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authorDave Barach <dave@barachs.net>2016-06-04 14:10:59 -0400
committerDave Barach <dave@barachs.net>2016-06-04 14:11:15 -0400
commit08602d129be6b633a3619ad3699aa2cf6ad31dd5 (patch)
tree395360e94cc729f1dbde8be42d123ddb57f07e42 /vnet
parent0128e59938274c47e5c4b1a41f7f5a1b3c3882e8 (diff)
Add dpdk config parameter: poll-sleep <nn>
Sleep <nn> milliseconds after each dpdk input device poll, useful when oversubscribing CPUs. Change-Id: I90ad1f21dae7eeeda56bfe845911118aa46f83ec Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'vnet')
-rw-r--r--vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/dpdk.h3
-rw-r--r--vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/init.c4
-rw-r--r--vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/node.c38
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/dpdk.h b/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/dpdk.h
index 144333fb384..1a861e904f1 100644
--- a/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/dpdk.h
+++ b/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/dpdk.h
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ typedef struct {
frame_queue_trace_t *frame_queue_traces;
frame_queue_nelt_counter_t *frame_queue_histogram;
+ /* Sleep for this many MS after each device poll */
+ u32 poll_sleep;
+
/* convenience */
vlib_main_t * vlib_main;
vnet_main_t * vnet_main;
diff --git a/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/init.c b/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/init.c
index 28659a9d136..3a3c86af49a 100644
--- a/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/init.c
+++ b/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/init.c
@@ -805,6 +805,7 @@ static clib_error_t *
dpdk_config (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input)
{
clib_error_t * error = 0;
+ dpdk_main_t * dm = &dpdk_main;
dpdk_config_main_t * conf = &dpdk_config_main;
vlib_thread_main_t * tm = vlib_get_thread_main();
vlib_node_runtime_t * rt = vlib_node_get_runtime (vm, dpdk_input_node.index);
@@ -904,7 +905,8 @@ dpdk_config (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input)
conf->use_virtio_vhost = 0;
else if (unformat (input, "rss %d", &conf->use_rss))
;
-
+ else if (unformat (input, "poll-sleep %d", &dm->poll_sleep))
+ ;
#define _(a) \
else if (unformat(input, #a)) \
{ \
diff --git a/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/node.c b/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/node.c
index ca94511b411..0dd3cfcdd77 100644
--- a/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/node.c
+++ b/vnet/vnet/devices/dpdk/node.c
@@ -759,24 +759,22 @@ static inline u32 dpdk_device_input ( dpdk_main_t * dm,
return mb_index;
}
-#if VIRL > 0
-#define VIRL_SPEED_LIMIT() \
- /* Limit the input rate to 1000 vectors / sec */ \
- { \
- struct timespec ts, tsrem; \
- \
- ts.tv_sec = 0; \
- ts.tv_nsec = 1000*1000; /* 1ms */ \
- \
- while (nanosleep(&ts, &tsrem) < 0) \
- { \
- ts = tsrem; \
- } \
- }
-#else
-#define VIRL_SPEED_LIMIT()
-#endif
+static inline void poll_rate_limit(dpdk_main_t * dm)
+{
+ /* Limit the poll rate by sleeping for N msec between polls */
+ if (PREDICT_FALSE (dm->poll_sleep != 0))
+ {
+ struct timespec ts, tsrem;
+
+ ts.tv_sec = 0;
+ ts.tv_nsec = 1000*1000*dm->poll_sleep; /* 1ms */
+ while (nanosleep(&ts, &tsrem) < 0)
+ {
+ ts = tsrem;
+ }
+ }
+}
static uword
dpdk_input (vlib_main_t * vm,
@@ -799,7 +797,7 @@ dpdk_input (vlib_main_t * vm,
n_rx_packets += dpdk_device_input (dm, xd, node, cpu_index, 0, 0);
}
- VIRL_SPEED_LIMIT()
+ poll_rate_limit(dm);
return n_rx_packets;
}
@@ -824,7 +822,7 @@ dpdk_input_rss (vlib_main_t * vm,
n_rx_packets += dpdk_device_input (dm, xd, node, cpu_index, dq->queue_id, 0);
}
- VIRL_SPEED_LIMIT()
+ poll_rate_limit(dm);
return n_rx_packets;
}
@@ -849,7 +847,7 @@ dpdk_input_efd (vlib_main_t * vm,
n_rx_packets += dpdk_device_input (dm, xd, node, cpu_index, dq->queue_id, 1);
}
- VIRL_SPEED_LIMIT()
+ poll_rate_limit(dm);
return n_rx_packets;
}