Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: improve MAC swap performance

["Zhang, Qi Z" <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ananyev, Konstantin
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 1:17 AM
> To: Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Wiles, Keith <keith.wiles@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>; Iremonger, Bernard
> <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>;
> stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: improve MAC swap performance
> 
> Hi Qi,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Qi Zhang
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 4:46 AM
> > To: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Wiles, Keith
> > <keith.wiles@intel.com>
> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>; Iremonger,
> > Bernard <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z
> > <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; stable@dpdk.org
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: improve MAC swap performance
> >
> > The patch optimizes the mac swap operation by taking advantage of SSE
> > instructions, it only impacts x86 platform.
> >
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  app/test-pmd/macswap.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/app/test-pmd/macswap.c b/app/test-pmd/macswap.c index
> > a8384d5b8..0722782b0 100644
> > --- a/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
> > +++ b/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
> > @@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ pkt_burst_mac_swap(struct fwd_stream *fs)
> >  	struct rte_port  *txp;
> >  	struct rte_mbuf  *mb;
> >  	struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
> > -	struct ether_addr addr;
> >  	uint16_t nb_rx;
> >  	uint16_t nb_tx;
> >  	uint16_t i;
> > @@ -95,6 +94,15 @@ pkt_burst_mac_swap(struct fwd_stream *fs)
> >  	start_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
> >  #endif
> >
> > +#ifdef RTE_ARCH_X86
> > +	__m128i addr;
> > +	__m128i shfl_msk = _mm_set_epi8(15, 14, 13, 12,
> > +					5, 4, 3, 2,
> > +					1, 0, 11, 10,
> > +					9, 8, 7, 6);
> > +#else
> > +	struct ether_addr addr;
> > +#endif
> 
> I think it would better to place IA specific code into a separate fnction (and
> probably into a separate .h file).

OK, I will think about how to rework this.

> BTW, just curious what % of improvement it gives?

So far , the only server I can test is a 1.6GHz Broadwell server with 2 ports on 1 i40e 25G.
The macswap performance is increase from 16.8mpps to 20mpps (about 19% improvement)
	
> Konstantin
> 
> 
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Receive a burst of packets and forward them.
> >  	 */
> > @@ -123,9 +131,15 @@ pkt_burst_mac_swap(struct fwd_stream *fs)
> >  		eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb, struct ether_hdr *);
> >
> >  		/* Swap dest and src mac addresses. */
> > +#ifdef RTE_ARCH_X86
> > +		addr = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i *)eth_hdr);
> > +		addr = _mm_shuffle_epi8(addr, shfl_msk);
> > +		_mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)eth_hdr, addr); #else
> >  		ether_addr_copy(&eth_hdr->d_addr, &addr);
> >  		ether_addr_copy(&eth_hdr->s_addr, &eth_hdr->d_addr);
> >  		ether_addr_copy(&addr, &eth_hdr->s_addr);
> > +#endif
> >
> >  		mb->ol_flags &= IND_ATTACHED_MBUF | EXT_ATTACHED_MBUF;
> >  		mb->ol_flags |= ol_flags;
> > --
> > 2.13.6