[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] mbuf: add bulk free function

Mattias Rönnblom mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com
Wed Sep 25 21:02:28 CEST 2019


On 2019-09-25 14:03, Morten Brørup wrote:
> Add function for freeing a bulk of mbufs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
> ---
>   lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h | 16 +++++-----------
>   2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
> index 37718d49c..b63a0eced 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
> @@ -245,6 +245,41 @@ int rte_mbuf_check(const struct rte_mbuf *m, int is_header,
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> +/**
> + * Maximum bulk of mbufs rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk() returns to mempool.
> + */
> +#define RTE_PKTMBUF_FREE_BULK_SZ 64
> +
> +/* Free a bulk of mbufs back into their original mempools. */
> +void rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk(struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int count)
> +{
> +	struct rte_mbuf *m, *free[RTE_PKTMBUF_FREE_BULK_SZ];
> +	unsigned int idx, nb_free = 0;
> +
> +	for (idx = 0; idx < count; idx++) {
> +		m = mbufs[idx];
> +		if (unlikely(m == NULL))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		__rte_mbuf_sanity_check(m, 1);
> +		m = rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg(m);
> +		if (unlikely(m == NULL))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		if (nb_free >= RTE_PKTMBUF_FREE_BULK_SZ ||
> +		    (nb_free > 0 && m->pool != free[0]->pool)) {

Maybe an unlikely() would be in order here?

> +			rte_mempool_put_bulk(free[0]->pool,
> +			                     (void **)free, nb_free);
> +			nb_free = 0;
> +		}
> +
> +		free[nb_free++] = m;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (nb_free > 0)
> +		rte_mempool_put_bulk(free[0]->pool, (void **)free, nb_free);
> +}
> +
>   /* dump a mbuf on console */
>   void
>   rte_pktmbuf_dump(FILE *f, const struct rte_mbuf *m, unsigned dump_len)
> diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
> index f2e174da1..6910b3fe6 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
> @@ -1908,21 +1908,15 @@ static inline void rte_pktmbuf_free(struct rte_mbuf *m)
>   }
>   
>   /**
> - * Free a bulk of mbufs back into their original mempool.
> + * Free a bulk of mbufs back into their original mempools.
>    *
>    *  @param mbufs
> - *    Array of pointers to mbufs
> + *    Array of pointers to mbufs.
> + *    The array may contain NULL pointers.
>    *  @param count
> - *    Array size
> + *    Array size.
>    */
> -static inline void
> -rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk(struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned count)
> -{
> -	unsigned idx = 0;
> -
> -	for (idx = 0; idx < count; idx++)
> -		rte_pktmbuf_free(mbufs[idx]);
> -}
> +void rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk(struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int count);
>   
>   /**
>    * Creates a "clone" of the given packet mbuf.
> 


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