Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] gro: decrease size of CB

[Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>]

On 02/07/2023 17:41, Gal Pressman wrote:
> On 30/06/2023 18:39, Richard Gobert wrote:
>> I haven't been able to reproduce it yet, I tried two different setups:
>>     - 2 VMs running locally on my PC, and a geneve interface for each. Over
>>       these geneve interfaces, I sent tcp traffic with a similar iperf
>>       command as yours.
>>     - A geneve tunnel over veth peers inside two separate namespaces as
>>       David suggested.
>>
>> The throughput looked fine and identical with and without my patch in both
>> setups.
>>
>> Although I did validate it while working on the patch, a problem may arise
>> from:
>>     - Packing CB members into a union, which could've led to some sort of
>>       corruption.
>>     - Calling `gro_pull_from_frag0` on the current skb before inserting it
>>       into `gro_list`.
>>
>> Could I ask you to run some tests:
>>     - Running the script I attached here on one machine and checking whether
>>       it reproduces the problem. 
>>     - Reverting part of my commit: 
>>         - Reverting the change to CB struct while keeping the changes to
>>           `gro_pull_from_frag0`.
>>         - Checking whether the regression remains.
>>
>> Also, could you give me some more details:
>>     - The VMs' NIC and driver. Are you using Qemu? 
>>     - iperf results.
>>     - The exact kernel versions (commit hashes) you are using.
>>     - Did you run the commands (sysctl/ethtool) on the receiving VM?
>>
>>
>> Here are the commands I used for the namespaces test's setup:
>> ```
>> ip netns add ns1
>>
>> ip link add veth0 type veth peer name veth1
>> ip link set veth1 netns ns1
>>
>> ip a add 192.168.1.1/32 dev veth0
>> ip link set veth0 up
>> ip r add 192.168.1.0/24 dev veth0
>>
>> ip netns exec ns1 ip a add 192.168.1.2/32 dev veth1
>> ip netns exec ns1 ip link set veth1 up
>> ip netns exec ns1 ip r add 192.168.1.0/24 dev veth1
>>
>> ip link add name gnv0 type geneve id 1000 remote 192.168.1.2
>> ip a add 10.0.0.1/32 dev gnv0
>> ip link set gnv0 up
>> ip r add 10.0.1.1/32 dev gnv0
>>
>> ip netns exec ns1 ip link add name gnv0 type geneve id 1000 remote 192.168.1.1
>> ip netns exec ns1 ip a add 10.0.1.1/32 dev gnv0
>> ip netns exec ns1 ip link set gnv0 up
>> ip netns exec ns1 ip r add 10.0.0.1/32 dev gnv0
>>
>> ethtool -K veth0 generic-receive-offload off
>> ip netns exec ns1 ethtool -K veth1 generic-receive-offload off
>>
>> # quick way to enable gro on veth devices
>> ethtool -K veth0 tcp-segmentation-offload off
>> ip netns exec ns1 ethtool -K veth1 tcp-segmentation-offload off
>> ```
>>
>> I'll continue looking into it on Monday. It would be great if someone from
>> your team can write a test that reproduces this issue.
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> Hey,
> 
> I don't have an answer for all of your questions yet, but it turns out I
> left out an important detail, the issue reproduces when outer ipv6 is used.
> 
> I'm using ConnectX-6 Dx, with these scripts:
> 
> Server:
> ip addr add 194.236.5.246/16 dev eth2
> ip addr add ::12:236:5:246/96 dev eth2
> ip link set dev eth2 up
> 
> ip link add p1_g464 type geneve id 464 remote ::12:236:4:245
> ip link set dev p1_g464 up
> ip addr add 196.236.5.1/16 dev p1_g464
> 
> Client:
> ip addr add 194.236.4.245/16 dev eth2
> ip addr add ::12:236:4:245/96 dev eth2
> ip link set dev eth2 up
> 
> ip link add p0_g464 type geneve id 464 remote ::12:236:5:246
> ip link set dev p0_g464 up
> ip addr add 196.236.4.2/16 dev p0_g464
> 
> Once everything is set up, iperf -s on the server and
> iperf -c 196.236.5.1 -i1 -t1000
> On the client, should do the work.
> 
> Unfortunately, I haven't been able to reproduce the same issue with veth
> interfaces.
> 
> Reverting the napi_gro_cb part indeed resolves the issue.
> 
> Thanks for taking a look!

BTW, all testing is done after checking out to your commit:
7b355b76e2b3 ("gro: decrease size of CB")