236. DPDK GRO lib test plan

236.1. Description

Generic Receive Offload (GRO) is a widely used SW-based offloading technique to reduce per-packet processing overheads. By reassembling small packets into larger ones, GRO enables applications to process fewer large packets directly, thus reducing the number of packets to be processed. To benefit DPDK-based applications, like Open vSwitch, DPDK also provides own GRO implementation. In DPDK, GRO is implemented as a standalone library. Applications explicitly use the GRO library to reassemble packets.

In the GRO library, there are many GRO types which are defined by packet types. One GRO type is in charge of process one kind of packets. For example, TCP/IPv4 GRO processes TCP/IPv4 packets.

Each GRO type has a reassembly function, which defines own algorithm and table structure to reassemble packets. We assign input packets to the corresponding GRO functions by MBUF->packet_type.

The GRO library doesn’t check if input packets have correct checksums and doesn’t re-calculate checksums for merged packets. The GRO library assumes the packets are complete (i.e., MF==0 && frag_off==0), when IP fragmentation is possible (i.e., DF==0). Additionally, it complies RFC 6864 to process the IPv4 ID field.

Currently, the GRO library provides GRO supports for TCP/IPv4 packets and VxLAN packets which contain an outer IPv4 header and an inner TCP/IPv4 packet.

This test plan includes dpdk gro lib test with TCP/IPv4 traffic and VxLAN traffic, also cover lightmode and heavymode test.

236.2. Prerequisites

236.3. Test flow

NIC2(In kernel) -> NIC1(DPDK) -> testpmd(csum fwd) -> Vhost -> Virtio-net

236.4. Test Case1: DPDK GRO lightmode test with tcp/ipv4 traffic

1. Connect two nic port directly, put nic2 into another namesapce and turn on the tso of this nic port by below cmds:

   ip netns del ns1
   ip netns add ns1
   ip link set [enp216s0f0] netns ns1       # [enp216s0f0] is the name of nic2
   ip netns exec ns1 ifconfig [enp216s0f0] 1.1.1.8 up
   ip netns exec ns1 ethtool -K [enp216s0f0] tso on
   

2. Bind nic1 to vfio-pci, launch vhost-user with testpmd and set flush interval to 1:

   ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci xx:xx.x
   ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/dpdk-testpmd -l 2-4 -n 4 \
   --file-prefix=vhost --vdev 'net_vhost0,iface=vhost-net,queues=1,client=0' -- -i --txd=1024 --rxd=1024
   testpmd>set fwd csum
   testpmd>csum mac-swap off 0
   testpmd>csum mac-swap off 1
   testpmd>stop
   testpmd>port stop 0
   testpmd>port stop 1
   testpmd>csum set tcp hw 0
   testpmd>csum set ip hw 0
   testpmd>csum set tcp hw 1
   testpmd>csum set ip hw 1
   testpmd>set port 0 gro on
   testpmd>set gro flush 1
   testpmd>port start 0
   testpmd>port start 1
   testpmd>start
   

3. Set up vm with virto device and using kernel virtio-net driver:

   taskset -c 13 qemu-system-x86_64 -name us-vhost-vm1 \
     -cpu host -enable-kvm -m 2048 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=2048M,mem-path=/mnt/huge,share=on \
     -numa node,memdev=mem \
     -mem-prealloc -monitor unix:/tmp/vm2_monitor.sock,server,nowait -net nic,vlan=2,macaddr=00:00:00:08:e8:aa,addr=1f -net user,vlan=2,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:22 \
     -smp cores=1,sockets=1 -drive file=/home/osimg/ubuntu2004.img  \
     -chardev socket,id=char0,path=./vhost-net \
     -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char0,vhostforce \
     -device virtio-net-pci,mac=52:54:00:00:00:01,netdev=mynet1,mrg_rxbuf=on,csum=on,gso=on,host_tso4=on,guest_tso4=on \
     -vnc :10 -daemonize
   

4. In vm, config the virtio-net device with ip and turn the kernel gro off:

   ifconfig [ens3] 1.1.1.2 up  # [ens3] is the name of virtio-net
   ethtool -K [ens3] gro off
   

5. Start iperf test, run iperf server at vm side and iperf client at host side, check throughput in log can get expected data:

   Host side :  ip netns exec ns1 iperf -c 1.1.1.2 -i 1 -t 60 -m -P 1
   VM side:     iperf -s
   

236.5. Test Case2: DPDK GRO heavymode test with tcp/ipv4 traffic

1. Connect two nic port directly, put nic2 into another namesapce and turn on the tso of this nic port by below cmds:

   ip netns del ns1
   ip netns add ns1
   ip link set [enp216s0f0] netns ns1       # [enp216s0f0] is the name of nic2
   ip netns exec ns1 ifconfig [enp216s0f0] 1.1.1.8 up
   ip netns exec ns1 ethtool -K [enp216s0f0] tso on
   

2. Bind nic1 to vfio-pci, launch vhost-user with testpmd and set flush interval to 2:

   ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci xx:xx.x
   ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/dpdk-testpmd -l 2-4 -n 4 \
   --file-prefix=vhost --vdev 'net_vhost0,iface=vhost-net,queues=1,client=0' -- -i --txd=1024 --rxd=1024
   testpmd>set fwd csum
   testpmd>csum mac-swap off 0
   testpmd>csum mac-swap off 1
   testpmd>stop
   testpmd>port stop 0
   testpmd>port stop 1
   testpmd>csum set tcp hw 0
   testpmd>csum set ip hw 0
   testpmd>csum set tcp hw 1
   testpmd>csum set ip hw 1
   testpmd>set port 0 gro on
   testpmd>set gro flush 2
   testpmd>port start 0
   testpmd>port start 1
   testpmd>start
   

3. Set up vm with virto device and using kernel virtio-net driver:

   taskset -c 13 qemu-system-x86_64 -name us-vhost-vm1 \
     -cpu host -enable-kvm -m 2048 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=2048M,mem-path=/mnt/huge,share=on \
     -numa node,memdev=mem \
     -mem-prealloc -monitor unix:/tmp/vm2_monitor.sock,server,nowait -net nic,vlan=2,macaddr=00:00:00:08:e8:aa,addr=1f -net user,vlan=2,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:22 \
     -smp cores=1,sockets=1 -drive file=/home/osimg/ubuntu2004.img  \
     -chardev socket,id=char0,path=./vhost-net \
     -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char0,vhostforce \
     -device virtio-net-pci,mac=52:54:00:00:00:01,netdev=mynet1,mrg_rxbuf=on,csum=on,gso=on,host_tso4=on,guest_tso4=on \
     -vnc :10 -daemonize
   

4. In vm, config the virtio-net device with ip and turn the kernel gro off:

   ifconfig [ens3] 1.1.1.2 up  # [ens3] is the name of virtio-net
   ethtool -K [ens3] gro off
   

5. Start iperf test, run iperf server at vm side and iperf client at host side, check throughput in log can get expected data:

   Host side :  ip netns exec ns1 iperf -c 1.1.1.2 -i 1 -t 60 -m -P 1
   VM side:     iperf -s
   

236.6. Test Case3: DPDK GRO heavymode_flush4 test with tcp/ipv4 traffic

1. Connect two nic port directly, put nic2 into another namesapce and turn on the tso of this nic port by below cmds:

   ip netns del ns1
   ip netns add ns1
   ip link set [enp216s0f0] netns ns1       # [enp216s0f0] is the name of nic2
   ip netns exec ns1 ifconfig [enp216s0f0] 1.1.1.8 up
   ip netns exec ns1 ethtool -K [enp216s0f0] tso on
   

2. Bind nic1 to vfio-pci, launch vhost-user with testpmd and set flush interval to 4:

   ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci xx:xx.x
   ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/dpdk-testpmd -l 2-4 -n 4 \
   --file-prefix=vhost --vdev 'net_vhost0,iface=vhost-net,queues=1,client=0' -- -i --txd=1024 --rxd=1024
   testpmd>set fwd csum
   testpmd>csum mac-swap off 0
   testpmd>csum mac-swap off 1
   testpmd>stop
   testpmd>port stop 0
   testpmd>port stop 1
   testpmd>csum set tcp hw 0
   testpmd>csum set ip hw 0
   testpmd>csum set tcp hw 1
   testpmd>csum set ip hw 1
   testpmd>set port 0 gro on
   testpmd>set gro flush 4
   testpmd>port start 0
   testpmd>port start 1
   testpmd>start
   

3. Set up vm with virto device and using kernel virtio-net driver:

   taskset -c 13 qemu-system-x86_64 -name us-vhost-vm1 \
     -cpu host -enable-kvm -m 2048 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=2048M,mem-path=/mnt/huge,share=on \
     -numa node,memdev=mem \
     -mem-prealloc -monitor unix:/tmp/vm2_monitor.sock,server,nowait -net nic,vlan=2,macaddr=00:00:00:08:e8:aa,addr=1f -net user,vlan=2,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:22 \
     -smp cores=1,sockets=1 -drive file=/home/osimg/ubuntu2004.img  \
     -chardev socket,id=char0,path=./vhost-net \
     -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char0,vhostforce \
     -device virtio-net-pci,mac=52:54:00:00:00:01,netdev=mynet1,mrg_rxbuf=on,csum=on,gso=on,host_tso4=on,guest_tso4=on \
     -vnc :10 -daemonize
   

4. In vm, config the virtio-net device with ip and turn the kernel gro off:

   ifconfig [ens3] 1.1.1.2 up  # [ens3] is the name of virtio-net
   ethtool -K [ens3] gro off
   

5. Start iperf test, run iperf server at vm side and iperf client at host side, check throughput in log can get expected data:

   Host side :  ip netns exec ns1 iperf -c 1.1.1.2 -i 1 -t 60 -m -P 1
   VM side:     iperf -s
   

236.7. Test Case4: DPDK GRO test with vxlan traffic

236.7.1. Vxlan topology

VM Host

50.1.1.2 50.1.1.1

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1.1.2.3 1.1.2.4

|————Testpmd————|

1. Connect two nic port directly, put nic2 into another namesapce and create Host VxLAN port:

   ip netns del ns1
   ip netns add ns1
   ip link set [enp216s0f0] netns ns1    # [enp216s0f0] is the name of nic2
   ip netns exec ns1 ifconfig [enp216s0f0] 1.1.2.4/24 up
   VXLAN_NAME=vxlan1
   VXLAN_IP=50.1.1.1
   IF_NAME=[enp216s0f0]
   VM_IP=1.1.2.3
   ip netns exec t2 ip link add $VXLAN_NAME type vxlan id 42 dev $IF_NAME dstport 4789
   ip netns exec t2 bridge fdb append to 00:00:00:00:00:00 dst $VM_IP dev $VXLAN_NAME
   ip netns exec t2 ip addr add $VXLAN_IP/24 dev $VXLAN_NAME
   ip netns exec t2 ip link set up dev $VXLAN_NAME
   

2. Bind nic1 to vfio-pci, launch vhost-user with testpmd and set flush interval to 4:

   ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci xx:xx.x
   ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/dpdk-testpmd -l 2-4 -n 4 \
   --file-prefix=vhost --vdev 'net_vhost0,iface=vhost-net,queues=1,client=0' -- -i --txd=1024 --rxd=1024
   testpmd>set fwd csum
   testpmd>csum mac-swap off 0
   testpmd>csum mac-swap off 1
   testpmd>stop
   testpmd>port stop 0
   testpmd>port stop 1
   testpmd>csum set tcp hw 0
   testpmd>csum set ip hw 0
   testpmd>csum parse-tunnel on 0
   testpmd>csum parse-tunnel on 1
   testpmd>csum set outer-ip hw 0
   testpmd>csum set tcp hw 1
   testpmd>csum set ip hw 1
   testpmd>set port 0 gro on
   testpmd>set gro flush 4
   testpmd>port start 0
   testpmd>port start 1
   testpmd>start
   

3. Set up vm with virto device and using kernel virtio-net driver:

   taskset -c 13 qemu-system-x86_64 -name us-vhost-vm1 \
     -cpu host -enable-kvm -m 2048 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=2048M,mem-path=/mnt/huge,share=on \
     -numa node,memdev=mem \
     -mem-prealloc -monitor unix:/tmp/vm2_monitor.sock,server,nowait -net nic,vlan=2,macaddr=00:00:00:08:e8:aa,addr=1f -net user,vlan=2,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:22 \
     -smp cores=1,sockets=1 -drive file=/home/osimg/ubuntu2004.img  \
     -chardev socket,id=char0,path=./vhost-net \
     -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char0,vhostforce \
     -device virtio-net-pci,mac=52:54:00:00:00:01,netdev=mynet1,mrg_rxbuf=on,csum=on,gso=on,host_tso4=on,guest_tso4=on \
     -vnc :10 -daemonize
   

4. In vm, config the virtio-net device with ip and turn the kernel gro off:

   ip link add vxlan0 type vxlan id 42 dev [ens3] dstport 4789   # [ens3] is the name of virtio-net
   bridge fdb add to 00:00:00:00:00:00 dst 1.1.2.4 dev vxlan0
   ip addr add 50.1.1.2/24 dev vxlan0
   ip link set up dev vxlan0
   ifconfig [ens3] 1.1.2.3/24 up
   ifconfig -a
   

5. Start iperf test, run iperf server at vm side and iperf client at host side, check throughput in log can get expected data:

   Host side :  ip netns exec t2 iperf -c 50.1.1.2 -i 2 -t 60 -f g -m
   VM side:     iperf -s -f g
   

236.8. Test Case5: DPDK GRO test with 2 queues using tcp/ipv4 traffic

1. Connect two nic port directly, put nic2 into another namesapce and turn on the tso of this nic port by below cmds:

   ip netns del ns1
   ip netns add ns1
   ip link set enp26s0f0 netns ns1       # [enp216s0f0] is the name of nic2
   ip netns exec ns1 ifconfig enp26s0f0 1.1.1.8 up
   ip netns exec ns1 ethtool -K enp26s0f0 tso on
   

2. Bind cbdma port and nic1 to vfio-pci, launch vhost-user with testpmd and set flush interval to 1:

   ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci xx:xx.x
   ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/dpdk-testpmd -l 29-31 -n 4 \
   --file-prefix=vhost --vdev 'net_vhost0,iface=vhost-net,queues=2' -- -i --txd=1024 --rxd=1024 --txq=2 --rxq=2 --nb-cores=2
   testpmd>set fwd csum
   testpmd>csum mac-swap off 0
   testpmd>csum mac-swap off 1
   testpmd>stop
   testpmd>port stop 0
   testpmd>port stop 1
   testpmd>csum set tcp hw 0
   testpmd>csum set ip hw 0
   testpmd>csum set tcp hw 1
   testpmd>csum set ip hw 1
   testpmd>set port 0 gro on
   testpmd>set gro flush 1
   testpmd>port start 0
   testpmd>port start 1
   testpmd>start
   

3. Set up vm with virto device and using kernel virtio-net driver:

   taskset -c 31 /home/qemu-install/qemu-4.2.1/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name us-vhost-vm1 \
     -cpu host -enable-kvm -m 2048 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=2048M,mem-path=/mnt/huge,share=on \
     -numa node,memdev=mem \
     -mem-prealloc -monitor unix:/tmp/vm2_monitor.sock,server,nowait -netdev user,id=yinan,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6005-:22 -device e1000,netdev=yinan \
     -smp cores=1,sockets=1 -drive file=/home/osimg/ubuntu2004.img  \
     -chardev socket,id=char0,path=./vhost-net \
     -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char0,vhostforce,queues=2 \
     -device virtio-net-pci,mac=52:54:00:00:00:01,netdev=mynet1,mrg_rxbuf=on,csum=on,gso=on,host_tso4=on,guest_tso4=on,mq=on,vectors=15 \
     -vnc :10 -daemonize
   

4. In vm, config the virtio-net device with ip and turn the kernel gro off:

   ifconfig ens4 1.1.1.2 up  # [ens3] is the name of virtio-net
   ethtool -L ens4 combined 2
   ethtool -K ens4 gro off
   

5. Start iperf test, run iperf server at vm side and iperf client at host side, check throughput in log can get better performance than case1:

   Host side :  taskset -c 35 ip netns exec ns1 iperf -c 1.1.1.2 -i 1 -t 60 -m -P 2
   VM side:     iperf -s