On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 04:46:51PM +0100, Olivier Matz wrote:
> When RTE_MBUF_REFCNT_ATOMIC=n, the decrement of the mbuf reference
> counter uses an atomic operation. This is not necessary and impacts
> the performance (seen with TRex traffic generator).
>
> We cannot replace rte_atomic16_add_return() by rte_mbuf_refcnt_update()
> because it would add an additional check.
>
> Solves this by introducing __rte_mbuf_refcnt_update(), which
> updates the reference counter without doing anything else.
>
> Fixes: 8f094a9ac5d7 ("mbuf: set mbuf fields while in pool")
> Suggested-by: Hanoch Haim <hh...@cisco.com>
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.m...@6wind.com>
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