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 89133A04DD for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:23:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17FE71DA71; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:23:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F0891D993; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:23:13 +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 E085214F6; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:23:12 -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 D07663F718; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:23:12 -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, stable@dpdk.org Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:22:53 -0500 Message-Id: <20200921192254.20560-3-honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20200921192254.20560-1-honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com> References: <20200921192254.20560-1-honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com> Subject: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 3/4] net/memif: relax the load of ring head pointer for S2M ring X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "stable" For S2M rings, ring->head is updated by the sender and eth_memif_tx function is called in the context of sending thread. The loads in the sender do not need to synchronize with its own stores. Fixes: a2aafb9aa651 ("net/memif: optimize with one-way barrier") Cc: phil.yang@arm.com Cc: stable@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli Reviewed-by: Phil Yang --- drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c b/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c index 0d064c8fa..435c6345c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c +++ b/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c @@ -569,7 +569,13 @@ eth_memif_tx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, uint16_t nb_pkts) mask = ring_size - 1; if (type == MEMIF_RING_S2M) { - slot = __atomic_load_n(&ring->head, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE); + /* 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_RELAXED); n_free = ring_size - slot + __atomic_load_n(&ring->tail, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE); } else { -- 2.17.1