On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 8:54 AM Ilya Maximets <i.maxim...@samsung.com> wrote:
>
> On 17.07.2019 18:47, William Tu wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 8:41 AM Ilya Maximets <i.maxim...@samsung.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On 13.07.2019 2:50, William Tu wrote:
> >>> The patch introduces experimental AF_XDP support for OVS netdev.
> >>> AF_XDP, the Address Family of the eXpress Data Path, is a new Linux socket
> >>> type built upon the eBPF and XDP technology. It is aims to have
> >>> comparable
> >>> performance to DPDK but cooperate better with existing kernel's networking
> >>> stack. An AF_XDP socket receives and sends packets from an eBPF/XDP
> >>> program
> >>> attached to the netdev, by-passing a couple of Linux kernel's subsystems
> >>> As a result, AF_XDP socket shows much better performance than AF_PACKET
> >>> For more details about AF_XDP, please see linux kernel's
> >>> Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst. Note that by default, this feature is
> >>> not compiled in.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: William Tu <u9012...@gmail.com>
> >>> ---
> >>
> >> Hi Ben and William.
> >>
> >> This patch-set has a long history and the latest versions are in a good
> >> shape.
> >> netdev-afxdp works stable for me over the virtual interfaces and passes
> >> all the
> >> system tests that it needs to pass. Eelco is on a PTO now, but his last
> >> report [1] was that v14 of this patch worked fine for him in PVP tests. He
> >> had
> >> some issues with large packets, but this is, IMO, most probably due to
> >> kernel
> >> driver issues.
> >>
> >> So, I'd like to ask if we're going to merge netdev-afxdp to current
> >> release?
> >> For me it's totally fine, especially because netdev-afxdp implemented as a
> >> completely stand-alone feature that could be easily disabled. This way more
> >> users will be able to try and test this new feature with a 2.12 release.
> >>
> >> I made a review with a few style related comments and 2 small issues on a
> >> current version. If William will prepare the v17 today or tomorrow, I'll be
> >> able to re-check it and apply while we're in a soft-freeze stage.
> >>
> >> As an option, I could prepare v17 myself if William has no time for that.
> >>
> >>
> >> Ben, William, what do you think?
> >>
> > Hi Ilya,
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help on reviewing all these versions, and also
> > Eelco's review and testing. I will prepare v17 today.
>
> Cool. Please, also add the NEWS entry to the patch about new experimental
> netdev type.
>
OK!
Thank you
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