2006-03-22 06:05:06

by Ravikiran G Thirumalai

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Subject: [patch 1/2] net: Node aware multipath device round robin

Following patch adds in node aware, device round robin ip multipathing.
It is based on multipath_drr.c, the multipath device round robin algorithm, and
is derived from it. This implementation maintians per node state table, and
round robins between interfaces on the same node. The implementation needs to
be aware of the NIC proximity to a node. Hence we have added a nodeid field to
struct netdevice. NIC device drivers can initialize this with the node id
the NIC belongs to. This patch uses IP_MP_ALG_DRR slot like the regular
multipath_drr too. So either SMP multipath_drr or node aware
multipath_node_drr should be used for device round robin, based on system having
proximity information for the NICs.

Performance results:
1. Single NIC test -- 1 client targets 1 nic on the server with 300 concurrent
requests.
2. 4 NIC test -- 1 client targets 4 nics, all on different nodes on the server with 300 concurrent requests.

We see about 135% improvement on AB requests per second with this patch and
the device_locality_check patch on single NIC test, on the Rackable c5100
machine (server). We see about 64% improvement when all 4 NICS are targeted.

Credits: This work was originally done by Justin Forbes

Comments?

Signed-off by: Pravin B. Shelar <[email protected]>
Signed-off by: Shobhit Dayal <[email protected]>
Signed-off by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <[email protected]>
Signed-off by: Shai Fultheim <[email protected]>

Index: linux-2.6.16/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c 2006-03-19 21:53:29.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c 2006-03-20 14:52:23.000000000 -0800
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,

SET_MODULE_OWNER(netdev);
SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &pdev->dev);
+ SET_NETDEV_NODE(netdev, pcibus_to_node(pdev->bus));

pci_set_drvdata(pdev, netdev);
adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
Index: linux-2.6.16/drivers/net/tg3.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/drivers/net/tg3.c 2006-03-19 21:53:29.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16/drivers/net/tg3.c 2006-03-20 14:52:23.000000000 -0800
@@ -10705,6 +10705,7 @@ static int __devinit tg3_init_one(struct

SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
+ SET_NETDEV_NODE(dev, pcibus_to_node(pdev->bus));

dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX;
#if TG3_VLAN_TAG_USED
Index: linux-2.6.16/include/linux/netdevice.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/include/linux/netdevice.h 2006-03-19 21:53:29.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16/include/linux/netdevice.h 2006-03-20 14:52:23.000000000 -0800
@@ -315,7 +315,9 @@ struct net_device
/* Interface index. Unique device identifier */
int ifindex;
int iflink;
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+ int node; /* NUMA node this IF is close to */
+#endif

struct net_device_stats* (*get_stats)(struct net_device *dev);
struct iw_statistics* (*get_wireless_stats)(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -520,6 +522,14 @@ static inline void *netdev_priv(struct n
*/
#define SET_NETDEV_DEV(net, pdev) ((net)->class_dev.dev = (pdev))

+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+#define SET_NETDEV_NODE(dev, nodeid) ((dev)->node = (nodeid))
+#define netdev_node(dev) ((dev)->node)
+#else
+#define SET_NETDEV_NODE(dev, nodeid) do {} while (0)
+#define netdev_node(dev) (-1)
+#endif
+
struct packet_type {
__be16 type; /* This is really htons(ether_type). */
struct net_device *dev; /* NULL is wildcarded here */
Index: linux-2.6.16/net/core/dev.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/net/core/dev.c 2006-03-19 21:53:29.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16/net/core/dev.c 2006-03-20 14:52:23.000000000 -0800
@@ -3003,7 +3003,8 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev(int size

if (sizeof_priv)
dev->priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-
+
+ SET_NETDEV_NODE(dev, -1);
setup(dev);
strcpy(dev->name, name);
return dev;
Index: linux-2.6.16/net/ipv4/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/net/ipv4/Kconfig 2006-03-19 21:53:29.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16/net/ipv4/Kconfig 2006-03-20 14:52:23.000000000 -0800
@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_DRR
available interfaces. This policy makes sense if the connections
should be primarily distributed on interfaces and not on routes.

+config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_NODE
+ tristate "MULTIPATH: interface RR algorithm with node affinity"
+ depends on IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_CACHED && NUMA && !IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_DRR
+ help
+ This allows equal cost multipath device round robin alogorithm to
+ use node affinity when choosing the device for outbound traffic. This
+ is similar to CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_DRR. Choose this if you
+ have a NUMA system, and the NICs have node proximity.
+
config IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE
bool "IP: verbose route monitoring"
depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
Index: linux-2.6.16/net/ipv4/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/net/ipv4/Makefile 2006-03-19 21:53:29.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16/net/ipv4/Makefile 2006-03-20 14:52:23.000000000 -0800
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_RR) += m
obj-$(CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_RANDOM) += multipath_random.o
obj-$(CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_WRANDOM) += multipath_wrandom.o
obj-$(CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_DRR) += multipath_drr.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_NODE) += multipath_node_drr.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NETFILTER) += netfilter.o netfilter/
obj-$(CONFIG_IP_VS) += ipvs/
obj-$(CONFIG_INET_DIAG) += inet_diag.o
Index: linux-2.6.16/net/ipv4/multipath_node_drr.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/net/ipv4/multipath_node_drr.c 2006-02-28 01:25:15.174738088 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16/net/ipv4/multipath_node_drr.c 2006-03-20 14:52:23.000000000 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+/*
+ * Node aware device round robin policy for multipath.
+ * Extension of multipath device round robin for NUMA node based multipathing.
+ * Derived from net/ipv4/multipath_drr.c
+ */
+
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <net/ip_mp_alg.h>
+
+struct multipath_device {
+ int ifi; /* interface index of device */
+ atomic_t usecount;
+ int allocated;
+ int node; /* node id of device */
+};
+
+#define MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES 16
+
+static struct multipath_device *local_state[MAX_NUMNODES] __read_mostly;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(state_lock);
+
+static int inline __multipath_findslot(int ifindex, int nid)
+{
+ int i, idx, mx;
+ struct multipath_device *state = local_state[nid];
+
+ i = ifindex % MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES;
+ if (likely(state[i].allocated == 0))
+ return i;
+
+ mx = i + MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES;
+
+ for (; i < mx; i++) {
+ idx = i % MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES;
+ if (state[idx].allocated == 0)
+ return idx;
+ }
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static int inline __multipath_finddev(int ifindex, int nid)
+{
+ int i, mx, idx;
+ struct multipath_device *state = local_state[nid];
+
+ i = ifindex % MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES;
+ if (likely(state[i].ifi == ifindex))
+ return i;
+
+ mx = i + MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES;
+
+ for (; i < mx; i++) {
+ idx = i % MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES;
+
+ if (state[idx].ifi == ifindex)
+ return idx;
+ }
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static int drr_dev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
+ unsigned long event, void *ptr)
+{
+ struct net_device *dev = ptr;
+ int devidx, nid;
+
+ switch (event) {
+ case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
+ case NETDEV_DOWN:
+ spin_lock_bh(&state_lock);
+ for_each_node(nid) {
+ devidx = __multipath_finddev(dev->ifindex, nid);
+ if (devidx != -1) {
+ local_state[nid][devidx].ifi = 0;
+ local_state[nid][devidx].allocated = 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ spin_unlock_bh(&state_lock);
+ break;
+ };
+
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block drr_dev_notifier = {
+ .notifier_call = drr_dev_event,
+};
+
+static void inline drr_safe_inc(atomic_t *usecount)
+{
+ int n;
+
+ atomic_inc(usecount);
+ n = atomic_read(usecount);
+ if (unlikely(n <= 0)) {
+ int i;
+ struct multipath_device *state = local_state[numa_node_id()];
+
+ for (i = 0; i < MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES; i++)
+ atomic_set(&state[i].usecount, 0);
+
+ }
+}
+
+static int update_state_table(struct rtable *nh, int node)
+{
+ int devidx = -1;
+ struct multipath_device *state;
+ int nh_ifidx = nh->u.dst.dev->ifindex;
+ /* add the interface to the array
+ * SMP safe
+ */
+ spin_lock_bh(&state_lock);
+
+ /* due to SMP: search again */
+ devidx = __multipath_finddev(nh_ifidx, node);
+ if (devidx == -1) {
+ /* add entry for device */
+ state = local_state[node];
+ /* find free slot in state table */
+ devidx = __multipath_findslot(nh_ifidx, node);
+ if (devidx == -1) {
+ /* unlikely but possible */
+ goto out;
+ } else {
+ state[devidx].allocated = 1;
+ state[devidx].ifi = nh_ifidx;
+ atomic_set(&state[devidx].usecount, 0);
+ state[devidx].node = netdev_node(nh->u.dst.dev);
+ }
+ }
+out:
+ spin_unlock_bh(&state_lock);
+ return devidx;
+}
+
+static void drr_select_route(const struct flowi *flp,
+ struct rtable *first, struct rtable **rp)
+{
+ struct rtable *nh, *cur_min = NULL, *cur_min_nrr = NULL;
+ int devidx = -1;
+ int cur_min_devidx = -1, cur_min_devidx_nrr = -1;
+ int min_usecount = INT_MAX, min_usecount_nrr = INT_MAX;
+ int node = numa_node_id();
+ struct multipath_device *state;
+
+ /* 1. make sure all alt. nexthops have the same GC related data */
+ /* 2. determine the new candidate to be returned */
+ state = local_state[node];
+ for (nh = rcu_dereference(first); nh;
+ nh = rcu_dereference(nh->u.rt_next)) {
+ if ((nh->u.dst.flags & DST_BALANCED) != 0 &&
+ multipath_comparekeys(&nh->fl, flp)) {
+ int count;
+ int nh_ifidx = nh->u.dst.dev->ifindex;
+
+ nh->u.dst.lastuse = jiffies;
+ nh->u.dst.__use++;
+
+ /* search for the output interface */
+
+ /* this is not SMP safe, only add/remove are
+ * SMP safe as wrong usecount updates have no big
+ * impact
+ */
+ devidx = __multipath_finddev(nh_ifidx, node);
+ if (devidx == -1) {
+ devidx = update_state_table(nh, node);
+ if (devidx == -1)
+ continue;
+ }
+ count = atomic_read(&state[devidx].usecount);
+
+ /* RR on node local interfaces if available */
+ if (state[devidx].node == node) {
+ if (count < min_usecount_nrr) {
+ cur_min_nrr = nh;
+ cur_min_devidx_nrr = devidx;
+ min_usecount_nrr = count;
+ /* lowest used. So use this IF */
+ if (min_usecount_nrr == 0)
+ break;
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (count < min_usecount) {
+ cur_min = nh;
+ cur_min_devidx = devidx;
+ min_usecount = count;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* If node local route is present, choose it. Else choose SMP RR */
+ if (cur_min_devidx_nrr != -1) {
+ drr_safe_inc(&state[cur_min_devidx_nrr].usecount);
+ *rp = cur_min_nrr;
+ return ;
+ }
+
+ if (cur_min_devidx != -1) {
+ drr_safe_inc(&state[cur_min_devidx].usecount);
+ *rp = cur_min;
+ } else
+ *rp = first;
+}
+
+static struct ip_mp_alg_ops drr_ops = {
+ .mp_alg_select_route = drr_select_route,
+};
+
+static int __init drr_init(void)
+{
+ int err, nid;
+ int size = MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES *
+ sizeof(struct multipath_device);
+ for_each_node(nid) {
+ int i;
+ local_state[nid] = kmalloc_node(size, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
+ if (local_state[nid] == NULL) {
+ int i;
+ for_each_node(i){
+ if (i < nid)
+ kfree(local_state[i]);
+ }
+ printk(KERN_CRIT"drr_init: Cannot allocate state table\n");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i < MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES; i++) {
+ local_state[nid][i].allocated = 0;
+ local_state[nid][i].ifi = 0;
+ }
+ }
+ err = register_netdevice_notifier(&drr_dev_notifier);
+
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ err = multipath_alg_register(&drr_ops, IP_MP_ALG_DRR);
+ if (err)
+ goto fail;
+
+ return 0;
+
+fail:
+ unregister_netdevice_notifier(&drr_dev_notifier);
+ return err;
+}
+
+static void __exit drr_exit(void)
+{
+ int nid;
+ unregister_netdevice_notifier(&drr_dev_notifier);
+ multipath_alg_unregister(&drr_ops, IP_MP_ALG_DRR);
+ for_each_node(nid){
+ kfree(local_state[nid]);
+ }
+}
+
+module_init(drr_init);
+module_exit(drr_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");


2006-03-22 06:07:24

by Ravikiran G Thirumalai

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Subject: [patch 2/2] net: Node aware multipath device round robin -- device locality check

This patch checks device locality on every ip packet xmit.
In multipath configuration tcp connection to route association is done at
session startup time. The tcp session process is migrated to different nodes
after this association. This would mean a remote NIC is chosen for xmit,
although a local NIC could be available. Following patch checks if a
local NIC is available for the desitnation, and recalculates routes if so.
his leads to remote NIC transfer in some tcp work load such as AB.

Downside: adds a bitmap to struct rtable. But only if
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_NODE is enabled.

Comments, suggestions welcome.

Signed-off by: Pravin B. Shelar <[email protected]>
Signed-off by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <[email protected]>
Signed-off by: Shai Fultheim <[email protected]>

Index: linux-2.6.16/include/net/route.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/include/net/route.h 2006-03-19 21:53:29.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16/include/net/route.h 2006-03-20 14:52:24.000000000 -0800
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ struct rtable
/* Miscellaneous cached information */
__u32 rt_spec_dst; /* RFC1122 specific destination */
struct inet_peer *peer; /* long-living peer info */
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_NODE
+ /* bitmap bit is set if current node has a local multi-path device for
+ * this route.
+ */
+ DECLARE_BITMAP (mp_if_bitmap, MAX_NUMNODES);
+#endif
+
};

struct ip_rt_acct
@@ -201,4 +208,21 @@ static inline struct inet_peer *rt_get_p

extern ctl_table ipv4_route_table[];

+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_NODE
+
+#include <linux/ip_mp_alg.h>
+
+static inline int dst_dev_node_check(struct rtable *rt)
+{
+ int cnode = numa_node_id();
+ if (unlikely(netdev_node(rt->u.dst.dev) != cnode)) {
+ if (test_bit(cnode, rt->mp_if_bitmap))
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+#else
+#define dst_dev_node_check(rt) 0
+#endif
+
#endif /* _ROUTE_H */
Index: linux-2.6.16/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/net/ipv4/ip_output.c 2006-03-19 21:53:29.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16/net/ipv4/ip_output.c 2006-03-20 14:52:24.000000000 -0800
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int ip_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, i

/* Make sure we can route this packet. */
rt = (struct rtable *)__sk_dst_check(sk, 0);
- if (rt == NULL) {
+ if ((rt == NULL ) || dst_dev_node_check(rt)) {
u32 daddr;

/* Use correct destination address if we have options. */
Index: linux-2.6.16/net/ipv4/route.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/net/ipv4/route.c 2006-03-19 21:53:29.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16/net/ipv4/route.c 2006-03-20 14:52:24.000000000 -0800
@@ -2313,6 +2313,22 @@ static inline int ip_mkroute_output(stru
if (res->fi && res->fi->fib_nhs > 1) {
unsigned char hopcount = res->fi->fib_nhs;

+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_NODE
+ DECLARE_BITMAP (mp_if_bitmap, MAX_NUMNODES);
+ bitmap_zero(mp_if_bitmap, MAX_NUMNODES);
+ /* Calculating device bitmap for this multipath route */
+ if (res->fi->fib_mp_alg == IP_MP_ALG_DRR) {
+ for (hop = 0; hop < hopcount; hop++) {
+ struct net_device *dev2nexthop;
+
+ res->nh_sel = hop;
+ dev2nexthop = FIB_RES_DEV(*res);
+ dev_hold(dev2nexthop);
+ set_bit(netdev_node(dev2nexthop), mp_if_bitmap);
+ dev_put(dev2nexthop);
+ }
+ }
+#endif
for (hop = 0; hop < hopcount; hop++) {
struct net_device *dev2nexthop;

@@ -2343,6 +2359,10 @@ static inline int ip_mkroute_output(stru
FIB_RES_NETMASK(*res),
res->prefixlen,
&FIB_RES_NH(*res));
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_NODE
+ bitmap_copy(rth->mp_if_bitmap, mp_if_bitmap, MAX_NUMNODES);
+#endif
cleanup:
/* release work reference to output device */
dev_put(dev2nexthop);