Jesper Dangaard Brouer 9ceb87fcea pktgen: document tuning for max NIC performance ... Using pktgen I'm seeing the ixgbe driver "push-back", due TX ring running full. Thus, the TX ring is artificially limiting pktgen. (Diagnose via "ethtool -S", look for "tx_restart_queue" or "tx_busy" counters.) Using ixgbe, the real reason behind the TX ring running full, is due to TX ring not being cleaned up fast enough. The ixgbe driver combines TX+RX ring cleanups, and the cleanup interval is affected by the ethtool --coalesce setting of parameter "rx-usecs". Do not increase the default NIC TX ring buffer or default cleanup interval. Instead simply document that pktgen needs special NIC tuning for maximum packet per sec performance. Performance results with pktgen with clone_skb=100000. TX ring size 512 (default), adjusting "rx-usecs": (Single CPU performance, E5-2630, ixgbe) - 3935002 pps - rx-usecs: 1 (irqs: 9346) - 5132350 pps - rx-usecs: 10 (irqs: 99157) - 5375111 pps - rx-usecs: 20 (irqs: 50154) - 5454050 pps - rx-usecs: 30 (irqs: 33872) - 5496320 pps - rx-usecs: 40 (irqs: 26197) - 5502510 pps - rx-usecs: 50 (irqs: 21527) TX ring size adjusting (ethtool -G), "rx-usecs==1" (default): - 3935002 pps - tx-size: 512 - 5354401 pps - tx-size: 768 - 5356847 pps - tx-size: 1024 - 5327595 pps - tx-size: 1536 - 5356779 pps - tx-size: 2048 - 5353438 pps - tx-size: 4096 Notice after commit 6f25cd47d (pktgen: fix xmit test for BQL enabled devices) pktgen uses netif_xmit_frozen_or_drv_stopped() and ignores the BQL "stack" pause (QUEUE_STATE_STACK_XOFF) flag. This allow us to put more pressure on the TX ring buffers. It is the ixgbe_maybe_stop_tx() call that stops the transmits, and pktgen respecting this in the call to netif_xmit_frozen_or_drv_stopped(txq). Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>		2014-07-01 15:50:23 -07:00
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ABI	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next	2014-06-12 14:27:40 -07:00
accounting	Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: add missing null-terminate after strncpy call	2014-06-23 16:47:44 -07:00
acpi	Documentation / ACPI: Fix location of GPIO documentation	2014-05-23 14:39:26 +02:00
aoe	aoe: remove do-nothing NAME="%k" term from example udev rules	2013-09-11 15:59:28 -07:00
arm	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm into next	2014-06-05 15:57:04 -07:00
arm64	doc: arm64: add description of EFI stub support	2014-04-30 19:57:05 +01:00
auxdisplay
backlight	backlight: lp855x_bl: support new LP8555 device	2013-11-13 12:09:14 +09:00
blackfin	Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files	2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
block	Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files	2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
blockdev	zram: propagate error to user	2014-04-07 16:36:02 -07:00
bus-devices
cdrom
cgroups	Merge branch 'for-3.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup	2014-06-09 15:03:33 -07:00
connector	w1: optional bundling of netlink kernel replies	2014-05-27 13:56:21 -07:00
console	TTY:console: update document console.txt	2013-05-21 10:21:57 -07:00
cpu-freq	cpufreq: add support for intermediate (stable) frequencies	2014-06-05 23:32:29 +02:00
cpuidle	cpuidle: remove cpuidle_unregister_governor()	2013-10-30 01:21:24 +01:00
cris
crypto	drivers/dma: remove unused support for MEMSET operations	2013-07-03 16:07:42 -07:00
development-process	Documentation: development-process: Update -mm and -next URLs	2013-07-25 12:37:24 +02:00
device-mapper	dm thin: add 'no_space_timeout' dm-thin-pool module param	2014-05-20 14:30:36 -04:00
devicetree	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net	2014-06-25 22:40:43 -07:00
DocBook	Documentation: Fix DocBook build with relative $(srctree)	2014-06-18 19:21:42 +02:00
driver-model	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next	2014-06-12 14:27:40 -07:00
dvb	Linux 3.14-rc5	2014-03-11 06:55:49 -03:00
early-userspace	Documentation: remove reference to 2.7 kernel in early-userspace	2013-08-20 12:47:28 +02:00
EDID	drm: Add 800x600 (SVGA) screen resolution to the built-in EDIDs	2014-05-26 12:53:40 +10:00
extcon	extcon: fix switch class porting guide (Documentation)	2014-01-07 11:54:28 +09:00
fault-injection
fb	doc: spelling error changes	2014-05-05 15:32:05 +02:00
filesystems	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2014-06-12 10:30:18 -07:00
firmware_class
fmc	FMC: make eeprom attribute writable	2014-02-28 15:12:08 -08:00
frv
gpio	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial into next	2014-06-04 08:50:34 -07:00
hid	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial into next	2014-06-04 08:50:34 -07:00
hwmon	hwmon: (ntc_thermistor) Use the manufacturer name properly	2014-06-25 07:09:13 -07:00
i2c	Documentation: i2c: improve section about flags mangling the protocol	2014-04-06 13:53:48 +02:00
i2o
ia64	Fix example error_injection_tool	2013-04-02 09:39:55 -07:00
ide	Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files	2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
infiniband
input	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial into next	2014-06-04 08:50:34 -07:00
ioctl	s390/hypfs: add interface for diagnose 0x304	2014-01-24 09:40:59 +01:00
isdn
ja_JP	Documentation: Update stable address in Chinese and Japanese translations	2014-04-16 14:13:27 -07:00
kbuild	kbuild: fix a typo in a kbuild document	2014-06-18 21:38:18 +02:00
kdump	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-07-04 11:40:58 -07:00
ko_KR	Documentation: HOWTO: Updates on subsystem trees, patchwork, -next (vs. -mm) in ko_KR	2014-01-08 15:32:51 -08:00
laptops	Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files	2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
leds	Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files	2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
m68k	Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files	2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
make
memory-devices
metag	doc: fix misspellings with 'codespell' tool	2013-05-28 12:02:12 +02:00
mic	misc: mic: Fix endianness issues.	2013-11-27 11:03:38 -08:00
mips
misc-devices	Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging	2014-01-29 18:56:27 -08:00
mmc
mn10300
mtd	MTD updates for 3.16:	2014-06-11 08:35:34 -07:00
namespaces
netlabel
networking	pktgen: document tuning for max NIC performance	2014-07-01 15:50:23 -07:00
nfc
parisc	parisc: document the shadow registers	2013-07-09 22:09:19 +02:00
PCI	Merge branch 'pci/dead-code' into next	2014-02-20 14:32:34 -07:00
pcmcia
phy	phy: Add new Exynos USB 2.0 PHY driver	2014-03-08 12:39:44 +05:30
platform	Documentation: Add list of laptop models supported by the Compal driver	2014-06-10 19:11:06 -04:00
power	PM / Documentation: Update copyright in suspend-and-cpuhotplug.txt	2014-06-09 22:54:15 +02:00
powerpc	Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc	2014-06-10 18:54:22 -07:00
pps	USB: serial: invoke dcd_change ldisc's handler.	2013-09-26 09:45:40 -07:00
prctl
pti
ptp	ptp: In the testptp utility, use clock_adjtime from glibc when available	2014-06-16 21:32:31 -07:00
rapidio	rapidio: rework device hierarchy and introduce mport class of devices	2014-04-07 16:36:07 -07:00
RCU	documentation: Update API documentation	2014-04-29 08:38:53 -07:00
s390	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial into next	2014-06-04 08:50:34 -07:00
scheduler	asm/system.h: clean asm/system.h from docs	2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
scsi	qla2xxx: Change copyright year to 2014 in all the source files.	2014-05-19 13:31:02 +02:00
security	Merge branch 'serge-next-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sergeh/linux-security	2014-06-10 10:05:36 -07:00
serial	tty/serial: Add GPIOLIB helpers for controlling modem lines	2014-05-28 12:49:14 -07:00
sh
sound	doc: spelling error changes	2014-05-05 15:32:05 +02:00
spi	Merge remote-tracking branches 'spi/topic/s3c64xx', 'spi/topic/sc18is602', 'spi/topic/sh-hspi', 'spi/topic/sh-msiof', 'spi/topic/sh-sci', 'spi/topic/sirf' and 'spi/topic/spidev' into spi-next	2014-03-30 00:51:34 +00:00
sysctl	kernel/watchdog.c: print traces for all cpus on lockup detection	2014-06-23 16:47:44 -07:00
target	target: Remove TF_CIT_TMPL macro	2013-10-16 13:35:02 -07:00
thermal	drm/nouveau/doc: update the thermal documentation	2014-06-17 14:50:17 +10:00
timers	timer_stats/doc: Fix /proc/timer_stats documentation	2014-05-04 20:46:32 +02:00
tpm	drivers/tpm: add xen tpmfront interface	2013-08-09 10:57:06 -04:00
trace	Lots of tweaks, small fixes, optimizations, and some helper functions	2014-06-09 16:39:15 -07:00
usb	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial into next	2014-06-04 08:50:34 -07:00
vDSO	x86/vdso/doc: Make vDSO examples more portable	2014-06-12 19:01:24 -07:00
video4linux	[media] exynos4-is: Remove support for non-dt platforms	2014-05-23 18:52:54 -03:00
virtual	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial into next	2014-06-04 08:50:34 -07:00
vm	mm: mark remap_file_pages() syscall as deprecated	2014-06-06 16:08:17 -07:00
w1	w1: optional bundling of netlink kernel replies	2014-05-27 13:56:21 -07:00
watchdog	watchdog: it87_wdt: Work around non-working CIR interrupts	2014-03-31 13:33:55 +02:00
wimax
x86	Merge branch 'x86/espfix' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next	2014-06-05 07:46:15 -07:00
xtensa	xtensa: remap io area defined in device tree	2014-01-15 00:25:14 +04:00
zh_CN	driver core fixes for 3.15-rc2	2014-04-18 16:59:52 -07:00
.gitignore
00-INDEX	Merge branch 'x86-nuke-platforms-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip	2014-04-02 13:15:58 -07:00
applying-patches.txt
assoc_array.txt	KEYS: Fix multiple key add into associative array	2013-12-02 11:24:18 +00:00
atomic_ops.txt	arch,doc: Convert smp_mb__*()	2014-04-18 14:20:48 +02:00
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
bcache.txt	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-07-04 11:40:58 -07:00
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
cachetlb.txt	Documentation: fix typo and update version in cachetlb.txt	2013-08-20 12:46:52 +02:00
Changes	doc: Note need of bc in the kernel build from 3.10 onwards	2014-05-19 16:27:20 +02:00
circular-buffers.txt	documentation: Update circular buffer for load-acquire/store-release	2013-12-03 10:08:57 -08:00
clk.txt	clk: Improve clk_ops documentation	2014-05-12 17:08:33 -07:00
coccinelle.txt	Coccinelle: Update information about the minimal version required	2013-07-03 22:58:20 +02:00
CodingStyle	Documentation: expand/clarify debug documentation	2014-06-04 16:54:17 -07:00
cpu-hotplug.txt	Doc/cpu-hotplug: Specify race-free way to register CPU hotplug callbacks	2014-03-20 13:43:40 +01:00
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt	doc: Documentation/cputopology.txt fix typo	2013-09-04 12:59:47 +02:00
crc32.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt	firewire: revert to 4 GB RDMA, fix protocols using Memory Space	2014-05-29 15:50:30 +02:00
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2014-04-04 09:50:07 -07:00
digsig.txt
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt	DMA-API: Update dma_pool_create ()and dma_pool_alloc() descriptions	2014-05-26 17:28:28 -06:00
DMA-API.txt	DMA-API: Capitalize "CPU" consistently	2014-05-26 17:28:27 -06:00
DMA-attributes.txt	doc: spelling error changes	2014-05-05 15:32:05 +02:00
dma-buf-sharing.txt	doc: spelling error changes	2014-05-05 15:32:05 +02:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt	DMA-API: Clarify physical/bus address distinction	2014-05-20 16:54:21 -06:00
dmaengine.txt
dmatest.txt	dmatest: add a 'wait' parameter	2013-11-14 11:04:40 -08:00
dontdiff	Documentation: LLVMLinux: Update Documentation/dontdiff	2014-04-09 13:44:34 -07:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt	doc: spelling error changes	2014-05-05 15:32:05 +02:00
edac.txt	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial into next	2014-06-04 08:50:34 -07:00
efi-stub.txt	doc: arm64: add description of EFI stub support	2014-04-30 19:57:05 +01:00
eisa.txt
email-clients.txt	Documentation: update thunderbird email client settings	2014-05-25 12:39:00 -07:00
flexible-arrays.txt
futex-requeue-pi.txt	doc: fix double words	2014-03-21 13:16:58 +01:00
gcov.txt	gcov: compile specific gcov implementation based on gcc version	2013-11-13 12:09:34 +09:00
highuid.txt
HOWTO	Documentation: HOWTO: Update broken links to tpp	2013-12-10 23:09:08 -08:00
hsi.txt	Documentation: HSI: Add some general description for the HSI subsystem	2014-05-04 09:49:46 +02:00
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt	doc: documentation/hwspinlock.txt fix typo	2013-08-27 10:46:02 +02:00
init.txt
initrd.txt
intel_txt.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt	doc: fix some typos	2013-12-02 14:48:28 +01:00
iostats.txt	iostats.txt: add easy-to-find description for field 6	2013-04-29 15:18:50 +02:00
IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt	doc: fix a typo about irq affinity	2013-08-20 12:59:18 +02:00
IRQ-domain.txt	genirq: Improve documentation to match current implementation	2014-05-27 10:16:44 +02:00
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt	asm/system.h: clean asm/system.h from docs	2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
isapnp.txt
java.txt	Documentation: update java sample wrapper for java 7	2014-05-25 12:39:00 -07:00
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt	kernel-doc: Update references to SGML to refs to XML instead.	2013-05-28 12:02:11 +02:00
kernel-docs.txt
kernel-parameters.txt	kernel/watchdog.c: print traces for all cpus on lockup detection	2014-06-23 16:47:44 -07:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt	Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt: Workqueue affinity	2014-02-17 14:56:08 -08:00
kmemcheck.txt	doc: fix double words	2014-03-21 13:16:58 +01:00
kmemleak.txt	mm: introduce kmemleak_update_trace()	2014-06-06 16:08:17 -07:00
kobject.txt	kobject: remove kset from sysfs immediately in kset_unregister()	2013-12-07 21:20:11 -08:00
kprobes.txt	kprobes: Introduce NOKPROBE_SYMBOL() macro to maintain kprobes blacklist	2014-04-24 10:02:56 +02:00
kref.txt
ldm.txt
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt
lockstat.txt	lockstat: Report avg wait and hold times	2013-10-09 08:19:08 +02:00
lockup-watchdogs.txt
logo.gif
logo.txt
magic-number.txt	Documentation/serial: Delete obsolete driver documentation	2014-04-16 14:20:34 -07:00
Makefile
ManagementStyle
md.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
media-framework.txt	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2013-07-13 12:09:57 -07:00
memory-barriers.txt	Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: fix important typo re memory barriers	2014-06-06 16:08:11 -07:00
memory-hotplug.txt	mm, hotplug: probe interface is available on several platforms	2014-06-23 16:47:43 -07:00
module-signing.txt	Nothing major: the stricter permissions checking for sysfs broke	2014-04-06 09:38:07 -07:00
mono.txt
mutex-design.txt	locking/mutexes: Documentation update/rewrite	2014-06-05 13:29:37 +02:00
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt	Use 'E' instead of 'X' for unsigned module taint flag.	2014-03-31 14:52:43 +10:30
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
phy.txt	drivers: phy: Add support for optional phys	2014-02-05 05:48:43 +00:00
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt	pinctrl: Fix some typos and grammar issues in the documentation	2014-01-15 13:59:50 +01:00
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt	doc: printk-formats: do not mention casts for u64/s64	2014-05-05 15:32:42 +02:00
pwm.txt	pwm: modify PWM_LOOKUP to initialize all struct pwm_lookup members	2014-05-21 11:19:36 +02:00
ramoops.txt
rbtree.txt	doc: spelling error changes	2014-05-05 15:32:05 +02:00
remoteproc.txt
rfkill.txt	doc: spelling error changes	2014-05-05 15:32:05 +02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt	Documentation/robust-futex-API: Count properly to 4	2013-11-30 14:08:28 +01:00
robust-futexes.txt	doc: spelling error changes	2014-05-05 15:32:05 +02:00
rpmsg.txt
rt-mutex-design.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt	rtc: add ability to push out an existing wakealarm using sysfs	2013-07-03 16:07:54 -07:00
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
SM501.txt
smsc_ece1099.txt
sparse.txt
spinlocks.txt	sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation	2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt	stable_kernel_rules: spelling/word usage	2014-04-16 14:13:26 -07:00
static-keys.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
SubmitChecklist	Finally eradicate CONFIG_HOTPLUG	2013-06-03 14:20:18 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers
SubmittingPatches	Documentation/SubmittingPatches: describe the Fixes: tag	2014-06-06 16:08:11 -07:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt	doc: Fix typo in doucmentations	2013-07-25 12:34:15 +02:00
sysrq.txt	sysrq: Allow magic SysRq key functions to be disabled through Kconfig	2013-10-16 13:01:44 -07:00
this_cpu_ops.txt	percpu: add documentation on this_cpu operations	2013-04-04 10:24:53 -07:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt	ether_addr_equal: Optimize implementation, remove unused compare_ether_addr	2013-12-06 16:37:43 -05:00
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
vfio.txt	vfio: fix documentation	2013-09-05 16:36:21 -06:00
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt
video-output.txt
vme_api.txt	VME: Rename vme_slot_get to avoid confusion with reference counting	2013-12-03 11:15:58 -08:00
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
workqueue.txt	workqueue: Correct/Drop references to gcwq in Documentation	2013-08-21 10:32:09 -04:00
ww-mutex-design.txt	mutex: Add support for wound/wait style locks	2013-06-26 12:10:56 +02:00
xz.txt
zorro.txt	zorro/UAPI: Disintegrate include/linux/zorro*.h	2013-11-26 11:09:08 +01:00