> 4/5 provides a fallback for if the user tries to pin an rxq to a PMD with
> pmd-rxq-affinity but the PMD is not in the pmd-cpu-mask. Previously it was
> not polled.
>
> 5/5 adds an option to non-isolate the PMD when it is pinned with an rxq
> using pmd-rxq-affinity.
>
> Kevin Traynor (5):
>   dpif-netdev: Rework rxq scheduling code.
>   dpif-netdev: Make PMD auto load balance use common rxq scheduling.
>   dpif-netdev: Add group rxq scheduling assignment type.
>   dpif-netdev: Assign PMD for failed pinned rxqs.
>   dpif-netdev: Allow pin rxq and non-isolate PMD.

Overall, this series lgtm with the comments I sent.
It is worth adding some point in the NEWS file to advertise the new feature.


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David Marchand