From: Kiran Kumar <kkokkilagadda@caviumnetworks.com>
To: jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com, maciej.czekaj@caviumnetworks.com,
ferruh.yigit@intel.com
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Kiran Kumar <kkokkilagadda@caviumnetworks.com>,
stable@dpdk.org
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/thunderx: avoid sq door bell writes on zero packets
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:54:36 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1531297476-4604-1-git-send-email-kkokkilagadda@caviumnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1531293723-930-1-git-send-email-kkokkilagadda@caviumnetworks.com>
Avoid sq door bell write on zero packet case to reduce additional
traffic on register bus.
Fixes: 1c421f18e0 ("net/thunderx: add single and multi-segment Tx")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Kiran Kumar <kkokkilagadda@caviumnetworks.com>
---
v2 Changes:
- changed summery and description.
- added same optimization to nicvf_xmit_pkts_multiseg
drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_rxtx.c | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_rxtx.c
index 72305d9..6e075e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_rxtx.c
@@ -162,12 +162,14 @@ nicvf_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
free_desc -= TX_DESC_PER_PKT;
}
- sq->tail = tail;
- sq->xmit_bufs += i;
- rte_wmb();
+ if (likely(i)) {
+ sq->tail = tail;
+ sq->xmit_bufs += i;
+ rte_wmb();
- /* Inform HW to xmit the packets */
- nicvf_addr_write(sq->sq_door, i * TX_DESC_PER_PKT);
+ /* Inform HW to xmit the packets */
+ nicvf_addr_write(sq->sq_door, i * TX_DESC_PER_PKT);
+ }
return i;
}
@@ -218,12 +220,14 @@ nicvf_xmit_pkts_multiseg(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
}
}
- sq->tail = tail;
- sq->xmit_bufs += used_bufs;
- rte_wmb();
+ if (likely(used_desc)) {
+ sq->tail = tail;
+ sq->xmit_bufs += used_bufs;
+ rte_wmb();
- /* Inform HW to xmit the packets */
- nicvf_addr_write(sq->sq_door, used_desc);
+ /* Inform HW to xmit the packets */
+ nicvf_addr_write(sq->sq_door, used_desc);
+ }
return i;
}
--
2.7.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-11 8:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-11 7:22 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/thunderx: Block sq door writes on zero pkts Kiran Kumar
2018-07-11 7:37 ` Jerin Jacob
2018-07-11 8:24 ` Kiran Kumar [this message]
2018-07-11 9:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/thunderx: avoid sq door bell writes on zero packets Jerin Jacob
2018-07-18 9:41 ` Ferruh Yigit
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