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On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 07:11 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 10:15 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > OTOH, this affects the protocol, and when you really can't allocate any > > order-1 pages you pointed out yourself that many other things also won't > > work, so I'm not really sure it makes a big difference if we change the > > driver? > > It will make a huge difference, even on non pressure mode, as TCP > receive window will grow twice faster. Hmm, why does that depend on the allocation size? > Unless wifi speed reaches 10Gbps, following patch should do the trick > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > index a4eed20..77a3ee3 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > @@ -750,7 +750,12 @@ static void iwlagn_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct iwl_priv *priv, > /* Dont use dev_alloc_skb(), we'll have enough headroom once > * ieee80211_hdr pulled. > */ > - skb = alloc_skb(128, GFP_ATOMIC); > + fraglen = 128; > + /* if we use order-1 pages, copy to get better TCP performance */ > + if (rxb->truesize > PAGE_SIZE) > + fraglen = max_t(unsigned, fraglen, len); > + > + skb = alloc_skb(fraglen, GFP_ATOMIC); Hmm, I don't quite understand -- that's not doing any copy? FWIW if you do the copy you should not "steal" the pages, then they'd be recycled in the RX ring right away. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 17:20 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 07:11 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 10:15 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > > > OTOH, this affects the protocol, and when you really can't allocate any > > > order-1 pages you pointed out yourself that many other things also won't > > > work, so I'm not really sure it makes a big difference if we change the > > > driver? > > > > It will make a huge difference, even on non pressure mode, as TCP > > receive window will grow twice faster. > > Hmm, why does that depend on the allocation size? I guess you missed all the patches about skb->truesize on netdev > > > Unless wifi speed reaches 10Gbps, following patch should do the trick > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > > index a4eed20..77a3ee3 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > > @@ -750,7 +750,12 @@ static void iwlagn_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct iwl_priv *priv, > > /* Dont use dev_alloc_skb(), we'll have enough headroom once > > * ieee80211_hdr pulled. > > */ > > - skb = alloc_skb(128, GFP_ATOMIC); > > + fraglen = 128; > > + /* if we use order-1 pages, copy to get better TCP performance */ > > + if (rxb->truesize > PAGE_SIZE) > > + fraglen = max_t(unsigned, fraglen, len); > > + > > + skb = alloc_skb(fraglen, GFP_ATOMIC); > > Hmm, I don't quite understand -- that's not doing any copy? > > FWIW if you do the copy you should not "steal" the pages, then they'd be > recycled in the RX ring right away. Code should just works, please read the following lines in the same function.... /* If frame is small enough to fit in skb->head, pull it completely. * If not, only pull ieee80211_hdr so that splice() or TCP coalesce * are more efficient. */ hdrlen = (len <= skb_tailroom(skb)) ? len : sizeof(*hdr); memcpy(skb_put(skb, hdrlen), hdr, hdrlen); fraglen = len - hdrlen; if (fraglen) { int offset = (void *)hdr + hdrlen - rxb_addr(rxb) + rxb_offset(rxb); skb_add_rx_frag(skb, 0, rxb_steal_page(rxb), offset, fraglen, rxb->truesize); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 08:55 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > > It will make a huge difference, even on non pressure mode, as TCP > > > receive window will grow twice faster. > > > > Hmm, why does that depend on the allocation size? > > I guess you missed all the patches about skb->truesize on netdev Yeah, I don't follow netdev much any more... > > > - skb = alloc_skb(128, GFP_ATOMIC); > > > + fraglen = 128; > > > + /* if we use order-1 pages, copy to get better TCP performance */ > > > + if (rxb->truesize > PAGE_SIZE) > > > + fraglen = max_t(unsigned, fraglen, len); > > > + > > > + skb = alloc_skb(fraglen, GFP_ATOMIC); > > > > Hmm, I don't quite understand -- that's not doing any copy? > > > > FWIW if you do the copy you should not "steal" the pages, then they'd be > > recycled in the RX ring right away. > > Code should just works, please read the following lines in the same > function.... > > /* If frame is small enough to fit in skb->head, pull it completely. > * If not, only pull ieee80211_hdr so that splice() or TCP coalesce > * are more efficient. > */ Oh, right, though I guess the comment is now wrong since practically every packet will be copied either here or in mac80211 (A-MSDUs are split up there) johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 08:55 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > > Unless wifi speed reaches 10Gbps, following patch should do the trick > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > > > index a4eed20..77a3ee3 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > > > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > > > @@ -750,7 +750,12 @@ static void iwlagn_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct iwl_priv *priv, > > > /* Dont use dev_alloc_skb(), we'll have enough headroom once > > > * ieee80211_hdr pulled. > > > */ > > > - skb = alloc_skb(128, GFP_ATOMIC); > > > + fraglen = 128; > > > + /* if we use order-1 pages, copy to get better TCP performance */ > > > + if (rxb->truesize > PAGE_SIZE) > > > + fraglen = max_t(unsigned, fraglen, len); > > > + > > > + skb = alloc_skb(fraglen, GFP_ATOMIC); > > > > Hmm, I don't quite understand -- that's not doing any copy? > > > > FWIW if you do the copy you should not "steal" the pages, then they'd be > > recycled in the RX ring right away. > > Code should just works, please read the following lines in the same > function.... FWIW, I think just using order-0 pages and turning 8k A-MSDUs off by default makes more sense, A-MSDU is rarely used to begin with ... Also, if we copy larger frames here, we should also take into account the (variable) 802.11 header length to avoid copying into a position where the IP header ends up being unaligned. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 18:01 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > FWIW, I think just using order-0 pages and turning 8k A-MSDUs off by > default makes more sense, A-MSDU is rarely used to begin with ... > My suggested patch makes sure that if someone needs 8k A-MSDU, iwlwifi still works correctly. > Also, if we copy larger frames here, we should also take into account > the (variable) 802.11 header length to avoid copying into a position > where the IP header ends up being unaligned. But the current code already has this problem (if its a problem at all, as on x86 NET_IP_ALIGN is 0) I only increase available tailroom in the skb. Right now there is enough room for IP and tcp headers. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 17:59 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Yeah, I don't follow netdev much any more... > Short answer : tcp stack has autotuning sk_rcvbuf, tracking _memory_ use of a socket. If network layer provides 8k fat skbs (holding 1500 bytes), the advertised TCP receive window will be much smaller than if network layer provides 2k skbs. Its quite visible in a tcpdump in the beginning of a tcp session. You'll see how linux grows the receive window, before and after my patch. You'll see how the sender can send its data faster. Providing nice skbs is a way to speedup Internet browsing, as most http traffic happen exactly while tcp receiver didnt yet advertised a big window. (Especially visible with large RTT) > > > > /* If frame is small enough to fit in skb->head, pull it completely. > > * If not, only pull ieee80211_hdr so that splice() or TCP coalesce > > * are more efficient. > > */ > > Oh, right, though I guess the comment is now wrong since practically > every packet will be copied either here or in mac80211 (A-MSDUs are > split up there) Comment is not 'wrong', it describes what happens here. If there is enough room in skb->head to avoid attaching a page fragment to the skb, lets copy the frame so that the page fragment can be reused by the NIC driver immediately. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 09:24 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 18:01 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > FWIW, I think just using order-0 pages and turning 8k A-MSDUs off by > > default makes more sense, A-MSDU is rarely used to begin with ... > > > > My suggested patch makes sure that if someone needs 8k A-MSDU, iwlwifi > still works correctly. True, but if we don't advertise 8k A-MSDU then they won't be used, and it'll still work correctly, just not be able to receive such large A-MSDUs. Linux can't even transmit _any_ A-MSDUs, and many (most?) APs don't either. > > Also, if we copy larger frames here, we should also take into account > > the (variable) 802.11 header length to avoid copying into a position > > where the IP header ends up being unaligned. > > But the current code already has this problem (if its a problem at all, > as on x86 NET_IP_ALIGN is 0) Yes and no. The current code doesn't pull in much data, not even the IP header, so worst case it copies 14 bytes (ethernet header) in mac80211 to obtain alignment. By pulling in everything here, it later has to copy everything again later to obtain alignment. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 19:16 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Yes and no. The current code doesn't pull in much data, not even the IP > header, so worst case it copies 14 bytes (ethernet header) in mac80211 > to obtain alignment. By pulling in everything here, it later has to copy > everything again later to obtain alignment. Can you give me pointers to the code doing that ? On x86 we should not doing anything. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 11:17 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 19:16 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > Yes and no. The current code doesn't pull in much data, not even the IP > > header, so worst case it copies 14 bytes (ethernet header) in mac80211 > > to obtain alignment. By pulling in everything here, it later has to copy > > everything again later to obtain alignment. > > Can you give me pointers to the code doing that ? Sure: net/mac80211/rx.c ~line 1900, look for #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS. > On x86 we should not doing anything. We don't do anything if CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is defined. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 07:11 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote: > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > index a4eed20..77a3ee3 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c > @@ -750,7 +750,12 @@ static void iwlagn_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct iwl_priv *priv, > /* Dont use dev_alloc_skb(), we'll have enough headroom once > * ieee80211_hdr pulled. > */ > - skb = alloc_skb(128, GFP_ATOMIC); > + fraglen = 128; > + /* if we use order-1 pages, copy to get better TCP performance */ > + if (rxb->truesize > PAGE_SIZE) > + fraglen = max_t(unsigned, fraglen, len); Btw, shouldn't this rather be something like if (rxb->truesize > PAGE_SIZE && len < SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE)) to avoid allocating large SKBs in the case that this actually is a big 8k A-MSDU? That wouldn't be given to the TCP RX path anyway because mac80211 will split the A-MSDU into MSDUs and memcpy along the way. Anyway we're preparing a patch for 4k A-MSDU (which is really just something like 3782 bytes or something). johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 20:58 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Sure: net/mac80211/rx.c ~line 1900, look for #ifndef > CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS. > > > On x86 we should not doing anything. > > We don't do anything if CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is > defined. Thanks ! BTW, comment is outdated, as it mentions __skb_push(), while its not used. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 12:14 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 20:58 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > Sure: net/mac80211/rx.c ~line 1900, look for #ifndef > > CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS. > > > > > On x86 we should not doing anything. > > > > We don't do anything if CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is > > defined. > > Thanks ! :-) Hey, I introduced that config symbol back then for precisely this reason ;-) > BTW, comment is outdated, as it mentions __skb_push(), while > its not used. Oops, good point, now I wonder what it did actually refer to. Time to dig in git history, I'll fix it. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c index a4eed20..77a3ee3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rx.c @@ -750,7 +750,12 @@ static void iwlagn_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct iwl_priv *priv, /* Dont use dev_alloc_skb(), we'll have enough headroom once * ieee80211_hdr pulled. */ - skb = alloc_skb(128, GFP_ATOMIC); + fraglen = 128; + /* if we use order-1 pages, copy to get better TCP performance */ + if (rxb->truesize > PAGE_SIZE) + fraglen = max_t(unsigned, fraglen, len); + + skb = alloc_skb(fraglen, GFP_ATOMIC); if (!skb) { IWL_ERR(priv, "alloc_skb failed\n"); return;