From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 657D2A04DB; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 21:06:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 973521D6DF; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 21:04:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC2931D5D8 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 21:04:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E67371500; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:04:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from qc2400f-1.austin.arm.com (qc2400f-1.austin.arm.com [10.118.12.27]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D68493F70D; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:04:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Honnappa Nagarahalli To: dev@dpdk.org, honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com, phil.yang@arm.com, jgrajcia@cisco.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com Cc: nd@arm.com Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:03:33 -0500 Message-Id: <20200928190334.40624-7-honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20200928190334.40624-1-honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com> References: <20200921192254.20560-1-honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com> <20200928190334.40624-1-honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/8] net/memif: relax the load of ring head pointer for S2M zc ring X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" For zero-copy S2M rings, ring->head is updated by the sender and eth_memif_tx_zc function is called in the context of sending thread. The loads in the sender do not need to synchronize with its own stores. Signed-off-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli Reviewed-by: Phil Yang Reviewed-by: Ruifeng Wang --- drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c b/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c index 9babd073a..704350022 100644 --- a/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c +++ b/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c @@ -752,11 +752,13 @@ eth_memif_tx_zc(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, uint16_t nb_pkts) memif_free_stored_mbufs(proc_private, mq); /* ring type always MEMIF_RING_S2M */ - /* The ring->head acts as a guard variable between Tx and Rx - * threads, so using load-acquire pairs with store-release - * to synchronize it between threads. + /* For S2M queues ring->head is updated by the sender and + * this function is called in the context of sending thread. + * The loads in the sender do not need to synchronize with + * its own stores. Hence, the following load can be a + * relaxed load. */ - slot = __atomic_load_n(&ring->head, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE); + slot = __atomic_load_n(&ring->head, __ATOMIC_RELAXED); n_free = ring_size - slot + mq->last_tail; int used_slots; @@ -812,6 +814,10 @@ eth_memif_tx_zc(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, uint16_t nb_pkts) no_free_slots: /* ring type always MEMIF_RING_S2M */ + /* The ring->head acts as a guard variable between Tx and Rx + * threads, so using store-release pairs with load-acquire + * in function eth_memif_rx for S2M rings. + */ __atomic_store_n(&ring->head, slot, __ATOMIC_RELEASE); /* Send interrupt, if enabled. */ -- 2.17.1