* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/bnxt: remove useless prefetches
@ 2020-11-04 17:03 Stephen Hemminger
2020-11-05 15:18 ` Lance Richardson
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2020-11-04 17:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ajit.khaparde, somnath.kotur; +Cc: dev, Stephen Hemminger
Prefetching only helps performance if it is done several 100
instructions before the actual use. The purpose of the prefetch
is to read ahead, it doesn't help if the next instruction
will block.
The code in the bnxt driver was doing these unnecessary prefetches.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c
index 2645ed61f402..140d79e0e829 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ static inline struct rte_mbuf *bnxt_tpa_end(
mbuf = tpa_info->mbuf;
RTE_ASSERT(mbuf != NULL);
- rte_prefetch0(mbuf);
if (agg_bufs) {
bnxt_rx_pages(rxq, mbuf, raw_cp_cons, agg_bufs, tpa_info);
}
@@ -733,8 +732,6 @@ static int bnxt_rx_pkt(struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkt,
if (mbuf == NULL)
return -EBUSY;
- rte_prefetch0(mbuf);
-
mbuf->data_off = RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
mbuf->nb_segs = 1;
mbuf->next = NULL;
@@ -867,7 +864,6 @@ uint16_t bnxt_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
/* Handle RX burst request */
while (1) {
cons = RING_CMP(cpr->cp_ring_struct, raw_cons);
- rte_prefetch0(&cpr->cp_desc_ring[cons]);
rxcmp = (struct rx_pkt_cmpl *)&cpr->cp_desc_ring[cons];
if (!CMP_VALID(rxcmp, raw_cons, cpr->cp_ring_struct))
--
2.27.0
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/bnxt: remove useless prefetches
2020-11-04 17:03 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/bnxt: remove useless prefetches Stephen Hemminger
@ 2020-11-05 15:18 ` Lance Richardson
2020-11-05 22:24 ` Ajit Khaparde
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Lance Richardson @ 2020-11-05 15:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Hemminger; +Cc: Ajit Kumar Khaparde, Somnath Kotur, dev
On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 12:03 PM Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
>
> Prefetching only helps performance if it is done several 100
> instructions before the actual use. The purpose of the prefetch
> is to read ahead, it doesn't help if the next instruction
> will block.
>
> The code in the bnxt driver was doing these unnecessary prefetches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---
> drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c
> index 2645ed61f402..140d79e0e829 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c
> @@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ static inline struct rte_mbuf *bnxt_tpa_end(
> mbuf = tpa_info->mbuf;
> RTE_ASSERT(mbuf != NULL);
>
> - rte_prefetch0(mbuf);
> if (agg_bufs) {
> bnxt_rx_pages(rxq, mbuf, raw_cp_cons, agg_bufs, tpa_info);
> }
> @@ -733,8 +732,6 @@ static int bnxt_rx_pkt(struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkt,
> if (mbuf == NULL)
> return -EBUSY;
>
> - rte_prefetch0(mbuf);
> -
> mbuf->data_off = RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
> mbuf->nb_segs = 1;
> mbuf->next = NULL;
> @@ -867,7 +864,6 @@ uint16_t bnxt_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
> /* Handle RX burst request */
> while (1) {
> cons = RING_CMP(cpr->cp_ring_struct, raw_cons);
> - rte_prefetch0(&cpr->cp_desc_ring[cons]);
> rxcmp = (struct rx_pkt_cmpl *)&cpr->cp_desc_ring[cons];
>
> if (!CMP_VALID(rxcmp, raw_cons, cpr->cp_ring_struct))
> --
> 2.27.0
>
Acked-by: Lance Richardson <lance.richardson@broadcom.com>
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/bnxt: remove useless prefetches
2020-11-05 15:18 ` Lance Richardson
@ 2020-11-05 22:24 ` Ajit Khaparde
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ajit Khaparde @ 2020-11-05 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lance Richardson; +Cc: Stephen Hemminger, Somnath Kotur, dpdk-dev
On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 7:18 AM Lance Richardson <
lance.richardson@broadcom.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 12:03 PM Stephen Hemminger
> <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
> >
> > Prefetching only helps performance if it is done several 100
> > instructions before the actual use. The purpose of the prefetch
> > is to read ahead, it doesn't help if the next instruction
> > will block.
> >
> > The code in the bnxt driver was doing these unnecessary prefetches.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c | 4 ----
> > 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c
> > index 2645ed61f402..140d79e0e829 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.c
> > @@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ static inline struct rte_mbuf *bnxt_tpa_end(
> > mbuf = tpa_info->mbuf;
> > RTE_ASSERT(mbuf != NULL);
> >
> > - rte_prefetch0(mbuf);
> > if (agg_bufs) {
> > bnxt_rx_pages(rxq, mbuf, raw_cp_cons, agg_bufs,
> tpa_info);
> > }
> > @@ -733,8 +732,6 @@ static int bnxt_rx_pkt(struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkt,
> > if (mbuf == NULL)
> > return -EBUSY;
> >
> > - rte_prefetch0(mbuf);
> > -
> > mbuf->data_off = RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
> > mbuf->nb_segs = 1;
> > mbuf->next = NULL;
> > @@ -867,7 +864,6 @@ uint16_t bnxt_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct
> rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
> > /* Handle RX burst request */
> > while (1) {
> > cons = RING_CMP(cpr->cp_ring_struct, raw_cons);
> > - rte_prefetch0(&cpr->cp_desc_ring[cons]);
> > rxcmp = (struct rx_pkt_cmpl *)&cpr->cp_desc_ring[cons];
> >
> > if (!CMP_VALID(rxcmp, raw_cons, cpr->cp_ring_struct))
> > --
> > 2.27.0
> >
> Acked-by: Lance Richardson <lance.richardson@broadcom.com>
>
Updated commit log with fixes tag and applied to dpdk-next-net-brcm.
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