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| author | Jesper Dangaard Brouer <[email protected]> | 2017-08-29 16:37:56 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <[email protected]> | 2017-08-29 10:51:29 -0700 |
| commit | f5836ca5e9867fa6ab88cadb9873af56d9ceb589 (patch) | |
| tree | 81b8317a3d986fb176b2df280d946bd250e4ad1a /tools/perf/scripts/python | |
| parent | b06337dfdb16bc3f668326b6a618c472c671182a (diff) | |
xdp: separate xdp_redirect tracepoint in error case
There is a need to separate the xdp_redirect tracepoint into two
tracepoints, for separating the error case from the normal forward
case.
Due to the extreme speeds XDP is operating at, loading a tracepoint
have a measurable impact. Single core XDP REDIRECT (ethtool tuned
rx-usecs 25) can do 13.7 Mpps forwarding, but loading a simple
bpf_prog at the tracepoint (with a return 0) reduce perf to 10.2 Mpps
(CPU E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz, driver: ixgbe)
The overhead of loading a bpf-based tracepoint can be calculated to
cost 25 nanosec ((1/13782002-1/10267937)*10^9 = -24.83 ns).
Using perf record on the tracepoint event, with a non-matching --filter
expression, the overhead is much larger. Performance drops to 8.3 Mpps,
cost 48 nanosec ((1/13782002-1/8312497)*10^9 = -47.74))
Having a separate tracepoint for err cases, which should be less
frequent, allow running a continuous monitor for errors while not
affecting the redirect forward performance (this have also been
verified by measurements).
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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