[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: fix Tx doorbell memory barrier

Nélio Laranjeiro nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com
Wed Oct 25 11:19:34 CEST 2017


On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 05:27:25PM -0700, Yongseok Koh wrote:
> Configuring UAR as IO-mapped makes maximum throughput decline by noticeable
> amount. If UAR is configured as write-combining register, a write memory
> barrier is needed on ringing a doorbell. rte_wmb() is mostly effective when
> the size of a burst is comparatively small. Revert the register back to
> write-combining and enforce a write memory barrier instead, except for
> vectorized Tx burst routines. Application can change it by setting
> MLX5_SHUT_UP_BF under its own necessity.
> 
> Fixes: 9f9bebae5530 ("net/mlx5: don't map doorbell register to write combining")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> Cc: Sagi Grimberg <sagi at grimberg.me>
> Cc: Alexander Solganik <solganik at gmail.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yongseok Koh <yskoh at mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>

Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com>

Thanks,

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Nélio Laranjeiro
6WIND


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