[PATCH 05/10] port: prevent unnecessary flush for the Ethernet device output port

[Cristian Dumitrescu]

Do not flush the buffered packets unnecessarily when a burst was sent
since the last flush call.

Signed-off-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitre...@intel.com>
---
 lib/port/rte_swx_port_ethdev.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/port/rte_swx_port_ethdev.c b/lib/port/rte_swx_port_ethdev.c
index 8a1da71003..7cb3c4dfb1 100644
--- a/lib/port/rte_swx_port_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/port/rte_swx_port_ethdev.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ struct writer {
        struct rte_mbuf **pkts;
        int n_pkts;
        uint32_t n_bytes;
+       int flush_flag;
 };
 
 static void *
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ __writer_flush(struct writer *p)
        p->stats.n_bytes_drop = n_bytes_drop_total + n_bytes_drop;
        p->n_pkts = 0;
        p->n_bytes = 0;
+       p->flush_flag = 0;
 
        TRACE("[Ethdev TX port %u queue %u] Buffered packets flushed: %d out, 
%d dropped\n",
              (uint32_t)p->params.port_id,
@@ -363,8 +365,10 @@ writer_flush(void *port)
 {
        struct writer *p = port;
 
-       if (p->n_pkts)
+       if (p->n_pkts && p->flush_flag)
                __writer_flush(p);
+
+       p->flush_flag = 1;
 }
 
 static void
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