linux_dsm_epyc7002/drivers/net
KY Srinivasan 06b47aac49 Drivers: net-next: hyperv: Increase the size of the sendbuf region
Intel did some benchmarking on our network throughput when Linux on Hyper-V
is as used as a gateway. This fix gave us almost a 1 Gbps additional throughput
on about 5Gbps base throughput we hadi, prior to increasing the sendbuf size.
The sendbuf mechanism is a copy based transport that we have which is clearly
more optimal than the copy-free page flipping mechanism (for small packets).
In the forwarding scenario, we deal only with MTU sized packets,
and increasing the size of the senbuf area gave us the additional performance.
For what it is worth, Windows guests on Hyper-V, I am told use similar sendbuf
size as well.

The exact value of sendbuf I think is less important than the fact that it needs
to be larger than what Linux can allocate as physically contiguous memory.
Thus the change over to allocating via vmalloc().

We currently allocate 16MB receive buffer and we use vmalloc there for allocation.
Also the low level channel code has already been modified to deal with physically
dis-contiguous memory in the ringbuffer setup.

Based on experimentation Intel did, they say there was some improvement in throughput
as the sendbuf size was increased up to 16MB and there was no effect on throughput
beyond 16MB. Thus I have chosen 16MB here.

Increasing the sendbuf value makes a material difference in small packet handling

In this version of the patch, based on David's feedback, I have added
additional details in the commit log.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-08-04 15:07:14 -07:00
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appletalk
arcnet net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
bonding bonding: fix a memory leak in bond_arp_send_all() 2014-07-28 17:27:47 -07:00
caif net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
can Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-07-30 13:25:49 -07:00
cris eth_v10: remove unnecessary break after return 2014-07-20 21:29:49 -07:00
dsa
ethernet cxgb4: only free allocated fls 2014-08-04 12:51:28 -07:00
fddi Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-07-16 14:09:34 -07:00
hamradio net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
hippi
hyperv Drivers: net-next: hyperv: Increase the size of the sendbuf region 2014-08-04 15:07:14 -07:00
ieee802154 net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
irda drivers/net/irda/kingsun-sir.c: remove null test before kfree 2014-06-19 21:26:06 -07:00
phy net: phy: spi_ks8995: Introduce the use of devm_kzalloc 2014-08-04 12:55:23 -07:00
plip
ppp net: filter: split 'struct sk_filter' into socket and bpf parts 2014-08-02 15:03:58 -07:00
slip net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
team net: filter: split 'struct sk_filter' into socket and bpf parts 2014-08-02 15:03:58 -07:00
usb AX88179_178A: Add ethtool ops for EEE support 2014-07-31 22:07:38 -07:00
vmxnet3 vmxnet3: adjust ring sizes when interface is down 2014-06-16 21:26:40 -07:00
wan Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-07-22 00:44:59 -07:00
wimax net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
wireless Merge tag 'master-2014-07-25' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next 2014-07-28 17:36:25 -07:00
xen-netback Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-07-22 00:44:59 -07:00
dummy.c net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
eql.c net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
ifb.c net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
Kconfig vxlan: Call udp_sock_create 2014-07-14 16:12:15 -07:00
LICENSE.SRC
loopback.c net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
macvlan.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-06-11 16:02:55 -07:00
macvtap.c
Makefile net: remove spurious zd1201 rule. 2014-08-04 15:02:54 -07:00
mdio.c
mii.c
netconsole.c
nlmon.c
ntb_netdev.c net: use ethtool_cmd_speed_set helper to set ethtool speed value 2014-06-06 16:24:07 -07:00
rionet.c
sb1000.c
Space.c
sungem_phy.c
tun.c net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
veth.c net: rtnetlink - make create_link take name_assign_type 2014-07-15 16:13:07 -07:00
virtio_net.c virtio-net: rx busy polling support 2014-07-23 15:12:02 -07:00
vxlan.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-07-30 13:25:49 -07:00
xen-netfront.c xen-netfront: call netif_carrier_off() only once when disconnecting 2014-07-08 11:21:03 -07:00