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Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200707050709.205480-1-patrick.fu@intel.com> Content-Language: en-US X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=maxime.coquelin@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/2] introduce asynchronous data path for vhost 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Hi Patrick, Thanks for the series. I think we miss a chapter in the Vhost lib documentation to explain what this new API is about. Do you think you can write something by -rc3? Thanks in advance, Maxime On 7/7/20 7:07 AM, patrick.fu@intel.com wrote: > From: Patrick Fu > > Performing large memory copies usually takes up a major part of CPU > cycles and becomes the hot spot in vhost-user enqueue operation. To > offload expensive memory operations from the CPU, this patch set > proposes to leverage DMA engines, e.g., I/OAT, a DMA engine in the > Intel's processor, to accelerate large copies. > > Large copies are offloaded from the CPU to the DMA in an asynchronous > manner. The CPU just submits copy jobs to the DMA but without waiting > for its copy completion. Thus, there is no CPU intervention during > data transfer; we can save precious CPU cycles and improve the overall > throughput for vhost-user based applications, like OVS. During packet > transmission, it offloads large copies to the DMA and performs small > copies by the CPU, due to startup overheads associated with the DMA. > > This patch set construct a general framework that applications can > leverage to attach DMA channels with vhost-user transmit queues. Four > new RTE APIs are introduced to vhost library for applications to > register and use the asynchronous data path. In addition, two new DMA > operation callbacks are defined, by which vhost-user asynchronous data > path can interact with DMA hardware. Currently only enqueue operation > for split queue is implemented, but the framework is flexible to extend > support for packed queue. > > v2: > update meson file for new header file > update rte_vhost_version.map to include new APIs > rename async APIs/structures to be prefixed with "rte_vhost" > rename some variables/structures for readibility > correct minor typo in comments/license statements > refine memory allocation logic for vq internal buffer > add error message printing in some failure cases > check inflight async packets in unregistration API call > mark new APIs as experimental > > v3: > use atomic_xxx() functions in updating ring index > fix a bug in async enqueue failure handling > > v4: > part of the fix intended in v3 patch was missed, this patch > adds all thoes fixes > > v5: > minor changes on some function/variable names > reset CPU batch copy packet count when async enqueue error > occurs > disable virtio log feature in async copy mode > minor optimization on async shadow index flush > > v6: > add some background introduction in the commit message > > Patrick Fu (2): > vhost: introduce async enqueue registration API > vhost: introduce async enqueue for split ring > > lib/librte_vhost/Makefile | 2 +- > lib/librte_vhost/meson.build | 2 +- > lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h | 1 + > lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_async.h | 176 ++++++++ > lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_version.map | 4 + > lib/librte_vhost/socket.c | 27 ++ > lib/librte_vhost/vhost.c | 127 +++++- > lib/librte_vhost/vhost.h | 30 +- > lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c | 23 +- > lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c | 551 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 10 files changed, 934 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_async.h >