[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/5] vhost: do not inline packed and split functions

[Maxime Coquelin]

At runtime either packed Tx/Rx functions will always be called,
or split Tx/Rx functions will always be called.

This patch removes the forced inlining in order to reduce
the I-cache pressure.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>
---
 lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
index a6a33a1013..8aeb180016 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ copy_mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	return error;
 }
 
-static __rte_always_inline uint32_t
+static __rte_noinline uint32_t
 virtio_dev_rx_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
 {
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ virtio_dev_rx_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	return pkt_idx;
 }
 
-static __rte_always_inline uint32_t
+static __rte_noinline uint32_t
 virtio_dev_rx_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
 {
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ get_zmbuf(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static __rte_always_inline uint16_t
+static __rte_noinline uint16_t
 virtio_dev_tx_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count)
 {
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ virtio_dev_tx_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	return i;
 }
 
-static __rte_always_inline uint16_t
+static __rte_noinline uint16_t
 virtio_dev_tx_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count)
 {
-- 
2.21.0