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.

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