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This patch adds ip6_tryforward() - a fast run to completion forwarding implementation for IPv6.

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ae retitled this revision from to Implement ip6_tryforward().
ae updated this object.
ae edited the test plan for this revision. (Show Details)
ae added reviewers: melifaro, olivier.
ae set the repository for this revision to rS FreeBSD src repository - subversion.

Fix copy/paste problem with missed code lines.

Fix ifnet pointer in dtrace probe

Include netinet/in_kdtrace.h

There is a problem somewhere because I didn't see any difference :-(
Ministat output of Packet-per-second forwarded on an small atom-4cores with gigabit Intel NIC:

x 12-head r308878
+ 12-head r308878 with D8527
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|+        +          xx             x       x         x +     +           +|
|                     |_____________A_____________|                        |
|       |________________________________A______________M________________| |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    N           Min           Max        Median           Avg        Stddev
x   5        858189        866458        861860      861749.5     3530.3342
+   5      853023.5        871471        866940      863030.7     8312.3947
No difference proven at 95.0% confidence

Output of "pmcstat -S instructions -T -w1" WITHOUT the patch (with traffic limited to 200Kpps):

PMC: [INSTR_RETIRED_ANY] Samples: 16538 (100.0%) , 0 unresolved

%SAMP IMAGE      FUNCTION             CALLERS
  4.9 kernel     in6_setscope         ip6_forward:3.3 ip6_input:1.6
  4.9 kernel     bounce_bus_dmamap_lo bus_dmamap_load_mbuf_sg
  4.4 kernel     ip6_forward          ip6_input
  4.0 kernel     igb_mq_start_locked  igb_mq_start
  3.7 libc.so.7  bsearch              0x64bc
  3.6 kernel     igb_rxeof            igb_msix_que
  3.6 kernel     uma_zfree_arg        m_freem:2.6 mb_free_ext:1.0
  3.1 kernel     uma_zalloc_arg       m_getjcl:1.2 m_copym:1.0 m_prepend:0.9
  3.0 kernel     ip6_input            netisr_dispatch_src
  3.0 kernel     rn_match             rtalloc1_fib
  2.6 kernel     ether_output         ip6_forward
  2.5 kernel     bzero                m_pkthdr_init:1.6 nd6_resolve:0.5
  2.5 kernel     m_copym              ip6_forward
  2.0 kernel     __rw_rlock           nd6_resolve:1.1 rtalloc1_fib:0.9

Output of "pmcstat -S instructions -T -w1" WITHT D8527 patch (with traffic still limited to 200Kpps):

PMC: [INSTR_RETIRED_ANY] Samples: 10678 (100.0%) , 0 unresolved

%SAMP IMAGE      FUNCTION             CALLERS
  6.1 kernel     igb_mq_start_locked  igb_mq_start
  6.0 kernel     igb_rxeof            igb_msix_que
  4.5 kernel     rn_match             fib6_lookup_nh_basic
  4.2 kernel     bounce_bus_dmamap_lo bus_dmamap_load_mbuf_sg
  4.2 kernel     ether_output         ip6_tryforward
  3.7 libc.so.7  bsearch              0x64bc
  3.6 kernel     bzero                fib6_lookup_nh_basic:1.3 m_pkthdr_init:0.8 nd6_resolve:0.8 ip6_tryforward:0.7
  3.2 kernel     __rw_rlock           fib6_lookup_nh_basic:1.7 nd6_resolve:1.5
  2.9 kernel     ip6_tryforward       ip6_input
  2.6 kernel     fib6_lookup_nh_basic ip6_findroute
  2.5 kernel     ip6_input            netisr_dispatch_src
  2.2 kernel     _rw_runlock_cookie   fib6_lookup_nh_basic:1.2 nd6_resolve:1.1
  2.2 kernel     bus_dmamap_load_mbuf igb_mq_start_locked:1.2 igb_refresh_mbufs:1.1
  2.2 kernel     igb_mq_start         ether_output
  2.2 kernel     netisr_dispatch_src  ether_input:1.4 ether_demux:0.8
  2.0 kernel     ether_nh_input       netisr_dispatch_src
ae edited edge metadata.

Add workaround to correctly handle LLA as gateway address.

olivier edited edge metadata.

I'm working on fixing my bench scripts (was not so easy to add IPv6) and re-run the bench using this last patch revision, on a bigger server (Xeon_E5-2650 with 8Cores, same Chelsio T540 NIC).
Then I will re-run them on the other platforms too.
Meanwhile the results are… impressive: From 2.4Mpps to 4.1Mpps :-)

x head r309424.inet6.pps
+ head r309424 with D8527.inet6.pps
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|      x                                   +                              +|
|x     xx                                  + +                            +|
|  |__AM_|                                                                 |
|                                      |_____M__________A_______________|  |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    N           Min           Max        Median           Avg        Stddev
x   5       2208236     2497598.5     2472890.5     2427075.3     122943.06
+   5     4043284.5       5424029       4127901     4615409.7     731887.23
Difference at 95.0% confidence
        2.18833e+06 +/- 765352
        90.1634% +/- 32.6463%
        (Student's t, pooled s = 524773)
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Dec 5 2016, 8:21 AM

I've re-run the fixed bench script on 8core ATOM.
Same excellent improvement with this patch on this platform:

x r309424 inet6.pps
+ r309424 with D8527 inet6.pps
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|     x                                                                 + +|
|x xx x                                                                 +++|
| |_A_|                                                                    |
|                                                                       |A||
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    N           Min           Max        Median           Avg        Stddev
x   5       1048371     1178036.5     1118136.5     1123344.5     54959.786
+   5       2969705     3028344.5       3003420     2999605.6     24042.596
Difference at 95.0% confidence
        1.87626e+06 +/- 61864.7
        167.025% +/- 13.6524%
bz requested changes to this revision.Dec 5 2016, 1:59 PM
bz added a reviewer: bz.
bz added a subscriber: bz.

This is multiple independent changes. The "rcvif" statistics changes are all non-functional noise to my understanding and should be factored out and committed separately. It'll help to review the functional changes a lot easier.

There's an #ifdef in there which clearly will not compile.

sys/netinet6/ip6_fastfwd.c
142 ↗(On Diff #22673)

That won't compile, will it?

sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c
594 ↗(On Diff #22673)

All these "rcvif" changes could be factored out into a separate change and committed as non-functional change irrelevant to this work, please?

732 ↗(On Diff #22673)

Put the V_ip6_forwarding check first please?

This revision now requires changes to proceed.Dec 5 2016, 1:59 PM
ae marked an inline comment as done.Dec 5 2016, 3:17 PM
ae added inline comments.
sys/netinet6/ip6_fastfwd.c
142 ↗(On Diff #22673)

Why not? It just adds additional check when IPSTEALTH is enabled.
When we work in "stealth" mode the following hlim check will be ignored.

sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c
594 ↗(On Diff #22673)

Ok, I'll resubmit the patch a bit later.

732 ↗(On Diff #22673)

Yes of course. Also we have to do the same for both ipv4.

sys/netinet6/ip6_fastfwd.c
142 ↗(On Diff #22673)

Oh I see. Sorry, wasn't obvious reading it on the web. Ignore me on this one :)

sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c
594 ↗(On Diff #22673)

Great. Thanks!

ae edited edge metadata.
ae marked an inline comment as done.

Remove statistic counters changes.

So, if there is no objection, I will commit this patch tomorrow.

bz edited edge metadata.

I've not read in detail through the ip6_fastfwd.c code but I am fine with the other changes.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Dec 11 2016, 8:47 PM
gnn added a reviewer: gnn.
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.