Single packet free using rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk() is dropping the
performance. On cn10k, maximum of ~4% drop observed for IPsec
event mode single SA outbound case.
To fix this issue, single packet free will use rte_pktmbuf_free
API.
Fixes: bd7c063561b3 ("examples/ipsec-secgw: use bulk free")
Signed-off-by: Rahul Bhansali <rbhans...@marvell.com>
---
examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.h | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.h
b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.h
index 8baab44ee7..ec33a982df 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.h
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.h
@@ -229,11 +229,10 @@ free_reassembly_fail_pkt(struct rte_mbuf *mb)
}
/* helper routine to free bulk of packets */
-static inline void
-free_pkts(struct rte_mbuf *mb[], uint32_t n)
+static __rte_always_inline void
+free_pkts(struct rte_mbuf *mb[], const uint32_t n)
{
- rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk(mb, n);
-
+ n == 1 ? rte_pktmbuf_free(mb[0]) : rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk(mb, n);
core_stats_update_drop(n);
}
--
2.25.1
