igb and ALTQ in 9.1-rc3
Karim Fodil-Lemelin
fodillemlinkarim at gmail.com
Tue Apr 2 20:59:40 UTC 2013
Hi Nick,
Thanks for the testing, I am glad I could help. Please note that by setting:
static int igb_num_queues = 1;
You are effectively only using 1 TX queue from the hardware (instead of
4 or 8) so this might not be applicable to a generic kernel without ALTQ.
Best regards,
Karim.
On 02/04/2013 1:17 PM, Nick Rogers wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Nick Rogers <ncrogers at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Karim Fodil-Lemelin
>> <fodillemlinkarim at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Nick,
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I do not have a FBSD 9 box around where I can compile and test
>>> this so bear with me as this is pretty much straight out of looking at the
>>> source code directly (i.e it might not even compile).
>>>
>>> But if your desperate please try the following (untested) patch (applied to
>>> stable/9):
>> Thanks for the attempt. The patch does not apply cleanly to stable/9
>> for me. Also I am trying to work with the latest commits Jack has made
>> to HEAD that allow defining IGB_LEGACY_TX to disable the new
>> multiqueue stack. It seems the gist of this is the same as what you
>> have changed, unless I am missing something.
>>
> OK, although your patch did not compile even after applying it
> manually, It made me understand the gist of what you were saying about
> "keeping igb_start() defined and using igb_mq_start_locked() inside it
> instead of igb_start_locked()". I was able to make my own patch that
> is very similar to your intention (and your patch) and it compiled,
> and solved my problem. ALTQ now works with igb (I am able to load my
> pf.conf, use PF, etc). Thanks a lot for the help. I will try and work
> with Jack to perhaps integrate this in a more official manner, as this
> is indeed a bit different than what he has changed in HEAD w.r.t
> IGB_LEGACY_TX configurability.
>
> Below is the diff of my changes against stable/9.
>
> Index: sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.c
> ===================================================================
> --- sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.c (revision 249024)
> +++ sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.c (working copy)
> @@ -179,13 +179,13 @@
> static int igb_shutdown(device_t);
> static int igb_suspend(device_t);
> static int igb_resume(device_t);
> +static void igb_start(struct ifnet *);
> #if __FreeBSD_version >= 800000
> static int igb_mq_start(struct ifnet *, struct mbuf *);
> static int igb_mq_start_locked(struct ifnet *, struct tx_ring *);
> static void igb_qflush(struct ifnet *);
> static void igb_deferred_mq_start(void *, int);
> #else
> -static void igb_start(struct ifnet *);
> static void igb_start_locked(struct tx_ring *, struct ifnet *ifp);
> #endif
> static int igb_ioctl(struct ifnet *, u_long, caddr_t);
> @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
> ** This will autoconfigure based on
> ** the number of CPUs if left at 0.
> */
> -static int igb_num_queues = 0;
> +static int igb_num_queues = 1;
> TUNABLE_INT("hw.igb.num_queues", &igb_num_queues);
> SYSCTL_INT(_hw_igb, OID_AUTO, num_queues, CTLFLAG_RDTUN, &igb_num_queues, 0,
> "Number of queues to configure, 0 indicates autoconfigure");
> @@ -926,6 +926,8 @@
> txr->queue_status |= IGB_QUEUE_WORKING;
> }
> }
> +
> +#else /* __FreeBSD_version >= 800000 */
>
> /*
> * Legacy TX driver routine, called from the
> @@ -940,13 +942,16 @@
>
> if (ifp->if_drv_flags & IFF_DRV_RUNNING) {
> IGB_TX_LOCK(txr);
> - igb_start_locked(txr, ifp);
> + #if __FreeBSD_version < 800000
> + igb_start_locked(txr, ifp);
> + #else
> + igb_mq_start_locked(ifp, txr);
> + #endif
> IGB_TX_UNLOCK(txr);
> }
> return;
> }
>
> -#else /* __FreeBSD_version >= 800000 */
>
> /*
> ** Multiqueue Transmit Entry:
> @@ -3089,12 +3094,11 @@
> #if __FreeBSD_version >= 800000
> ifp->if_transmit = igb_mq_start;
> ifp->if_qflush = igb_qflush;
> -#else
> +#endif
> ifp->if_start = igb_start;
> IFQ_SET_MAXLEN(&ifp->if_snd, adapter->num_tx_desc - 1);
> ifp->if_snd.ifq_drv_maxlen = adapter->num_tx_desc - 1;
> IFQ_SET_READY(&ifp->if_snd);
> -#endif
>
> ether_ifattach(ifp, adapter->hw.mac.addr);
>
>
>
>>> diff --git a/sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.c b/sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.c
>>> index 30bb052..3a6de2e 100644
>>> --- a/sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.c
>>> +++ b/sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.c
>>> @@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ static int igb_detach(device_t);
>>> static int igb_shutdown(device_t);
>>> static int igb_suspend(device_t);
>>> static int igb_resume(device_t);
>>> +static void igb_start(struct ifnet *);
>>> #if __FreeBSD_version >= 800000
>>> static int igb_mq_start(struct ifnet *, struct mbuf *);
>>> static int igb_mq_start_locked(struct ifnet *, struct tx_ring *);
>>> static void igb_qflush(struct ifnet *);
>>> static void igb_deferred_mq_start(void *, int);
>>> #else
>>> -static void igb_start(struct ifnet *);
>>> static void igb_start_locked(struct tx_ring *, struct ifnet *ifp);
>>> #endif
>>> static int igb_ioctl(struct ifnet *, u_long, caddr_t);
>>> @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ SYSCTL_INT(_hw_igb, OID_AUTO, header_split,
>>> CTLFLAG_RDTUN, &igb_header_split, 0,
>>> ** This will autoconfigure based on
>>> ** the number of CPUs if left at 0.
>>> */
>>> -static int igb_num_queues = 0;
>>> +static int igb_num_queues = 1;
>>> TUNABLE_INT("hw.igb.num_queues", &igb_num_queues);
>>> SYSCTL_INT(_hw_igb, OID_AUTO, num_queues, CTLFLAG_RDTUN, &igb_num_queues,
>>> 0,
>>> "Number of queues to configure, 0 indicates autoconfigure");
>>> @@ -926,6 +926,8 @@ igb_start_locked(struct tx_ring *txr, struct ifnet *ifp)
>>> txr->queue_status |= IGB_QUEUE_WORKING;
>>> }
>>> }
>>> +
>>> +#endif /* __FreeBSD_version < 800000 */
>>>
>>> /*
>>> * Legacy TX driver routine, called from the
>>> @@ -940,14 +942,17 @@ igb_start(struct ifnet *ifp)
>>>
>>> if (ifp->if_drv_flags & IFF_DRV_RUNNING) {
>>> IGB_TX_LOCK(txr);
>>> +#if __FreeBSD_version < 800000
>>> + igb_start_locked(txr, ifp);
>>> +#else
>>> + igb_mq_start_locked(ifp, txr, NULL);
>>> +#endif
>>> igb_start_locked(txr, ifp);
>>> IGB_TX_UNLOCK(txr);
>>> }
>>> return;
>>> }
>>>
>>> -#else /* __FreeBSD_version >= 800000 */
>>> -
>>> /*
>>> ** Multiqueue Transmit Entry:
>>> ** quick turnaround to the stack
>>> @@ -3089,12 +3094,11 @@ igb_setup_interface(device_t dev, struct adapter
>>> *adapter)
>>> #if __FreeBSD_version >= 800000
>>> ifp->if_transmit = igb_mq_start;
>>> ifp->if_qflush = igb_qflush;
>>> -#else
>>> +#endif
>>>
>>> ifp->if_start = igb_start;
>>> IFQ_SET_MAXLEN(&ifp->if_snd, adapter->num_tx_desc - 1);
>>> ifp->if_snd.ifq_drv_maxlen = adapter->num_tx_desc - 1;
>>> IFQ_SET_READY(&ifp->if_snd);
>>> -#endif
>>>
>>> ether_ifattach(ifp, adapter->hw.mac.addr);
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 02/04/2013 9:58 AM, Nick Rogers wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Karim Fodil-Lemelin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you verify that you have at least one of those options in your kernel
>>>>> config file:
>>>>>
>>>>> ALTQ_CBQ
>>>>> ALTQ_PRIQ
>>>>> ALTQ_HFSC
>>>>
>>>> Yes I have hfsc included in the kernel. I have other machines using altq
>>>> with em(4) interfaces and similar pf configurations on the same kernel
>>>> that
>>>> work fine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Karim.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 01/04/2013 8:22 PM, Nick Rogers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Karim Fodil-Lemelin
>>>>> <fodillemlinkarim at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jack,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this would help M. Rogers case as we have done something similar
>>>>> here to circumvent the issue and it seems to work well. I would also add
>>>>> that when using ALTQ we found it much more stable to set the number of
>>>>> queues to 1:
>>>>>
>>>>> static int igb_num_queues = 1;
>>>>>
>>>>> Our approach consisted in keeping igb_start() defined and using
>>>>> igb_mq_start_locked() inside it instead of igb_start_locked().
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Karim.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the pointer.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been working with Jack to get a fix for this in that downgrades
>>>>> the stack to the older if_start/non-multiqueue interface. See the
>>>>> following two commits he made to HEAD.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/**base/head/sys/dev/e1000/if_**
>>>>>
>>>>> igb.c?revision=248906&view=**markup<http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.c?revision=248906&view=markup>
>>>>> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/**base/head/sys/dev/e1000/if_**
>>>>>
>>>>> igb.h?revision=248908&view=**markup<http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.h?revision=248908&view=markup>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've applied these changes to latest 9.1-STABLE src and included the
>>>>> IGB_LEGACY_TX in the e1000 Makefile. So far I am not having any luck
>>>>> getting pfctl to think igb is supported.
>>>>>
>>>>> i.e. I am still getting the following when loading my PF config:
>>>>> pfctl -f /etc/pf.conf
>>>>> pfctl: igb0: driver does not support altq
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone comment on if the above referenced changes that Jack made
>>>>> should be sufficient to get ALTQ working with igb?
>>>>>
>>>>> The error is coming from src/contrib/pf/pfctl/pfctl.c. There seems to
>>>>> be a function that checks if the driver is supported or not but I
>>>>> cannot figure out why the ioctl is not returning a device.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the device check code for reference:
>>>>>
>>>>> int
>>>>> pfctl_add_altq(struct pfctl *pf, struct pf_altq *a)
>>>>> {
>>>>> if (altqsupport &&
>>>>> (loadopt & PFCTL_FLAG_ALTQ) != 0) {
>>>>> memcpy(&pf->paltq->altq, a, sizeof(struct pf_altq));
>>>>> if ((pf->opts & PF_OPT_NOACTION) == 0) {
>>>>> if (ioctl(pf->dev, DIOCADDALTQ, pf->paltq)) {
>>>>> if (errno == ENXIO)
>>>>> errx(1, "qtype not
>>>>> configured");
>>>>> else if (errno == ENODEV)
>>>>> errx(1, "%s: driver does not
>>>>> support "
>>>>> "altq", a->ifname);
>>>>> else
>>>>> err(1, "DIOCADDALTQ");
>>>>> }
>>>>> }
>>>>> pfaltq_store(&pf->paltq->altq)**;
>>>>>
>>>>> }
>>>>> return (0);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 28/03/2013 7:16 PM, Jack Vogel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Have been kept fairly busy with other matters, one thing I could do short
>>>>> term is
>>>>> change the defines in igb the way I did in the em driver so you could
>>>>> still
>>>>> define
>>>>> the older if_start entry. Right now those are based on OS version and so
>>>>> you will
>>>>> automatically get if_transmit, but I could change it to be IGB_LEGACY_TX
>>>>> or
>>>>> so,
>>>>> and that could be defined in the Makefile.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would this help?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jack
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Nick Rogers <ncrogers at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius at freebsd.org>
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 03:31:19PM -0800, Jack Vogel wrote:
>>>>> J> UH, maybe asking the owner of the driver would help :)
>>>>> J>
>>>>> J> ... and no, I've never been aware of doing anything to stop
>>>>>
>>>>> supporting
>>>>>
>>>>>
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