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From: Jens Freimann <jfreimann@redhat.com>
To: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com>
Cc: maxime.coquelin@redhat.com, zhihong.wang@intel.com, dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/10] net/virtio: optimize flags update for packed ring
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:11:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190319101154.loy5cmwbgnbnkxyg@jenstp.localdomain> (raw)
Message-ID: <20190319101154.bZrvFuhjG-JJQIxFEFUgHSmJtJVfIhkK7Lu0KzSIeqI@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190319093734.GA24818@dpdk-tbie.sh.intel.com>

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 05:37:34PM +0800, Tiwei Bie wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 09:54:03AM +0100, Jens Freimann wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 02:43:06PM +0800, Tiwei Bie wrote:
>> > Cache the AVAIL, USED and WRITE bits to avoid calculating
>> > them as much as possible. Note that, the WRITE bit isn't
>> > cached for control queue.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com>
>> > ---
>> > drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 35 ++++++++++++++----------------
>> > drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c   | 31 ++++++++++----------------
>> > drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h     |  8 +++----
>> > 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
>> > index ff16fb63e..9060b6b33 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
>> > @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ virtio_send_command_packed(struct virtnet_ctl *cvq,
>> > 	int head;
>> > 	struct vring_packed_desc *desc = vq->ring_packed.desc_packed;
>> > 	struct virtio_pmd_ctrl *result;
>> > -	bool avail_wrap_counter;
>> > +	uint16_t flags;
>> > 	int sum = 0;
>> > 	int nb_descs = 0;
>> > 	int k;
>> > @@ -161,14 +161,15 @@ virtio_send_command_packed(struct virtnet_ctl *cvq,
>> > 	 * One RX packet for ACK.
>> > 	 */
>> > 	head = vq->vq_avail_idx;
>> > -	avail_wrap_counter = vq->avail_wrap_counter;
>> > +	flags = vq->cached_flags;
>> > 	desc[head].addr = cvq->virtio_net_hdr_mem;
>> > 	desc[head].len = sizeof(struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr);
>> > 	vq->vq_free_cnt--;
>> > 	nb_descs++;
>> > 	if (++vq->vq_avail_idx >= vq->vq_nentries) {
>> > 		vq->vq_avail_idx -= vq->vq_nentries;
>> > -		vq->avail_wrap_counter ^= 1;
>> > +		vq->cached_flags ^=
>> > +			VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(1) | VRING_DESC_F_USED(1);
>>
>> Maybe name it avail_used_flags instead of cached flags. Also we could
>> use a constant value.
>
>It also contains the WRITE bit (not just AVAIL and USED bits)
>for Rx path. That's why I didn't name it as avail_used_flags.

ok

>>
>> > 	}
>> >
>> > 	for (k = 0; k < pkt_num; k++) {
>> > @@ -177,34 +178,31 @@ virtio_send_command_packed(struct virtnet_ctl *cvq,
>> > 			+ sizeof(ctrl->status) + sizeof(uint8_t) * sum;
>> > 		desc[vq->vq_avail_idx].len = dlen[k];
>> > 		desc[vq->vq_avail_idx].flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT |
>> > -			VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(vq->avail_wrap_counter) |
>> > -			VRING_DESC_F_USED(!vq->avail_wrap_counter);
>> > +			vq->cached_flags;
>> > 		sum += dlen[k];
>> > 		vq->vq_free_cnt--;
>> > 		nb_descs++;
>> > 		if (++vq->vq_avail_idx >= vq->vq_nentries) {
>> > 			vq->vq_avail_idx -= vq->vq_nentries;
>> > -			vq->avail_wrap_counter ^= 1;
>> > +			vq->cached_flags ^=
>> > +				VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(1) | VRING_DESC_F_USED(1);
>> > 		}
>> > 	}
>> >
>> > 	desc[vq->vq_avail_idx].addr = cvq->virtio_net_hdr_mem
>> > 		+ sizeof(struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr);
>> > 	desc[vq->vq_avail_idx].len = sizeof(ctrl->status);
>> > -	desc[vq->vq_avail_idx].flags = VRING_DESC_F_WRITE |
>> > -		VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(vq->avail_wrap_counter) |
>> > -		VRING_DESC_F_USED(!vq->avail_wrap_counter);
>> > +	desc[vq->vq_avail_idx].flags = VRING_DESC_F_WRITE | vq->cached_flags;
>> > 	vq->vq_free_cnt--;
>> > 	nb_descs++;
>> > 	if (++vq->vq_avail_idx >= vq->vq_nentries) {
>> > 		vq->vq_avail_idx -= vq->vq_nentries;
>> > -		vq->avail_wrap_counter ^= 1;
>> > +		vq->cached_flags ^=
>> > +			VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(1) | VRING_DESC_F_USED(1);
>> > 	}
>> >
>> > 	virtio_wmb(vq->hw->weak_barriers);
>> > -	desc[head].flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT |
>> > -		VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(avail_wrap_counter) |
>> > -		VRING_DESC_F_USED(!avail_wrap_counter);
>> > +	desc[head].flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT | flags;
>> >
>> > 	virtio_wmb(vq->hw->weak_barriers);
>> > 	virtqueue_notify(vq);
>> > @@ -226,12 +224,12 @@ virtio_send_command_packed(struct virtnet_ctl *cvq,
>> > 	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "vq->vq_free_cnt=%d\n"
>> > 			"vq->vq_avail_idx=%d\n"
>> > 			"vq->vq_used_cons_idx=%d\n"
>> > -			"vq->avail_wrap_counter=%d\n"
>> > +			"vq->cached_flags=0x%x\n"
>> > 			"vq->used_wrap_counter=%d\n",
>> > 			vq->vq_free_cnt,
>> > 			vq->vq_avail_idx,
>> > 			vq->vq_used_cons_idx,
>> > -			vq->avail_wrap_counter,
>> > +			vq->cached_flags,
>> > 			vq->used_wrap_counter);
>> >
>> > 	result = cvq->virtio_net_hdr_mz->addr;
>> > @@ -491,11 +489,10 @@ virtio_init_queue(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t vtpci_queue_idx)
>> > 	vq->vq_nentries = vq_size;
>> > 	vq->event_flags_shadow = 0;
>> > 	if (vtpci_packed_queue(hw)) {
>> > -		vq->avail_wrap_counter = 1;
>> > 		vq->used_wrap_counter = 1;
>> > -		vq->avail_used_flags =
>> > -			VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(vq->avail_wrap_counter) |
>> > -			VRING_DESC_F_USED(!vq->avail_wrap_counter);
>> > +		vq->cached_flags = VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(1);
>> > +		if (queue_type == VTNET_RQ)
>> > +			vq->cached_flags |= VRING_DESC_F_WRITE;
>> > 	}
>> >
>> > 	/*
>> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
>> > index 771d3c3f6..3c354baef 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
>> > @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ virtqueue_enqueue_recv_refill_packed(struct virtqueue *vq,
>> > 				     struct rte_mbuf **cookie, uint16_t num)
>> > {
>> > 	struct vring_packed_desc *start_dp = vq->ring_packed.desc_packed;
>> > -	uint16_t flags = VRING_DESC_F_WRITE | vq->avail_used_flags;
>> > +	uint16_t flags = vq->cached_flags;
>> > 	struct virtio_hw *hw = vq->hw;
>> > 	struct vq_desc_extra *dxp;
>> > 	uint16_t idx;
>> > @@ -460,11 +460,9 @@ virtqueue_enqueue_recv_refill_packed(struct virtqueue *vq,
>> > 		start_dp[idx].flags = flags;
>> > 		if (++vq->vq_avail_idx >= vq->vq_nentries) {
>> > 			vq->vq_avail_idx -= vq->vq_nentries;
>> > -			vq->avail_wrap_counter ^= 1;
>> > -			vq->avail_used_flags =
>> > -				VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(vq->avail_wrap_counter) |
>> > -				VRING_DESC_F_USED(!vq->avail_wrap_counter);
>> > -			flags = VRING_DESC_F_WRITE | vq->avail_used_flags;
>> > +			vq->cached_flags ^=
>> > +				VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(1) | VRING_DESC_F_USED(1);
>> > +			flags = vq->cached_flags;
>>
>> same here. it's not really cached, it's pre-calculated. And here we
>> could also use a pre-calculated constand/define.
>
>For pre-calculated constant/define, do you mean VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL(1)
>and VRING_DESC_F_USED(1)? There is still little code in virtio-user
>using them without constantly passing 1. I planned to fully get rid
>of them in a separate patch later (but I can do it in this series if
>anyone wants).

Yes, that's what I meant. And it's fine by me if you do it in a
follow-up.

>
>>
>> Otherwise looks good! Did you see any performance improvements?
>
>Yeah, I saw slightly better performance in a quick test.

Nice.

Reviewed-by: Jens Freimann <jfreimann@redhat.com> 

regards,
Jens 
>
>>
>>
>> regards,
>> Jens

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-03-19 10:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-19  6:43 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/10] net/virtio: cleanups and fixes for packed/split ring Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43 ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/10] net/virtio: fix typo in packed ring init Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43   ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  8:39   ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19  8:39     ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 12:46   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 12:46     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19  6:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/10] net/virtio: fix interrupt helper for packed ring Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43   ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19 12:48   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 12:48     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19  6:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/10] net/virtio: add missing barrier in interrupt enable Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43   ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19 12:49   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 12:49     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19  6:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/10] net/virtio: optimize flags update for packed ring Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43   ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  8:54   ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19  8:54     ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19  9:37     ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  9:37       ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19 10:11       ` Jens Freimann [this message]
2019-03-19 10:11         ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 12:50         ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 12:50           ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 12:58   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 12:58     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19  6:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/10] net/virtio: refactor virtqueue structure Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43   ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  9:44   ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19  9:44     ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 10:09     ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19 10:09       ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19 13:28       ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 13:28         ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 13:47         ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 13:47           ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 13:50           ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 13:50             ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 14:59             ` Kevin Traynor
2019-03-19 14:59               ` Kevin Traynor
2019-03-20  4:40               ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-20  4:40                 ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-20 17:50                 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-03-20 17:50                   ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-03-21 14:18                   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-21 14:18                     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-20  4:35         ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-20  4:35           ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19 13:28   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 13:28     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19  6:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/10] net/virtio: drop redundant suffix in packed ring structure Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43   ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  9:47   ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19  9:47     ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 13:29   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 13:29     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19  6:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/10] net/virtio: drop unused field in Tx region structure Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43   ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  9:51   ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19  9:51     ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 13:33   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 13:33     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19  6:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/10] net/virtio: add interrupt helper for split ring Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43   ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  9:53   ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19  9:53     ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 13:34   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 13:34     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19  6:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/10] net/virtio: add ctrl vq " Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43   ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  9:54   ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19  9:54     ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 13:54   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 13:54     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19  6:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/10] net/virtio: improve batching in standard Rx path Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19  6:43   ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19 10:04   ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 10:04     ` Jens Freimann
2019-03-19 10:28     ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19 10:28       ` Tiwei Bie
2019-03-19 11:08       ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 11:08         ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 14:15   ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-19 14:15     ` Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-20  7:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/10] net/virtio: cleanups and fixes for packed/split ring Maxime Coquelin
2019-03-20  7:35   ` Maxime Coquelin

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