On 16/07/2021 15:02, Stokes, Ian wrote:
>> The first two patches do not provide new functionality for the user
>> (except the logs are reworked). They are reworking to make the
>> rxq scheduling and PMD auto load balance code more modular for cleanup
>> and to be used by subsequent patches. They are also removing the code
>> duplication between them by having some common functions they can both use.
>>
>> The other patches are new functionality and unit tests.
>>
>> github actions passing:
>> https://github.com/kevintraynor/ovs/actions/runs/1011364932
>>
> 
> HI Kevin, thanks for the series. I've been testing the last few days and it 
> looks good to me.
> 

Thanks for testing it.

> Can I ask you to rebase the series and send a new revision for application 
> and merge?
> 
> With the overhead what has went in today there are a few conflicts.
> 

Fixed and sent here:
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2021-July/386050.html

Kevin.

> Regards
> Ian
>> v5:
>> - Rebased NEWS file update and added Acks. No code changes.
>>
>> v4:
>> - Fixed NEWS file conflict from (almost) mid-air collision of other patch 
>> merging
>>
>> v3:
>> -  fixed asan enabled unit tests
>>
>> v2:
>> - added unit tests
>> - rework from comments
>> - much renaming and minor fixes
>> - reordered the patches and added 2 more
>>
>> ---
>>
>> 1/7 reworks the current rxq scheduling code to make it more modular
>> and reusable. No functional change.
>> v3:
>> - fixed asan enabled unit tests
>> - minor comment syntax
>> v2:
>> - renamed functions on David's suggestions
>> - used enum instead of bool for assignment type from the start
>> - fixed mem leak
>> - removed/simplified some redundant code
>>
>> 2/7 makes PMD auto load balance reuse the common rxq scheduling code
>> and removes the duplication of the rxq scheduling code in PMD auto load
>> balance for making a dry run. No functional change.
>> v3:
>> - added missing clang annotation
>> v2: minor changes
>>
>> 3/7 new in v2. This is a small patch to make the pmd list used
>> for rxq scheduling ordered by core id. This is just to add some consistency
>> between schedules/test runs/pmd-cpu-mask changes.
>>
>> 4/7 provides a fallback for if the user tries to pin an rxq to a PMD with
>> pmd-rxq-affinity but the PMD is not in the pmd-cpu-mask. Previously it was
>> not polled. Now it will be polled by an available core.
>> v3:
>> - minor comment syntax
>> v2:
>> - removed some unneeded code by David's suggestion here and in 1/7 of not
>>   post-processing rxqs that have been already pinned
>>
>> 5/7 adds a new option to assign rxqs to pmds that incorporates the
>> estimated load of the PMD and removes the restriction for trying to
>> equally distribute the number of rxqs across the PMDs. This means it
>> is solely load based so will help optimize balancing the processing
>> load across the PMDs. With this method, a group of low loaded rxqs
>> may be on one PMD, while another PMD could have just one highly loaded
>> rxq.
>> v4/5:
>> - fixed NEWS conflict
>> v2:
>> - combined the lowest_* functions on Sunil's suggestion
>> - simplified some code
>> - added unit tests
>>
>> 6/7 adds an option to non-isolate the PMD when it is pinned with an rxq
>> using pmd-rxq-affinity.
>> v2:
>> - added unit tests
>>
>> 7/7 new in v2. There was no unit tests testing cross-numa assignments.
>> i.e. what happens when there is no numa local pmds for an rxq. Aside
>> from using the new logs, these tests are relevant regardless of this 
>> patchset.
>>
>> Kevin Traynor (7):
>>   dpif-netdev: Rework rxq scheduling code.
>>   dpif-netdev: Make PMD auto load balance use common rxq scheduling.
>>   dpif-netdev: Sort PMD list by core id for rxq scheduling.
>>   dpif-netdev: Assign PMD for failed pinned rxqs.
>>   dpif-netdev: Add group rxq scheduling assignment type.
>>   dpif-netdev: Allow pin rxq and non-isolate PMD.
>>   tests: Add new test for cross-numa pmd rxq assignments.
>>
>>  Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst |   41 +-
>>  NEWS                              |    5 +
>>  lib/dpif-netdev.c                 | 1057 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
>>  tests/pmd.at                      |  285 +++++++-
>>  vswitchd/vswitch.xml              |   24 +-
>>  5 files changed, 995 insertions(+), 417 deletions(-)
>>
>> --
>> 2.31.1
>>
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