[PATCH 1/4] net/i40e: fix AVX-512 pointer copy on 32-bit

Stokes, Ian ian.stokes at intel.com
Mon Sep 30 15:27:34 CEST 2024


> The size of a pointer on 32-bit is only 4 rather than 8 bytes, so
> copying 32 pointers only requires half the number of AVX-512 load store
> operations.
> 
> Fixes: 5171b4ee6b6b ("net/i40e: optimize Tx by using AVX512")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_avx512.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_avx512.c
> b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_avx512.c
> index 0238b03f8a..3b2750221b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_avx512.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_avx512.c
> @@ -799,6 +799,7 @@ i40e_tx_free_bufs_avx512(struct i40e_tx_queue *txq)
>  		uint32_t copied = 0;
>  		/* n is multiple of 32 */
>  		while (copied < n) {
> +#ifdef RTE_ARCH_64
>  			const __m512i a = _mm512_load_si512(&txep[copied]);
>  			const __m512i b = _mm512_load_si512(&txep[copied +
> 8]);
>  			const __m512i c = _mm512_load_si512(&txep[copied +
> 16]);
> @@ -808,6 +809,12 @@ i40e_tx_free_bufs_avx512(struct i40e_tx_queue *txq)
>  			_mm512_storeu_si512(&cache_objs[copied + 8], b);
>  			_mm512_storeu_si512(&cache_objs[copied + 16], c);
>  			_mm512_storeu_si512(&cache_objs[copied + 24], d);
> +#else
> +			const __m512i a = _mm512_load_si512(&txep[copied]);
> +			const __m512i b = _mm512_load_si512(&txep[copied +
> 16]);
> +			_mm512_storeu_si512(&cache_objs[copied], a);
> +			_mm512_storeu_si512(&cache_objs[copied + 16], b);
> +#endif
>  			copied += 32;
>  		}
>  		cache->len += n;
> --
> 2.43.0

Looks good to me, ACKED.

Thanks
Ian



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