linux/include/linux/dynamic_queue_limits.h
Eric Dumazet 3d9a0d2f82 dql: dql_queued() should write first to reduce bus transactions
While doing high throughput test on a BQL enabled NIC,
I found a very high cost in ndo_start_xmit() when accessing BQL data.

It turned out the problem was caused by compiler trying to be
smart, but involving a bad MESI transaction :

  0.05 │  mov    0xc0(%rax),%edi    // LOAD dql->num_queued
  0.48 │  mov    %edx,0xc8(%rax)    // STORE dql->last_obj_cnt = count
 58.23 │  add    %edx,%edi
  0.58 │  cmp    %edi,0xc4(%rax)
  0.76 │  mov    %edi,0xc0(%rax)    // STORE dql->num_queued += count
  0.72 │  js     bd8

I got an incredible 10 % gain [1] by making sure cpu do not attempt
to get the cache line in Shared mode, but directly requests for
ownership.

New code :
	mov    %edx,0xc8(%rax)  // STORE dql->last_obj_cnt = count
	add    %edx,0xc0(%rax)  // RMW   dql->num_queued += count
	mov    0xc4(%rax),%ecx  // LOAD dql->adj_limit
	mov    0xc0(%rax),%edx  // LOAD dql->num_queued
	cmp    %edx,%ecx

The TX completion was running from another cpu, with high interrupts
rate.

Note that I am using barrier() as a soft hint, as mb() here could be
too heavy cost.

[1] This was a netperf TCP_STREAM with TSO disabled, but GSO enabled.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-09-29 00:04:55 -04:00

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/*
* Dynamic queue limits (dql) - Definitions
*
* Copyright (c) 2011, Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com>
*
* This header file contains the definitions for dynamic queue limits (dql).
* dql would be used in conjunction with a producer/consumer type queue
* (possibly a HW queue). Such a queue would have these general properties:
*
* 1) Objects are queued up to some limit specified as number of objects.
* 2) Periodically a completion process executes which retires consumed
* objects.
* 3) Starvation occurs when limit has been reached, all queued data has
* actually been consumed, but completion processing has not yet run
* so queuing new data is blocked.
* 4) Minimizing the amount of queued data is desirable.
*
* The goal of dql is to calculate the limit as the minimum number of objects
* needed to prevent starvation.
*
* The primary functions of dql are:
* dql_queued - called when objects are enqueued to record number of objects
* dql_avail - returns how many objects are available to be queued based
* on the object limit and how many objects are already enqueued
* dql_completed - called at completion time to indicate how many objects
* were retired from the queue
*
* The dql implementation does not implement any locking for the dql data
* structures, the higher layer should provide this. dql_queued should
* be serialized to prevent concurrent execution of the function; this
* is also true for dql_completed. However, dql_queued and dlq_completed can
* be executed concurrently (i.e. they can be protected by different locks).
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_DQL_H
#define _LINUX_DQL_H
#ifdef __KERNEL__
struct dql {
/* Fields accessed in enqueue path (dql_queued) */
unsigned int num_queued; /* Total ever queued */
unsigned int adj_limit; /* limit + num_completed */
unsigned int last_obj_cnt; /* Count at last queuing */
/* Fields accessed only by completion path (dql_completed) */
unsigned int limit ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp; /* Current limit */
unsigned int num_completed; /* Total ever completed */
unsigned int prev_ovlimit; /* Previous over limit */
unsigned int prev_num_queued; /* Previous queue total */
unsigned int prev_last_obj_cnt; /* Previous queuing cnt */
unsigned int lowest_slack; /* Lowest slack found */
unsigned long slack_start_time; /* Time slacks seen */
/* Configuration */
unsigned int max_limit; /* Max limit */
unsigned int min_limit; /* Minimum limit */
unsigned int slack_hold_time; /* Time to measure slack */
};
/* Set some static maximums */
#define DQL_MAX_OBJECT (UINT_MAX / 16)
#define DQL_MAX_LIMIT ((UINT_MAX / 2) - DQL_MAX_OBJECT)
/*
* Record number of objects queued. Assumes that caller has already checked
* availability in the queue with dql_avail.
*/
static inline void dql_queued(struct dql *dql, unsigned int count)
{
BUG_ON(count > DQL_MAX_OBJECT);
dql->last_obj_cnt = count;
/* We want to force a write first, so that cpu do not attempt
* to get cache line containing last_obj_cnt, num_queued, adj_limit
* in Shared state, but directly does a Request For Ownership
* It is only a hint, we use barrier() only.
*/
barrier();
dql->num_queued += count;
}
/* Returns how many objects can be queued, < 0 indicates over limit. */
static inline int dql_avail(const struct dql *dql)
{
return ACCESS_ONCE(dql->adj_limit) - ACCESS_ONCE(dql->num_queued);
}
/* Record number of completed objects and recalculate the limit. */
void dql_completed(struct dql *dql, unsigned int count);
/* Reset dql state */
void dql_reset(struct dql *dql);
/* Initialize dql state */
int dql_init(struct dql *dql, unsigned hold_time);
#endif /* _KERNEL_ */
#endif /* _LINUX_DQL_H */