Sorry Bruce, but I don't have a clue what you are talking about here.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 11:37 AM > To: McDaniel, Timothy <timothy.mcdan...@intel.com> > Cc: jer...@marvell.com; dev@dpdk.org; Wires, Kent <kent.wi...@intel.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] event/dlb2: add support for single 512B write of 4 QEs > > On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 11:09:55AM -0500, Timothy McDaniel wrote: > > On Xeon, as 512b accesses are available, movdir64 instruction is able to > > perform 512b read and write to DLB producer port. In order for movdir64 > > to be able to pull its data from store buffers (store-buffer-forwarding) > > (before actual write), data should be in single 512b write format. > > This commit add change when code is built for Xeon with 512b AVX support > > to make single 512b write of all 4 QEs instead of 4x64b writes. > > > > Signed-off-by: Timothy McDaniel <timothy.mcdan...@intel.com> > > Acked-by: Kent Wires <kent.wi...@intel.com> > > === > > > > Changes since V3: > > 1) Renamed dlb2_noavx512.c to dlb2_sve.c, and fixed up meson.build > > for new file name. > > > > Changes since V1: > > 1) Split out dlb2_event_build_hcws into two implementations, one > > that uses AVX512 instructions, and one that does not. Each implementation > > is in its own source file in order to avoid build errors if the compiler > > does not support the newer AVX512 instructions. > > 2) Update meson.build to and pull in appropriate source file based on > > whether the compiler supports AVX512VL > > 3) Check if target supports AVX512VL, and use appropriate implementation > > based on this runtime check. > > --- > > drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2.c | 206 +----------------------- > > drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_avx512.c | 267 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_priv.h | 8 + > > drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_sve.c | 219 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > drivers/event/dlb2/meson.build | 14 ++ > > 5 files changed, 513 insertions(+), 201 deletions(-) > > create mode 100644 drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_avx512.c > > create mode 100644 drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_sve.c > > > > diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2.c b/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2.c > > index 36f07d0061..ac7572a28d 100644 > > --- a/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2.c > > +++ b/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2.c > > @@ -1834,6 +1834,11 @@ dlb2_eventdev_port_setup(struct rte_eventdev > *dev, > > > > dev->data->ports[ev_port_id] = &dlb2->ev_ports[ev_port_id]; > > > > + if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX512VL)) > > + ev_port->qm_port.use_avx512 = true; > > + else > > + ev_port->qm_port.use_avx512 = false; > > + > > return 0; > > } > > > > Additional comment for this runtime check. You also should check the > max_simd_bitwidth in DPDK i.e. the value specified with > --force-max-simd-bitwidth EAL argument, or set programmatically by the app. > This is to allow the user runtime control over when the various instruction > sets get used, and it's also very useful for testing and debugging various > code paths. > > /Bruce