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From: "Nicolau, Radu" <radu.nicolau@intel.com>
To: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Cc: dev <dev@dpdk.org>, Beilei Xing <beilei.xing@intel.com>,
	Jeff Guo <jia.guo@intel.com>,
	Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	"Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>,
	Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>,
	"Trahe, Fiona" <fiona.trahe@intel.com>,
	Wei Zhao <wei.zhao1@intel.com>,
	"Ruifeng Wang (Arm Technology China)" <ruifeng.wang@arm.com>,
	Qiming Yang <qiming.yang@intel.com>,
	Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>,
	"Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>,
	David Christensen <drc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 0/5] eal: add WC store functions
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 10:51:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0328e1eb-e14b-4d67-6e90-36c6fad0c1ec@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJFAV8yUmLurJzFyFhkT7Bj+4E1r72dpXGd1yHTG8dX1EdHs2w@mail.gmail.com>


On 10/8/2020 8:28 AM, David Marchand wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 4:23 PM Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau@intel.com> wrote:
>> Implement 2 new functions that will enable write combining
>> stores depending on architecture. The functions are provided
>> as a generic stub and a x86 specific implementation.
>>
>> The reason to implement these functions is to improve performance
>> by reducing the overhead associated with regular mmio writes when
>> updating the hardware queue tails and doorbells.
> For the record, on which CPU/platform was this tested and how much of
> an improvement did you get with this?

The improvement varies a lot with the particular usecase and the PMD, so 
it's difficult to state a number, but there were cases with performance 
improvements going well into the double digits, with very small bursts 
applications seeing the most benefits. Tests were done on a Snow Ridge 
platform.


>
> I did not see review/ack tokens from other arch maintainers, but since
> it has been on the ml for a while, I guess I can proceed as is.
>
>
>> With this patch set the I40E, ICE, IXGBE and QAT PMDs are updated to
>> use the write combining store functions with other PMDs to follow.
> This series will go through the main repo: copying Ferruh and Akhil for info.
>
>

  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-08  9:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-11 10:11 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/2] eal/x86: add WC store function Radu Nicolau
2020-06-11 10:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 2/2] net/i40e: use movdiri to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-06-11 12:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/2] eal/x86: add WC store function Jerin Jacob
2020-06-11 13:56   ` Nicolau, Radu
2020-06-11 15:33     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-15 11:11 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-19 12:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] eal: add WC store functions Radu Nicolau
2020-06-19 12:06   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-07-01 13:15     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-07-01 13:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] eal: add WC store functions Bruce Richardson
2020-07-01 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/2] " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-01 14:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-01 14:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-07-02  9:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/2] eal: add WC store functions Radu Nicolau
2020-07-02  9:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-03 15:19     ` David Marchand
2020-07-06  9:15       ` Nicolau, Radu
2020-07-02  9:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/2] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-07-06 12:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/2] eal: add WC store functions Radu Nicolau
2020-07-06 12:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-06 12:30   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/2] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-07-13 12:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/4] eal: add WC store functions Radu Nicolau
2020-07-13 12:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/4] " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-13 12:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/4] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-07-13 12:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/4] qat: " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-13 12:44     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-07-13 12:52       ` Trahe, Fiona
2020-07-13 12:57         ` Bruce Richardson
2020-07-13 12:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/4] net/ixgbe: use WC store to update doorbell register Radu Nicolau
2020-07-16 12:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/4] eal: add WC store functions Radu Nicolau
2020-07-16 12:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/4] " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-16 12:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/4] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-07-16 12:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/4] common/qat: " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-16 12:29   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/4] net/ixgbe: use WC store to update doorbell register Radu Nicolau
2020-07-17 10:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/4] eal: add WC store functions Radu Nicolau
2020-07-17 10:49   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/4] " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-20  6:42     ` Ruifeng Wang
2020-07-20  8:52       ` Nicolau, Radu
2020-07-17 10:49   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/4] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-07-20  6:46     ` Ruifeng Wang
2020-07-20  8:54       ` Nicolau, Radu
2020-07-17 10:49   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/4] common/qat: " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-17 16:42     ` Trahe, Fiona
2020-07-17 10:49   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/4] net/ixgbe: " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-17 11:18     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-07-20  9:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 0/4] eal: add WC store functions Radu Nicolau
2020-07-20  9:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 1/4] " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-20 12:20     ` David Marchand
2020-07-21  8:56       ` Nicolau, Radu
2020-07-20  9:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 2/4] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-07-20  9:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 3/4] common/qat: " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-20  9:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 4/4] net/ixgbe: " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-21 11:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/4] eal: add WC store functions Radu Nicolau
2020-07-21 11:31   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 1/4] " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-21 11:31   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 2/4] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-07-21 11:31   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 3/4] common/qat: " Radu Nicolau
2020-07-21 11:31   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 4/4] net/ixgbe: " Radu Nicolau
2020-08-26  9:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 0/5] eal: add WC store functions Radu Nicolau
2020-08-26  9:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 1/5] " Radu Nicolau
2020-08-26  9:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 2/5] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-09-23  1:19     ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2020-08-26  9:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 3/5] common/qat: " Radu Nicolau
2020-08-26  9:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 4/5] net/ixgbe: " Radu Nicolau
2020-09-23  1:20     ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2020-08-26  9:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 5/5] net/ice: " Radu Nicolau
2020-09-23  1:20     ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2020-09-23 14:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 0/5] eal: add WC store functions Radu Nicolau
2020-09-23 14:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 1/5] " Radu Nicolau
2020-09-23 14:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 2/5] net/i40e: use WC store to update queue tail registers Radu Nicolau
2020-09-23 14:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 3/5] common/qat: " Radu Nicolau
2020-09-23 14:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 4/5] net/ixgbe: " Radu Nicolau
2020-09-23 14:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 5/5] net/ice: " Radu Nicolau
2020-10-08  7:28   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 0/5] eal: add WC store functions David Marchand
2020-10-08  9:51     ` Nicolau, Radu [this message]
2020-10-13  8:57     ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-10-13 12:50   ` David Marchand

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