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 355991BCD8 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 03:30:21 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: UNSCANNABLE X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga006.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.20]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Dec 2018 18:30:20 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.56,379,1539673200"; d="scan'208";a="303951584" Received: from dpdk-tbie.sh.intel.com ([10.67.104.173]) by fmsmga006.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Dec 2018 18:30:18 -0800 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:28:15 +0800 From: Tiwei Bie To: Maxime Coquelin Cc: dev@dpdk.org, i.maximets@samsung.com, zhihong.wang@intel.com, jfreiman@redhat.com, mst@redhat.com Message-ID: <20181221022815.GA4425@dpdk-tbie.sh.intel.com> References: <20181220164755.8509-1-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181220164755.8509-1-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] vhost: batch used descs chains write-back with packed ring X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 02:30:21 -0000 On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 05:47:55PM +0100, Maxime Coquelin wrote: > Instead of writing back descriptors chains in order, let's > write the first chain flags last in order to improve batching. > > Also, move the write barrier in logging cache sync, so that it > is done only when logging is enabled. It means there is now > one more barrier for split ring when logging is enabled. > > With Kernel's pktgen benchmark, ~3% performance gain is measured. > > Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin > --- > lib/librte_vhost/vhost.h | 2 ++ > lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- > 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.h b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.h > index 3b3265c4b..7d1d8a308 100644 > --- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.h > +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.h > @@ -457,6 +457,8 @@ vhost_log_cache_sync(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq) > !dev->log_base)) > return; > > + rte_smp_wmb(); Better to also remove below comments (which can be done when applying the patch): https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/blob/dafc04c15174/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.h#L461-L464 Reviewed-by: Tiwei Bie > + > log_base = (unsigned long *)(uintptr_t)dev->log_base; > > /* > diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c > index 8c657a101..02c1fd3a4 100644 > --- a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c > +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c > @@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ flush_shadow_used_ring_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, > { > int i; > uint16_t used_idx = vq->last_used_idx; > + uint16_t head_idx = vq->last_used_idx; > + uint16_t head_flags = 0; > > /* Split loop in two to save memory barriers */ > for (i = 0; i < vq->shadow_used_idx; i++) { > @@ -126,12 +128,17 @@ flush_shadow_used_ring_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, > flags &= ~VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL; > } > > - vq->desc_packed[vq->last_used_idx].flags = flags; > + if (i > 0) { > + vq->desc_packed[vq->last_used_idx].flags = flags; > > - vhost_log_cache_used_vring(dev, vq, > + vhost_log_cache_used_vring(dev, vq, > vq->last_used_idx * > sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc), > sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc)); > + } else { > + head_idx = vq->last_used_idx; > + head_flags = flags; > + } > > vq->last_used_idx += vq->shadow_used_packed[i].count; > if (vq->last_used_idx >= vq->size) { > @@ -140,7 +147,13 @@ flush_shadow_used_ring_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, > } > } > > - rte_smp_wmb(); > + vq->desc_packed[head_idx].flags = head_flags; > + > + vhost_log_cache_used_vring(dev, vq, > + head_idx * > + sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc), > + sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc)); > + > vq->shadow_used_idx = 0; > vhost_log_cache_sync(dev, vq); > } > -- > 2.17.2 >