Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: improve MAC swap performance

[Ananyev, Konstantin]

Hi Qi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Qi Zhang
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 4:46 AM
> To: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richard...@intel.com>; Wiles, Keith 
> <keith.wi...@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo...@intel.com>; Iremonger, Bernard 
> <bernard.iremon...@intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z
> <qi.z.zh...@intel.com>; sta...@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: improve MAC swap performance
> 
> The patch optimizes the mac swap operation by taking advantage
> of SSE instructions, it only impacts x86 platform.
> 
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zh...@intel.com>
> ---
>  app/test-pmd/macswap.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/macswap.c b/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
> index a8384d5b8..0722782b0 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
> @@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ pkt_burst_mac_swap(struct fwd_stream *fs)
>       struct rte_port  *txp;
>       struct rte_mbuf  *mb;
>       struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
> -     struct ether_addr addr;
>       uint16_t nb_rx;
>       uint16_t nb_tx;
>       uint16_t i;
> @@ -95,6 +94,15 @@ pkt_burst_mac_swap(struct fwd_stream *fs)
>       start_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
>  #endif
> 
> +#ifdef RTE_ARCH_X86
> +     __m128i addr;
> +     __m128i shfl_msk = _mm_set_epi8(15, 14, 13, 12,
> +                                     5, 4, 3, 2,
> +                                     1, 0, 11, 10,
> +                                     9, 8, 7, 6);
> +#else
> +     struct ether_addr addr;
> +#endif

I think it would better to place IA specific code into a separate fnction
(and probably into a separate .h file).
BTW, just curious what % of improvement it gives?
Konstantin


>       /*
>        * Receive a burst of packets and forward them.
>        */
> @@ -123,9 +131,15 @@ pkt_burst_mac_swap(struct fwd_stream *fs)
>               eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb, struct ether_hdr *);
> 
>               /* Swap dest and src mac addresses. */
> +#ifdef RTE_ARCH_X86
> +             addr = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i *)eth_hdr);
> +             addr = _mm_shuffle_epi8(addr, shfl_msk);
> +             _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)eth_hdr, addr);
> +#else
>               ether_addr_copy(&eth_hdr->d_addr, &addr);
>               ether_addr_copy(&eth_hdr->s_addr, &eth_hdr->d_addr);
>               ether_addr_copy(&addr, &eth_hdr->s_addr);
> +#endif
> 
>               mb->ol_flags &= IND_ATTACHED_MBUF | EXT_ATTACHED_MBUF;
>               mb->ol_flags |= ol_flags;
> --
> 2.13.6