On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 22:05:09 -0500 Zhihong Wang <zhihong.wang at intel.com> wrote:
> This patch set optimizes DPDK memcpy for AVX512 platforms, to make full > utilization of hardware resources and deliver high performance. > > In current DPDK, memcpy holds a large proportion of execution time in > libs like Vhost, especially for large packets, and this patch can bring > considerable benefits. > > The implementation is based on the current DPDK memcpy framework, some > background introduction can be found in these threads: > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2014-November/008158.html > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-January/011800.html > > Code changes are: > > 1. Read CPUID to check if AVX512 is supported by CPU > > 2. Predefine AVX512 macro if AVX512 is enabled by compiler > > 3. Implement AVX512 memcpy and choose the right implementation based on > predefined macros > > 4. Decide alignment unit for memcpy perf test based on predefined macros Cool, I like it. How much impact does this have on VHOST?
