[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: add packet data prefetch in macswap loop
Jerin Jacob
jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com
Tue May 3 14:46:43 CEST 2016
On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 05:48:02PM +0000, De Lara Guarch, Pablo wrote:
> Hi Jerin,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerin Jacob [mailto:jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com]
> > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 1:00 PM
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: De Lara Guarch, Pablo; Jerin Jacob
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: add packet data prefetch in
> > macswap loop
> >
> > prefetch the next packet data address in advance in macswap loop
> > for performance improvement.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com>
> > ---
> > app/test-pmd/macswap.c | 3 +++
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/app/test-pmd/macswap.c b/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
> > index 154889d..c10f4b5 100644
> > --- a/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
> > +++ b/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
> > @@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ pkt_burst_mac_swap(struct fwd_stream *fs)
> > if (txp->tx_ol_flags & TESTPMD_TX_OFFLOAD_INSERT_QINQ)
> > ol_flags |= PKT_TX_QINQ_PKT;
> > for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
> > + if (likely(i < nb_rx - 1))
> > + rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkts_burst[i + 1],
> > + void *));
> > mb = pkts_burst[i];
> > eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb, struct ether_hdr *);
> >
> > --
> > 2.1.0
>
> This looks good. Could you also add it in the other forwarding modes (the ones that make changes in the packets)?
OK Pablo.
I will add the similar logic in the following forwarding modes in
testpmd.
macswap
macfwd
macfwd-retry
csumonly
icmpecho
/Jerin
>
> Thanks,
> Pablo
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