Re: [PATCH net-next v7] virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff

[Stefano Garzarella]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 07:28:42PM +0000, Bobby Eshleman wrote:
> This commit changes virtio/vsock to use sk_buff instead of
> virtio_vsock_pkt. Beyond better conforming to other net code, using
> sk_buff allows vsock to use sk_buff-dependent features in the future
> (such as sockmap) and improves throughput.
>
> This patch introduces the following performance changes:
>
> Tool/Config: uperf w/ 64 threads, SOCK_STREAM
> Test Runs: 5, mean of results
> Before: commit 95ec6bce2a0b ("Merge branch 'net-ipa-more-endpoints'")
>
> Test: 64KB, g2h
> Before: 21.63 Gb/s
> After: 25.59 Gb/s (+18%)
>
> Test: 16B, g2h
> Before: 11.86 Mb/s
> After: 17.41 Mb/s (+46%)
>
> Test: 64KB, h2g
> Before: 2.15 Gb/s
> After: 3.6 Gb/s (+67%)
>
> Test: 16B, h2g
> Before: 14.38 Mb/s
> After: 18.43 Mb/s (+28%)
>
> Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Note: v7 only built, not retested since v6.

I re-tested and everything seems okay:

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>