Re: [PATCH v5 net-nex 0/5] xdp: introduce bulking for page_pool tx return path

[Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>]

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> On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:37:55 +0100
> Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > XDP bulk APIs introduce a defer/flush mechanism to return
> > pages belonging to the same xdp_mem_allocator object
> > (identified via the mem.id field) in bulk to optimize
> > I-cache and D-cache since xdp_return_frame is usually run
> > inside the driver NAPI tx completion loop.
> > Convert mvneta, mvpp2 and mlx5 drivers to xdp_return_frame_bulk APIs.
> 
> Series
> 
> Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
> 
> > Changes since v4:
> > - fix comments
> > - introduce xdp_frame_bulk_init utility routine
> > - compiler annotations for I-cache code layout
> > - move rcu_read_lock outside fast-path
> > - mlx5 xdp bulking code optimization
> 
> I've done a lot of these changes, and benchmarked them on mlx5, details in[1].
> 
> [1] https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-project/blob/master/areas/mem/xdp_bulk_return01.org

ops sorry, I forgot to add it to the cover-letter.

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
> > Changes since v3:
> > - align DEV_MAP_BULK_SIZE to XDP_BULK_QUEUE_SIZE
> > - refactor page_pool_put_page_bulk to avoid code duplication
> > 
> > Changes since v2:
> > - move mvneta changes in a dedicated patch
> > 
> > Changes since v1:
> > - improve comments
> > - rework xdp_return_frame_bulk routine logic
> > - move count and xa fields at the beginning of xdp_frame_bulk struct
> > - invert logic in page_pool_put_page_bulk for loop
> > 
> > Lorenzo Bianconi (5):
> >   net: xdp: introduce bulking for xdp tx return path
> >   net: page_pool: add bulk support for ptr_ring
> >   net: mvneta: add xdp tx return bulking support
> >   net: mvpp2: add xdp tx return bulking support
> >   net: mlx5: add xdp tx return bulking support
> > 
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c         | 10 ++-
> >  .../net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c   | 10 ++-
> >  .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c  | 22 ++++--
> >  include/net/page_pool.h                       | 26 +++++++
> >  include/net/xdp.h                             | 17 ++++-
> >  net/core/page_pool.c                          | 69 ++++++++++++++++---
> >  net/core/xdp.c                                | 54 +++++++++++++++
> >  7 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>   Jesper Dangaard Brouer
>   MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
>   LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
> 

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