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{ "id": 66515, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/patches/66515/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/1583862551-2049-2-git-send-email-phil.yang@arm.com/", "project": { "id": 1, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/projects/1/?format=api", "name": "DPDK", "link_name": "dpdk", "list_id": "dev.dpdk.org", "list_email": "dev@dpdk.org", "web_url": "http://core.dpdk.org", "scm_url": "git://dpdk.org/dpdk", "webscm_url": "http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk", "list_archive_url": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev", "list_archive_url_format": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/{}", "commit_url_format": "" }, "msgid": "<1583862551-2049-2-git-send-email-phil.yang@arm.com>", "list_archive_url": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/1583862551-2049-2-git-send-email-phil.yang@arm.com", "date": "2020-03-10T17:49:02", "name": "[01/10] doc: add generic atomic deprecation section", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "superseded", "archived": true, "hash": "e5929026fc2ed85b6783711ce811bc2e60111b51", "submitter": { "id": 833, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/people/833/?format=api", "name": "Phil Yang", "email": "phil.yang@arm.com" }, "delegate": null, "mbox": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/1583862551-2049-2-git-send-email-phil.yang@arm.com/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 8875, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/series/8875/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=8875", "date": "2020-03-10T17:49:01", "name": "generic rte atomic APIs deprecate proposal", "version": 1, "mbox": "http://patches.dpdk.org/series/8875/mbox/" } ], "comments": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/patches/66515/comments/", "check": "fail", "checks": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/patches/66515/checks/", "tags": {}, "related": [], "headers": { "Return-Path": "<dev-bounces@dpdk.org>", "X-Original-To": "patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org", "Delivered-To": "patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org", "Received": [ "from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124])\n\tby inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 414E9A0566;\n\tTue, 10 Mar 2020 18:50:03 +0100 (CET)", "from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1])\n\tby dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BF811C021;\n\tTue, 10 Mar 2020 18:49:59 +0100 (CET)", "from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172])\n by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 578151C01E\n for <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue, 10 Mar 2020 18:49:58 +0100 (CET)", "from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14])\n by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDEAD1FB;\n Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:49:57 -0700 (PDT)", "from phil-VirtualBox.arm.com (A010647.Arm.com [10.170.243.28])\n by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 413583F534;\n Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:49:54 -0700 (PDT)" ], "From": "Phil Yang <phil.yang@arm.com>", "To": "thomas@monjalon.net, harry.van.haaren@intel.com,\n konstantin.ananyev@intel.com, stephen@networkplumber.org,\n maxime.coquelin@redhat.com, dev@dpdk.org", "Cc": "david.marchand@redhat.com, jerinj@marvell.com, hemant.agrawal@nxp.com,\n Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com, gavin.hu@arm.com, ruifeng.wang@arm.com,\n joyce.kong@arm.com, nd@arm.com", "Date": "Wed, 11 Mar 2020 01:49:02 +0800", "Message-Id": "<1583862551-2049-2-git-send-email-phil.yang@arm.com>", "X-Mailer": "git-send-email 2.7.4", "In-Reply-To": "<1583862551-2049-1-git-send-email-phil.yang@arm.com>", "References": "<1583862551-2049-1-git-send-email-phil.yang@arm.com>", "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/10] doc: add generic atomic deprecation section", "X-BeenThere": "dev@dpdk.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.15", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>,\n <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/>", "List-Post": "<mailto:dev@dpdk.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>,\n <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "dev-bounces@dpdk.org", "Sender": "\"dev\" <dev-bounces@dpdk.org>" }, "content": "Add deprecating the generic rte_atomic_xx APIs to c11 atomic built-ins\nguide and examples.\n\nSuggested-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com>\nSigned-off-by: Phil Yang <phil.yang@arm.com>\nReviewed-by: Gavin Hu <gavin.hu@arm.com>\n---\n doc/guides/prog_guide/writing_efficient_code.rst | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++-\n 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/writing_efficient_code.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/writing_efficient_code.rst\nindex 849f63e..b278bc6 100644\n--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/writing_efficient_code.rst\n+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/writing_efficient_code.rst\n@@ -167,7 +167,13 @@ but with the added cost of lower throughput.\n Locks and Atomic Operations\n ---------------------------\n \n-Atomic operations imply a lock prefix before the instruction,\n+This section describes some key considerations when using locks and atomic\n+operations in the DPDK environment.\n+\n+Locks\n+~~~~~\n+\n+On x86, atomic operations imply a lock prefix before the instruction,\n causing the processor's LOCK# signal to be asserted during execution of the following instruction.\n This has a big impact on performance in a multicore environment.\n \n@@ -176,6 +182,58 @@ It can often be replaced by other solutions like per-lcore variables.\n Also, some locking techniques are more efficient than others.\n For instance, the Read-Copy-Update (RCU) algorithm can frequently replace simple rwlocks.\n \n+Atomic Operations: Use C11 Atomic Built-ins\n+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n+\n+DPDK `generic rte_atomic <https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/blob/v20.02/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_atomic.h>`_ operations are\n+implemented by `__sync built-ins <https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/_005f_005fsync-Builtins.html>`_.\n+These __sync built-ins result in full barriers on aarch64, which are unnecessary\n+in many use cases. They can be replaced by `__atomic built-ins <https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/_005f_005fatomic-Builtins.html>`_ that\n+conform to the C11 memory model and provide finer memory order control.\n+\n+So replacing the rte_atomic operations with __atomic built-ins might improve\n+performance for aarch64 machines. `More details <https://www.dpdk.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/10/StateofC11Code.pdf>`_.\n+\n+Some typical optimization cases are listed below:\n+\n+Atomicity\n+^^^^^^^^^\n+\n+Some use cases require atomicity alone, the ordering of the memory operations\n+does not matter. For example the packets statistics in the `vhost <https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/blob/v20.02/examples/vhost/main.c#L796>`_ example application.\n+\n+It just updates the number of transmitted packets, no subsequent logic depends\n+on these counters. So the RELAXED memory ordering is sufficient:\n+\n+.. code-block:: c\n+\n+ static __rte_always_inline void\n+ virtio_xmit(struct vhost_dev *dst_vdev, struct vhost_dev *src_vdev,\n+ struct rte_mbuf *m)\n+ {\n+ ...\n+ ...\n+ if (enable_stats) {\n+ __atomic_add_fetch(&dst_vdev->stats.rx_total_atomic, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);\n+ __atomic_add_fetch(&dst_vdev->stats.rx_atomic, ret, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);\n+ ...\n+ }\n+ }\n+\n+One-way Barrier\n+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n+\n+Some use cases allow for memory reordering in one way while requiring memory\n+ordering in the other direction.\n+\n+For example, the memory operations before the `lock <https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/blob/v20.02/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_spinlock.h#L66>`_ can move to the\n+critical section, but the memory operations in the critical section cannot move\n+above the lock. In this case, the full memory barrier in the CAS operation can\n+be replaced to ACQUIRE. On the other hand, the memory operations after the\n+`unlock <https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/blob/v20.02/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_spinlock.h#L88>`_ can move to the critical section, but the memory operations in the\n+critical section cannot move below the unlock. So the full barrier in the STORE\n+operation can be replaced with RELEASE.\n+\n Coding Considerations\n ---------------------\n \n", "prefixes": [ "01/10" ] }