Restrict pointer aliasing to allow the compiler to vectorize loop
more aggressively.
With this patch, a 9.6% improvement is observed in throughput for
the packed virtio-net PVP case, and a 2.8% improvement in throughput
for the packed virtio-user PVP case. All performance data are measured
on ThunderX-2 platform under 0.001% acceptable packet loss with 1 core
on both vhost and virtio side.
Signed-off-by: Joyce Kong <joyce.kong@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Phil Yang <phil.yang@arm.com>
Acked-by: Adrián Moreno <amorenoz@redhat.com>
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