[PATCH 00/13] Consolidate ice and iavf vector Tx paths

[David Marchand]

On Thu, 3 Sept 2026 at 19:02, Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:
>
> This patchset consolidates the ice and iavf vector Tx paths, moving the
> code to net/intel/common. The iavf code is used as the basis for the
> move, because it has a superset of the features. When the common code is
> adopted by the ice driver, it then gains features such as QinQ support
> and tunneling support.
>
> Depends-on: series-39162  ("VLAN and QinQ fixes for iavf")
>
> Bruce Richardson (13):
>   net/iavf: remove unnecessary alignment calls
>   net/intel: make Tx context flag common
>   net/iavf: use separate params for VLAN and QinQ position
>   net/iavf: deduplicate tunnel field fill functions
>   net/intel: define common macros for tunneling bit-shifts
>   net/intel: move iavf descriptor writing functions to common
>   net/intel: use function callback for lldp
>   net/ice: use common descriptor creation functions
>   net/intel: move vector Tx paths to common
>   net/ice: use common AVX Tx functions
>   net/intel: add common vector Tx fns with context handling
>   net/intel: improve Tx path selection logic
>   net/ice: enable context desc offloads for vector Tx
>
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst        |   6 +
>  drivers/net/intel/common/tx.h                 |  77 +-
>  drivers/net/intel/common/tx_vec_x86.h         | 783 ++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/intel/cpfl/cpfl_rxtx.c            |   3 +-
>  drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c            |   2 +-
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c            |  76 +-
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h            |  34 -
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx2.c   | 496 +----------
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx512.c | 495 +----------
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_common.h |  76 +-
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h            |   3 +
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c              |  34 +-
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.h              |  11 +
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx2.c     | 159 +---
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx512.c   | 154 +---
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_common.h   |  59 --
>  drivers/net/intel/idpf/idpf_rxtx.c            |   3 +-
>  17 files changed, 1025 insertions(+), 1446 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/intel/common/tx_vec_x86.h

I do not have the time to review in detail but this series looks good to me.
My bench setup is unavailable and I am busy on other topics, so I
won't be able to test it soon.

But in any case, thank you Bruce, nice cleanup again.


-- 
David Marchand