[PATCH v4 33/35] net/intel: use vector SW ring entry for simple path

[Medvedkin, Vladimir]

Acked-by: Vladimir Medvedkin <vladimir.medvedkin at intel.com>

On 2/9/2026 4:45 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> The simple scalar Tx path does not need to use the full sw_entry
> structure that the full Tx path uses, so rename the flag for "vector_tx"
> to instead be "use_vec_entry" since its sole purpose is to flag the use
> of the smaller tx_entry_vec structure. Then set this flag for the simple
> Tx path, giving us a perf boost.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/intel/common/tx.h                    |  6 ++++--
>   drivers/net/intel/common/tx_scalar.h             | 14 +++++++-------
>   drivers/net/intel/cpfl/cpfl_rxtx.c               |  4 ++--
>   drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c               |  2 +-
>   drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx2.c      |  2 +-
>   drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c                 |  2 +-
>   drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx_avx512.c |  2 +-
>   drivers/net/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_common.c  |  2 +-
>   8 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
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Regards,
Vladimir