From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (smtprelay01.ispgateway.de [80.67.31.35]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5CC49256 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 2016 10:37:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from [87.172.153.42] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:AES128-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aGO3C-0005VT-Bh; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:37:10 +0100 From: Ralf Hoffmann To: sergio.gonzalez.monroy@intel.com Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 10:37:05 +0100 Message-Id: <1451986625-16645-2-git-send-email-ralf.hoffmann@allegro-packets.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.0 In-Reply-To: <1451986625-16645-1-git-send-email-ralf.hoffmann@allegro-packets.com> References: <55EEEF99.2000708@intel.com> <1451986625-16645-1-git-send-email-ralf.hoffmann@allegro-packets.com> X-Df-Sender: cmFsZi5ob2ZmbWFubkBhbGxlZ3JvLXBhY2tldHMuY29t Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/1] eal/linux: change hugepage sorting to avoid overlapping memcpy 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: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 09:37:11 -0000 with only one hugepage or already sorted hugepage addresses, the sort function called memcpy with same src and dst pointer. Debugging with valgrind will issue a warning about overlapping area. This patch changes the sort method to qsort to avoid this behavior, according to original patch from Jay Rolette . The separate sort function is no longer necessary. Signed-off-by: Ralf Hoffmann --- v3: * set commit title to eal/linux v2: * incorporate patch from http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/2061/ to use qsort instead of bubble sort, original patch by Jay Rolette lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c | 60 ++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c index 846fd31..a96d10a 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c @@ -701,54 +701,23 @@ error: return -1; } -/* - * Sort the hugepg_tbl by physical address (lower addresses first on x86, - * higher address first on powerpc). We use a slow algorithm, but we won't - * have millions of pages, and this is only done at init time. - */ static int -sort_by_physaddr(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi) +cmp_physaddr(const void *a, const void *b) { - unsigned i, j; - int compare_idx; - uint64_t compare_addr; - struct hugepage_file tmp; - - for (i = 0; i < hpi->num_pages[0]; i++) { - compare_addr = 0; - compare_idx = -1; - - /* - * browse all entries starting at 'i', and find the - * entry with the smallest addr - */ - for (j=i; j< hpi->num_pages[0]; j++) { - - if (compare_addr == 0 || -#ifdef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64 - hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr > compare_addr) { +#ifndef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64 + const struct hugepage_file *p1 = (const struct hugepage_file *)a; + const struct hugepage_file *p2 = (const struct hugepage_file *)b; #else - hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr < compare_addr) { + /* PowerPC needs memory sorted in reverse order from x86 */ + const struct hugepage_file *p1 = (const struct hugepage_file *)b; + const struct hugepage_file *p2 = (const struct hugepage_file *)a; #endif - compare_addr = hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr; - compare_idx = j; - } - } - - /* should not happen */ - if (compare_idx == -1) { - RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): error in physaddr sorting\n", __func__); - return -1; - } - - /* swap the 2 entries in the table */ - memcpy(&tmp, &hugepg_tbl[compare_idx], - sizeof(struct hugepage_file)); - memcpy(&hugepg_tbl[compare_idx], &hugepg_tbl[i], - sizeof(struct hugepage_file)); - memcpy(&hugepg_tbl[i], &tmp, sizeof(struct hugepage_file)); - } - return 0; + if (p1->physaddr < p2->physaddr) + return -1; + else if (p1->physaddr > p2->physaddr) + return 1; + else + return 0; } /* @@ -1195,8 +1164,7 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void) goto fail; } - if (sort_by_physaddr(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi) < 0) - goto fail; + qsort(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi->num_pages[0], sizeof(struct hugepage_file), cmp_physaddr); #ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS /* remap all hugepages into single file segments */ -- 2.5.0