The mbuf structure already contains a pointer to the beginning of the
buffer (m->buf_addr). It is not needed to use 8 bytes again to store
another pointer to the beginning of the data.
Using a 16 bits unsigned integer is enough as we know that a mbuf is
never longer than 64KB. We gain 6 bytes in the structure thanks to
this modification.
Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
* Updated to apply to latest on mainline.
* Disabled vector PMD in config as it relies heavily on the mbuf layout
This will be re-enabled in a subsequent commit once vPMD has been
reworked to take account of mbuf changes.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
The vlan_macip structure combined a vlan tag id with l2 and l3 headers
lengths for tracking offloads. However, this structure was only used as
a unit by the e1000 and ixgbe drivers, not generally.
This patch removes the structure from the mbuf header and places the
fields into the mbuf structure directly at the required point, without
any net effect on the structure layout. This allows us to treat the vlan
tags and header length fields as separate for future mbuf changes. The
drivers which were written to use the combined structure still do so,
using a driver-local definition of it.
Reduce perf regression caused by splitting vlan_macip field. This is
done by providing a single uint16_t value to allow writing/clearing
the l2 and l3 lengths together. There is still a small perf hit to the
slow path TX due to the reads from vlan_tci and l2/l3 lengths being
separated. (<5% in my tests with testpmd with no extra params).
Unfortunately, this cannot be eliminated, without restoring the vlan
tags and l2/l3 lengths as a combined 32-bit field. This would prevent
us from ever looking to move those fields about and is an artificial tie
that applies only for performance in igb and ixgbe drivers. Therefore,
this patch keeps the vlan_tci field separate from the lengths as the
best solution going forward.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
The rte_pktmbuf structure was initially included in the rte_mbuf
structure. This was needed when there was 2 types of mbuf (ctrl and
packet). As the control mbuf has been removed, we can merge the
rte_pktmbuf into the rte_mbuf structure.
Advantages of doing this:
- the access to mbuf fields is easier (ex: m->data instead of m->pkt.data)
- make the structure more consistent: for instance, there was no reason
to have the ol_flags field in rte_mbuf
- it will allow a deeper reorganization of the rte_mbuf structure in the
next commits, allowing to gain several bytes in it
Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
[Bruce: updated for latest code and new example apps]
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
The initial role of rte_ctrlmbuf is to carry generic messages (data
pointer + data length) but it's not used by the DPDK or it applications.
Keeping it implies:
- loosing 1 byte in the rte_mbuf structure
- having some dead code rte_mbuf.[ch]
This patch removes this feature. Thanks to it, it is now possible to
simplify the rte_mbuf structure by merging the rte_pktmbuf structure
in it. This is done in next commit.
Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
* Updated patch to HEAD.
* Modified patch to retain the old function names for ctrl mbufs as
macros. This helps with app compatibility, and allows the concept
of a control mbuf to be reintroduced via a single-bit flag in
a future change.
* Updated the packet framework ip_pipeline example application to
work following this change.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
This commit adds a multi-flow traffic generator forwarding engine. In effect,
this forwarding mode functions very similar to the txonly mode, with the
difference that it generates multiple L4 flows.
Signed-off-by: Cyril Chemparathy <cchemparathy@tilera.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
