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    "name": "[v3,0/3] igb, ixgbe, i40e UDP segmentation offload support",
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        "From": "Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>",
        "To": "netdev@vger.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org,\n\tjeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com",
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        "Subject": "[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v3 0/3] igb, ixgbe,\n\ti40e UDP segmentation offload support",
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    "content": "Alexander Duyck posted a series in 2018 proposing adding UDP segmentation\noffload support to ixgbe and ixgbevf, but those patches were never\naccepted:\n\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20180504003556.4769.11407.stgit@localhost.localdomain/\n\nThis series is a repost of his ixgbe patch along with a similar\nchange to the igb and i40e drivers. Testing using the udpgso_bench_tx\nbenchmark shows a noticeable performance improvement with these changes\napplied.\n\nI've shared the benchmark script I've used to generate the #s in this mail:\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/netdev/0e0e706c-4ce9-c27a-af55-339b4eb6d524@akamai.com/T/#mfe4c35c57a3860cda5306b63f61068f837242ee5\n\nv3 change:\n * Change gso_type order check, suggested by Alex\n\nv2 changes:\n * Added Alex's suggested-by tag to ixgbe patch\n * Checking for gso_type, suggested by Sridhar\n * Fixed bug in ixgbe patch where I accidentally left the old type_tucmd\n   set to TCP\n * Updated perf #s below\n   * includes changes above\n   * fixed bad config on my igb machine\n   * added chip used for testing next to driver name\n\nAll #s below were run with:\nudpgso_bench_tx -C 1 -4 -D 172.25.43.133 -z -l 30 -S 0 -u -s $pkt_size\n\nigb (i210)::\nSW GSO (ethtool -K eth0 tx-udp-segmentation off):\n$pkt_size\tkB/s(sar)\tMB/s\tCalls/s\tMsg/s\tCPU\tMB2CPU\n========================================================================\n1472\t\t120167.13\t114\t81278\t81278\t16.24\t7.01\n2944\t\t120166.83\t114\t40641\t40641\t12.82\t8.89\n5888\t\t120166.42\t114\t20320\t20320\t10.14\t11.24\n11776\t\t120166.43\t114\t10160\t10160\t8.55\t13.33\n23552\t\t120167.24\t114\t5080\t5080\t7.76\t14.69\n47104\t\t120166.83\t114\t2540\t2540\t7.07\t16.12\n61824\t\t120167.08\t114\t1935\t1935\t7.07\t16.12\n\nHW GSO offload (ethtool -K eth0 tx-udp-segmentation on):\n$pkt_size\tkB/s(sar)\tMB/s\tCalls/s\tMsg/s\tCPU\tMB2CPU\n========================================================================\n1472\t\t120167.05\t114\t81276\t81276\t16.13\t7.06\n2944\t\t120166.94\t114\t40640\t40640\t8.66\t13.16\n5888\t\t120166.84\t114\t20320\t20320\t5.34\t21.34\n11776\t\t120166.84\t114\t10160\t10160\t3.34\t34.13\n23552\t\t120167.25\t114\t5080\t5080\t2.55\t44.70\n47104\t\t120149.30\t113\t2539\t2539\t2.14\t52.80\n61824\t\t120165.41\t114\t1935\t1935\t2.04\t55.88\n\nixgbe (82599ES)::\nSW GSO:\n$pkt_size\tkB/s(sar)\tMB/s\tCalls/s\tMsg/s\tCPU\tMB2CPU\n========================================================================\n1472\t\t1043972.83\t990\t706122\t706122\t100\t9.90\n2944\t\t1201623.17\t1140\t406367\t406367\t95.97\t11.87\n5888\t\t1201629.46\t1140\t203184\t203184\t56\t20.35\n11776\t\t1201631.38\t1140\t101590\t101590\t42.72\t26.68\n23552\t\t1201633.94\t1140\t50796\t50796\t36.31\t31.39\n47104\t\t1201631.05\t1140\t25397\t25397\t33.91\t33.61\n61824\t\t1201629.96\t1140\t19350\t19350\t33.38\t34.15\n\nHW GSO Offload:\n$pkt_size\tkB/s(sar)\tMB/s\tCalls/s\tMsg/s\tCPU\tMB2CPU\n========================================================================\n1472\t\t1053393.41\t999\t712679\t712679\t100\t9.99\n2944\t\t1201631.19\t1140\t406357\t406357\t57.92\t19.68\n5888\t\t1201622.51\t1140\t203178\t203178\t30.66\t37.18\n11776\t\t1201626.60\t1140\t101590\t101590\t16.89\t67.49\n23552\t\t1201617.19\t1140\t50795\t50795\t10.11\t112.75\n47104\t\t1200218.72\t1138\t25368\t25368\t6.86\t165.88\n61824\t\t1201619.66\t1140\t19350\t19350\t5.38\t211.89\n\ni40e (x710)::\nSW GSO:\n$pkt_size\tkB/s(sar)\tMB/s\tCalls/s\tMsg/s\tCPU\tMB2CPU\n========================================================================\n1472\t\t642718.15\t609\t434585\t434585\t100\t6.09\n2944\t\t957988.80\t909\t324029\t324029\t100\t9.09\n5888\t\t1199207.69\t1138\t202845\t202845\t81.51\t13.96\n11776\t\t1200767.60\t1139\t101517\t101517\t63.93\t17.81\n23552\t\t1201197.22\t1140\t50794\t50794\t59.14\t19.27\n47104\t\t1201410.91\t1139\t25393\t25393\t57.15\t19.93\n61824\t\t1201609.48\t1140\t19350\t19350\t55.12\t20.68\n\nHW GSO offload:\n$pkt_size\tkB/s(sar)\tMB/s\tCalls/s\tMsg/s\tCPU\tMB2CPU\n========================================================================\n1472\t\t666626.15\t632\t450920\t450920\t100\t6.32\n2944\t\t1200831.63\t1139\t406093\t406093\t89.68\t12.70\n5888\t\t1201603.35\t1140\t203178\t203178\t56.38\t20.21\n11776\t\t1201597.29\t1140\t101588\t101588\t36.9\t30.89\n23552\t\t1201596.98\t1140\t50794\t50794\t24.23\t47.04\n47104\t\t1201491.67\t1139\t25394\t25394\t17.14\t66.45\n61824\t\t1201598.88\t1140\t19350\t19350\t15.11\t75.44\n\nJosh Hunt (3):\n  igb: Add UDP segmentation offload support\n  ixgbe: Add UDP segmentation offload support\n  i40e: Add UDP segmentation offload support\n\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c   |  1 +\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c   | 12 +++++++++---\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_82575.h  |  1 +\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c     | 23 +++++++++++++++++------\n drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------\n 5 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)"
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