From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 882AD8DB5 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:56:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Nov 2015 00:56:31 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.20,321,1444719600"; d="scan'208";a="855586440" Received: from unknown (HELO dpdk5.sh.intel.com) ([10.239.129.244]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Nov 2015 00:56:19 -0800 From: Zhihong Wang To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:53:46 -0500 Message-Id: <1447984428-137897-1-git-send-email-zhihong.wang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC v2 0/2] Reduce DPDK initialization time 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: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:56:48 -0000 This RFC patch aims to reduce DPDK initialization time, which is important in cases such as micro service. Changes are: 1. Reduce timer initialization time 2. Remove unnecessary hugepage zero-filling operations With this patch: 1. Timer initialization time can be reduced by 4/10 second 2. Memory initialization time can be reduced nearly by half The 2nd topic has been brought up before in this thread: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/4219/ -------------- Changes in v2: 1. Use MAP_POPULATE flag to populate page tables 2. Add comments to avoid future misunderstanding Zhihong Wang (2): lib/librte_eal: Reduce timer initialization time lib/librte_eal: Remove unnecessary hugepage zero-filling lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c | 20 ++++++-------------- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) -- 2.5.0