From: Ian Betts <ian.be...@intel.com> This patchset comprises a layer 3 forwarding derivative intended to facilitate characterization of performance with different threading models, specifically:-
1. EAL threads running on different physical cores 2. EAL threads running on the same physical core 3. Lightweight threads running in an EAL thread Purpose and justification Since dpdk 2.0 it has been possible to assign multiple EAL threads to a physical core ( case 2 above ). Currently no example application has focused on demonstrating the performance constraints of differing threading models. Whilst purpose built applications that fully comprehend the DPDK single threaded programming model will always yield superior performance, the desire to preserve ROI in legacy code written for multithreaded operating environments makes lightweight threads (case 3 above) worthy of consideration. As well as aiding with legacy code reuse, it is anticipated that lightweight threads will make it possible to scale a multithreaded application with fine granularity allowing an application to more easily take advantage of headroom on EAL cores, or conversely occupy more cores, as dictated by system load. To explore performance with lightweight threads a simple cooperative scheduler subsystem is being included in this example application. If the expected benefits and use cases prove to be of value, it is anticipated that this lightweight thread subsystem would become a library in some future DPDK release. Changes in this version * None Idenitical with the V4 patchset, which comprised 2 patches. V5 is divided into more 5 patches. Ian Betts (4): doc: add sample application guide for performance-thread examples: add lthread subsystem for performance-thread examples: add l3fwd-thread example in performance-thread examples: add pthread_shim example to performance thread config/common_linuxapp | 1 + config/defconfig_i686-native-linuxapp-gcc | 1 + config/defconfig_i686-native-linuxapp-icc | 1 + config/defconfig_x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc | 3 + config/defconfig_x86_64-native-linuxapp-icc | 3 + doc/guides/sample_app_ug/performance_thread.rst | 1263 +++++++ examples/Makefile | 2 + examples/performance-thread/Makefile | 46 + .../performance-thread/common/arch/x86/atomic.h | 59 + examples/performance-thread/common/arch/x86/ctx.c | 93 + examples/performance-thread/common/arch/x86/ctx.h | 57 + examples/performance-thread/common/common.mk | 40 + examples/performance-thread/common/lthread.c | 530 +++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread.h | 99 + examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_api.h | 829 +++++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_cond.c | 241 ++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_cond.h | 77 + examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_diag.c | 321 ++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_diag.h | 129 + .../performance-thread/common/lthread_diag_api.h | 319 ++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_int.h | 212 ++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_mutex.c | 256 ++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_mutex.h | 52 + .../performance-thread/common/lthread_objcache.h | 160 + examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_pool.h | 333 ++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_queue.h | 303 ++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_sched.c | 600 ++++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_sched.h | 152 + examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_timer.h | 47 + examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_tls.c | 254 ++ examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_tls.h | 57 + examples/performance-thread/l3fwd-thread/Makefile | 57 + examples/performance-thread/l3fwd-thread/main.c | 3641 ++++++++++++++++++++ examples/performance-thread/pthread_shim/Makefile | 60 + examples/performance-thread/pthread_shim/main.c | 284 ++ .../performance-thread/pthread_shim/pthread_shim.c | 714 ++++ .../performance-thread/pthread_shim/pthread_shim.h | 113 + 37 files changed, 11409 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/guides/sample_app_ug/performance_thread.rst create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/Makefile create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/arch/x86/atomic.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/arch/x86/ctx.c create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/arch/x86/ctx.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/common.mk create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread.c create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_api.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_cond.c create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_cond.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_diag.c create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_diag.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_diag_api.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_int.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_mutex.c create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_mutex.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_objcache.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_pool.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_queue.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_sched.c create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_sched.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_timer.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_tls.c create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/common/lthread_tls.h create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/l3fwd-thread/Makefile create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/l3fwd-thread/main.c create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/pthread_shim/Makefile create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/pthread_shim/main.c create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/pthread_shim/pthread_shim.c create mode 100644 examples/performance-thread/pthread_shim/pthread_shim.h -- 2.1.4
