As it's done in __rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg(), we can avoid using an atomic increment in rte_pktmbuf_attach() by checking if we are the only owner of the mbuf first.
Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com> --- lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h index ab6de67..cea35b7 100644 --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h @@ -838,7 +838,11 @@ static inline void rte_pktmbuf_attach(struct rte_mbuf *mi, struct rte_mbuf *m) else md = rte_mbuf_from_indirect(m); - rte_mbuf_refcnt_update(md, 1); + /* optimize the case where we are the only owner */ + if (likely(rte_mbuf_refcnt_read(md) == 1)) + rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(md, 2); + else + rte_mbuf_refcnt_update(md, 1); mi->priv_size = m->priv_size; mi->buf_physaddr = m->buf_physaddr; mi->buf_addr = m->buf_addr; -- 2.1.4