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Bug 665299 - load vhost-net by default
Summary: load vhost-net by default
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: qemu-kvm
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 6.1
Assignee: Michael S. Tsirkin
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: VhostToggle
Blocks: Rhel6KvmTier1
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-12-23 07:16 UTC by Michael S. Tsirkin
Modified: 2018-11-27 19:22 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.136.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Cause: vhost-net kernel module was not being loaded automatically, so vhost-net was not being used by default. Consequence: lower performance than what is possible when using vhost-net. Fix: removed vhost-net from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-kvm.conf Result: vhost-net is used by default by qemu-kvm.
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-19 11:34:28 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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rhel6.1 vhost-net vs virtio-net (57.72 KB, text/html)
2011-04-08 05:26 UTC, Quan Wenli 		no flags Details
rhel6.1 vhost-net vs virtio-net megabyte/ cpu sheet (60.89 KB, text/html)
2011-04-19 07:28 UTC, Quan Wenli 		no flags Details
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0534 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2011-05-19 11:20:36 UTC

Description Michael S. Tsirkin 2010-12-23 07:16:48 UTC 
vhost-net is currently blacklisted
whitelist and load vhost-net by default
with kvm so it gets used.

Must do so after performance evaluation.
Comment 2 Michael S. Tsirkin 2010-12-23 07:21:02 UTC 
Note: this can only be safely done after libvirt gains the ability
to control vhost on/off status as requested by bz 643050:
without this the change would be too risky.

Set the dependency appropriately.
Comment 8 Quan Wenli 2011-04-08 05:26:29 UTC 
Created attachment 490701 [details]
rhel6.1 vhost-net vs virtio-net

Attach the test result of rhel6.1 vhost-net vs viriot-net.
See obvious performance degradation with UDP (R) and TCP (S) under guest <-> host scenario compared with rhel6.1 virtio-net.
Comment 15 Quan Wenli 2011-04-19 07:28:11 UTC 
Created attachment 493114 [details]
rhel6.1 vhost-net vs virtio-net megabyte/ cpu sheet

1.Test by rate-limiting the stream to within 10% and 30% packet drops with virtio-net and vhost-net respectively ,there are no regression.

Lost packet rate = 10% 

vhost-net:/root/tool/netperf-2.4.5/src/netperf -w 1 -b 78 -H 192.168.0.13 -l 60 -t UDP_STREAM -- -m 1460 
UDP UNIDIRECTIONAL SEND TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.0.13 (192.168.0.13) port 0 AF_INET : interval
Socket  Message  Elapsed      Messages                
Size    Size     Time         Okay Errors   Throughput
bytes   bytes    secs            #      #   10^6bits/sec
124928    1460   60.00      468000      0      91.10
124928           60.00      420001             81.76

virtio-net:  /root/tool/netperf-2.4.5/src/netperf -w 1 -b 78 -H 192.168.0.13 -l 60 -t UDP_STREAM -- -m 1460
/root/tool/netperf-2.4.5/src/netperf -w 1 -b 78 -H 192.168.0.13 -l 60 -t UDP_STREAM -- -m 1460
UDP UNIDIRECTIONAL SEND TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.0.13 (192.168.0.13) port 0 AF_INET : interval
Socket  Message  Elapsed      Messages                
Size    Size     Time         Okay Errors   Throughput
bytes   bytes    secs            #      #   10^6bits/sec
124928    1460   60.00      468000      0      91.10
124928           60.00      420003             81.76

Lost packet rate = 30% 

vhost-net:/root/tool/netperf-2.4.5/src/netperf -w 1 -b 100 -H 192.168.0.13 -l 60 -t UDP_STREAM -- -m 1460 
UDP UNIDIRECTIONAL SEND TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.0.13 (192.168.0.13) port 0 AF_INET : interval
Socket  Message  Elapsed      Messages                
Size    Size     Time         Okay Errors   Throughput
bytes   bytes    secs            #      #   10^6bits/sec

124928    1460   60.00      600000      0     116.80
124928           60.00      420122             81.78


virtio-net:/root/tool/netperf-2.4.5/src/netperf -w 1 -b 100 -H 192.168.0.13 -l 60 -t UDP_STREAM -- -m 1460  
UDP UNIDIRECTIONAL SEND TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.0.13 (192.168.0.13) port 0 AF_INET : interval
Socket  Message  Elapsed      Messages                
Size    Size     Time         Okay Errors   Throughput
bytes   bytes    secs            #      #   10^6bits/sec

124928    1460   60.00      600000      0     116.80
124928           60.00      420029             81.77

2. attach  megabyte/cpu sheet base on comment #8's sheet. except following regesstions,others vhost-net's performance looks good 
     scenarios            Message size       protocols         drop% 
   guest <-> ext guest      > MTU             UDP R      -35.23%~ -29.5% 
   guest <-> ext guest      512               TCP S      -8.94%
   guest <-> ext host       9000 32768        UDP R      -15%,-51.71% 
   guest <-> ext host       256 ~2048         TCP S      -14.01~ -9.94% 
   guest <-> host           all               UDP R      -77.87%~ -5.73%
   guest <-> host          256 ~10834         TCP S      -31.24% ~ -6.15%
   guest <-> host          32,512~2048        TCP R      -5.58% ,44.40%~ -13.48%
Comment 16 Quan Wenli 2011-04-21 08:36:56 UTC 
(In reply to comment #15)
Hi MST,

i just file a bug 698541 for tracking UDP (R) performance optimization from guest to host .
For other pointed performance issue,what's your comments? as vhost-net have good performance in most of the secarions ,could i verify it as pass or something else?
Comment 17 Michael S. Tsirkin 2011-04-26 10:11:13 UTC 
We added a comment on udp to virt guide.
I think we can close this.
Comment 18 Quan Wenli 2011-04-26 10:35:28 UTC 
base on comment # 15 #16 #17 ,change bug status to verified.
Comment 19 Eduardo Habkost 2011-05-05 14:34:21 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Cause: vhost-net kernel module was not being loaded automatically, so vhost-net was not being used by default.

Consequence: lower performance than what is possible when using vhost-net.

Fix: removed vhost-net from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-kvm.conf

Result: vhost-net is used by default by qemu-kvm.
Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 11:34:28 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html
Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 13:00:44 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html
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