From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D15F4B39E for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:57:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 17 Sep 2014 03:02:41 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.04,540,1406617200"; d="scan'208";a="600872926" Received: from irvmail001.ir.intel.com ([163.33.26.43]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 17 Sep 2014 03:01:43 -0700 Received: from sivswdev02.ir.intel.com (sivswdev02.ir.intel.com [10.237.217.46]) by irvmail001.ir.intel.com (8.14.3/8.13.6/MailSET/Hub) with ESMTP id s8HA1giJ017171; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:01:42 +0100 Received: from sivswdev02.ir.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sivswdev02.ir.intel.com with ESMTP id s8HA1grK015534; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:01:42 +0100 Received: (from bricha3@localhost) by sivswdev02.ir.intel.com with id s8HA1gtP015524; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:01:42 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:01:39 +0100 Message-Id: <1410948102-12740-3-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 In-Reply-To: <1410948102-12740-1-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> References: <1410948102-12740-1-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] ixgbe: add prefetch to improve slow-path tx perf X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:57:04 -0000 Make a small improvement to slow path TX performance by adding in a prefetch for the second mbuf cache line. Also move assignment of l2/l3 length values only when needed. Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson --- lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c index 6f702b3..c0bb49f 100644 --- a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c +++ b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c @@ -565,25 +565,26 @@ ixgbe_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, ixgbe_xmit_cleanup(txq); } + rte_prefetch0(&txe->mbuf->pool); + /* TX loop */ for (nb_tx = 0; nb_tx < nb_pkts; nb_tx++) { new_ctx = 0; tx_pkt = *tx_pkts++; pkt_len = tx_pkt->pkt_len; - RTE_MBUF_PREFETCH_TO_FREE(txe->mbuf); - /* * Determine how many (if any) context descriptors * are needed for offload functionality. */ ol_flags = tx_pkt->ol_flags; - vlan_macip_lens.f.vlan_tci = tx_pkt->vlan_tci; - vlan_macip_lens.f.l2_l3_len = tx_pkt->l2_l3_len; /* If hardware offload required */ tx_ol_req = ol_flags & PKT_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK; if (tx_ol_req) { + vlan_macip_lens.f.vlan_tci = tx_pkt->vlan_tci; + vlan_macip_lens.f.l2_l3_len = tx_pkt->l2_l3_len; + /* If new context need be built or reuse the exist ctx. */ ctx = what_advctx_update(txq, tx_ol_req, vlan_macip_lens.data); @@ -720,7 +721,7 @@ ixgbe_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, &txr[tx_id]; txn = &sw_ring[txe->next_id]; - RTE_MBUF_PREFETCH_TO_FREE(txn->mbuf); + rte_prefetch0(&txn->mbuf->pool); if (txe->mbuf != NULL) { rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(txe->mbuf); @@ -749,6 +750,7 @@ ixgbe_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, do { txd = &txr[tx_id]; txn = &sw_ring[txe->next_id]; + rte_prefetch0(&txn->mbuf->pool); if (txe->mbuf != NULL) rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(txe->mbuf); -- 1.9.3