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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 04:57:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([223.167.122.23]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d9443c01a7336-2ee0f4acd77sm9593215ad.3.2026.11.13.04.56.55 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 bits=256/256); Fri, 13 Nov 2026 04:57:02 -0800 (PST) From: Chuang Wang To: Cc: Chuang Wang , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Stanislav Fomichev , Daniel Borkmann , Kuniyuki Iwashima , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH net-next v13] net: reduce ARFS flow updates by checking LLC affinity Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 20:56:34 +0800 Message-ID: <20261113125643.2255-1-nashuiliang@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.50.1 X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit When an application migrates to a different CPU, RFS records the new CPU in the global rps_sock_flow_table via rps_record_sock_flow(). On the next packet of a flow, get_rps_cpu() notices the change and calls set_rps_cpu() to update the per-queue flow entry. With Accelerated RFS (ARFS), set_rps_cpu() also invokes the driver's ndo_rx_flow_steer() callback so that the NIC steers the flow to a queue close to the new CPU. Threads that migrate frequently trigger this on every migration. For drivers like mlx5, each steering call serialises on an internal lock (arfs_lock), and under heavy load the contention on that lock can outweigh the benefit of the steering update itself. This patch introduces a cache-aware update strategy: the hardware steering update is skipped when the flow's previous target CPU and the new one share the same Last Level Cache (LLC), as cache locality for the application is preserved either way. The per-queue flow bookkeeping (rflow->cpu) is still updated, so RFS keeps steering packets to the CPU the application is running on. A new sysctl, net.core.arfs_llc_affinity, is added to toggle this feature (default: off). Performance Test Results: The patch was tested in a K8s environment (AMD CPU 128*2, 16-core Pod with CPU pinning, mlx5 NIC) using brpc[1] echo_server and rpc_press. rpc_press Commands: for i in {1..8}; do ./rpc_press -proto=./echo.proto -method=example.EchoService.Echo -server=:8000 -input='{"message":"hello"}' -qps=0 -thread_num=512 -connection_type=pooled & done Monitor mlx5e_rx_flow_steer frequency: /usr/share/bcc/tools/funccount -i 1 mlx5e_rx_flow_steer Frequency of mlx5e_rx_flow_steer (via funccount[2]): Before: ~200,000 counts/sec After: ~10 counts/sec (reduced by ~99%) [1] https://github.com/apache/brpc/ [2] https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/blob/master/tools/funccount.py Signed-off-by: Chuang Wang --- v13 -> v12: - add rflow->filter != RPS_NO_FILTER check in set_rps_cpu, per Simon Horman v11 -> v12: - drop the comment block above the LLC check, per Jakub Kicinski - guard the arfs_llc_affinity declaration, definition and sysctl entry with CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL - document the sysctl in Documentation/networking/scaling.rst, per Jakub Kicinski v10 -> v11: - rename the sysctl from net.core.rps_feat_llc_affinity to net.core.arfs_llc_affinity, per Neal Cardwell v9 -> v10: - move the LLC check from rps_record_sock_flow() into set_rps_cpu(), so that only the ARFS hardware steering is skipped while rflow->cpu is still updated, per Eric Dumazet - drop the sock_rps_record_flow_hash()/sock_rps_record_flow() exports, which are no longer needed v6 -> v9: - simplify code and fix errors in AI submissions, per Simon Horman v5 -> v6: - remove the multi-check 'old_val == new_val', per Xuan Zhuo - fix 'modpost: "sock_rps_record_flow_hash" [drivers/net/tun.ko] undefined!', per kernel test robot - fix 'tcp.c:(.text+0x3e90): undefined reference to `sock_rps_record_flow'', per kernel test robot v4 -> v5: - fix 'modpost: "rps_llc_check" [net/sctp/sctp.ko] undefined!', per kernel test robot v3 -> v4: - add rps_llc_check, per Eric Dumazet v2 -> v3: - patch net -> net-next, per Jakub Kicinski v1 -> v2: - add rps_feat_llc_affinity; add brpc tests Documentation/networking/scaling.rst | 9 +++++++++ include/net/rps.h | 4 ++++ net/core/dev.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- net/core/sysctl_net_core.c | 9 +++++++++ 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/scaling.rst b/Documentation/networking/scaling.rst index 6c9836000a8d..d85fe7a9e9bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/scaling.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/scaling.rst @@ -468,6 +468,15 @@ of CPU to queues is automatically deduced from the IRQ affinities configured for each receive queue by the driver, so no additional configuration should be necessary. +When the flow's previous target CPU and the new target CPU share the +last level cache (LLC), the hardware steering update can be skipped, +since the application's cache locality is preserved either way. This +reduces contention on driver-internal locks when application threads +migrate frequently between CPUs sharing an LLC. The functionality +remains disabled until explicitly enabled through:: + + /proc/sys/net/core/arfs_llc_affinity + Suggested Configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/include/net/rps.h b/include/net/rps.h index e33c6a2fa8bb..ff2f490a4e9a 100644 --- a/include/net/rps.h +++ b/include/net/rps.h @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ extern struct static_key_false rps_needed; extern struct static_key_false rfs_needed; +#ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL +extern struct static_key_false arfs_llc_affinity; +#endif + /* * This structure holds an RPS map which can be of variable length. The * map is an array of CPUs. diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 3b60b15e2175..6d3dd2d9ae82 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -5217,6 +5217,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rps_needed); struct static_key_false rfs_needed __read_mostly; EXPORT_SYMBOL(rfs_needed); +#ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL +struct static_key_false arfs_llc_affinity __read_mostly; +#endif + static u32 rfs_slot(u32 hash, rps_tag_ptr tag_ptr) { return hash_32(hash, rps_tag_to_log(tag_ptr)); @@ -5254,7 +5258,7 @@ static bool rps_flow_is_active(struct rps_dev_flow *rflow, static struct rps_dev_flow * set_rps_cpu(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, - struct rps_dev_flow *rflow, u16 next_cpu, u32 hash) + struct rps_dev_flow *rflow, u16 old_cpu, u16 next_cpu, u32 hash) { if (next_cpu < nr_cpu_ids) { u32 head; @@ -5273,6 +5277,13 @@ set_rps_cpu(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, if (!skb_rx_queue_recorded(skb) || !dev->rx_cpu_rmap || !(dev->features & NETIF_F_NTUPLE)) goto out; + + if (static_branch_unlikely(&arfs_llc_affinity) && + old_cpu < nr_cpu_ids && cpu_online(old_cpu) && + cpus_share_cache(old_cpu, next_cpu) && + READ_ONCE(rflow->filter) != RPS_NO_FILTER) + goto out; + rxq_index = cpu_rmap_lookup_index(dev->rx_cpu_rmap, next_cpu); if (rxq_index == skb_get_rx_queue(skb)) goto out; @@ -5402,8 +5413,8 @@ static int get_rps_cpu(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, (tcpu >= nr_cpu_ids || !cpu_online(tcpu) || ((int)(READ_ONCE(per_cpu(softnet_data, tcpu).input_queue_head) - rflow->last_qtail)) >= 0)) { + rflow = set_rps_cpu(dev, skb, rflow, tcpu, next_cpu, hash); tcpu = next_cpu; - rflow = set_rps_cpu(dev, skb, rflow, next_cpu, hash); } if (tcpu < nr_cpu_ids && cpu_online(tcpu)) { diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c index 9226b96f2e89..64ae4c07f1b1 100644 --- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c +++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c @@ -562,6 +562,15 @@ static struct ctl_table net_core_table[] = { .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = rps_sock_flow_sysctl }, +#ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL + { + .procname = "arfs_llc_affinity", + .data = &arfs_llc_affinity.key, + .maxlen = sizeof(arfs_llc_affinity.key), + .mode = 0644, + .proc_handler = proc_do_static_key + }, +#endif #endif #ifdef CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT { -- 2.47.3