From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191E25A53 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:29:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 18 Nov 2015 02:29:43 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.20,312,1444719600"; d="scan'208";a="602447434" Received: from unknown (HELO dpdk5.sh.intel.com) ([10.239.129.244]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 18 Nov 2015 02:29:42 -0800 From: Zhihong Wang To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:27:09 -0500 Message-Id: <1447817231-10510-1-git-send-email-zhihong.wang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/2] Reduce DPDK initialization time X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 10:29:44 -0000 This RFC patch aims to reduce DPDK initialization time, which is important in cases such as micro service. Changes are: 1. Reduce timer initialization time 2. Remove unnecessary hugepage zero-filling operations With this patch: 1. Timer initialization time can be reduced by 4/10 second 2. Memory initialization time can be reduced nearly by half The 2nd topic has been brought up before in this thread: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/4219/ Zhihong Wang (2): lib/librte_eal: Reduce timer initialization time lib/librte_eal: Remove unnecessary hugepage zero-filling lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c | 5 +---- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 2.5.0