[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] net/virtio: make virtqueue struct cache-friendly

Maxime Coquelin maxime.coquelin at redhat.com
Mon Mar 15 16:19:53 CET 2021


This series optimizes the cache usage of virtqueue struct,
by making a "fake" mbuf being dynamically allocated in Rx
virtnet struct, by removing a useless virtuque pointer
into the virtnet structs and by moving a few fields
to pack holes.

With these 3 patches, the virtqueue struct size goes from
576 bytes (9 cachelines) to 248 bytes (4 cachelines).

Changes in v2:
==============
- Rebase on latest main
- Improve error path in virtio_init_queue
- Fix various typos in commit messages

Maxime Coquelin (4):
  net/virtio: remove reference to virtqueue in vrings
  net/virtio: improve queue init error path
  net/virtio: allocate fake mbuf in Rx queue
  net/virtio: pack virtuqueue struct

 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c            | 68 ++++++++++++-------
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c              | 36 +++++-----
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.h              |  5 +-
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed.c       |  4 +-
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed.h       |  6 +-
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed_avx.h   |  4 +-
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_simple.h       |  2 +-
 .../net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_simple_altivec.c   |  2 +-
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_simple_neon.c  |  2 +-
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_simple_sse.c   |  2 +-
 .../net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c  |  4 +-
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user_ethdev.c       |  2 +-
 drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h                | 24 ++++---
 13 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)

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2.29.2



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