Re: [PATCH v3] ipvs: increase ip_vs_conn_tab_bits range for 64BIT

	Hello,

On Tue, 16 May 2023, Abhijeet Rastogi wrote:

> Current range [8, 20] is set purely due to historical reasons
> because at the time, ~1M (2^20) was considered sufficient.
> With this change, 27 is the upper limit for 64-bit, 20 otherwise.
> 
> Previous change regarding this limit is here.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/86eabeb9dd62aebf1e2533926fdd13fed48bab1f.1631289960.git.aclaudi@redhat.com/T/#u
> 
> Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Rastogi <[email protected]>

	Looks good to me, thanks!

Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <[email protected]>

	I'll post my patch on top of this.

> ---
> The conversation for this started at: 
> 
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter/msg60995.html
> 
> The upper limit for algo is any bit size less than 32, so this
> change will allow us to set bit size > 20. Today, it is common to have
> RAM available to handle greater than 2^20 connections per-host.
> 
> Distros like RHEL already allow setting limits higher than 20.
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Fix text width in Kconfig, now text is 70 columns, excluding tab.
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Lower the ranges, 27 for 64bit, 20 otherwise
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> ---
>  net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig      | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
>  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c |  4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig
> index 271da8447b29..2a3017b9c001 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig
> @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ config	IP_VS_DEBUG
>  
>  config	IP_VS_TAB_BITS
>  	int "IPVS connection table size (the Nth power of 2)"
> -	range 8 20
> +	range 8 20 if !64BIT
> +	range 8 27 if 64BIT
>  	default 12
>  	help
>  	  The IPVS connection hash table uses the chaining scheme to handle
> @@ -54,24 +55,24 @@ config	IP_VS_TAB_BITS
>  
>  	  Note the table size must be power of 2. The table size will be the
>  	  value of 2 to the your input number power. The number to choose is
> -	  from 8 to 20, the default number is 12, which means the table size
> -	  is 4096. Don't input the number too small, otherwise you will lose
> -	  performance on it. You can adapt the table size yourself, according
> -	  to your virtual server application. It is good to set the table size
> -	  not far less than the number of connections per second multiplying
> -	  average lasting time of connection in the table.  For example, your
> -	  virtual server gets 200 connections per second, the connection lasts
> -	  for 200 seconds in average in the connection table, the table size
> -	  should be not far less than 200x200, it is good to set the table
> -	  size 32768 (2**15).
> +	  from 8 to 27 for 64BIT(20 otherwise), the default number is 12,
> +	  which means the table size is 4096. Don't input the number too
> +	  small, otherwise you will lose performance on it. You can adapt the
> +	  table size yourself, according to your virtual server application.
> +	  It is good to set the table size not far less than the number of
> +	  connections per second multiplying average lasting time of
> +	  connection in the table.  For example, your virtual server gets 200
> +	  connections per second, the connection lasts for 200 seconds in
> +	  average in the connection table, the table size should be not far
> +	  less than 200x200, it is good to set the table size 32768 (2**15).
>  
>  	  Another note that each connection occupies 128 bytes effectively and
>  	  each hash entry uses 8 bytes, so you can estimate how much memory is
>  	  needed for your box.
>  
>  	  You can overwrite this number setting conn_tab_bits module parameter
> -	  or by appending ip_vs.conn_tab_bits=? to the kernel command line
> -	  if IP VS was compiled built-in.
> +	  or by appending ip_vs.conn_tab_bits=? to the kernel command line if
> +	  IP VS was compiled built-in.
>  
>  comment "IPVS transport protocol load balancing support"
>  
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
> index 13534e02346c..e1b9b52909a5 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
> @@ -1484,8 +1484,8 @@ int __init ip_vs_conn_init(void)
>  	int idx;
>  
>  	/* Compute size and mask */
> -	if (ip_vs_conn_tab_bits < 8 || ip_vs_conn_tab_bits > 20) {
> -		pr_info("conn_tab_bits not in [8, 20]. Using default value\n");
> +	if (ip_vs_conn_tab_bits < 8 || ip_vs_conn_tab_bits > 27) {
> +		pr_info("conn_tab_bits not in [8, 27]. Using default value\n");
>  		ip_vs_conn_tab_bits = CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS;
>  	}
>  	ip_vs_conn_tab_size = 1 << ip_vs_conn_tab_bits;
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 09a9639e56c01c7a00d6c0ca63f4c7c41abe075d
> change-id: 20230412-increase_ipvs_conn_tab_bits-4322c90da216
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Abhijeet Rastogi <[email protected]>

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <[email protected]>