From: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>
To: "Xie, Huawei" <huawei.xie@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
Victor Kaplansky <vkaplans@redhat.com>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/5] vhost: do not use rte_memcpy for virtio_hdr copy
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:35:58 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160127063558.GI4257@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C37D651A908B024F974696C65296B57B4C5B05A6@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com>
On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 06:16:37AM +0000, Xie, Huawei wrote:
> On 1/27/2016 2:02 PM, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 05:56:56AM +0000, Xie, Huawei wrote:
> >> On 1/27/2016 11:22 AM, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 02:46:39AM +0000, Xie, Huawei wrote:
> >>>> On 12/3/2015 2:03 PM, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> >>>>> + if (vq->vhost_hlen == sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf)) {
> >>>>> + *(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *)(uintptr_t)desc_addr = hdr;
> >>>>> + } else {
> >>>>> + *(struct virtio_net_hdr *)(uintptr_t)desc_addr = hdr.hdr;
> >>>>> + }
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>> We might simplify this further. Just reset the first two fields flags
> >>>> and gso_type.
> >>> What's this "simplification" for? Don't even to say that we will add
> >>> TSO support, which modifies few more files, such as csum_start: reseting
> >>> the first two fields only is wrong here.
> >> I know TSO before commenting, but at least in this implementation and
> >> this specific patch, i guess zeroing two fields are enough.
> >>
> >> What is wrong resetting only two fields?
> > I then have to ask "What is the benifit of resetting only two fields"?
> > If doing so, we have to change it back for TSO. My proposal requires no
> > extra change when adding TSO support.
>
> ? Benefit is we save four unnecessary stores.
Hmm..., the hdr size is 12 bytes at most. I mean, does it really matter,
coping 3 bytes, or coping 12 bytes in a row?
--yliu
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-27 6:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-03 6:06 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5 for 2.3] vhost rxtx refactor Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-03 6:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] vhost: refactor rte_vhost_dequeue_burst Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-03 7:02 ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-12-03 7:25 ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-03 7:03 ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-12-12 6:55 ` Rich Lane
2015-12-14 1:55 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-26 10:30 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-27 3:26 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-27 6:12 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-27 6:16 ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-03 6:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] vhost: refactor virtio_dev_rx Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-11 20:42 ` Rich Lane
2015-12-14 1:47 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-21 13:50 ` Jérôme Jutteau
2016-01-27 3:27 ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-03 6:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] vhost: refactor virtio_dev_merge_rx Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-03 6:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/5] vhost: do not use rte_memcpy for virtio_hdr copy Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-27 2:46 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-27 3:22 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-27 5:56 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-27 6:02 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-27 6:16 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-27 6:35 ` Yuanhan Liu [this message]
2015-12-03 6:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/5] vhost: don't use unlikely for VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF detection Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-17 22:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5 for 2.3] vhost rxtx refactor Thomas Monjalon
2016-02-18 4:09 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-18 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] " Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-18 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] vhost: refactor rte_vhost_dequeue_burst Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-03 16:21 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-04 2:21 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 2:19 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 2:44 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-03 16:30 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-04 2:17 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 2:32 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 2:48 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 2:59 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 6:14 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-03 17:19 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-04 2:11 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 2:55 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-03 17:40 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-04 2:32 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 3:02 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 3:03 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-02-18 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] vhost: refactor virtio_dev_rx Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 3:34 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-08 12:27 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-18 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/7] vhost: refactor virtio_dev_merge_rx Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 6:22 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 6:36 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 6:38 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 6:51 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 7:03 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 7:16 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 8:20 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 7:52 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 8:38 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 9:27 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-02-18 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/7] vhost: do not use rte_memcpy for virtio_hdr copy Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 1:20 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 4:20 ` Stephen Hemminger
2016-03-07 5:24 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 6:21 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-18 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/7] vhost: don't use unlikely for VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF detection Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-18 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/7] vhost: do sanity check for desc->len Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-18 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/7] vhost: do sanity check for desc->next Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-07 3:10 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-03-07 6:57 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-29 16:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] vhost rxtx refactor Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-01 6:01 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-10 4:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/8] vhost rxtx refactor and fixes Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-10 4:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/8] vhost: refactor rte_vhost_dequeue_burst Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-10 4:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/8] vhost: refactor virtio_dev_rx Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-10 4:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/8] vhost: refactor virtio_dev_merge_rx Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-11 16:18 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-14 7:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-10 4:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/8] vhost: do not use rte_memcpy for virtio_hdr copy Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-10 4:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/8] vhost: don't use unlikely for VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF detection Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-10 4:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/8] vhost: do sanity check for desc->len Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-10 4:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/8] vhost: do sanity check for desc->next against with vq->size Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-10 4:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 8/8] vhost: avoid dead loop chain Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-14 23:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/8] vhost rxtx refactor and fixes Thomas Monjalon
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