Regression: hinic performance degrades over time

Bug #1805248 reported by dann frazier
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dann frazier
Cosmic
Fix Released
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dann frazier
Disco
Fix Released
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dann frazier

Bug Description

[Impact]
Bug 1800664 introduced checksum offload and TSO support for HiNIC adapters. While that did improve performance in short iperf runs, longer runs were later found to show a significant regression in performance:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1800664/comments/3

[Test Case]
iperf -c 192.168.99.1 -P5

[Fix]
Revert the offending patch.

[Regression Risk]
This is reverting a patch, returning the driver to 18.10 GA behavior.

CVE References

dann frazier (dannf)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → dann frazier (dannf)
dann frazier (dannf)
description: updated
Seth Forshee (sforshee)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Disco):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-cosmic' to 'verification-done-cosmic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-cosmic' to 'verification-failed-cosmic'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: verification-needed-cosmic
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dann frazier (dannf) wrote :

Testing shows performance inline with the 4.18.0-11-generic kernel.

tags: added: verification-done-cosmic
removed: verification-needed-cosmic
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.18.0-13.14

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linux (4.18.0-13.14) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.18.0-13.14 -proposed tracker (LP: #1806409)

  * linux-buildinfo: pull out ABI information into its own package
    (LP: #1806380)
    - [Packaging] limit preparation to linux-libc-dev in headers
    - [Packaging] commonise debhelper invocation
    - [Packaging] ABI -- accumulate abi information at the end of the build
    - [Packaging] buildinfo -- add basic build information
    - [Packaging] buildinfo -- add firmware information to the flavour ABI
    - [Packaging] buildinfo -- add compiler information to the flavour ABI
    - [Packaging] buildinfo -- add buildinfo support to getabis

  * linux packages should own /usr/lib/linux/triggers (LP: #1770256)
    - [Packaging] own /usr/lib/linux/triggers

  * Regression: hinic performance degrades over time (LP: #1805248)
    - Revert "net-next/hinic: add checksum offload and TSO support"

  * CVE-2018-18710
    - cdrom: fix improper type cast, which can leat to information leak.

 -- Khalid Elmously <email address hidden> Wed, 05 Dec 2018 05:10:51 +0000

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.19.0-12.13

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linux (4.19.0-12.13) disco; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.19.0-12.13 -proposed tracker (LP: #1813664)

  * kernel oops in bcache module (LP: #1793901)
    - SAUCE: bcache: never writeback a discard operation

  * Disco update: 4.19.18 upstream stable release (LP: #1813611)
    - ipv6: Consider sk_bound_dev_if when binding a socket to a v4 mapped address
    - mlxsw: spectrum: Disable lag port TX before removing it
    - mlxsw: spectrum_switchdev: Set PVID correctly during VLAN deletion
    - net: dsa: mv88x6xxx: mv88e6390 errata
    - net, skbuff: do not prefer skb allocation fails early
    - qmi_wwan: add MTU default to qmap network interface
    - ipv6: Take rcu_read_lock in __inet6_bind for mapped addresses
    - net: clear skb->tstamp in bridge forwarding path
    - netfilter: ipset: Allow matching on destination MAC address for mac and
      ipmac sets
    - gpio: pl061: Move irq_chip definition inside struct pl061
    - drm/amd/display: Guard against null stream_state in set_crc_source
    - drm/amdkfd: fix interrupt spin lock
    - ixgbe: allow IPsec Tx offload in VEPA mode
    - platform/x86: asus-wmi: Tell the EC the OS will handle the display off
      hotkey
    - e1000e: allow non-monotonic SYSTIM readings
    - usb: typec: tcpm: Do not disconnect link for self powered devices
    - selftests/bpf: enable (uncomment) all tests in test_libbpf.sh
    - of: overlay: add missing of_node_put() after add new node to changeset
    - writeback: don't decrement wb->refcnt if !wb->bdi
    - serial: set suppress_bind_attrs flag only if builtin
    - bpf: Allow narrow loads with offset > 0
    - ALSA: oxfw: add support for APOGEE duet FireWire
    - x86/mce: Fix -Wmissing-prototypes warnings
    - MIPS: SiByte: Enable swiotlb for SWARM, LittleSur and BigSur
    - crypto: ecc - regularize scalar for scalar multiplication
    - arm64: perf: set suppress_bind_attrs flag to true
    - drm/atomic-helper: Complete fake_commit->flip_done potentially earlier
    - clk: meson: meson8b: fix incorrect divider mapping in cpu_scale_table
    - samples: bpf: fix: error handling regarding kprobe_events
    - usb: gadget: udc: renesas_usb3: add a safety connection way for
      forced_b_device
    - fpga: altera-cvp: fix probing for multiple FPGAs on the bus
    - selinux: always allow mounting submounts
    - ASoC: pcm3168a: Don't disable pcm3168a when CONFIG_PM defined
    - scsi: qedi: Check for session online before getting iSCSI TLV data.
    - drm/amdgpu: Reorder uvd ring init before uvd resume
    - rxe: IB_WR_REG_MR does not capture MR's iova field
    - efi/libstub: Disable some warnings for x86{,_64}
    - jffs2: Fix use of uninitialized delayed_work, lockdep breakage
    - clk: imx: make mux parent strings const
    - pstore/ram: Do not treat empty buffers as valid
    - media: uvcvideo: Refactor teardown of uvc on USB disconnect
    - powerpc/xmon: Fix invocation inside lock region
    - powerpc/pseries/cpuidle: Fix preempt warning
    - media: firewire: Fix app_info parameter type in avc_ca{,_app}_info
    - ASoC: use dma_ops of parent device for acp_audio_dma
    - media: ve...

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Disco):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-done-bionic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-failed-bionic'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: verification-needed-bionic
Andy Whitcroft (apw)
tags: added: kernel-fixup-verification-needed-bionic
removed: verification-needed-bionic
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
tags: added: verification-needed-bionic
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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote :

This bug was erroneously marked for verification in bionic; verification is not required and verification-needed-bionic is being removed.

tags: removed: verification-needed-bionic
tags: added: verification-done-bionic
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
tags: added: cscc
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