This patch implements asynchronous dequeue data path for split ring. A new asynchronous dequeue function is introduced. With this function, the application can try to receive packets from the guest with offloading large copies to the DMA engine, thus saving precious CPU cycles.
v5: - DMA address use IOVA instead of VA. v4: - Fix wrong packet index issue in async dequeue improve the performance of small packet copies. v3: - Fix compilation warning and error in arm platform. - Restore the removed function virtio_dev_pktmbuf_alloc, async dequeue allocate packets in separate. v2: - Refactor vhost datapath as preliminary patch for this series. - The change of using new API in examples/vhost is put into a dedicated patch. - Check queue_id value before using it. - Async dequeue performance enhancement. 160% performance improvement for v2 vs. v1. - Async dequeue API name change from rte_vhost_try_dequeue_burst to rte_vhost_async_try_dequeue_burst. - The completed package updates the used ring directly. Wenwu Ma (3): examples/vhost: refactor vhost enqueue and dequeue datapaths. examples/vhost: use a new API to query remaining ring space examples/vhost: support vhost async dequeue data path Yuan Wang (1): vhost: support async dequeue for split ring doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst | 10 + doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst | 9 +- examples/vhost/ioat.c | 67 +++- examples/vhost/ioat.h | 25 ++ examples/vhost/main.c | 224 +++++++---- examples/vhost/main.h | 33 +- examples/vhost/virtio_net.c | 16 +- lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h | 44 +- lib/vhost/version.map | 3 + lib/vhost/virtio_net.c | 601 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10 files changed, 924 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-) -- 2.25.1
