[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] net/ixgbevf: set the inter-interrupt interval for EITR.

Tonghao Zhang xiangxia.m.yue at gmail.com
Thu Jan 11 15:46:29 CET 2018


On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 3:26 PM, Xing, Beilei <beilei.xing at intel.com> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Tonghao Zhang
>> Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 10:11 PM
>> To: dev at dpdk.org
>> Cc: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] net/ixgbevf: set the inter-interrupt interval
>> for EITR.
>>
>> Set EITR interval as default. This patch can improve the performance when
>> we enable the rx-intrrupt to process the packets because we hope rx-
>> intrrupt reduce CPU.
>>
>> The 200us value of EITR makes the performance better with the low CPU.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>> b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>> index e67389f..b20cab9 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>> @@ -5780,6 +5780,9 @@ static void ixgbevf_set_vfta_all(struct rte_eth_dev
>> *dev, bool on)
>>               if (vector_idx < base + intr_handle->nb_efd - 1)
>>                       vector_idx++;
>>       }
>> +
>> +     IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VTEITR(IXGBE_MISC_VEC_ID),
>> +                     IXGBE_EITR_INTERVAL_US(200) |
>
> Is it possible to configure interval via DPDK configuration? Just like CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_ITR_INTERVAL for i40e.
> Maybe the value is good for you but not suitable for other users.

Thanks  for you tips.
>
> Besides, seems the patches in the patchset have no dependency, needn't put them into one patchset, and then the Acked patch can be applied quickly.
>
>> IXGBE_EITR_CNT_WDIS);
>>  }
>>
>>  /**
>> --
>> 1.8.3.1
>


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