Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: optimize free counter lookup

[Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suanming Mou <suanmingm@mellanox.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 11:13 AM
> To: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>; Slava Ovsiienko
> <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: optimize free counter lookup
> 
> Currently, when allocate a new counter, it needs loop the whole
> container pool list to get a free counter.
> 
> In the case with millions of counters allocated, and all the pools
> are empty, allocate the new counter will still need to loop the
> whole container pool list first, then allocate a new pool to get a
> free counter. It wastes the cycles during the pool list traversal.
> 
> Add a global free counter list in the container helps to get the free
> counters more efficiently.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suanming Mou <suanmingm@mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
> ---
> 
> v2: update the commit title.
> 
> This patch should be integrated after
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Patch applied to next-net-mlx,

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh