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

[Konstantin Ananyev]

> 
> 在 2025/2/20 17:41, Konstantin Ananyev 写道:
> > 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.
> 
> This patch is just from my knowledge of DPDK.
> 
> I don't what is the good way to evaluate the performance of l3fwd-power.
> 
> But I did a test for this after you said.
> 
> I found that the throughput of using malloc is better than rte_malloc in
> continuous packet flow case.😮
> 
> Can you test this patch on your platform?

I did a quick test - didn't see any diff in performance (packet flooding) with/without the patch.
 
> 
> >
> >>> 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;
> >>>    }