[PATCH] power: use hugepage memory for queue list entry structure

Konstantin Ananyev konstantin.ananyev at huawei.com
Thu Feb 20 10:41:35 CET 2025


Hi 

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Kindly ping for review.
> 
> 
> 在 2024/12/19 15:53, Huisong Li 写道:
> > The queue_list_entry structure data is used in rx_callback of io path
> > when enable PMD Power Management. However its memory is currently from
> > normal heap memory. For better performance, use hugepage memory to
> > replace it.

Make sense to me.
Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at huawei.com>

I  suppose it would also help if you can provide some numbers:
i.e.: how much exactly it is 'better'?
Did you see any changes in throughput/latency numbers, etc.

> > Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
> > ---
> >   lib/power/rte_power_pmd_mgmt.c | 10 +++++-----
> >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/power/rte_power_pmd_mgmt.c b/lib/power/rte_power_pmd_mgmt.c
> > index a2fff3b765..c7bf57a910 100644
> > --- a/lib/power/rte_power_pmd_mgmt.c
> > +++ b/lib/power/rte_power_pmd_mgmt.c
> > @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ queue_list_find(const struct pmd_core_cfg *cfg, const union queue *q)
> >   }
> >
> >   static int
> > -queue_list_add(struct pmd_core_cfg *cfg, const union queue *q)
> > +queue_list_add(struct pmd_core_cfg *cfg, const union queue *q, unsigned int lcore_id)
> >   {
> >   	struct queue_list_entry *qle;
> >
> > @@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ queue_list_add(struct pmd_core_cfg *cfg, const union queue *q)
> >   	if (queue_list_find(cfg, q) != NULL)
> >   		return -EEXIST;
> >
> > -	qle = malloc(sizeof(*qle));
> > +	qle = rte_zmalloc_socket(NULL, sizeof(*qle), RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
> > +				 rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id));
> >   	if (qle == NULL)
> >   		return -ENOMEM;
> > -	memset(qle, 0, sizeof(*qle));
> >
> >   	queue_copy(&qle->queue, q);
> >   	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&cfg->head, qle, next);
> > @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ rte_power_ethdev_pmgmt_queue_enable(unsigned int lcore_id, uint16_t port_id,
> >   		goto end;
> >   	}
> >   	/* add this queue to the list */
> > -	ret = queue_list_add(lcore_cfg, &qdata);
> > +	ret = queue_list_add(lcore_cfg, &qdata, lcore_id);
> >   	if (ret < 0) {
> >   		POWER_LOG(DEBUG, "Failed to add queue to list: %s",
> >   				strerror(-ret));
> > @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ rte_power_ethdev_pmgmt_queue_disable(unsigned int lcore_id,
> >   	 * callbacks can be freed. we're intentionally casting away const-ness.
> >   	 */
> >   	rte_free((void *)(uintptr_t)queue_cfg->cb);
> > -	free(queue_cfg);
> > +	rte_free(queue_cfg);
> >
> >   	return 0;
> >   }


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