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[90.116.246.85]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e65sm4194752wmg.3.2016.08.04.08.33.19 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 04 Aug 2016 08:33:19 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: Unstable local network throughput From: Ben RUBSON <ben.rubson@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0b14bf39-ed71-b9fb-1998-bd9676466df6@selasky.org> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 17:33:19 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <E5BE8DAC-AB6A-491E-A901-4E513367278B@gmail.com> References: <3C0D892F-2BE8-4650-B9FC-93C8EE0443E1@gmail.com> <bed13ae3-0b8f-b1af-7418-7bf1b9fc74bc@selasky.org> <3B164B7B-CBFB-4518-B57D-A96EABB71647@gmail.com> <5D6DF8EA-D9AA-4617-8561-2D7E22A738C3@gmail.com> <06E414D5-9CDA-46D1-A26F-0B07E76FDB34@gmail.com> <0b14bf39-ed71-b9fb-1998-bd9676466df6@selasky.org> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD <freebsd-net.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-net>, <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-net@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net>, <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:33:22 -0000 > On 04 Aug 2016, at 17:33, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote: >=20 > On 08/04/16 17:24, Ben RUBSON wrote: >>=20 >>> On 04 Aug 2016, at 11:40, Ben RUBSON <ben.rubson@gmail.com> wrote: >>>=20 >>>> On 02 Aug 2016, at 22:11, Ben RUBSON <ben.rubson@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>> On 02 Aug 2016, at 21:35, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> = wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>> The CX-3 driver doesn't bind the worker threads to specific CPU = cores by default, so if your CPU has more than one so-called numa, = you'll end up that the bottle-neck is the high-speed link between the = CPU cores and not the card. A quick and dirty workaround is to "cpuset" = iperf and the interrupt and taskqueue threads to specific CPU cores. >>>>=20 >>>> My CPUs : 2x E5-2620v3 with DDR4@1866. >>>=20 >>> OK, so I cpuset all Mellanox interrupts to one NUMA, as well as the = iPerf processes, and I'm able to reach max bandwidth. >>> Choosing the wrong NUMA (or both, or one for interrupts, the other = one for iPerf, etc...) totally kills throughput. >>>=20 >>> However, full-duplex throughput is still limited, I can't manage to = reach 2x40Gb/s, throttle is at about 45Gb/s. >>> I tried many different cpuset layouts, but I never went above = 45Gb/s. >>> (Linux allowed me to reach 2x40Gb/s so hardware is not a bottleneck) >>>=20 >>>>> Are you using "options RSS" and "options PCBGROUP" in your kernel = config? >>>=20 >>> I will then give RSS a try. >>=20 >> Without RSS : >> A ---> B : 40Gbps (unidirectional) >> A <--> B : 45Gbps (bidirectional) >>=20 >> With RSS : >> A ---> B : 28Gbps (unidirectional) >> A <--> B : 28Gbps (bidirectional) >>=20 >> Sounds like RSS does not help :/ >>=20 >> Why, without RSS, do I have difficulties to reach 2x40Gbps = (full-duplex) ? >>=20 >=20 > Hi, >=20 > Possibly because the packets are arriving at the wrong CPU compared to = what RSS expects. Then RSS will invoke a taskqueue to process the = packets on the correct CPU, if I'm not mistaken. But even without RSS, I should be able to go up to 2x40Gbps, don't you = think so ? Nobody already did this ?