From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
To: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>,
Balazs Nemeth <bnemeth@redhat.com>
Cc: dev <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] vhost: allocate and free packets in bulk
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:45:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJFAV8wzh6r2V1eXo-uhXcFFahFBoV_7Pcp0wc+6638r6c=mVA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e8b84fbe-f33c-8109-6c32-24bdc8f4ce99@redhat.com>
On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 5:33 PM Maxime Coquelin
<maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 4/7/21 12:17 PM, Balazs Nemeth wrote:
> > Now that all allocation and freeing has been moved together, use the
> > faster bulk versions instead of handling packets one by one.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Balazs Nemeth <bnemeth@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c | 11 ++++++-----
> > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
> > index 496f750e3..2f0c97b91 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
> > @@ -2469,10 +2469,10 @@ virtio_dev_tx_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
> > {
> > uint32_t pkt_idx = 0;
> > uint32_t remained = count;
> > - uint16_t i;
> >
> > - for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
> > - pkts[i] = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mbuf_pool);
> > + if (rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk(mbuf_pool, pkts, count)) {
> > + return 0;
> > + }
>
> OK, get it now :)
> Maybe just add a comment in previous patches that it is going to be
> handled when moving to bulk allocation.
Looking at the whole series, it is easy to read and understand as a
single patch.
And it avoids this intermediate issue.
--
David Marchand
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-15 15:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-06 15:44 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Use bulk alloc/free in virtio packed Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-06 15:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/4] vhost: move allocation of mbuf outside of packet enqueue Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-07 10:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-15 12:37 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-04-16 8:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] vhost: allocate and free packets in bulk Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-16 8:36 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-04-16 9:05 ` David Marchand
2021-04-16 9:12 ` Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-16 9:41 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-04-16 9:43 ` David Marchand
2021-04-16 9:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] " Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-16 10:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] vhost: allocate and free packets in bulk in Tx packed Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-16 11:14 ` David Marchand
2021-04-21 7:48 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-04-28 3:16 ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-04-07 10:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] vhost: perform all mbuf allocations in one loop Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-15 15:30 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-04-07 10:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] vhost: allocate and free packets in bulk Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-15 15:32 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-04-15 15:45 ` David Marchand [this message]
2021-04-15 15:50 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-04-15 15:58 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-04-07 10:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] vhost: remove unnecessary level of indirection Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-15 15:38 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-04-06 15:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/4] vhost: perform all mbuf allocations in one loop Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-06 15:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] vhost: allocate and free packets in bulk Balazs Nemeth
2021-04-06 15:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] vhost: remove unnecessary level of indirection Balazs Nemeth
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