svn commit: r341586 - head/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en

Andrey V. Elsukov bu7cher at yandex.ru
Tue Sep 3 14:07:48 UTC 2019


On 05.12.2018 17:25, Slava Shwartsman wrote:
> Author: slavash
> Date: Wed Dec  5 14:25:03 2018
> New Revision: 341586
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/341586
> 
> Log:
>   mlx5en: Implement backpressure indication.
>   
>   The backpressure indication is implemented using an unlimited rate type of
>   mbuf send tag. When the upper layers typically the socket layer has obtained such
>   a tag, it can then query the destination driver queue for the current
>   amount of space available in the send queue.
>   
>   A single mbuf send tag may be referenced multiple times and a refcount has been added
>   to the mlx5e_priv structure to track its usage. Because the send tag resides
>   in the mlx5e_channel structure, there is no need to wait for refcounts to reach
>   zero until the mlx4en(4) driver is detached. The channels structure is persistant
>   during the lifetime of the mlx5en(4) driver it belongs to and can so be accessed
>   without any need of synchronization.
>   
>   The mlx5e_snd_tag structure was extended to contain a type field, because there are now
>   two different tag types which end up in the driver which need to be distinguished.
>   
>   Submitted by:   hselasky@
>   Approved by:    hselasky (mentor)
>   MFC after:      1 week
>   Sponsored by:   Mellanox Technologies
> @@ -587,27 +609,33 @@ mlx5e_xmit(struct ifnet *ifp, struct mbuf *mb)
>  	struct mlx5e_sq *sq;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	sq = mlx5e_select_queue(ifp, mb);
> -	if (unlikely(sq == NULL)) {
> -#ifdef RATELIMIT
> -		/* Check for route change */
> -		if (mb->m_pkthdr.snd_tag != NULL &&
> -		    mb->m_pkthdr.snd_tag->ifp != ifp) {
> +	if (mb->m_pkthdr.snd_tag != NULL) {
> +		sq = mlx5e_select_queue_by_send_tag(ifp, mb);
> +		if (unlikely(sq == NULL)) {
> +			/* Check for route change */
> +			if (mb->m_pkthdr.snd_tag->ifp != ifp) {
> +				/* Free mbuf */
> +				m_freem(mb);
> +
> +				/*
> +				 * Tell upper layers about route
> +				 * change and to re-transmit this
> +				 * packet:
> +				 */
> +				return (EAGAIN);
> +			}

Hi,

I just discovered something strange and found that this commit is the
cause.
The test system has mlx5en 100G interface. It has two vlans: vlan500 and
vlan100.
Via vlan500 it receives some packets flows. Then it routes these packets
into vlan100.
But packets are dropped in mlx5e_xmit() with EAGAIN error code.

# dtrace -n 'fbt::ip6_output:return {printf("%d", arg1);}'
dtrace: description 'fbt::ip6_output:return ' matched 1 probe
CPU     ID                    FUNCTION:NAME
 23  54338                ip6_output:return 35
 16  54338                ip6_output:return 35
 21  54338                ip6_output:return 35
 22  54338                ip6_output:return 35
 24  54338                ip6_output:return 35
 23  54338                ip6_output:return 35
 14  54338                ip6_output:return 35
^C

# dtrace -n 'fbt::mlx5e_xmit:return {printf("%d", arg1);}'
dtrace: description 'fbt::mlx5e_xmit:return ' matched 1 probe
CPU     ID                    FUNCTION:NAME
 16  69030                mlx5e_xmit:return 35
 23  69030                mlx5e_xmit:return 35
 26  69030                mlx5e_xmit:return 35
 25  69030                mlx5e_xmit:return 35
 24  69030                mlx5e_xmit:return 35
 21  69030                mlx5e_xmit:return 35
 26  69030                mlx5e_xmit:return 35
^C

The kernel config is GENERIC.
13.0-CURRENT #9 r345758+82f3d57(svn_head)-dirty

-- 
WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov

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