[EXTERNAL] [PATCH v2] examples/l3fwd: adjust Tx burst size based on Rx burst

[Tummala, Sivaprasad]

[AMD Official Use Only - AMD Internal Distribution Only]

Hi Fengchengwen,

I will send the v3 patch early next week.

Thanks & Regards,
Sivaprasad

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Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH v2] examples/l3fwd: adjust Tx burst size based on Rx burst

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Hi Sivaprasad,

Are you going to send v3 (add log) version?

There is another patch about adjust burst size [1], if this patch
don't continue, maybe we should restart that one.

[1] https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20241204020622.977156-1-haijie1@huawei.com/

Thanks

On 10/9/2025 10:32 AM, Tummala, Sivaprasad wrote:
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>
> Hi Pavan,
>
> Please find my response inline.
>
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> From: Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 7:59 PM
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> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH v2] examples/l3fwd: adjust Tx burst size based on Rx burst
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>>> Previously, the TX burst size was fixed at 256, leading to performance
>>> degradation in certain scenarios.
>>>
>>> This patch introduces logic to set the TX burst size to match the
>>> configured RX burst size (--burst option, default 32, max 512)
>>> for better efficiency.
>>>
>>> Fixes: d5c4897ecfb2 ("examples/l3fwd: add option to set Rx burst size")
>>> Cc: haijie1 at huawei.com
>>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sivaprasad Tummala <sivaprasad.tummala at amd.com>
>>> Tested-by: Venkat Kumar Ande <VenkatKumar.Ande at amd.com>
>>> Tested-by: Dengdui Huang <huangdengdui at huawei.com>
>
>> It would be good if the selected burst sizes of Rx and Tx are logged.
> ACK
>
>> On CN10K platform we see upto 5% improvement, and upto 30% improvement on CN9K.
>
>> Tested-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
>
>> ---
>> examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h        |  8 ++------
>> examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_common.h | 11 +++++++----
>> examples/l3fwd/main.c         |  2 ++
>> 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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