[Spice-devel] [PATCH spice-server 2/3] red-stream: Implements flush using TCP_CORK

Frediano Ziglio fziglio at redhat.com
Wed Apr 18 12:35:16 UTC 2018


> 
> On 04/17/2018 08:50 PM, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> >>
> >> On 04/13/2018 03:25 PM, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> >>> Cork is a system interface implemented by Linux and some *BSD systems to
> >>> tell the system that other data are expected to be written to a socket.
> >>> This allows the system to reduce network fragmentation waiting for
> >>> network
> >>> packets to be complete.
> >>>
> >>> Using some replay capture and some instrumentation resulted in a
> >>> bandwith reduction of 11% and a packet reduction of 56%.
> >>>
> >>> The tests was done using replay utility so results could be a bit
> >>> different
> >>> from real cases as:
> >>> - replay goes as fast as it can, for instance packets could
> >>>     be merged by the kernel decreasing packet numbers and a bit
> >>>     byte spent (this actually make the following improves worse);
> >>> - there are fewer channels (no much cursor, sound, etc).
> >>> The following tests shows count packet and total bytes from server to
> >>> client using a real network. I used a direct cable connection using 1gb
> >>> connection and 2 laptops.
> >>>
> >>> cork: 537 1582240
> >>> cork: 681 1823754
> >>> cork: 524 1583287
> >>> cork: 538 1582350
> >>> no cork: 1329 1834630
> >>> no cork: 1290 1829094
> >>> no cork: 1289 1830164
> >>> no cork: 1317 1833589
> >>> no cork: 1320 1835705
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <fziglio at redhat.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>    server/red-stream.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>>    1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/server/red-stream.c b/server/red-stream.c
> >>> index 9a9c1a0f..18c4a935 100644
> >>> --- a/server/red-stream.c
> >>> +++ b/server/red-stream.c
> >>> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
> >>>    #include <unistd.h>
> >>>    #include <sys/socket.h>
> >>>    #include <fcntl.h>
> >>> +#include <netinet/tcp.h>
> >>>    
> >>>    #include <glib.h>
> >>>    
> >>> @@ -37,6 +38,11 @@
> >>>    #include "red-stream.h"
> >>>    #include "reds.h"
> >>>    
> >>> +// compatibility for *BSD systems
> >>> +#ifndef TCP_CORK
> >>> +#define TCP_CORK TCP_NOPUSH
> >>> +#endif
> >>> +
> >>>    struct AsyncRead {
> >>>        void *opaque;
> >>>        uint8_t *now;
> >>> @@ -83,6 +89,8 @@ struct RedStreamPrivate {
> >>>         * deallocated when main_dispatcher handles the
> >>>         SPICE_CHANNEL_EVENT_DISCONNECTED
> >>>         * event, either from same thread or by call back from main
> >>>         thread.
> >>>         */
> >>>        SpiceChannelEventInfo* info;
> >>> +    bool use_cork;
> >>> +    bool corked;
> >>>    
> >>>        ssize_t (*read)(RedStream *s, void *buf, size_t nbyte);
> >>>        ssize_t (*write)(RedStream *s, const void *buf, size_t nbyte);
> >>> @@ -92,6 +100,16 @@ struct RedStreamPrivate {
> >>>        SpiceCoreInterfaceInternal *core;
> >>>    };
> >>>    
> >>> +/**
> >>> + * Set TCP_CORK on socket
> >>> + */
> >>> +/* NOTE: enabled must be int */
> >>> +static int socket_set_cork(int socket, int enabled)
> >>> +{
> >>> +    SPICE_VERIFY(sizeof(enabled) == sizeof(int));
> >>> +    return setsockopt(socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_CORK, &enabled,
> >>> sizeof(enabled));
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>>    static ssize_t stream_write_cb(RedStream *s, const void *buf, size_t
> >>>    size)
> >>>    {
> >>>        return write(s->socket, buf, size);
> >>> @@ -205,11 +223,31 @@ bool red_stream_write_all(RedStream *stream, const
> >>> void *in_buf, size_t n)
> >>>    
> >>>    bool red_stream_set_auto_flush(RedStream *s, bool auto_flush)
> >>>    {
> >>> -    return auto_flush;
> >>> +    if (s->priv->use_cork == !auto_flush) {
> >>> +        return true;
> >>> +    }
> >>> +
> >>> +    s->priv->use_cork = !auto_flush;
> >>> +    if (s->priv->use_cork) {
> >>> +        if (socket_set_cork(s->socket, 1)) {
> >>> +            s->priv->use_cork = false;
> >>> +            return false;
> >>> +        } else {
> >>> +            s->priv->corked = true;
> >>> +        }
> >>> +    } else if (s->priv->corked) {
> >>> +        socket_set_cork(s->socket, 0);
> >>> +        s->priv->corked = false;
> >>> +    }
> >> Hi Frediano,
> >>
> >> It would be simpler to use !auto_flash or s->priv->use_cork
> >> and also only keep one of use_cork and corked.
> >> Possibly the logic is a bit different and not exactly what you want.
> >>
> >>         if (socket_set_cork(s->socket, !auto_flash)) {
> >>             return false;
> >>         }
> >>
> >>         s->priv->use_cork = !auto_flash;
> >>
> >>
> >>> +    return true;
> >>>    }
> >>
> >> Uri.
> >>
> > 
> > Not proper... the exact equivalent is this:
> 
> I know it's not equivalent, but simpler.
> 
> Do we really need both use_cork and corked ?
> 
> Even if corked==FALSE , still socket_set_cork(s->socket, 0)
> would succeed.
> 
> Uri.
> 

now I understood, taken in consideration the initial state and
possible changes this is equivalent:


bool red_stream_set_auto_flush(RedStream *s, bool auto_flush)
{
    if (s->priv->use_cork == !auto_flush) {
        return true;
    }

    if (socket_set_cork(s->socket, !auto_flush) && !auto_flush) {
        return false;
    }
    s->priv->use_cork = !auto_flush;
    return true;
}


The reason is that use_cork is (beside temporary states) always
equal to corked.

Frediano

> > 
> > 
> > bool red_stream_set_auto_flush_new(RedStream *s, bool auto_flush)
> > {
> >      if (s->priv->use_cork == !auto_flush) {
> >          return true;
> >      }
> > 
> >      if (!auto_flush || s->priv->corked) {
> >          if (socket_set_cork(s->socket, !auto_flush) && !auto_flush) {
> >              return false;
> >          }
> >          s->priv->corked = !auto_flush;
> >      }
> > 
> >      s->priv->use_cork = !auto_flush;
> >      return true;
> > }
> > 
> > 
> > but is confusing, maybe easier to remove the "} else {" after a return
> > and move use_cork change after the ifs as suggested to avoid assigning
> > to false, like:
> > 
> > 
> > --- a/server/red-stream.c
> > +++ b/server/red-stream.c
> > @@ -227,18 +227,16 @@ bool red_stream_set_auto_flush(RedStream *s, bool
> > auto_flush)
> >           return true;
> >       }
> > 
> > -    s->priv->use_cork = !auto_flush;
> > -    if (s->priv->use_cork) {
> > +    if (!auto_flush) {
> >           if (socket_set_cork(s->socket, 1)) {
> > -            s->priv->use_cork = false;
> >               return false;
> > -        } else {
> > -            s->priv->corked = true;
> >           }
> > +        s->priv->corked = true;
> >       } else if (s->priv->corked) {
> >           socket_set_cork(s->socket, 0);
> >           s->priv->corked = false;
> >       }
> > +    s->priv->use_cork = !auto_flush;
> >       return true;
> >   }
> > 
> > 
> > A bit longer than the previous but IMO more readable.
> > 
> >>>    
> >>>    void red_stream_flush(RedStream *s)
> >>>    {
> >>> +    if (s->priv->corked) {
> >>> +        socket_set_cork(s->socket, 0);
> >>> +        socket_set_cork(s->socket, 1);
> >>> +    }
> >>>    }
> >>>    
> >>>    #if HAVE_SASL
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> > 


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