The l2_len and l3_len fields are used for TX offloads and so should be put on the second cache line, along with the other fields only used on TX.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com> --- lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h index db079ac..d3c1745 100644 --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h @@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ struct rte_mbuf { uint16_t packet_type; /**< Type of packet, e.g. protocols used */ uint16_t data_len; /**< Amount of data in segment buffer. */ uint32_t pkt_len; /**< Total pkt len: sum of all segments. */ - uint16_t l3_len:9; /**< L3 (IP) Header Length. */ - uint16_t l2_len:7; /**< L2 (MAC) Header Length. */ + uint16_t reserved; uint16_t vlan_tci; /**< VLAN Tag Control Identifier (CPU order). */ union { uint32_t rss; /**< RSS hash result if RSS enabled */ @@ -176,6 +175,9 @@ struct rte_mbuf { struct rte_mempool *pool; /**< Pool from which mbuf was allocated. */ struct rte_mbuf *next; /**< Next segment of scattered packet. */ + /* fields to support TX offloads */ + uint16_t l3_len:9; /**< L3 (IP) Header Length. */ + uint16_t l2_len:7; /**< L2 (MAC) Header Length. */ } __rte_cache_aligned; #define RTE_MBUF_METADATA_UINT8(mbuf, offset) \ -- 1.9.3