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From: "Carrillo, Erik G" <erik.g.carrillo@intel.com>
To: Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>,
	"Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran" <jerinj@marvell.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/14] eventdev: move timer adapters memory to hugepage
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:57:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SA2PR11MB519671F2DAD4C0EFAABEB203B9B29@SA2PR11MB5196.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PH0PR18MB4086DF37FAD76842E7D7911EDEB29@PH0PR18MB4086.namprd18.prod.outlook.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 8, 2021 12:38 AM
> To: Carrillo, Erik G <erik.g.carrillo@intel.com>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
> <jerinj@marvell.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/14] eventdev: move timer adapters
> memory to hugepage
> 
> Hi Erik,
> 
> >Hi Pavan,
> >
> >Some comments below:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: pbhagavatula@marvell.com <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 1:50 AM
> >> To: jerinj@marvell.com; Carrillo, Erik G <erik.g.carrillo@intel.com>
> >> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/14] eventdev: move timer adapters
> >> memory to hugepage
> >>
> >> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> >>
> >> Move memory used by timer adapters to hugepage.
> >> Allocate memory on the first adapter create or lookup to address both
> >> primary and secondary process usecases.
> >> This will prevent TLB misses if any and aligns to memory structure of
> >other
> >> subsystems.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> >> ---
> >>  lib/eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.c | 24
> >> +++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/lib/eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.c
> >> b/lib/eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.c
> >> index ae55407042..c4dc7a5fd4 100644
> >> --- a/lib/eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.c
> >> +++ b/lib/eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.c
> >> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RTE_LOG_REGISTER_SUFFIX(evtim_logtype,
> >> adapter.timer, NOTICE);
> >> RTE_LOG_REGISTER_SUFFIX(evtim_buffer_logtype, adapter.timer,
> >NOTICE);
> >> RTE_LOG_REGISTER_SUFFIX(evtim_svc_logtype, adapter.timer.svc,
> >> NOTICE);
> >>
> >> -static struct rte_event_timer_adapter
> >> adapters[RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ADAPTER_NUM_MAX];
> >> +static struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapters;
> >>
> >>  static const struct event_timer_adapter_ops swtim_ops;
> >>
> >> @@ -138,6 +138,17 @@ rte_event_timer_adapter_create_ext(
> >>  	int n, ret;
> >>  	struct rte_eventdev *dev;
> >>
> >> +	if (adapters == NULL) {
> >> +		adapters = rte_zmalloc("Eventdev",
> >> +				       sizeof(struct
> >rte_event_timer_adapter) *
> >> +
> >> RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ADAPTER_NUM_MAX,
> >> +				       RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
> >> +		if (adapters == NULL) {
> >> +			rte_errno = ENOMEM;
> >> +			return NULL;
> >> +		}
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >>  	if (conf == NULL) {
> >>  		rte_errno = EINVAL;
> >>  		return NULL;
> >> @@ -312,6 +323,17 @@ rte_event_timer_adapter_lookup(uint16_t
> >> adapter_id)
> >>  	int ret;
> >>  	struct rte_eventdev *dev;
> >>
> >> +	if (adapters == NULL) {
> >> +		adapters = rte_zmalloc("Eventdev",
> >> +				       sizeof(struct
> >rte_event_timer_adapter) *
> >> +
> >> RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ADAPTER_NUM_MAX,
> >> +				       RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
> >> +		if (adapters == NULL) {
> >> +			rte_errno = ENOMEM;
> >> +			return NULL;
> >> +		}
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >>  	if (adapters[adapter_id].allocated)
> >>  		return &adapters[adapter_id]; /* Adapter is already
> >loaded
> >> */
> >>
> >> --
> >> 2.17.1
> >
> >The rte_event_timer_adapter struct has several fields that have per-
> >process values.
> >
> >For example, there are three fast path function pointers and each will
> >be assigned distinct addresses for each process in a multi-process
> >scenario.  The "allocated" field is also per-process.  With the changes
> >above, if a secondary process did a lookup() after a primary process
> >did a create(),  the secondary would get a reference to an object with
> >function pointers that are invalid in the secondary process.
> >
> 
> I understand, the current patch doesn't unify the memory between
> processes.
> Instead, we zmalloc the per-process 'array' that holds the adapter objects
> when ever the process calls either create or lookup and initialize the per-
> process data structure.
> 
> The pointer to the adapter array is static, so when ever a process is initialized
> it will be NULL.
> 

Ah, right - I missed that.  This looks OK to me now.

One other thing: we never do a free of the array we zmalloc'd, but it looks like we could in rte_event_timer_adapter_free(), if we were freeing the last adapter instance.  

> 
> >To fully move the adapter object table into shared hugepage memory,
> >those "per-process" members would need to be collected into a per-
> >process data structure that could be independently allocated for each
> >process.  However, that would add one more pointer dereference to get
> >to the fast path functions, and avoiding that was the original reason
> >to put those pointers there.  This is similar to the rte_eventdev struct.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Erik


  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-08 15:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-23 19:40 [dpdk-dev] [RFC 01/15] eventdev: make driver interface as internal pbhagavatula
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 02/15] eventdev: separate internal structures pbhagavatula
2021-10-14  9:11   ` Jerin Jacob
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 03/15] eventdev: move eventdevs globals to hugepage mem pbhagavatula
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 04/15] eventdev: move inline APIs into separate structure pbhagavatula
2021-09-08 12:03   ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 05/15] eventdev: add helper functions for new driver API pbhagavatula
2021-09-08 12:04   ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 06/15] eventdev: use new API for inline functions pbhagavatula
2021-08-30 14:41   ` Jayatheerthan, Jay
2021-08-30 14:46   ` David Marchand
2021-10-02 20:32     ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 07/15] eventdev: make drivers to use new API pbhagavatula
2021-09-08  6:43   ` Hemant Agrawal
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 08/15] eventdev: hide event device related structures pbhagavatula
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 09/15] eventdev: hide timer adapter pmd file pbhagavatula
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 10/15] eventdev: remove rte prefix for internal structs pbhagavatula
2021-08-30 14:42   ` Jayatheerthan, Jay
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 11/15] eventdev: reserve fields in timer object pbhagavatula
2021-08-23 20:42   ` Carrillo, Erik G
2021-08-24  5:16     ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2021-08-24 15:10   ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-09-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2021-09-07 21:02       ` Carrillo, Erik G
2021-09-07 21:31   ` [dpdk-dev] " Stephen Hemminger
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 12/15] eventdev: move timer adapters memory to hugepage pbhagavatula
2021-08-24 13:50   ` Carrillo, Erik G
2021-09-01  6:30     ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 13/15] eventdev: promote event vector API to stable pbhagavatula
2021-08-30 14:43   ` Jayatheerthan, Jay
2021-09-08 12:05   ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 14/15] eventdev: make trace APIs internal pbhagavatula
2021-08-30 14:47   ` Jayatheerthan, Jay
2021-08-23 19:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 15/15] eventdev: promote trace variables to stable pbhagavatula
2021-09-08 12:06   ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-08-24  7:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 01/15] eventdev: make driver interface as internal Mattias Rönnblom
2021-08-24  7:47   ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2021-08-24  8:05     ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2021-08-30 10:25   ` Mattias Rönnblom
2021-08-30 16:00     ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC] eventdev: uninline inline API functions Mattias Rönnblom
2021-08-31 12:28       ` Jerin Jacob
2021-08-31 12:34         ` Mattias Rönnblom
2021-09-28  9:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 01/15] eventdev: make driver interface as internal Jerin Jacob
2021-10-03  8:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/13] " pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/13] eventdev: separate internal structures pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/13] eventdev: allocate max space for internal arrays pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/13] eventdev: move inline APIs into separate structure pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/13] eventdev: use new API for inline functions pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/13] eventdev: hide event device related structures pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v 07/13] eventdev: hide timer adapter PMD file pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/13] eventdev: remove rte prefix for internal structs pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/13] eventdev: rearrange fields in timer object pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/13] eventdev: move timer adapters memory to hugepage pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/13] eventdev: promote event vector API to stable pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/13] eventdev: make trace APIs internal pbhagavatula
2021-10-03  8:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/13] eventdev: mark trace variables as internal pbhagavatula
2021-10-06  6:49   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/14] eventdev: make driver interface " pbhagavatula
2021-10-06  6:49     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/14] eventdev: separate internal structures pbhagavatula
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/14] eventdev: allocate max space for internal arrays pbhagavatula
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/14] eventdev: move inline APIs into separate structure pbhagavatula
2021-10-14  9:20       ` Jerin Jacob
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/14] drivers/event: invoke probing finish function pbhagavatula
2021-10-14  9:22       ` Jerin Jacob
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/14] eventdev: use new API for inline functions pbhagavatula
2021-10-11  9:51       ` Gujjar, Abhinandan S
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/14] eventdev: hide event device related structures pbhagavatula
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/14] eventdev: hide timer adapter PMD file pbhagavatula
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/14] eventdev: remove rte prefix for internal structs pbhagavatula
2021-10-11  9:58       ` Gujjar, Abhinandan S
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/14] eventdev: rearrange fields in timer object pbhagavatula
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/14] eventdev: move timer adapters memory to hugepage pbhagavatula
2021-10-07 20:49       ` Carrillo, Erik G
2021-10-08  5:38         ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2021-10-08 15:57           ` Carrillo, Erik G [this message]
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 12/14] eventdev: promote event vector API to stable pbhagavatula
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 13/14] eventdev: make trace APIs internal pbhagavatula
2021-10-11  9:59       ` Gujjar, Abhinandan S
2021-10-06  6:50     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 14/14] eventdev: mark trace variables as internal pbhagavatula
2021-10-06  7:11       ` David Marchand
2021-10-14  9:28         ` Jerin Jacob
2021-10-14  9:05     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/14] eventdev: make driver interface " Jerin Jacob
2021-10-14  9:08     ` Jerin Jacob
2021-10-15 19:02     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/14] eventdev: separate internal structures pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/14] eventdev: allocate max space for internal arrays pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/14] eventdev: move inline APIs into separate structure pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/14] drivers/event: invoke probing finish function pbhagavatula
2021-10-17 15:34         ` Hemant Agrawal
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/14] eventdev: use new API for inline functions pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/14] eventdev: hide event device related structures pbhagavatula
2021-10-18  7:07         ` Harman Kalra
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/14] eventdev: hide timer adapter PMD file pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 09/14] eventdev: remove rte prefix for internal structs pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 10/14] eventdev: rearrange fields in timer object pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 11/14] eventdev: move timer adapters memory to hugepage pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 12/14] eventdev: promote event vector API to stable pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 13/14] eventdev: make trace APIs internal pbhagavatula
2021-10-15 19:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 14/14] eventdev: mark trace variables as internal pbhagavatula
2021-10-17  5:58         ` Jerin Jacob
2021-10-18 15:06           ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2021-10-19  7:01             ` David Marchand
2021-10-17 15:35       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 01/14] eventdev: make driver interface " Hemant Agrawal
2021-10-18 23:35       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:35         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 02/14] eventdev: separate internal structures pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:35         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 03/14] eventdev: allocate max space for internal arrays pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:35         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 04/14] eventdev: move inline APIs into separate structure pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 05/14] drivers/event: invoke probing finish function pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 06/14] eventdev: use new API for inline functions pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 07/14] eventdev: hide event device related structures pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 08/14] eventdev: hide timer adapter PMD file pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 09/14] eventdev: remove rte prefix for internal structs pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 10/14] eventdev: rearrange fields in timer object pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 11/14] eventdev: move timer adapters memory to hugepage pbhagavatula
2021-10-20 20:24           ` Carrillo, Erik G
2021-10-18 23:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 12/14] eventdev: promote event vector API to stable pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 13/14] eventdev: make trace APIs internal pbhagavatula
2021-10-18 23:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 14/14] eventdev: mark trace variables as internal pbhagavatula
2021-10-20  4:01         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 01/14] eventdev: make driver interface " Jerin Jacob

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