[PATCH v4 2/2] net/memif: add a Tx fast path

[Joyce Kong]

For memif non-zero-copy mode, there is a branch to compare
the mbuf and memif buffer size during memory copying. If all
mbufs come from the same mempool, and memif buf size >= mbuf
size, add a fast Tx memory copy path without the comparing
branch and with mbuf bulk free, otherwise still run the
original Tx path.
The removal of the branch and bulk free lead to considerable
performance uplift.

Test with 1p1q on Ampere Altra AArch64 server,
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  buf size  | memif >= mbuf | memif < mbuf |
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non-zc gain |    10.82%     |     0.04%    |
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   zc gain  |     8.86%     |     3.18%    |
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Test with 1p1q on Cascade Lake Xeon X86server,
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  buf size  | memif >= mbuf | memif < mbuf |
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non-zc gain |     7.32%     |    -0.85%    |
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   zc gain  |    12.75%     |    -0.16%    |
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Signed-off-by: Joyce Kong <joyce.kong at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang at arm.com>
Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
---
 drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c b/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c
index 762293f636..b5bed955ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c
@@ -680,62 +680,112 @@ eth_memif_tx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		n_free = __atomic_load_n(&ring->head, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) - slot;
 	}
 
-	while (n_tx_pkts < nb_pkts && n_free) {
-		mbuf_head = *bufs++;
-		nb_segs = mbuf_head->nb_segs;
-		mbuf = mbuf_head;
+	uint8_t i;
+	struct rte_mbuf **buf_tmp = bufs;
+	mbuf_head = *buf_tmp++;
+	struct rte_mempool *mp = mbuf_head->pool;
+
+	for (i = 1; i < nb_pkts; i++) {
+		mbuf_head = *buf_tmp++;
+		if (mbuf_head->pool != mp)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	uint16_t mbuf_size = rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(mp) - RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+	if (i == nb_pkts && pmd->cfg.pkt_buffer_size >= mbuf_size) {
+		buf_tmp = bufs;
+		while (n_tx_pkts < nb_pkts && n_free) {
+			mbuf_head = *bufs++;
+			nb_segs = mbuf_head->nb_segs;
+			mbuf = mbuf_head;
 
-		saved_slot = slot;
-		d0 = &ring->desc[slot & mask];
-		dst_off = 0;
-		dst_len = (type == MEMIF_RING_C2S) ?
-			pmd->run.pkt_buffer_size : d0->length;
+			saved_slot = slot;
 
-next_in_chain:
-		src_off = 0;
-		src_len = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(mbuf);
+next_in_chain1:
+			d0 = &ring->desc[slot & mask];
+			cp_len = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(mbuf);
 
-		while (src_len) {
-			if (dst_len == 0) {
+			rte_memcpy((uint8_t *)memif_get_buffer(proc_private, d0),
+				rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbuf, void *), cp_len);
+
+			d0->length = cp_len;
+			mq->n_bytes += cp_len;
+			slot++;
+			n_free--;
+
+			if (--nb_segs > 0) {
 				if (n_free) {
-					slot++;
-					n_free--;
 					d0->flags |= MEMIF_DESC_FLAG_NEXT;
-					d0 = &ring->desc[slot & mask];
-					dst_off = 0;
-					dst_len = (type == MEMIF_RING_C2S) ?
-					    pmd->run.pkt_buffer_size : d0->length;
-					d0->flags = 0;
+					mbuf = mbuf->next;
+					goto next_in_chain1;
 				} else {
 					slot = saved_slot;
-					goto no_free_slots;
+					goto free_mbufs;
 				}
 			}
-			cp_len = RTE_MIN(dst_len, src_len);
 
-			rte_memcpy((uint8_t *)memif_get_buffer(proc_private,
-							       d0) + dst_off,
-				rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mbuf, void *, src_off),
-				cp_len);
+			n_tx_pkts++;
+		}
+free_mbufs:
+		rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk(buf_tmp, n_tx_pkts);
+	} else {
+		while (n_tx_pkts < nb_pkts && n_free) {
+			mbuf_head = *bufs++;
+			nb_segs = mbuf_head->nb_segs;
+			mbuf = mbuf_head;
 
-			mq->n_bytes += cp_len;
-			src_off += cp_len;
-			dst_off += cp_len;
-			src_len -= cp_len;
-			dst_len -= cp_len;
+			saved_slot = slot;
+			d0 = &ring->desc[slot & mask];
+			dst_off = 0;
+			dst_len = (type == MEMIF_RING_C2S) ?
+				pmd->run.pkt_buffer_size : d0->length;
 
-			d0->length = dst_off;
-		}
+next_in_chain2:
+			src_off = 0;
+			src_len = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(mbuf);
 
-		if (--nb_segs > 0) {
-			mbuf = mbuf->next;
-			goto next_in_chain;
-		}
+			while (src_len) {
+				if (dst_len == 0) {
+					if (n_free) {
+						slot++;
+						n_free--;
+						d0->flags |= MEMIF_DESC_FLAG_NEXT;
+						d0 = &ring->desc[slot & mask];
+						dst_off = 0;
+						dst_len = (type == MEMIF_RING_C2S) ?
+						    pmd->run.pkt_buffer_size : d0->length;
+						d0->flags = 0;
+					} else {
+						slot = saved_slot;
+						goto no_free_slots;
+					}
+				}
+				cp_len = RTE_MIN(dst_len, src_len);
 
-		n_tx_pkts++;
-		slot++;
-		n_free--;
-		rte_pktmbuf_free(mbuf_head);
+				rte_memcpy((uint8_t *)memif_get_buffer(proc_private,
+								       d0) + dst_off,
+					rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mbuf, void *, src_off),
+					cp_len);
+
+				mq->n_bytes += cp_len;
+				src_off += cp_len;
+				dst_off += cp_len;
+				src_len -= cp_len;
+				dst_len -= cp_len;
+
+				d0->length = dst_off;
+			}
+
+			if (--nb_segs > 0) {
+				mbuf = mbuf->next;
+				goto next_in_chain2;
+			}
+
+			n_tx_pkts++;
+			slot++;
+			n_free--;
+			rte_pktmbuf_free(mbuf_head);
+		}
 	}
 
 no_free_slots:
-- 
2.17.1