X-Git-Url: http://git.cascardo.eti.br/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.DPDK.md;h=35dd9a0f47364567390ada89fa1fe7e99a8aac67;hb=d8ef07e70995e56005e3bc55b86cdb7d0e2066e5;hp=d612b8fe3b3c82742be15caa609177dffdad499c;hpb=542cc9bb8b8817866afcd692a78fa591db5839dc;p=cascardo%2Fovs.git diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK.md b/INSTALL.DPDK.md index d612b8fe3..35dd9a0f4 100644 --- a/INSTALL.DPDK.md +++ b/INSTALL.DPDK.md @@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ OVS needs a system with 1GB hugepages support. Building and Installing: ------------------------ -Required DPDK 1.7 +Required: DPDK 2.0 +Optional (if building with vhost-cuse): `fuse`, `fuse-devel` (`libfuse-dev` +on Debian/Ubuntu) 1. Configure build & install DPDK: 1. Set `$DPDK_DIR` ``` - export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-1.7.1 + export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-2.0 cd $DPDK_DIR ``` @@ -31,7 +33,12 @@ Required DPDK 1.7 `CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=y` - Then run `make install` to build and isntall the library. + Update `config/common_linuxapp` so that DPDK is built with vhost + libraries. + + `CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST=y` + + Then run `make install` to build and install the library. For default install without IVSHMEM: `make install T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc` @@ -60,18 +67,19 @@ Required DPDK 1.7 ``` cd $(OVS_DIR)/openvswitch ./boot.sh - ./configure --with-dpdk=$DPDK_BUILD + ./configure --with-dpdk=$DPDK_BUILD [CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wno-cast-align"] make ``` + Note: 'clang' users may specify the '-Wno-cast-align' flag to suppress DPDK cast-align warnings. + To have better performance one can enable aggressive compiler optimizations and use the special instructions(popcnt, crc32) that may not be available on all machines. Instead of typing `make`, type: `make CFLAGS='-O3 -march=native'` -Refer to [INSTALL.userspace](INSTALL.userspace.md) for general requirements of -building userspace OVS. +Refer to [INSTALL.userspace.md] for general requirements of building userspace OVS. Using the DPDK with ovs-vswitchd: --------------------------------- @@ -82,9 +90,27 @@ Using the DPDK with ovs-vswitchd: `default_hugepagesz=1GB hugepagesz=1G hugepages=1` 2. Setup DPDK devices: - 1. insert uio.ko: `modprobe uio` - 2. insert igb_uio.ko: `insmod $DPDK_BUILD/kmod/igb_uio.ko` - 3. Bind network device to igb_uio: `$DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --bind=igb_uio eth1` + + DPDK devices can be setup using either the VFIO (for DPDK 1.7+) or UIO + modules. UIO requires inserting an out of tree driver igb_uio.ko that is + available in DPDK. Setup for both methods are described below. + + * UIO: + 1. insert uio.ko: `modprobe uio` + 2. insert igb_uio.ko: `insmod $DPDK_BUILD/kmod/igb_uio.ko` + 3. Bind network device to igb_uio: + `$DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --bind=igb_uio eth1` + + * VFIO: + + VFIO needs to be supported in the kernel and the BIOS. More information + can be found in the [DPDK Linux GSG]. + + 1. Insert vfio-pci.ko: `modprobe vfio-pci` + 2. Set correct permissions on vfio device: `sudo /usr/bin/chmod a+x /dev/vfio` + and: `sudo /usr/bin/chmod 0666 /dev/vfio/*` + 3. Bind network device to vfio-pci: + `$DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --bind=vfio-pci eth1` 3. Mount the hugetable filsystem @@ -92,35 +118,33 @@ Using the DPDK with ovs-vswitchd: Ref to http://www.dpdk.org/doc/quick-start for verifying DPDK setup. -4. Start ovsdb-server as discussed in [INSTALL](INSTALL.md) doc: +4. Follow the instructions in [INSTALL.md] to install only the + userspace daemons and utilities (via 'make install'). 1. First time only db creation (or clearing): - ``` - mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/openvswitch - mkdir -p /usr/local/var/run/openvswitch - rm /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db - cd $OVS_DIR - ./ovsdb/ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db \ - ./vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema - ``` + ``` + mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/openvswitch + mkdir -p /usr/local/var/run/openvswitch + rm /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db + ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db \ + /usr/local/share/openvswitch/vswitch.ovsschema + ``` - 2. start ovsdb-server + 2. Start ovsdb-server - ``` - cd $OVS_DIR - ./ovsdb/ovsdb-server --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock \ + ``` + ovsdb-server --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock \ --remote=db:Open_vSwitch,Open_vSwitch,manager_options \ --private-key=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,private_key \ --certificate=Open_vSwitch,SSL,certificate \ --bootstrap-ca-cert=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,ca_cert --pidfile --detach - ``` + ``` 3. First time after db creation, initialize: - ``` - cd $OVS_DIR - ./utilities/ovs-vsctl --no-wait init - ``` + ``` + ovs-vsctl --no-wait init + ``` 5. Start vswitchd: @@ -129,32 +153,46 @@ Using the DPDK with ovs-vswitchd: dpdk arg -c is ignored by ovs-dpdk, but it is a required parameter for dpdk initialization. - export DB_SOCK=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock - ./vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd --dpdk -c 0x1 -n 4 -- unix:$DB_SOCK --pidfile --detach + ``` + export DB_SOCK=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock + ovs-vswitchd --dpdk -c 0x1 -n 4 -- unix:$DB_SOCK --pidfile --detach + ``` - If allocated more than one GB hugepage (as for IVSHMEM), set amount and use NUMA - node 0 memory: + If allocated more than one GB hugepage (as for IVSHMEM), set amount and + use NUMA node 0 memory: - ./vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd --dpdk -c 0x1 -n 4 --socket-mem 1024,0 \ - -- unix:$DB_SOCK --pidfile --detach + ``` + ovs-vswitchd --dpdk -c 0x1 -n 4 --socket-mem 1024,0 \ + -- unix:$DB_SOCK --pidfile --detach + ``` 6. Add bridge & ports - + To use ovs-vswitchd with DPDK, create a bridge with datapath_type "netdev" in the configuration database. For example: - `ovs-vsctl add-br br0 -- set bridge br0 datapath_type=netdev` + `ovs-vsctl add-br br0 -- set bridge br0 datapath_type=netdev` Now you can add dpdk devices. OVS expect DPDK device name start with dpdk - and end with portid. vswitchd should print (in the log file) the number of dpdk - devices found. + and end with portid. vswitchd should print (in the log file) the number + of dpdk devices found. - ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk0 -- set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk - ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk1 -- set Interface dpdk1 type=dpdk + ``` + ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk0 -- set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk + ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk1 -- set Interface dpdk1 type=dpdk + ``` + + Once first DPDK port is added to vswitchd, it creates a Polling thread and + polls dpdk device in continuous loop. Therefore CPU utilization + for that thread is always 100%. + + Note: creating bonds of DPDK interfaces is slightly different to creating + bonds of system interfaces. For DPDK, the interface type must be explicitly + set, for example: - Once first DPDK port is added to vswitchd, it creates a Polling thread and - polls dpdk device in continuous loop. Therefore CPU utilization - for that thread is always 100%. + ``` + ovs-vsctl add-bond br0 dpdkbond dpdk0 dpdk1 -- set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk -- set Interface dpdk1 type=dpdk + ``` 7. Add test flows @@ -181,14 +219,14 @@ Using the DPDK with ovs-vswitchd: interfaces on the same numa node. The following two commands can be used to configure the multi-threading behavior. - ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:pmd-cpu-mask= + `ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:pmd-cpu-mask=` - The command above asks for a CPU mask for setting the affinity of pmd threads. - A set bit in the mask means a pmd thread is created and pinned to the - corresponding CPU core. For more information, please refer to + The command above asks for a CPU mask for setting the affinity of pmd + threads. A set bit in the mask means a pmd thread is created and pinned + to the corresponding CPU core. For more information, please refer to `man ovs-vswitchd.conf.db` - ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:n-dpdk-rxqs= + `ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:n-dpdk-rxqs=` The command above sets the number of rx queues of each DPDK interface. The rx queues are assigned to pmd threads on the same numa node in round-robin @@ -209,18 +247,25 @@ Using the DPDK with ovs-vswitchd: Configure pmd threads on core 4,6,8,10 using 'pmd-cpu-mask': - ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:pmd-cpu-mask=00000550 + `ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:pmd-cpu-mask=00000550` You should be able to check that pmd threads are pinned to the correct cores via: - top -p `pidof ovs-vswitchd` -H -d1 + ``` + top -p `pidof ovs-vswitchd` -H -d1 + ``` Note, the pmd threads on a numa node are only created if there is at least one DPDK interface from the numa node that has been added to OVS. - Note, core 0 is always reserved from non-pmd threads and should never be set - in the cpu mask. + To understand where most of the time is spent and whether the caches are + effective, these commands can be used: + + ``` + ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-clear #To reset statistics + ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show + ``` DPDK Rings : ------------ @@ -229,7 +274,7 @@ Following the steps above to create a bridge, you can now add dpdk rings as a port to the vswitch. OVS will expect the DPDK ring device name to start with dpdkr and end with a portid. - ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdkr0 -- set Interface dpdkr0 type=dpdkr +`ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdkr0 -- set Interface dpdkr0 type=dpdkr` DPDK rings client test application @@ -241,8 +286,10 @@ location tests/ovs_client To run the client : - cd /usr/src/ovs/tests/ - ovsclient -c 1 -n 4 --proc-type=secondary -- -n "port id you gave dpdkr" +``` +cd /usr/src/ovs/tests/ +ovsclient -c 1 -n 4 --proc-type=secondary -- -n "port id you gave dpdkr" +``` In the case of the dpdkr example above the "port id you gave dpdkr" is 0. @@ -265,20 +312,433 @@ A general rule of thumb for better performance is that the client application should not be assigned the same dpdk core mask "-c" as the vswitchd. +DPDK vhost: +----------- + +DPDK 2.0 supports two types of vhost: + +1. vhost-user +2. vhost-cuse + +Whatever type of vhost is enabled in the DPDK build specified, is the type +that will be enabled in OVS. By default, vhost-user is enabled in DPDK. +Therefore, unless vhost-cuse has been enabled in DPDK, vhost-user ports +will be enabled in OVS. +Please note that support for vhost-cuse is intended to be deprecated in OVS +in a future release. + +DPDK vhost-user: +---------------- + +The following sections describe the use of vhost-user 'dpdkvhostuser' ports +with OVS. + +DPDK vhost-user Prerequisites: +------------------------- + +1. DPDK 2.0 with vhost support enabled as documented in the "Building and + Installing section" + +2. QEMU version v2.1.0+ + + QEMU v2.1.0 will suffice, but it is recommended to use v2.2.0 if providing + your VM with memory greater than 1GB due to potential issues with memory + mapping larger areas. + +Adding DPDK vhost-user ports to the Switch: +-------------------------------------- + +Following the steps above to create a bridge, you can now add DPDK vhost-user +as a port to the vswitch. Unlike DPDK ring ports, DPDK vhost-user ports can +have arbitrary names. + + - For vhost-user, the name of the port type is `dpdkvhostuser` + + ``` + ovs-vsctl add-port br0 vhost-user-1 -- set Interface vhost-user-1 + type=dpdkvhostuser + ``` + + This action creates a socket located at + `/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/vhost-user-1`, which you must provide + to your VM on the QEMU command line. More instructions on this can be + found in the next section "DPDK vhost-user VM configuration" + Note: If you wish for the vhost-user sockets to be created in a + directory other than `/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch`, you may specify + another location on the ovs-vswitchd command line like so: + + `./vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd --dpdk -vhost_sock_dir /my-dir -c 0x1 ...` + +DPDK vhost-user VM configuration: +--------------------------------- +Follow the steps below to attach vhost-user port(s) to a VM. + +1. Configure sockets. + Pass the following parameters to QEMU to attach a vhost-user device: + + ``` + -chardev socket,id=char1,path=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/vhost-user-1 + -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char1,vhostforce + -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:00:00:00:00:01,netdev=mynet1 + ``` + + ...where vhost-user-1 is the name of the vhost-user port added + to the switch. + Repeat the above parameters for multiple devices, changing the + chardev path and id as necessary. Note that a separate and different + chardev path needs to be specified for each vhost-user device. For + example you have a second vhost-user port named 'vhost-user-2', you + append your QEMU command line with an additional set of parameters: + + ``` + -chardev socket,id=char2,path=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/vhost-user-2 + -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet2,chardev=char2,vhostforce + -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:00:00:00:00:02,netdev=mynet2 + ``` + +2. Configure huge pages. + QEMU must allocate the VM's memory on hugetlbfs. vhost-user ports access + a virtio-net device's virtual rings and packet buffers mapping the VM's + physical memory on hugetlbfs. To enable vhost-user ports to map the VM's + memory into their process address space, pass the following paramters + to QEMU: + + ``` + -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=4096M,mem-path=/dev/hugepages, + share=on + -numa node,memdev=mem -mem-prealloc + ``` + +DPDK vhost-cuse: +---------------- + +The following sections describe the use of vhost-cuse 'dpdkvhostcuse' ports +with OVS. + +DPDK vhost-cuse Prerequisites: +------------------------- + +1. DPDK 2.0 with vhost support enabled as documented in the "Building and + Installing section" + As an additional step, you must enable vhost-cuse in DPDK by setting the + following additional flag in `config/common_linuxapp`: + + `CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_USER=n` + + Following this, rebuild DPDK as per the instructions in the "Building and + Installing" section. Finally, rebuild OVS as per step 3 in the "Building + and Installing" section - OVS will detect that DPDK has vhost-cuse libraries + compiled and in turn will enable support for it in the switch and disable + vhost-user support. + +2. Insert the Cuse module: + + `modprobe cuse` + +3. Build and insert the `eventfd_link` module: + + ``` + cd $DPDK_DIR/lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/ + make + insmod $DPDK_DIR/lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link.ko + ``` + +4. QEMU version v2.1.0+ + + vhost-cuse will work with QEMU v2.1.0 and above, however it is recommended to + use v2.2.0 if providing your VM with memory greater than 1GB due to potential + issues with memory mapping larger areas. + Note: QEMU v1.6.2 will also work, with slightly different command line parameters, + which are specified later in this document. + +Adding DPDK vhost-cuse ports to the Switch: +-------------------------------------- + +Following the steps above to create a bridge, you can now add DPDK vhost-cuse +as a port to the vswitch. Unlike DPDK ring ports, DPDK vhost-cuse ports can have +arbitrary names. + + - For vhost-cuse, the name of the port type is `dpdkvhostcuse` + + ``` + ovs-vsctl add-port br0 vhost-cuse-1 -- set Interface vhost-cuse-1 + type=dpdkvhostcuse + ``` + + When attaching vhost-cuse ports to QEMU, the name provided during the + add-port operation must match the ifname parameter on the QEMU command + line. More instructions on this can be found in the next section. + +DPDK vhost-cuse VM configuration: +--------------------------------- + + vhost-cuse ports use a Linux* character device to communicate with QEMU. + By default it is set to `/dev/vhost-net`. It is possible to reuse this + standard device for DPDK vhost, which makes setup a little simpler but it + is better practice to specify an alternative character device in order to + avoid any conflicts if kernel vhost is to be used in parallel. + +1. This step is only needed if using an alternative character device. + + The new character device filename must be specified on the vswitchd + commandline: + + `./vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd --dpdk --cuse_dev_name my-vhost-net -c 0x1 ...` + + Note that the `--cuse_dev_name` argument and associated string must be the first + arguments after `--dpdk` and come before the EAL arguments. In the example + above, the character device to be used will be `/dev/my-vhost-net`. + +2. This step is only needed if reusing the standard character device. It will + conflict with the kernel vhost character device so the user must first + remove it. + + `rm -rf /dev/vhost-net` + +3a. Configure virtio-net adaptors: + The following parameters must be passed to the QEMU binary: + + ``` + -netdev tap,id=,script=no,downscript=no,ifname=,vhost=on + -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net1,mac= + ``` + + Repeat the above parameters for multiple devices. + + The DPDK vhost library will negiotiate its own features, so they + need not be passed in as command line params. Note that as offloads are + disabled this is the equivalent of setting: + + `csum=off,gso=off,guest_tso4=off,guest_tso6=off,guest_ecn=off` + +3b. If using an alternative character device. It must be also explicitly + passed to QEMU using the `vhostfd` argument: + + ``` + -netdev tap,id=,script=no,downscript=no,ifname=,vhost=on, + vhostfd= + -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net1,mac= + ``` + + The open file descriptor must be passed to QEMU running as a child + process. This could be done with a simple python script. + + ``` + #!/usr/bin/python + fd = os.open("/dev/usvhost", os.O_RDWR) + subprocess.call("qemu-system-x86_64 .... -netdev tap,id=vhostnet0,\ + vhost=on,vhostfd=" + fd +"...", shell=True) + + Alternatively the `qemu-wrap.py` script can be used to automate the + requirements specified above and can be used in conjunction with libvirt if + desired. See the "DPDK vhost VM configuration with QEMU wrapper" section + below. + +4. Configure huge pages: + QEMU must allocate the VM's memory on hugetlbfs. Vhost ports access a + virtio-net device's virtual rings and packet buffers mapping the VM's + physical memory on hugetlbfs. To enable vhost-ports to map the VM's + memory into their process address space, pass the following parameters + to QEMU: + + `-object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=4096M,mem-path=/dev/hugepages, + share=on -numa node,memdev=mem -mem-prealloc` + + Note: For use with an earlier QEMU version such as v1.6.2, use the + following to configure hugepages instead: + + `-mem-path /dev/hugepages -mem-prealloc` + +DPDK vhost-cuse VM configuration with QEMU wrapper: +--------------------------------------------------- +The QEMU wrapper script automatically detects and calls QEMU with the +necessary parameters. It performs the following actions: + + * Automatically detects the location of the hugetlbfs and inserts this + into the command line parameters. + * Automatically open file descriptors for each virtio-net device and + inserts this into the command line parameters. + * Calls QEMU passing both the command line parameters passed to the + script itself and those it has auto-detected. + +Before use, you **must** edit the configuration parameters section of the +script to point to the correct emulator location and set additional +settings. Of these settings, `emul_path` and `us_vhost_path` **must** be +set. All other settings are optional. + +To use directly from the command line simply pass the wrapper some of the +QEMU parameters: it will configure the rest. For example: + +``` +qemu-wrap.py -cpu host -boot c -hda -m 4096 -smp 4 + --enable-kvm -nographic -vnc none -net none -netdev tap,id=net1, + script=no,downscript=no,ifname=if1,vhost=on -device virtio-net-pci, + netdev=net1,mac=00:00:00:00:00:01 +``` + +DPDK vhost-cuse VM configuration with libvirt: +---------------------------------------------- + +If you are using libvirt, you must enable libvirt to access the character +device by adding it to controllers cgroup for libvirtd using the following +steps. + + 1. In `/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf` add/edit the following lines: + + ``` + 1) clear_emulator_capabilities = 0 + 2) user = "root" + 3) group = "root" + 4) cgroup_device_acl = [ + "/dev/null", "/dev/full", "/dev/zero", + "/dev/random", "/dev/urandom", + "/dev/ptmx", "/dev/kvm", "/dev/kqemu", + "/dev/rtc", "/dev/hpet", "/dev/net/tun", + "/dev/", + "/dev/hugepages"] + ``` + + refers to "vhost-net" if using the `/dev/vhost-net` + device. If you have specificed a different name on the ovs-vswitchd + commandline using the "--cuse_dev_name" parameter, please specify that + filename instead. + + 2. Disable SELinux or set to permissive mode + + 3. Restart the libvirtd process + For example, on Fedora: + + `systemctl restart libvirtd.service` + +After successfully editing the configuration, you may launch your +vhost-enabled VM. The XML describing the VM can be configured like so +within the section: + + 1. Set up shared hugepages: + + ``` + + + + + + ``` + + 2. Set up your tap devices: + + ``` + + + + + ``` + + Repeat for as many devices as are desired, modifying the id, ifname + and mac as necessary. + + Again, if you are using an alternative character device (other than + `/dev/vhost-net`), please specify the file descriptor like so: + + `` + + Where refers to the open file descriptor of the character device. + Instructions of how to retrieve the file descriptor can be found in the + "DPDK vhost VM configuration" section. + Alternatively, the process is automated with the qemu-wrap.py script, + detailed in the next section. + +Now you may launch your VM using virt-manager, or like so: + + `virsh create my_vhost_vm.xml` + +DPDK vhost-cuse VM configuration with libvirt and QEMU wrapper: +---------------------------------------------------------- + +To use the qemu-wrapper script in conjuntion with libvirt, follow the +steps in the previous section before proceeding with the following steps: + + 1. Place `qemu-wrap.py` in libvirtd's binary search PATH ($PATH) + Ideally in the same directory that the QEMU binary is located. + + 2. Ensure that the script has the same owner/group and file permissions + as the QEMU binary. + + 3. Update the VM xml file using "virsh edit VM.xml" + + 1. Set the VM to use the launch script. + Set the emulator path contained in the `` tags. + For example, replace: + + `/usr/bin/qemu-kvm` + + with: + + `/usr/bin/qemu-wrap.py` + + 4. Edit the Configuration Parameters section of the script to point to + the correct emulator location and set any additional options. If you are + using a alternative character device name, please set "us_vhost_path" to the + location of that device. The script will automatically detect and insert + the correct "vhostfd" value in the QEMU command line arguments. + + 5. Use virt-manager to launch the VM + +Running ovs-vswitchd with DPDK backend inside a VM +-------------------------------------------------- + +Please note that additional configuration is required if you want to run +ovs-vswitchd with DPDK backend inside a QEMU virtual machine. Ovs-vswitchd +creates separate DPDK TX queues for each CPU core available. This operation +fails inside QEMU virtual machine because, by default, VirtIO NIC provided +to the guest is configured to support only single TX queue and single RX +queue. To change this behavior, you need to turn on 'mq' (multiqueue) +property of all virtio-net-pci devices emulated by QEMU and used by DPDK. +You may do it manually (by changing QEMU command line) or, if you use Libvirt, +by adding the following string: + +`` + +to sections of all network devices used by DPDK. Parameter 'N' +determines how many queues can be used by the guest. + Restrictions: ------------- - - This Support is for Physical NIC. I have tested with Intel NIC only. - Work with 1500 MTU, needs few changes in DPDK lib to fix this issue. - Currently DPDK port does not make use any offload functionality. + - DPDK-vHost support works with 1G huge pages. ivshmem: - - The shared memory is currently restricted to the use of a 1GB - huge pages. - - All huge pages are shared amongst the host, clients, virtual - machines etc. + - If you run Open vSwitch with smaller page sizes (e.g. 2MB), you may be + unable to share any rings or mempools with a virtual machine. + This is because the current implementation of ivshmem works by sharing + a single 1GB huge page from the host operating system to any guest + operating system through the Qemu ivshmem device. When using smaller + page sizes, multiple pages may be required to hold the ring descriptors + and buffer pools. The Qemu ivshmem device does not allow you to share + multiple file descriptors to the guest operating system. However, if you + want to share dpdkr rings with other processes on the host, you can do + this with smaller page sizes. + + Platform and Network Interface: + - Currently it is not possible to use an Intel XL710 Network Interface as a + DPDK port type on a platform with more than 64 logical cores. This is + related to how DPDK reports the number of TX queues that may be used by + a DPDK application with an XL710. The maximum number of TX queues supported + by a DPDK application for an XL710 is 64. If a user attempts to add an + XL710 interface as a DPDK port type to a system as described above the + port addition will fail as OVS will attempt to initialize a TX queue greater + than 64. This issue is expected to be resolved in a future DPDK release. + As a workaround a user can disable hyper-threading to reduce the overall + core count of the system to be less than or equal to 64 when using an XL710 + interface with DPDK. Bug Reporting: -------------- Please report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org. + +[INSTALL.userspace.md]:INSTALL.userspace.md +[INSTALL.md]:INSTALL.md +[DPDK Linux GSG]: http://www.dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.html#binding-and-unbinding-network-ports-to-from-the-igb-uioor-vfio-modules +[DPDK Docs]: http://dpdk.org/doc