multi-queue: Add basic multi-queue functionality

Adds support for multi-queue using the following config.

 * VNF = QemuDpdkVhostUser
 * VSWITCH = OvsDpdkVhost
 * Guest Loopback as testpmd

Adds CPU mask, nbcore, rxq, and txq  options for testpmd.
Adds option for guest nic multi-queue.
Adds option for dpdkvhostuser and dpdk multi-queue enable

JIRA: VSPERF-309

Change-Id: I5296fc18b430eace598d8c51620fc27a6c46a65e
Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>

diff --git a/conf/02_vswitch.conf b/conf/02_vswitch.conf
index 7f9daf1..79f0afb 100644 (file)
--- a/conf/02_vswitch.conf
+++ b/conf/02_vswitch.conf
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ VSWITCHD_DPDK_CONFIG = {
 # Note: VSPERF will automatically detect, which type of DPDK configuration should
 # be used.
 
+# To enable multi queue modify the below param to the number of queues.
+# 0 = disabled
+VSWITCH_MULTI_QUEUES = 0
+
 # parameters passed to ovs-vswitchd in case that OvsVanilla is selected
 VSWITCHD_VANILLA_ARGS = []
 

diff --git a/conf/04_vnf.conf b/conf/04_vnf.conf
index 926ea50..0a80c1a 100644 (file)
--- a/conf/04_vnf.conf
+++ b/conf/04_vnf.conf
@@ -98,10 +98,25 @@ GUEST_SMP = ['2', '2']
 # For 2 VNFs you may use [(4,5), (6, 7)]
 GUEST_CORE_BINDING = [(6, 7), (9, 10)]
 
+# Queues per NIC inside guest for multi-queue configuration, requires switch
+# multi-queue to be enabled. Set to 0 for disabled.
+GUEST_NIC_QUEUES = 0
+
 GUEST_START_TIMEOUT = 120
 GUEST_OVS_DPDK_DIR = '/root/ovs_dpdk'
 OVS_DPDK_SHARE = '/mnt/ovs_dpdk_share'
 
+# Set the CPU mask for testpmd loopback. To bind to specific guest CPUs use -l
+# GUEST_TESTPMD_CPU_MASK = '-l 0,1'
+GUEST_TESTPMD_CPU_MASK = '-c 0x3'
+
+# Testpmd multi-core config. Leave at 0's for disabled. Will not enable unless
+# GUEST_NIC_QUEUES are > 0. For bi directional traffic NB_CORES must be equal
+# to (RXQ + TXQ).
+GUEST_TESTPMD_NB_CORES = 0
+GUEST_TESTPMD_TXQ = 0
+GUEST_TESTPMD_RXQ = 0
+
 # IP addresses to use for Vanilla OVS PVP testing
 # Consider using RFC 2544/3330 recommended IP addresses for benchmark testing.
 # Network: 198.18.0.0/15

diff --git a/docs/userguide/testusage.rst b/docs/userguide/testusage.rst
index 104723e..d807590 100755 (executable)
--- a/docs/userguide/testusage.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/testusage.rst
@@ -437,6 +437,64 @@ Guest loopback application must be configured, otherwise traffic
 will not be forwarded by VM and testcases with PVP and PVVP deployments
 will fail. Guest loopback application is set to 'testpmd' by default.
 
+Multi-Queue Configuration
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+VSPerf currently supports multi-queue with the following limitations:
+
+ 1.  Execution of pvp/pvvp tests require testpmd as the loopback if multi-queue
+     is enabled at the guest.
+
+ 2.  Requires QemuDpdkVhostUser as the vnf.
+
+ 3.  Requires switch to be set to OvsDpdkVhost.
+
+ 4.  Requires QEMU 2.5 or greater and any OVS version higher than 2.5. The
+     default upstream package versions installed by VSPerf satisfy this
+     requirement.
+
+To enable multi-queue modify the ''02_vswitch.conf'' file to enable multi-queue
+on the switch.
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+     VSWITCH_MULTI_QUEUES = 2
+
+**NOTE:** you should consider using the switch affinity to set a pmd cpu mask
+that can optimize your performance. Consider the numa of the NIC in use if this
+applies by checking /sys/class/net/<eth_name>/device/numa_node and setting an
+appropriate mask to create PMD threads on the same numa node.
+
+When multi-queue is enabled, each dpdk or dpdkvhostuser port that is created
+on the switch will set the option for multiple queues.
+
+To enable multi-queue on the guest modify the ''04_vnf.conf'' file.
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+     GUEST_NIC_QUEUES = 2
+
+Enabling multi-queue at the guest will add multiple queues to each NIC port when
+qemu launches the guest.
+
+Testpmd should be configured to take advantage of multi-queue on the guest. This
+can be done by modifying the ''04_vnf.conf'' file.
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+     GUEST_TESTPMD_CPU_MASK = '-l 0,1,2,3,4'
+
+     GUEST_TESTPMD_NB_CORES = 4
+     GUEST_TESTPMD_TXQ = 2
+     GUEST_TESTPMD_RXQ = 2
+
+**NOTE:** The guest SMP cores must be configured to allow for testpmd to use the
+optimal number of cores to take advantage of the multiple guest queues.
+
+**NOTE:** For optimal performance guest SMPs should be on the same numa as the
+NIC in use if possible/applicable. Testpmd should be assigned at least
+(nb_cores +1) total cores with the cpu mask.
+
 Executing Packet Forwarding tests
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

diff --git a/vnfs/qemu/qemu.py b/vnfs/qemu/qemu.py
index 2de8df2..9382ede 100644 (file)
--- a/vnfs/qemu/qemu.py
+++ b/vnfs/qemu/qemu.py
@@ -354,9 +354,22 @@ class IVnfQemu(IVnf):
                               '/DPDK/app/test-pmd')
         self.execute_and_wait('make clean')
         self.execute_and_wait('make')
-        self.execute_and_wait('./testpmd -c 0x3 -n 4 --socket-mem 512 --'
-                              ' --burst=64 -i --txqflags=0xf00 ' +
-                              '--disable-hw-vlan', 60, "Done")
+        if int(S.getValue('GUEST_NIC_QUEUES')):
+            self.execute_and_wait(
+                './testpmd {} -n4 --socket-mem 512 --'.format(
+                    S.getValue('GUEST_TESTPMD_CPU_MASK')) +
+                ' --burst=64 -i --txqflags=0xf00 ' +
+                '--nb-cores={} --rxq={} --txq={} '.format(
+                    S.getValue('GUEST_TESTPMD_NB_CORES'),
+                    S.getValue('GUEST_TESTPMD_TXQ'),
+                    S.getValue('GUEST_TESTPMD_RXQ')) +
+                '--disable-hw-vlan', 60, "Done")
+        else:
+            self.execute_and_wait(
+                './testpmd {} -n 4 --socket-mem 512 --'.format(
+                    S.getValue('GUEST_TESTPMD_CPU_MASK')) +
+                ' --burst=64 -i --txqflags=0xf00 ' +
+                '--disable-hw-vlan', 60, "Done")
         self.execute('set fwd ' + self._testpmd_fwd_mode, 1)
         self.execute_and_wait('start', 20,
                               'TX RS bit threshold=.+ - TXQ flags=0xf00')

diff --git a/vnfs/qemu/qemu_dpdk_vhost_user.py b/vnfs/qemu/qemu_dpdk_vhost_user.py
index f0f97d8..4913142 100644 (file)
--- a/vnfs/qemu/qemu_dpdk_vhost_user.py
+++ b/vnfs/qemu/qemu_dpdk_vhost_user.py
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ class QemuDpdkVhostUser(IVnfQemu):
         net1 = 'net' + str(i + 1)
         net2 = 'net' + str(i + 2)
 
+        # multi-queue values
+        if int(S.getValue('GUEST_NIC_QUEUES')):
+            queue_str = ',queues={}'.format(S.getValue('GUEST_NIC_QUEUES'))
+            mq_vector_str = ',mq=on,vectors={}'.format(
+                int(S.getValue('GUEST_NIC_QUEUES')) * 2 + 2)
+        else:
+            queue_str, mq_vector_str = '', ''
+
         self._cmd += ['-chardev',
                       'socket,id=char' + if1 +
                       ',path=' + S.getValue('OVS_VAR_DIR') +
@@ -48,19 +56,20 @@ class QemuDpdkVhostUser(IVnfQemu):
                       'dpdkvhostuser' + if2,
                       '-netdev',
                       'type=vhost-user,id=' + net1 +
-                      ',chardev=char' + if1 + ',vhostforce',
+                      ',chardev=char' + if1 + ',vhostforce' + queue_str,
                       '-device',
                       'virtio-net-pci,mac=' +
                       S.getValue('GUEST_NET1_MAC')[self._number] +
                       ',netdev=' + net1 + ',csum=off,gso=off,' +
-                      'guest_tso4=off,guest_tso6=off,guest_ecn=off',
+                      'guest_tso4=off,guest_tso6=off,guest_ecn=off' +
+                      mq_vector_str,
                       '-netdev',
                       'type=vhost-user,id=' + net2 +
-                      ',chardev=char' + if2 + ',vhostforce',
+                      ',chardev=char' + if2 + ',vhostforce' + queue_str,
                       '-device',
                       'virtio-net-pci,mac=' +
                       S.getValue('GUEST_NET2_MAC')[self._number] +
                       ',netdev=' + net2 + ',csum=off,gso=off,' +
-                      'guest_tso4=off,guest_tso6=off,guest_ecn=off',
+                      'guest_tso4=off,guest_tso6=off,guest_ecn=off' +
+                      mq_vector_str,
                      ]
-

diff --git a/vswitches/ovs_dpdk_vhost.py b/vswitches/ovs_dpdk_vhost.py
index 82b952d..2d424bc 100644 (file)
--- a/vswitches/ovs_dpdk_vhost.py
+++ b/vswitches/ovs_dpdk_vhost.py
@@ -109,8 +109,11 @@ class OvsDpdkVhost(IVSwitchOvs):
         dpdk_count = self._get_port_count('type=dpdk')
         port_name = 'dpdk' + str(dpdk_count)
         params = ['--', 'set', 'Interface', port_name, 'type=dpdk']
+        # multi-queue enable
+        if int(settings.getValue('VSWITCH_MULTI_QUEUES')):
+                params += ['options:n_rxq={}'.format(
+                    settings.getValue('VSWITCH_MULTI_QUEUES'))]
         of_port = bridge.add_port(port_name, params)
-
         return (port_name, of_port)
 
     def add_vport(self, switch_name):
@@ -130,7 +133,10 @@ class OvsDpdkVhost(IVSwitchOvs):
             vhost_count = self._get_port_count('type=dpdkvhostuser')
             port_name = 'dpdkvhostuser' + str(vhost_count)
             params = ['--', 'set', 'Interface', port_name, 'type=dpdkvhostuser']
-
+            # multi queue enable
+            if int(settings.getValue('VSWITCH_MULTI_QUEUES')):
+                params += ['options:n_rxq={}'.format(
+                    settings.getValue('VSWITCH_MULTI_QUEUES'))]
         of_port = bridge.add_port(port_name, params)
 
         return (port_name, of_port)