[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/null: support bulk allocation

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 3/9/2018 11:09 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 3/8/2018 11:40 PM, Mallesh Koujalagi wrote:
>> Bulk allocation of multiple mbufs increased more than ~2%  and less
>> than 8% throughput on single core (1.8 GHz), based on usage for example
>> 1: Testpmd case: Two null devices with copy 8% improvement.
>>     testpmd -c 0x3 -n 4 --socket-mem 1024,1024
>> 	--vdev 'eth_null0,size=64,copy=1' --vdev 'eth_null1,size=64,copy=1'
>> 	-- -i -a --coremask=0x2 --txrst=64 --txfreet=64 --txd=256
>> 	--rxd=256 --rxfreet=64 --burst=64 --txpt=64 --txq=1 --rxq=1 --numa
>> 2. Ovs switch case: 2% improvement.
>> $VSCTL add-port ovs-br dpdk1 -- set Interface dpdk1 type=dpdk \
>>         options:dpdk-devargs=eth_null0,size=64,copy=1
>> $VSCTL add-port ovs-br dpdk2 -- set Interface dpdk2 type=dpdk \
>>         options:dpdk-devargs=eth_null1,size=64,copy=1
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mallesh Koujalagi <malleshx.koujalagi at intel.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.