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[ovs-dev,RFC,v2,3/5] dpif-netdev: Do not sleep when swappingqueues.

Message ID 1557851610-5602-4-git-send-email-david.marchand@redhat.com
State Superseded
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Series Quicker pmd threads reloads | expand

Commit Message

David Marchand May 14, 2019, 4:33 p.m. UTC
When swapping queues from a pmd thread to another (q0 polled by pmd0/q1
polled by pmd1 -> q1 polled by pmd0/q0 polled by pmd1), the current
"Step 5" puts both pmds to sleep waiting for the control thread to wake
them up later.

Prefer to make them spin in such a case to avoid sleeping an
undeterministic amount of time.

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
---
 lib/dpif-netdev.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev.c b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
index 4febd8b..254a50e 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-netdev.c
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@  struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread {
     struct seq *reload_seq;
     uint64_t last_reload_seq;
     atomic_bool reload;             /* Do we need to reload ports? */
+    atomic_bool wait_for_reload;    /* Can we busy wait for the next reload? */
     atomic_bool exit;               /* For terminating the pmd thread. */
     pthread_t thread;
     unsigned core_id;               /* CPU core id of this pmd thread. */
@@ -4897,6 +4898,33 @@  reconfigure_datapath(struct dp_netdev *dp)
         HMAP_FOR_EACH_SAFE (poll, poll_next, node, &pmd->poll_list) {
             if (poll->rxq->pmd != pmd) {
                 dp_netdev_del_rxq_from_pmd(pmd, poll);
+
+                /* This pmd might sleep after this step reload if it has no
+                 * rxq remaining. Can we tell it to busy wait for new rxq at
+                 * Step 6 ? */
+                if (hmap_count(&pmd->poll_list) == 0) {
+                    HMAP_FOR_EACH (port, node, &dp->ports) {
+                        int qid;
+
+                        if (!netdev_is_pmd(port->netdev)) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        for (qid = 0; qid < port->n_rxq; qid++) {
+                            struct dp_netdev_rxq *q = &port->rxqs[qid];
+
+                            if (q->pmd == pmd) {
+                                atomic_store_relaxed(&q->pmd->wait_for_reload,
+                                                     true);
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        if (qid != port->n_rxq) {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
         ovs_mutex_unlock(&pmd->port_mutex);
@@ -5414,7 +5442,9 @@  pmd_thread_main(void *f_)
     struct pmd_perf_stats *s = &pmd->perf_stats;
     unsigned int lc = 0;
     struct polled_queue *poll_list;
+    bool wait_for_reload = false;
     bool exiting;
+    bool reload;
     int poll_cnt;
     int i;
     int process_packets = 0;
@@ -5442,9 +5472,16 @@  reload:
     }
 
     if (!poll_cnt) {
-        while (seq_read(pmd->reload_seq) == pmd->last_reload_seq) {
-            seq_wait(pmd->reload_seq, pmd->last_reload_seq);
-            poll_block();
+        /* Don't sleep, control thread will ask for a reload shortly. */
+        if (wait_for_reload) {
+            do {
+                atomic_read_relaxed(&pmd->reload, &reload);
+            } while (!reload);
+        } else {
+            while (seq_read(pmd->reload_seq) == pmd->last_reload_seq) {
+                seq_wait(pmd->reload_seq, pmd->last_reload_seq);
+                poll_block();
+            }
         }
         lc = UINT_MAX;
     }
@@ -5483,8 +5520,6 @@  reload:
         }
 
         if (lc++ > 1024) {
-            bool reload;
-
             lc = 0;
 
             coverage_try_clear();
@@ -5504,6 +5539,7 @@  reload:
     ovs_mutex_unlock(&pmd->perf_stats.stats_mutex);
 
     poll_cnt = pmd_load_queues_and_ports(pmd, &poll_list);
+    atomic_read_relaxed(&pmd->wait_for_reload, &wait_for_reload);
     atomic_read_relaxed(&pmd->exit, &exiting);
     /* Signal here to make sure the pmd finishes
      * reloading the updated configuration. */
@@ -5840,6 +5876,7 @@  dp_netdev_pmd_reload_done(struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd)
 {
     uint32_t old;
 
+    atomic_store_relaxed(&pmd->wait_for_reload, false);
     atomic_store_relaxed(&pmd->reload, false);
     pmd->last_reload_seq = seq_read(pmd->reload_seq);
     atomic_sub_explicit(&pmd->dp->reloading_pmds, 1, &old,