Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 17 Dec 2016 11:12:23 -0800
From:      "George Neville-Neil" <gnn@neville-neil.com>
To:        "Allan Jude" <allanjude@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: netmap, netmap-fwd, and how many M packets-per-second?
Message-ID:  <6B4F5FFE-4513-4BE5-9151-B7D05980A83C@neville-neil.com>
In-Reply-To: <d4ffde3f-07e1-6e75-33c0-9a00eab6dc68@freebsd.org>
References:  <596e5c15-1a85-1fdc-ca88-11a0ccd5e125@gmail.com> <d4ffde3f-07e1-6e75-33c0-9a00eab6dc68@freebsd.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 3156 and 4880).

--=_MailMate_9FA572BC-1769-4610-9D71-3EACF8D5A565_=
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable



On 1 Dec 2016, at 17:57, Allan Jude wrote:

> On 2016-12-01 18:55, Jordan Caraballo wrote:
>> Feedback and/or tips and tricks more than welcome.
>>
>> We are trying to process huge amounts of small (64 bytes) pps through =
a
>> router. So far results have not been as we expected. We have tested
>> FreeBSD 10.3, 11.0, 11.0-STABLE, and 12.0-CURRENT with and without
>> netmap. Based on netmap documentation we were expecting about 5.0M pps=
;
>> alongside with the routing improvements from the freebsd routing
>> proposal a total of 12.0M.
>>
>> Server Description:
>>
>> Dell PowerEdge R530 with 2 Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5=C2=AD2695 CPU's, 18 cor=
es per
>> cpu. Equipped with a Chelsio T-580-CR dual port in an 8x slot.
>>
>> BIOS tweaks:
>>
>> Hyperthreading (or Logical Processors) is turned off.
>>
>> Current results are shown below. Additional configurations can be give=
n
>> upon request.
>>
>> Test Environment:
>> 5 clients and 5 servers - 4 Dell C6100 and 2 Dell R420; each one
>> equipped with 10G NICS (4 intel 8259X and 6 with mellanox connectx2).
>>
>> Script that execute the following on each host.
>>
>> #!/usr/local/bin/bash
>> # Iterate through ports and start tests
>> for ((i=3D1;i<=3DPORTS;i++)); do
>>     PORT=3D$(($PORT+1))
>>     iperf3 -c 172.16.2.$IP -u -b10000m -i 0 -N -l$PKT -t$TIME -P$STREA=
MS
>> -p$PORT &
>>     #iperf3 -c 172.16.2.$IP -i0 -N -l$PKT -t$TIME -P$STREAMS -p$PORT &=

>> done
>>
>> # FreeBSD 10.3 - 4 streams to 80 ports from each client (5)
>>
>>             input        (Total)           output
>>    packets  errs idrops      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls d=
rops
>>       1.9M     0  1.3M       194M       540k     0        57M 0     0
>>       2.1M     0  1.5M       216M       556k     0        58M 0     0
>>       1.8M     0  1.3M       192M       553k     0        58M 0     0
>>       1.7M     0  1.1M       174M       542k     0        57M 0     0
>>       1.9M     0  1.4M       204M       537k     0        56M 0     0
>>       1.6M     0  1.1M       171M       550k     0        58M 0     0
>>       1.6M     0  1.1M       173M       546k     0        57M 0     0
>>       1.7M     0  1.1M       176M       564k     0        59M 0     0
>>       2.0M     0  1.5M       212M       543k     0        57M 0     0
>>       2.1M     0  1.5M       219M       557k     0        58M 0     0
>>       1.9M     0  1.4M       205M       547k     0        57M 0     0
>>       1.7M     0  1.2M       179M       553k     0        58M 0     0
>>
>> # FreeBSD 11.0 - 4 streams to 80 ports from each client (5)
>>
>>             input        (Total)           output
>>    packets  errs idrops      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls d=
rops
>>       3.1M     0  1.8M       326M       1.3M     0       134M 0     0
>>       2.6M     0  1.5M       269M       1.1M     0       116M 0     0
>>       2.7M     0  1.5M       285M       1.2M     0       127M 0     0
>>       2.4M     0  1.3M       257M       1.1M     0       119M 0     0
>>       2.7M     0  1.5M       287M       1.3M     0       134M 0     0
>>       2.5M     0  1.3M       262M       1.2M     0       127M 0     0
>>       2.1M     0  1.1M       224M       1.0M     0       108M 0     0
>>       2.7M     0  1.4M       285M       1.4M     0       143M 0     0
>>       2.6M     0  1.3M       272M       1.3M     0       136M 0     0
>>       2.5M     0  1.4M       265M       1.1M     0       120M 0     0
>> # FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE - 4 streams to 80 ports from each client (5)
>>
>>             input        (Total)           output
>>    packets  errs idrops      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls d=
rops
>>       1.9M     0  849k       195M       1.0M     0       107M 0     0
>>       1.9M     0  854k       196M       1.0M     0       106M 0     0
>>       1.9M     0  851k       196M       1.0M     0       107M 0     0
>>       1.9M     0  851k       196M       1.0M     0       107M 0     0
>>       1.9M     0  851k       196M       1.0M     0       107M 0     0
>>       1.9M     0  852k       196M       1.0M     0       107M 0     0
>>       1.9M     0  847k       195M       1.0M     0       107M 0     0
>>       1.9M     0  836k       195M       1.0M     0       107M 0     0
>>       1.9M     0  843k       195M       1.0M     0       107M 0     0
>> # FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT - 4 streams to 80 ports from each client (5)
>>
>>            input        (Total)           output
>>    packets  errs idrops      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls d=
rops
>>       1.1M   259     0       115M       1.1M     0       115M 0     0
>>       1.2M   273     0       124M       1.2M     0       124M 0     0
>>       1.1M   200     0       112M       1.1M     0       112M 0     0
>>       1.2M   290     0       122M       1.2M     0       122M 0     0
>>       1.0M   132     0       107M       1.0M     0       107M 0     0
>>       1.1M   303     0       118M       1.1M     0       118M 0     0
>>       1.1M   278     0       112M       1.1M     0       112M 0     0
>>       1.2M   243     0       122M       1.2M     0       122M 0     0
>>       1.1M   168     0       112M       1.1M     0       112M 0     0
>>       1.1M   161     0       112M       1.1M     0       112M 0     0
>> # FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT + Netmap - 4 streams to 80 ports from each clie=
nt
>> (5)
>>
>>             input        (Total)           output
>>    packets  errs idrops      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls d=
rops
>>       1.4M    10     0       144M       1.4M     0       144M 0     0
>>       1.5M     6     0       159M       1.5M     0       159M 0     0
>>       1.4M     5     0       144M       1.4M     0       144M 0     0
>>       1.5M    14     0       158M       1.5M     0       158M 0     0
>>       1.4M     5     0       151M       1.4M     0       151M 0     0
>>       1.4M    10     0       152M       1.4M     0       152M 0     0
>>       1.4M    12     0       148M       1.4M     0       148M 0     0
>>       1.5M     9     0       155M       1.5M     0       155M 0     0
>>       1.4M    23     0       151M       1.4M     0       151M 0     0
>>       1.4M    11     0       151M       1.4M     0       151M 0     0
>> # FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT + Netmap + Tuning - 4 streams to 80 ports from
>> each client (5)
>>
>>            input        (Total)           output
>>    packets  errs idrops      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls d=
rops
>>       1.4M    15     0       145M       1.4M     0       145M 0     0
>>       1.5M    18     0       157M       1.5M     0       157M 0     0
>>       1.5M    10     0       156M       1.5M     0       156M 0     0
>>       1.5M    15     0       154M       1.5M     0       154M 0     0
>>       1.4M    13     0       146M       1.4M     0       146M 0     0
>>       1.5M    15     0       156M       1.5M     0       156M 0     0
>>       1.5M     9     0       155M       1.5M     0       155M 0     0
>>       1.5M    13     0       153M       1.5M     0       153M 0     0
>>       1.4M    14     0       145M       1.4M     0       145M 0     0
>>       1.4M    17     0       151M       1.4M     0       151M 0     0
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list
>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance
>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to
>> "freebsd-performance-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
>
> You might try pktgen, the netmap tool for generating packets, rather
> than iperf, as your source of traffic.
>
> Olivier Cochard-Labb=C3=A9 has a series of benchmarks on github in his
> 'netbenches' project
>
> https://github.com/ocochard/netbenches/blob/master/Xeon_E5-2650-8Cores-=
Chelsio_T540-CR/fastforwarding-pf-ipfw/results/fbsd12-head.r299288.D8526/=
README.md
>
> This shows FreeBSD 12 @r299288 doing ~ 2.5 M pps of forwarding (so recv=

> and then resend) in a stock configuration, and reaching almost 5 millio=
n
> pps after a patch that has since been committed to -CURRENT.
>

And if you want examples of using that they're in my netperf repo:

https://github.com/freebsd-net/netperf/blob/master/VANILLA/Tests/pktgen-f=
ullspread/source.cfg

There are many more examples of pkt-gen in that repo.

Best,
George

--=_MailMate_9FA572BC-1769-4610-9D71-3EACF8D5A565_=
Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org

iEYEARECAAYFAlhVjhgACgkQYdh2wUQKM9J9XgCgjN3KQGeuB0sKAVkNukxQBwaM
5hsAniN6hZR1TircMn6OCwBPpD/nUNaT
=ksJg
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--=_MailMate_9FA572BC-1769-4610-9D71-3EACF8D5A565_=--



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?6B4F5FFE-4513-4BE5-9151-B7D05980A83C>