On 09.07.2019 19:19, David Marchand wrote: > We have been testing the rebalance code in different situations while > having traffic going through OVS. > Those tests have shown that part of the observed packets losses is due to > some time wasted in signaling/waiting for the pmd threads to reload their > polling configurations. > > This series is an attempt at getting pmd threads reloads quicker and > more deterministic. > > Example of number of cycles spent by a pmd between two polling > configurations (in cycles minimum/average/maximum of 1000 changes): > - cfc06fb13d9c: 141059/332512/6230137 > - patch1: 146114/279722/ 721557 > - patch2: 46118/176561/ 459963 > - patch3: 13878/124914/ 509629 > - patch4: 12980/157706/ 509447 > - patch5: 12945/ 17715/ 45592 > > Changelog since v3: > - explicitly do not wait for non pmd reload in patch 2 > - added Eelco acks > > Changelog since v2: > - remove unneeded synchronisation on pmd thread join in patch 2 > > Changelog since v1: > - incorporated Ilya suggestions in patch 2 and 3 > - dropped previous acks on patch 2 and 3 but kept them on patch 4 and 5 since > there is no major change in them > > Changelog since RFC v2: > - added ack from Eelco > > Changelog since RFC v1: > - added numbers per patch in cover letter > - added memory ordering for explicit synchronisations between threads > in patch 1 and patch 2 >
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