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Date:      Thu, 1 Apr 2021 11:35:27 +0200
From:      Marko Zec <zec@fer.hr>
To:        Michael Tuexen <michael.tuexen@macmic.franken.de>
Cc:        Richard Scheffenegger <rscheff@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 529a2a0f2765 - main - tcp: For hostcache performance, use atomics instead of counters
Message-ID:  <20210401113527.4ff81a4c@x23>
In-Reply-To: <9F675C09-14B6-4117-A079-90068E1D1E65@macmic.franken.de>
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 11:11:39 +0200
Michael Tuexen <michael.tuexen@macmic.franken.de> wrote:

> > On 1. Apr 2021, at 10:20, Marko Zec <zec@fer.hr> wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 08:03:57 GMT
> > Richard Scheffenegger <rscheff@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >   
> >> The branch main has been updated by rscheff:
> >> 
> >> URL:
> >> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=529a2a0f2765f6c57c50a5af6be242c03bf714e3
> >> 
> >> commit 529a2a0f2765f6c57c50a5af6be242c03bf714e3
> >> Author:     Richard Scheffenegger <rscheff@FreeBSD.org>
> >> AuthorDate: 2021-04-01 08:00:32 +0000
> >> Commit:     Richard Scheffenegger <rscheff@FreeBSD.org>
> >> CommitDate: 2021-04-01 08:03:30 +0000
> >> 
> >>    tcp: For hostcache performance, use atomics instead of counters
> >>  
> > 
> > Is that an April 1st joke, or for real, since it appears to have hit
> > the tree?
> >   
> >>    As accessing the tcp hostcache happens frequently on some
> >>    classes of servers, it was recommended  
> > 
> > Recommended by whom?  
> See https://reviews.freebsd.org/D29510#661680

OK thanks...  Perhaps if the commit note stated that it aims to
eliminate counter_u64_fetch() from a hot path that would have spared
the list from the noise from me...

Cheers,

Marko

> 
> Best regards
> Michael
> >   
> >> to use atomic_add/subtract
> >>    rather than (per-CPU distributed) counters, which have to be
> >>    summed up at high cost to cache efficiency.  
> > 
> > Numbers?
> >   
> >> 
> >>    PR: 254333
> >>    MFC after: 2 weeks
> >>    Sponsored by: NetApp, Inc.
> >>    Reviewed By: #transport, tuexen, jtl
> >>    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D29522
> >> ---
> >> sys/netinet/tcp_hostcache.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
> >> sys/netinet/tcp_hostcache.h |  2 +-
> >> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_hostcache.c
> >> b/sys/netinet/tcp_hostcache.c index 67da97405c3f..87023cc1a760
> >> 100644 --- a/sys/netinet/tcp_hostcache.c
> >> +++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_hostcache.c
> >> @@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ SYSCTL_UINT(_net_inet_tcp_hostcache, OID_AUTO,
> >> bucketlimit, CTLFLAG_VNET | CTLFLAG_RDTUN,
> >> &VNET_NAME(tcp_hostcache.bucket_limit), 0, "Per-bucket hash limit
> >> for hostcache"); 
> >> -SYSCTL_COUNTER_U64(_net_inet_tcp_hostcache, OID_AUTO, count,
> >> CTLFLAG_VNET | CTLFLAG_RD,
> >> -     &VNET_NAME(tcp_hostcache.cache_count),
> >> +SYSCTL_UINT(_net_inet_tcp_hostcache, OID_AUTO, count,
> >> CTLFLAG_VNET | CTLFLAG_RD,
> >> +     &VNET_NAME(tcp_hostcache.cache_count), 0,
> >>     "Current number of entries in hostcache");
> >> 
> >> SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet_tcp_hostcache, OID_AUTO, expire, CTLFLAG_VNET
> >> | CTLFLAG_RW, @@ -199,8 +199,7 @@ tcp_hc_init(void)
> >> 	/*
> >> 	 * Initialize hostcache structures.
> >> 	 */
> >> -	V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count = counter_u64_alloc(M_WAITOK);
> >> -	counter_u64_zero(V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count);
> >> +	atomic_store_int(&V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count, 0);
> >> 	V_tcp_hostcache.hashsize = TCP_HOSTCACHE_HASHSIZE;
> >> 	V_tcp_hostcache.bucket_limit = TCP_HOSTCACHE_BUCKETLIMIT;
> >> 	V_tcp_hostcache.expire = TCP_HOSTCACHE_EXPIRE;
> >> @@ -268,9 +267,6 @@ tcp_hc_destroy(void)
> >> 	/* Purge all hc entries. */
> >> 	tcp_hc_purge_internal(1);
> >> 
> >> -	/* Release the counter */
> >> -	counter_u64_free(V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count);
> >> -
> >> 	/* Free the uma zone and the allocated hash table. */
> >> 	uma_zdestroy(V_tcp_hostcache.zone);
> >> 
> >> @@ -378,7 +374,7 @@ tcp_hc_insert(struct in_conninfo *inc)
> >> 	 * If the bucket limit is reached, reuse the least-used
> >> element. */
> >> 	if (hc_head->hch_length >= V_tcp_hostcache.bucket_limit ||
> >> -	    counter_u64_fetch(V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count) >=
> >> V_tcp_hostcache.cache_limit) {
> >> +	    atomic_load_int(&V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count) >=
> >> V_tcp_hostcache.cache_limit) { hc_entry =
> >> TAILQ_LAST(&hc_head->hch_bucket, hc_qhead); /*
> >> 		 * At first we were dropping the last element, just
> >> to @@ -395,7 +391,7 @@ tcp_hc_insert(struct in_conninfo *inc)
> >> 		}
> >> 		TAILQ_REMOVE(&hc_head->hch_bucket, hc_entry,
> >> rmx_q); V_tcp_hostcache.hashbase[hash].hch_length--;
> >> -		counter_u64_add(V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count, -1);
> >> +		atomic_subtract_int(&V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count,
> >> 1); TCPSTAT_INC(tcps_hc_bucketoverflow);
> >> #if 0
> >> 		uma_zfree(V_tcp_hostcache.zone, hc_entry);
> >> @@ -428,7 +424,7 @@ tcp_hc_insert(struct in_conninfo *inc)
> >> 	 */
> >> 	TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&hc_head->hch_bucket, hc_entry, rmx_q);
> >> 	V_tcp_hostcache.hashbase[hash].hch_length++;
> >> -	counter_u64_add(V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count, 1);
> >> +	atomic_add_int(&V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count, 1);
> >> 	TCPSTAT_INC(tcps_hc_added);
> >> 
> >> 	return hc_entry;
> >> @@ -644,7 +640,8 @@ sysctl_tcp_hc_list(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
> >> 
> >> 	/* Optimize Buffer length query by sbin/sysctl */
> >> 	if (req->oldptr == NULL) {
> >> -		len =
> >> (counter_u64_fetch(V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count) + 1) * linesize;
> >> +		len =
> >> (atomic_load_int(&V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count)
> >> + 1) *
> >> +			linesize;
> >> 		return (SYSCTL_OUT(req, NULL, len));
> >> 	}
> >> 
> >> @@ -654,7 +651,8 @@ sysctl_tcp_hc_list(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
> >> 	}
> >> 
> >> 	/* Use a buffer sized for one full bucket */
> >> -	sbuf_new_for_sysctl(&sb, NULL,
> >> V_tcp_hostcache.bucket_limit
> >> * linesize, req);
> >> +	sbuf_new_for_sysctl(&sb, NULL,
> >> V_tcp_hostcache.bucket_limit *
> >> +		linesize, req);
> >> 
> >> 	sbuf_printf(&sb,
> >> 		"\nIP address        MTU  SSTRESH      RTT
> >> RTTVAR " @@ -716,7 +714,7 @@ tcp_hc_purge_internal(int all)
> >> 					      hc_entry, rmx_q);
> >> 				uma_zfree(V_tcp_hostcache.zone,
> >> hc_entry); V_tcp_hostcache.hashbase[i].hch_length--;
> >> -
> >> counter_u64_add(V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count, -1);
> >> +
> >> atomic_subtract_int(&V_tcp_hostcache.cache_count, 1); } else
> >> 				hc_entry->rmx_expire -=
> >> V_tcp_hostcache.prune; }
> >> diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_hostcache.h
> >> b/sys/netinet/tcp_hostcache.h index b5237392acc2..2f7035c0c6af
> >> 100644 --- a/sys/netinet/tcp_hostcache.h
> >> +++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_hostcache.h
> >> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct tcp_hostcache {
> >> 	u_int		hashsize;
> >> 	u_int		hashmask;
> >> 	u_int		bucket_limit;
> >> -	counter_u64_t	cache_count;
> >> +	u_int		cache_count;
> >> 	u_int		cache_limit;
> >> 	int		expire;
> >> 	int		prune;  
> >   
> 




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