[RFC v2 3/5] random: keep PRNG state in lcore variable

[Mattias Rönnblom]

Replace keeping PRNG state in a RTE_MAX_LCORE-sized static array of
cache-aligned and RTE_CACHE_GUARDed struct instances with keeping the
same state in a more cache-friendly lcore variable.

Signed-off-by: Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnb...@ericsson.com>
---
 lib/eal/common/rte_random.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/eal/common/rte_random.c b/lib/eal/common/rte_random.c
index 7709b8f2c6..af9fffd81b 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/rte_random.c
+++ b/lib/eal/common/rte_random.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
 #include <rte_cycles.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_lcore_var.h>
 #include <rte_random.h>
 
 struct rte_rand_state {
@@ -19,14 +20,12 @@ struct rte_rand_state {
        uint64_t z3;
        uint64_t z4;
        uint64_t z5;
-       RTE_CACHE_GUARD;
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
+};
 
-/* One instance each for every lcore id-equipped thread, and one
- * additional instance to be shared by all others threads (i.e., all
- * unregistered non-EAL threads).
- */
-static struct rte_rand_state rand_states[RTE_MAX_LCORE + 1];
+RTE_LCORE_VAR_HANDLE(struct rte_rand_state, rand_state);
+
+/* instance to be shared by all unregistered non-EAL threads */
+static struct rte_rand_state unregistered_rand_state __rte_cache_aligned;
 
 static uint32_t
 __rte_rand_lcg32(uint32_t *seed)
@@ -85,8 +84,14 @@ rte_srand(uint64_t seed)
        unsigned int lcore_id;
 
        /* add lcore_id to seed to avoid having the same sequence */
-       for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_DIM(rand_states); lcore_id++)
-               __rte_srand_lfsr258(seed + lcore_id, &rand_states[lcore_id]);
+       for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
+               struct rte_rand_state *lcore_state =
+                       RTE_LCORE_VAR_LCORE_PTR(lcore_id, rand_state);
+
+               __rte_srand_lfsr258(seed + lcore_id, lcore_state);
+       }
+
+       __rte_srand_lfsr258(seed + lcore_id, &unregistered_rand_state);
 }
 
 static __rte_always_inline uint64_t
@@ -124,11 +129,10 @@ struct rte_rand_state *__rte_rand_get_state(void)
 
        idx = rte_lcore_id();
 
-       /* last instance reserved for unregistered non-EAL threads */
        if (unlikely(idx == LCORE_ID_ANY))
-               idx = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
+               return &unregistered_rand_state;
 
-       return &rand_states[idx];
+       return RTE_LCORE_VAR_PTR(rand_state);
 }
 
 uint64_t
@@ -228,6 +232,8 @@ RTE_INIT(rte_rand_init)
 {
        uint64_t seed;
 
+       RTE_LCORE_VAR_ALLOC(rand_state);
+
        seed = __rte_random_initial_seed();
 
        rte_srand(seed);
-- 
2.34.1