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From: Feifei Wang <feifei.wang2@arm.com>
To: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com>,
	Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, nd@arm.com, Feifei Wang <feifei.wang2@arm.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] ring: use element APIs to implement legacy APIs
Date: Fri,  3 Jul 2020 18:26:51 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200703102651.8918-4-feifei.wang2@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200703102651.8918-1-feifei.wang2@arm.com>

Use rte_ring_xxx_elem_xxx APIs to replace legacy API implementation.
This reduces code duplication and improves code maintenance.

aarch64:
HW:N1sdp, 1 socket, 4 cores, 1 thread/core, 2.6GHz
OS:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, Kernel: 5.4.0+
DPDK: 20.05-rc3, Configuration: arm64-n1sdp-linux-gcc
gcc:9.2.1

$sudo ./arm64-n1sdp-linux-gcc/app/test -l 1-2
RTE>>ring_perf_autotest

test results on aarch64 in the case of esize 4:

                                     without this patch   with this patch
Testing burst enq/deq
legacy APIs: SP/SC: burst (size: 8):          1.11              1.10
legacy APIs: SP/SC: burst (size: 32):         1.95              1.97
legacy APIs: MP/MC: burst (size: 8):          1.86              1.94
legacy APIs: MP/MC: burst (size: 32):         2.65              2.69
Testing bulk enq/deq
legacy APIs: SP/SC: bulk (size: 8):           1.08              1.09
legacy APIs: SP/SC: bulk (size: 32):          1.89              1.90
legacy APIs: MP/MC: bulk (size: 8):           1.85              1.98
legacy APIs: MP/MC: bulk (size: 32):          2.65              2.69

x86:
HW: dell, CPU Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6240, 2 sockets, 18 cores/socket,
1 thread/core, 3.3GHz
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Kernel: 5.4.0-37-generic
DPDK: 20.05-rc3, Configuration: x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
gcc: 9.3.0

$sudo ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/test -l 14,16
RTE>>ring_perf_autotest

test results on x86 in the case of esize 4:

                                     without this patch   with this patch
Testing burst enq/deq
legacy APIs: SP/SC: burst (size: 8):          29.35             27.78
legacy APIs: SP/SC: burst (size: 32):         73.11             73.39
legacy APIs: MP/MC: burst (size: 8):          62.36             62.37
legacy APIs: MP/MC: burst (size: 32):         101.01            101.03
Testing bulk enq/deq
legacy APIs: SP/SC: bulk (size: 8):           25.94             29.55
legacy APIs: SP/SC: bulk (size: 32):          70.00             78.87
legacy APIs: MP/MC: bulk (size: 8):           63.41             62.48
legacy APIs: MP/MC: bulk (size: 32):          105.86            103.84

Summary:
In aarch64 server with this patch, there is almost no performance
difference.
In x86 server with this patch, in some cases, the performance slightly
improve, in other cases, the performance slightly drop.

Signed-off-by: Feifei Wang <feifei.wang2@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang@arm.com>
---
 lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h | 284 ++++---------------------------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 254 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h
index 35f3f8c42..2a2190bfc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h
@@ -191,168 +191,6 @@ void rte_ring_free(struct rte_ring *r);
  */
 void rte_ring_dump(FILE *f, const struct rte_ring *r);
 
-/* the actual enqueue of pointers on the ring.
- * Placed here since identical code needed in both
- * single and multi producer enqueue functions */
-#define ENQUEUE_PTRS(r, ring_start, prod_head, obj_table, n, obj_type) do { \
-	unsigned int i; \
-	const uint32_t size = (r)->size; \
-	uint32_t idx = prod_head & (r)->mask; \
-	obj_type *ring = (obj_type *)ring_start; \
-	if (likely(idx + n < size)) { \
-		for (i = 0; i < (n & ~0x3); i += 4, idx += 4) { \
-			ring[idx] = obj_table[i]; \
-			ring[idx + 1] = obj_table[i + 1]; \
-			ring[idx + 2] = obj_table[i + 2]; \
-			ring[idx + 3] = obj_table[i + 3]; \
-		} \
-		switch (n & 0x3) { \
-		case 3: \
-			ring[idx++] = obj_table[i++]; /* fallthrough */ \
-		case 2: \
-			ring[idx++] = obj_table[i++]; /* fallthrough */ \
-		case 1: \
-			ring[idx++] = obj_table[i++]; \
-		} \
-	} else { \
-		for (i = 0; idx < size; i++, idx++)\
-			ring[idx] = obj_table[i]; \
-		for (idx = 0; i < n; i++, idx++) \
-			ring[idx] = obj_table[i]; \
-	} \
-} while (0)
-
-/* the actual copy of pointers on the ring to obj_table.
- * Placed here since identical code needed in both
- * single and multi consumer dequeue functions */
-#define DEQUEUE_PTRS(r, ring_start, cons_head, obj_table, n, obj_type) do { \
-	unsigned int i; \
-	uint32_t idx = cons_head & (r)->mask; \
-	const uint32_t size = (r)->size; \
-	obj_type *ring = (obj_type *)ring_start; \
-	if (likely(idx + n < size)) { \
-		for (i = 0; i < (n & ~0x3); i += 4, idx += 4) {\
-			obj_table[i] = ring[idx]; \
-			obj_table[i + 1] = ring[idx + 1]; \
-			obj_table[i + 2] = ring[idx + 2]; \
-			obj_table[i + 3] = ring[idx + 3]; \
-		} \
-		switch (n & 0x3) { \
-		case 3: \
-			obj_table[i++] = ring[idx++]; /* fallthrough */ \
-		case 2: \
-			obj_table[i++] = ring[idx++]; /* fallthrough */ \
-		case 1: \
-			obj_table[i++] = ring[idx++]; \
-		} \
-	} else { \
-		for (i = 0; idx < size; i++, idx++) \
-			obj_table[i] = ring[idx]; \
-		for (idx = 0; i < n; i++, idx++) \
-			obj_table[i] = ring[idx]; \
-	} \
-} while (0)
-
-/* Between load and load. there might be cpu reorder in weak model
- * (powerpc/arm).
- * There are 2 choices for the users
- * 1.use rmb() memory barrier
- * 2.use one-direction load_acquire/store_release barrier,defined by
- * CONFIG_RTE_USE_C11_MEM_MODEL=y
- * It depends on performance test results.
- * By default, move common functions to rte_ring_generic.h
- */
-#ifdef RTE_USE_C11_MEM_MODEL
-#include "rte_ring_c11_mem.h"
-#else
-#include "rte_ring_generic.h"
-#endif
-
-/**
- * @internal Enqueue several objects on the ring
- *
-  * @param r
- *   A pointer to the ring structure.
- * @param obj_table
- *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
- * @param n
- *   The number of objects to add in the ring from the obj_table.
- * @param behavior
- *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED:    Enqueue a fixed number of items from a ring
- *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE: Enqueue as many items as possible from ring
- * @param is_sp
- *   Indicates whether to use single producer or multi-producer head update
- * @param free_space
- *   returns the amount of space after the enqueue operation has finished
- * @return
- *   Actual number of objects enqueued.
- *   If behavior == RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, this will be 0 or n only.
- */
-static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
-__rte_ring_do_enqueue(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
-		 unsigned int n, enum rte_ring_queue_behavior behavior,
-		 unsigned int is_sp, unsigned int *free_space)
-{
-	uint32_t prod_head, prod_next;
-	uint32_t free_entries;
-
-	n = __rte_ring_move_prod_head(r, is_sp, n, behavior,
-			&prod_head, &prod_next, &free_entries);
-	if (n == 0)
-		goto end;
-
-	ENQUEUE_PTRS(r, &r[1], prod_head, obj_table, n, void *);
-
-	update_tail(&r->prod, prod_head, prod_next, is_sp, 1);
-end:
-	if (free_space != NULL)
-		*free_space = free_entries - n;
-	return n;
-}
-
-/**
- * @internal Dequeue several objects from the ring
- *
- * @param r
- *   A pointer to the ring structure.
- * @param obj_table
- *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
- * @param n
- *   The number of objects to pull from the ring.
- * @param behavior
- *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED:    Dequeue a fixed number of items from a ring
- *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE: Dequeue as many items as possible from ring
- * @param is_sc
- *   Indicates whether to use single consumer or multi-consumer head update
- * @param available
- *   returns the number of remaining ring entries after the dequeue has finished
- * @return
- *   - Actual number of objects dequeued.
- *     If behavior == RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, this will be 0 or n only.
- */
-static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
-__rte_ring_do_dequeue(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
-		 unsigned int n, enum rte_ring_queue_behavior behavior,
-		 unsigned int is_sc, unsigned int *available)
-{
-	uint32_t cons_head, cons_next;
-	uint32_t entries;
-
-	n = __rte_ring_move_cons_head(r, (int)is_sc, n, behavior,
-			&cons_head, &cons_next, &entries);
-	if (n == 0)
-		goto end;
-
-	DEQUEUE_PTRS(r, &r[1], cons_head, obj_table, n, void *);
-
-	update_tail(&r->cons, cons_head, cons_next, is_sc, 0);
-
-end:
-	if (available != NULL)
-		*available = entries - n;
-	return n;
-}
-
 /**
  * Enqueue several objects on the ring (multi-producers safe).
  *
@@ -375,8 +213,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_mp_enqueue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
 			 unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_enqueue(r, obj_table, n, RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED,
-			RTE_RING_SYNC_MT, free_space);
+	return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, free_space);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -398,8 +236,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
 			 unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_enqueue(r, obj_table, n, RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED,
-			RTE_RING_SYNC_ST, free_space);
+	return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, free_space);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -425,24 +263,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_enqueue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
 		      unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
 {
-	switch (r->prod.sync_type) {
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
-		return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, free_space);
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
-		return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, free_space);
-#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
-		return rte_ring_mp_rts_enqueue_bulk(r, obj_table, n,
-			free_space);
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_HTS:
-		return rte_ring_mp_hts_enqueue_bulk(r, obj_table, n,
-			free_space);
-#endif
-	}
-
-	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
-	RTE_ASSERT(0);
-	return 0;
+	return rte_ring_enqueue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, free_space);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -462,7 +284,7 @@ rte_ring_enqueue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
 static __rte_always_inline int
 rte_ring_mp_enqueue(struct rte_ring *r, void *obj)
 {
-	return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_bulk(r, &obj, 1, NULL) ? 0 : -ENOBUFS;
+	return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_elem(r, obj, sizeof(void *));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -479,7 +301,7 @@ rte_ring_mp_enqueue(struct rte_ring *r, void *obj)
 static __rte_always_inline int
 rte_ring_sp_enqueue(struct rte_ring *r, void *obj)
 {
-	return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk(r, &obj, 1, NULL) ? 0 : -ENOBUFS;
+	return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_elem(r, obj, sizeof(void *));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -500,7 +322,7 @@ rte_ring_sp_enqueue(struct rte_ring *r, void *obj)
 static __rte_always_inline int
 rte_ring_enqueue(struct rte_ring *r, void *obj)
 {
-	return rte_ring_enqueue_bulk(r, &obj, 1, NULL) ? 0 : -ENOBUFS;
+	return rte_ring_enqueue_elem(r, obj, sizeof(void *));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -525,8 +347,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_mc_dequeue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
 		unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_dequeue(r, obj_table, n, RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED,
-			RTE_RING_SYNC_MT, available);
+	return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, available);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -549,8 +371,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_sc_dequeue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
 		unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_dequeue(r, obj_table, n, RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED,
-			RTE_RING_SYNC_ST, available);
+	return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, available);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -576,22 +398,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_dequeue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table, unsigned int n,
 		unsigned int *available)
 {
-	switch (r->cons.sync_type) {
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
-		return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, available);
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
-		return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, available);
-#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
-		return rte_ring_mc_rts_dequeue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, available);
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_HTS:
-		return rte_ring_mc_hts_dequeue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, available);
-#endif
-	}
-
-	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
-	RTE_ASSERT(0);
-	return 0;
+	return rte_ring_dequeue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, available);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -612,7 +420,7 @@ rte_ring_dequeue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table, unsigned int n,
 static __rte_always_inline int
 rte_ring_mc_dequeue(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_p)
 {
-	return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_bulk(r, obj_p, 1, NULL)  ? 0 : -ENOENT;
+	return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_elem(r, obj_p, sizeof(void *));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -630,7 +438,7 @@ rte_ring_mc_dequeue(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_p)
 static __rte_always_inline int
 rte_ring_sc_dequeue(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_p)
 {
-	return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_bulk(r, obj_p, 1, NULL) ? 0 : -ENOENT;
+	return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_elem(r, obj_p, sizeof(void *));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -652,7 +460,7 @@ rte_ring_sc_dequeue(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_p)
 static __rte_always_inline int
 rte_ring_dequeue(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_p)
 {
-	return rte_ring_dequeue_bulk(r, obj_p, 1, NULL) ? 0 : -ENOENT;
+	return rte_ring_dequeue_elem(r, obj_p, sizeof(void *));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -860,8 +668,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_mp_enqueue_burst(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
 			 unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_enqueue(r, obj_table, n,
-			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE, RTE_RING_SYNC_MT, free_space);
+	return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, free_space);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -883,8 +691,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_sp_enqueue_burst(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
 			 unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_enqueue(r, obj_table, n,
-			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE, RTE_RING_SYNC_ST, free_space);
+	return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, free_space);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -910,24 +718,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_enqueue_burst(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
 		      unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
 {
-	switch (r->prod.sync_type) {
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
-		return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_burst(r, obj_table, n, free_space);
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
-		return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_burst(r, obj_table, n, free_space);
-#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
-		return rte_ring_mp_rts_enqueue_burst(r, obj_table, n,
-			free_space);
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_HTS:
-		return rte_ring_mp_hts_enqueue_burst(r, obj_table, n,
-			free_space);
-#endif
-	}
-
-	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
-	RTE_ASSERT(0);
-	return 0;
+	return rte_ring_enqueue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, free_space);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -954,8 +746,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_mc_dequeue_burst(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
 		unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_dequeue(r, obj_table, n,
-			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE, RTE_RING_SYNC_MT, available);
+	return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, available);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -979,8 +771,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_sc_dequeue_burst(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
 		unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_dequeue(r, obj_table, n,
-			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE, RTE_RING_SYNC_ST, available);
+	return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, available);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1006,24 +798,8 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_dequeue_burst(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
 		unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
 {
-	switch (r->cons.sync_type) {
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
-		return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_burst(r, obj_table, n, available);
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
-		return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_burst(r, obj_table, n, available);
-#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
-		return rte_ring_mc_rts_dequeue_burst(r, obj_table, n,
-			available);
-	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_HTS:
-		return rte_ring_mc_hts_dequeue_burst(r, obj_table, n,
-			available);
-#endif
-	}
-
-	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
-	RTE_ASSERT(0);
-	return 0;
+	return rte_ring_dequeue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, sizeof(void *),
+			n, available);
 }
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
-- 
2.17.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-07-03 10:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-03 10:26 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] ring clean up Feifei Wang
2020-07-03 10:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] ring: remove experimental tag for ring reset API Feifei Wang
2020-07-03 16:16   ` Kinsella, Ray
2020-07-03 18:46     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2020-07-06  6:23       ` Kinsella, Ray
2020-07-07  3:19         ` Feifei Wang
2020-07-07  7:40           ` Kinsella, Ray
2020-07-03 10:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] ring: remove experimental tag for ring element APIs Feifei Wang
2020-07-03 16:17   ` Kinsella, Ray
2020-07-07 14:44   ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-07-03 10:26 ` Feifei Wang [this message]
2020-07-07  5:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] ring: use element APIs to implement legacy APIs Feifei Wang
2020-07-07 14:04     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-07-07 16:21       ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2020-07-08  3:19         ` Feifei Wang
2020-07-07 20:07       ` David Christensen
2020-07-08  1:30         ` Feifei Wang
2020-07-08  1:21       ` Feifei Wang
2020-07-07 14:45   ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-07-08 14:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] ring clean up David Marchand
2020-07-08 17:05   ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-07-08 20:33     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2020-07-09  2:27     ` Feifei Wang

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