[v6,08/10] examples/l2fwd-event: add eventdev main loop

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State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Jerin Jacob
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Series example/l2fwd-event: introduce l2fwd-event example |

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Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula Oct. 14, 2019, 6:22 p.m. UTC
  From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>

Add event dev main loop based on enabled l2fwd options and eventdev
capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
---
 examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.c |   6 +
 examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.h |   1 +
 examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.c  | 276 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.h  |   2 +
 examples/l2fwd-event/main.c         |   6 +-
 5 files changed, 290 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  

Comments

Varghese, Vipin Oct. 21, 2019, 3:19 a.m. UTC | #1
HI Pavan,

snipped
> Add event dev main loop based on enabled l2fwd options and eventdev
> capabilities.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> ---
> +	if (rsrc->event_mode) {
> +		port_conf.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS;
> +		port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_key = NULL;
> +		port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf = ETH_RSS_IP;
> +	}
Question, is RSS hash configured for generating flow id for Eventdev? As my understanding. RSS for single RX port-queue pair does not require the same. 
snipped
> +		if (is_master && timer_period > 0) {
> +			cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
> +			diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
> +
> +			/* advance the timer */
> +			timer_tsc += diff_tsc;
> +
> +			/* if timer has reached its timeout */
> +			if (unlikely(timer_tsc >= timer_period)) {
> +				print_stats(rsrc);
> +				/* reset the timer */
> +				timer_tsc = 0;
> +			}
> +			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
> +		}
Is it possible to move the print_stats to service core, as 'CALL_MASTER' is enabled in remote_launch making this a potential worker?

> +
> +		/* Read packet from eventdev */
> +		if (!rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id, port_id, &ev, 1, 0))
> +			continue;
Is not this unlikely `nb_burst == 0`

> +
> +		l2fwd_event_fwd(rsrc, &ev, tx_q_id, timer_period, flags);
> +
> +		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
> +			while (rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id, port_id,
> +						       &ev, 1) &&
> +					!rsrc->force_quit)
> +				;
Can we place a `continue` as we are not expecting ` L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT`?
> +		}

> +
> +		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT) {
> +			while
> (!rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_enqueue(event_d_id,
> +								port_id,
> +								&ev, 1, 0) &&
> +					!rsrc->force_quit)
> +				;
> +		}
> +	}
snipped
> +
> +	while (!rsrc->force_quit) {
> +		/* if timer is enabled */
> +		if (is_master && timer_period > 0) {
> +			cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
> +			diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
> +
> +			/* advance the timer */
> +			timer_tsc += diff_tsc;
> +
> +			/* if timer has reached its timeout */
> +			if (unlikely(timer_tsc >= timer_period)) {
> +				print_stats(rsrc);
> +				/* reset the timer */
> +				timer_tsc = 0;
> +			}
> +			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
> +		}
Can we move `print_stats` logic to service core?

> +
> +		/* Read packet from eventdev */
> +		nb_rx = rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id, port_id, ev,
> +						deq_len, 0);
> +		if (nb_rx == 0)
Can we use `unlikely`?
> +			continue;
> +
> +		for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
> +			l2fwd_event_fwd(rsrc, &ev[i], tx_q_id, timer_period,
> +					flags);
> +		}
> +
> +		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
> +			nb_tx = rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id, port_id,
> +							ev, nb_rx);
> +			while (nb_tx < nb_rx && !rsrc->force_quit)
> +				nb_tx +=
> rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id,
> +						port_id, ev + nb_tx,
> +						nb_rx - nb_tx);
Can we use `continue` as we do not transmit from the same worker int his case?
> +		}
> +
snipped
  
Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula Oct. 21, 2019, 4:53 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Vipin,

>HI Pavan,
>
>snipped
>> Add event dev main loop based on enabled l2fwd options and
>eventdev
>> capabilities.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
>> ---
>> +	if (rsrc->event_mode) {
>> +		port_conf.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS;
>> +		port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_key = NULL;
>> +		port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf = ETH_RSS_IP;
>> +	}
>Question, is RSS hash configured for generating flow id for Eventdev?
>As my understanding. RSS for single RX port-queue pair does not
>require the same.
>snipped

In case of SW event device i.e. vdev=event_sw0 the software Rx adapter requires mbuf::rss:hash 
to distribute packets else it has to calculate rss.

@see lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c +817
'
                rss = do_rss ?
                        rxa_do_softrss(m, rx_adapter->rss_key_be) :
                        m->hash.rss;
'

>> +		if (is_master && timer_period > 0) {
>> +			cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
>> +			diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
>> +
>> +			/* advance the timer */
>> +			timer_tsc += diff_tsc;
>> +
>> +			/* if timer has reached its timeout */
>> +			if (unlikely(timer_tsc >= timer_period)) {
>> +				print_stats(rsrc);
>> +				/* reset the timer */
>> +				timer_tsc = 0;
>> +			}
>> +			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
>> +		}
>Is it possible to move the print_stats to service core, as 'CALL_MASTER'
>is enabled in remote_launch making this a potential worker?
>

Since not every eventdevice requires Service core user might not pass service core mask.
Instead we could do SKIP_MASTER and prints stats here.

>> +
>> +		/* Read packet from eventdev */
>> +		if (!rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id, port_id,
>&ev, 1, 0))
>> +			continue;
>Is not this unlikely `nb_burst == 0`
>

Not necessarily refer
https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-July/108610.html 

>> +
>> +		l2fwd_event_fwd(rsrc, &ev, tx_q_id, timer_period,
>flags);
>> +
>> +		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
>> +			while (rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id,
>port_id,
>> +						       &ev, 1) &&
>> +					!rsrc->force_quit)
>> +				;
>Can we place a `continue` as we are not expecting `
>L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT`?
>> +		}
>
>> +
>> +		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT) {
>> +			while
>> (!rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_enqueue(event_d_id,
>> +								port_id,
>> +								&ev, 1,
>0) &&
>> +					!rsrc->force_quit)
>> +				;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>snipped
>> +
>> +	while (!rsrc->force_quit) {
>> +		/* if timer is enabled */
>> +		if (is_master && timer_period > 0) {
>> +			cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
>> +			diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
>> +
>> +			/* advance the timer */
>> +			timer_tsc += diff_tsc;
>> +
>> +			/* if timer has reached its timeout */
>> +			if (unlikely(timer_tsc >= timer_period)) {
>> +				print_stats(rsrc);
>> +				/* reset the timer */
>> +				timer_tsc = 0;
>> +			}
>> +			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
>> +		}
>Can we move `print_stats` logic to service core?
>
>> +
>> +		/* Read packet from eventdev */
>> +		nb_rx = rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id,
>port_id, ev,
>> +						deq_len, 0);
>> +		if (nb_rx == 0)
>Can we use `unlikely`?

Not necessarily refer
https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-July/108610.html

>> +			continue;
>> +
>> +		for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
>> +			l2fwd_event_fwd(rsrc, &ev[i], tx_q_id,
>timer_period,
>> +					flags);
>> +		}
>> +
>> +		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
>> +			nb_tx =
>rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id, port_id,
>> +							ev, nb_rx);
>> +			while (nb_tx < nb_rx && !rsrc->force_quit)
>> +				nb_tx +=
>> rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id,
>> +						port_id, ev + nb_tx,
>> +						nb_rx - nb_tx);
>Can we use `continue` as we do not transmit from the same worker int
>his case?

I'm not sure I follow what you meant here. We are trying to transmit the work 
present on the worker till we succeed, if we do a continue then we would loose
the untransmitted packets. 

@see examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_generic.c +109

>> +		}
>> +
>snipped
  
Varghese, Vipin Oct. 22, 2019, 3:13 a.m. UTC | #3
Hi Pavan,

snipped
> >> Add event dev main loop based on enabled l2fwd options and
> >eventdev
> >> capabilities.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> >> ---
> >> +	if (rsrc->event_mode) {
> >> +		port_conf.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS;
> >> +		port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_key = NULL;
> >> +		port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf = ETH_RSS_IP;
> >> +	}
> >Question, is RSS hash configured for generating flow id for Eventdev?
> >As my understanding. RSS for single RX port-queue pair does not require
> >the same.
Thanks for the confirmation.

> >snipped
> 
> In case of SW event device i.e. vdev=event_sw0 the software Rx adapter requires
> mbuf::rss:hash to distribute packets else it has to calculate rss.
> 
> @see lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c +817 '
>                 rss = do_rss ?
>                         rxa_do_softrss(m, rx_adapter->rss_key_be) :
>                         m->hash.rss;
> '
> 
> >> +		if (is_master && timer_period > 0) {
> >> +			cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
> >> +			diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
> >> +
> >> +			/* advance the timer */
> >> +			timer_tsc += diff_tsc;
> >> +
> >> +			/* if timer has reached its timeout */
> >> +			if (unlikely(timer_tsc >= timer_period)) {
> >> +				print_stats(rsrc);
> >> +				/* reset the timer */
> >> +				timer_tsc = 0;
> >> +			}
> >> +			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
> >> +		}
> >Is it possible to move the print_stats to service core, as 'CALL_MASTER'
> >is enabled in remote_launch making this a potential worker?
> >
> 
> Since not every eventdevice requires Service core user might not pass service
> core mask.
> Instead we could do SKIP_MASTER and prints stats here.
Thanks

> 
> >> +
> >> +		/* Read packet from eventdev */
> >> +		if (!rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id, port_id,
> >&ev, 1, 0))
> >> +			continue;
> >Is not this unlikely `nb_burst == 0`
> >
> 
> Not necessarily refer
> https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-July/108610.html

Thanks for the article and links it is helpful. Following the article suggestion, should not the code be enhanced for execute code rather than continue?

snipped
> >> +		/* Read packet from eventdev */
> >> +		nb_rx = rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id,
> >port_id, ev,
> >> +						deq_len, 0);
> >> +		if (nb_rx == 0)
> >Can we use `unlikely`?
> 
> Not necessarily refer
> https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-July/108610.html
Same as above.

> 
> >> +			continue;
> >> +
> >> +		for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
> >> +			l2fwd_event_fwd(rsrc, &ev[i], tx_q_id,
> >timer_period,
> >> +					flags);
> >> +		}
> >> +
> >> +		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
> >> +			nb_tx =
> >rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id, port_id,
> >> +							ev, nb_rx);
> >> +			while (nb_tx < nb_rx && !rsrc->force_quit)
> >> +				nb_tx +=
> >> rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id,
> >> +						port_id, ev + nb_tx,
> >> +						nb_rx - nb_tx);
> >Can we use `continue` as we do not transmit from the same worker int
> >his case?
> 
> I'm not sure I follow what you meant here. We are trying to transmit the work
> present on the worker till we succeed, if we do a continue then we would loose
> the untransmitted packets.
Maybe I mistook the L2FWD against ETHDEV_EVENT flags. As per my current understanding L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ uses extra queue stage for single-event-enqueue for TX adapter, while L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT allows the worker to do transmit via port. May be this is wrong expectation.

> 
> @see examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_generic.c +109
I will check the same and get back as required.

> 
> >> +		}
> >> +
> >snipped
  
Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula Oct. 22, 2019, 5:02 p.m. UTC | #4
<snip>
>> >> +		/* Read packet from eventdev */
>> >> +		if (!rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id, port_id,
>> >&ev, 1, 0))
>> >> +			continue;
>> >Is not this unlikely `nb_burst == 0`
>> >
>>
>> Not necessarily refer
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-
>3A__mails.dpdk.org_archives_dev_2018-
>2DJuly_108610.html&d=DwIFAg&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7xtfQ&r=E3Sg
>YMjtKCMVsB-fmvgGV3o-
>g_fjLhk5Pupi9ijohpc&m=HyS43be9AB6KIroLm8d2EK4M6_lE_fZua3CTxY
>5vbiU&s=FcZlWlkbhYkrQ3HApkxAX6A17gyHQZ0cYoDeG3KkwTw&e=
>
>Thanks for the article and links it is helpful. Following the article
>suggestion, should not the code be enhanced for execute code rather
>than continue?
>

Do you mean there would be a difference between the below cases?

void case1() {
        while (1) {
                if (!(random() & 0x1))
                        continue;
        }
}

void case2() {
        while (1) {
                uint8_t is_one = random() & 0x1;

                if (is_one == 0)
                        continue;
        }
}

AFAIK both the above cases compile to the same asm.

>snipped
>> >> +		/* Read packet from eventdev */
>> >> +		nb_rx = rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id,
>> >port_id, ev,
>> >> +						deq_len, 0);
>> >> +		if (nb_rx == 0)
>> >Can we use `unlikely`?
>>
>> Not necessarily refer
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-
>3A__mails.dpdk.org_archives_dev_2018-
>2DJuly_108610.html&d=DwIFAg&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7xtfQ&r=E3Sg
>YMjtKCMVsB-fmvgGV3o-
>g_fjLhk5Pupi9ijohpc&m=HyS43be9AB6KIroLm8d2EK4M6_lE_fZua3CTxY
>5vbiU&s=FcZlWlkbhYkrQ3HApkxAX6A17gyHQZ0cYoDeG3KkwTw&e=
>Same as above.
>
>>
>> >> +			continue;
>> >> +
>> >> +		for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
>> >> +			l2fwd_event_fwd(rsrc, &ev[i], tx_q_id,
>> >timer_period,
>> >> +					flags);
>> >> +		}
>> >> +
>> >> +		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
>> >> +			nb_tx =
>> >rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id, port_id,
>> >> +							ev, nb_rx);
>> >> +			while (nb_tx < nb_rx && !rsrc->force_quit)
>> >> +				nb_tx +=
>> >> rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id,
>> >> +						port_id, ev + nb_tx,
>> >> +						nb_rx - nb_tx);
>> >Can we use `continue` as we do not transmit from the same worker
>int
>> >his case?
>>
>> I'm not sure I follow what you meant here. We are trying to transmit
>the work
>> present on the worker till we succeed, if we do a continue then we
>would loose
>> the untransmitted packets.
>Maybe I mistook the L2FWD against ETHDEV_EVENT flags. As per my
>current understanding L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ uses extra queue stage
>for single-event-enqueue for TX adapter, while
>L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT allows the worker to do transmit via port.
>May be this is wrong expectation.
>

The above is understanding is correct. I just don't see how a continue out of
the while loop would help.
In the above case we are going to retry enqueue(TX_ENQ) or transmit(TX_DIRECT)
until we succeed.

>>
>> @see examples/eventdev_pipeline/pipeline_worker_generic.c +109
>I will check the same and get back as required.
>
>>
>> >> +		}
>> >> +
>> >snipped
  

Patch

diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.c b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.c
index 8edbe1ba5..67441a316 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.c
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.c
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@  l2fwd_event_init_ports(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 	uint16_t port_id;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (rsrc->event_mode) {
+		port_conf.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS;
+		port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_key = NULL;
+		port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf = ETH_RSS_IP;
+	}
+
 	/* Initialise each port */
 	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(port_id) {
 		struct rte_eth_conf local_port_conf = port_conf;
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.h b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.h
index 7ce78da3d..e484946dc 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.h
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@  l2fwd_get_rsrc(void)
 
 		memset(rsrc, 0, sizeof(struct l2fwd_resources));
 		rsrc->mac_updating = true;
+		rsrc->event_mode = true;
 		rsrc->rx_queue_per_lcore = 1;
 		rsrc->sched_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC;
 		rsrc->timer_period = 10 * rte_get_timer_hz();
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.c b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.c
index 562d61292..634f9974e 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.c
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.c
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ 
 
 #include "l2fwd_event.h"
 
+#define L2FWD_EVENT_SINGLE	0x1
+#define L2FWD_EVENT_BURST	0x2
+#define L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT	0x4
+#define L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ	0x8
+#define L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC	0x10
+
 static inline int
 l2fwd_event_service_enable(uint32_t service_id)
 {
@@ -122,11 +128,271 @@  l2fwd_event_capability_setup(struct l2fwd_event_resources *evt_rsrc)
 		l2fwd_event_set_internal_port_ops(&evt_rsrc->ops);
 }
 
+static __rte_noinline int
+l2fwd_get_free_event_port(struct l2fwd_event_resources *evt_rsrc)
+{
+	static int index;
+	int port_id;
+
+	rte_spinlock_lock(&evt_rsrc->evp.lock);
+	if (index >= evt_rsrc->evp.nb_ports) {
+		printf("No free event port is available\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	port_id = evt_rsrc->evp.event_p_id[index];
+	index++;
+	rte_spinlock_unlock(&evt_rsrc->evp.lock);
+
+	return port_id;
+}
+
+static  __rte_always_inline void
+l2fwd_event_fwd(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc, struct rte_event *ev,
+		const uint8_t tx_q_id, const uint64_t timer_period,
+		const uint32_t flags)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf *mbuf = ev->mbuf;
+	uint16_t dst_port;
+
+	rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbuf, void *));
+	dst_port = rsrc->dst_ports[mbuf->port];
+
+	if (timer_period > 0)
+		__atomic_fetch_add(&rsrc->port_stats[mbuf->port].rx,
+				1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	mbuf->port = dst_port;
+
+	if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC)
+		l2fwd_mac_updating(mbuf, dst_port, &rsrc->eth_addr[dst_port]);
+
+	if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
+		ev->queue_id = tx_q_id;
+		ev->op = RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT)
+		rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_set(mbuf, 0);
+
+	if (timer_period > 0)
+		__atomic_fetch_add(&rsrc->port_stats[mbuf->port].tx,
+				1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
+l2fwd_event_loop_single(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc,
+			const uint32_t flags)
+{
+	const uint8_t is_master = rte_get_master_lcore() == rte_lcore_id();
+	struct l2fwd_event_resources *evt_rsrc = rsrc->evt_rsrc;
+	const int port_id = l2fwd_get_free_event_port(evt_rsrc);
+	uint64_t prev_tsc = 0, diff_tsc, cur_tsc, timer_tsc = 0;
+	const uint64_t timer_period = rsrc->timer_period;
+	const uint8_t tx_q_id = evt_rsrc->evq.event_q_id[
+					evt_rsrc->evq.nb_queues - 1];
+	const uint8_t event_d_id = evt_rsrc->event_d_id;
+	struct rte_event ev;
+
+	if (port_id < 0)
+		return;
+
+	printf("%s(): entering eventdev main loop on lcore %u\n", __func__,
+		rte_lcore_id());
+
+	while (!rsrc->force_quit) {
+		/* if timer is enabled */
+		if (is_master && timer_period > 0) {
+			cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
+			diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
+
+			/* advance the timer */
+			timer_tsc += diff_tsc;
+
+			/* if timer has reached its timeout */
+			if (unlikely(timer_tsc >= timer_period)) {
+				print_stats(rsrc);
+				/* reset the timer */
+				timer_tsc = 0;
+			}
+			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
+		}
+
+		/* Read packet from eventdev */
+		if (!rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id, port_id, &ev, 1, 0))
+			continue;
+
+		l2fwd_event_fwd(rsrc, &ev, tx_q_id, timer_period, flags);
+
+		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
+			while (rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id, port_id,
+						       &ev, 1) &&
+					!rsrc->force_quit)
+				;
+		}
+
+		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT) {
+			while (!rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_enqueue(event_d_id,
+								port_id,
+								&ev, 1, 0) &&
+					!rsrc->force_quit)
+				;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
+l2fwd_event_loop_burst(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc,
+		       const uint32_t flags)
+{
+	const uint8_t is_master = rte_get_master_lcore() == rte_lcore_id();
+	struct l2fwd_event_resources *evt_rsrc = rsrc->evt_rsrc;
+	const int port_id = l2fwd_get_free_event_port(evt_rsrc);
+	uint64_t prev_tsc = 0, diff_tsc, cur_tsc, timer_tsc = 0;
+	const uint64_t timer_period = rsrc->timer_period;
+	const uint8_t tx_q_id = evt_rsrc->evq.event_q_id[
+					evt_rsrc->evq.nb_queues - 1];
+	const uint8_t event_d_id = evt_rsrc->event_d_id;
+	const uint8_t deq_len = evt_rsrc->deq_depth;
+	struct rte_event ev[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	uint16_t nb_rx, nb_tx;
+	uint8_t i;
+
+	if (port_id < 0)
+		return;
+
+	printf("%s(): entering eventdev main loop on lcore %u\n", __func__,
+		rte_lcore_id());
+
+	while (!rsrc->force_quit) {
+		/* if timer is enabled */
+		if (is_master && timer_period > 0) {
+			cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
+			diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
+
+			/* advance the timer */
+			timer_tsc += diff_tsc;
+
+			/* if timer has reached its timeout */
+			if (unlikely(timer_tsc >= timer_period)) {
+				print_stats(rsrc);
+				/* reset the timer */
+				timer_tsc = 0;
+			}
+			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
+		}
+
+		/* Read packet from eventdev */
+		nb_rx = rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id, port_id, ev,
+						deq_len, 0);
+		if (nb_rx == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
+			l2fwd_event_fwd(rsrc, &ev[i], tx_q_id, timer_period,
+					flags);
+		}
+
+		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
+			nb_tx = rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id, port_id,
+							ev, nb_rx);
+			while (nb_tx < nb_rx && !rsrc->force_quit)
+				nb_tx += rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id,
+						port_id, ev + nb_tx,
+						nb_rx - nb_tx);
+		}
+
+		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT) {
+			nb_tx = rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_enqueue(event_d_id,
+								 port_id, ev,
+								 nb_rx, 0);
+			while (nb_tx < nb_rx && !rsrc->force_quit)
+				nb_tx += rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_enqueue(
+						event_d_id, port_id,
+						ev + nb_tx, nb_rx - nb_tx, 0);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
+l2fwd_event_loop(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc,
+			const uint32_t flags)
+{
+	if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_SINGLE)
+		l2fwd_event_loop_single(rsrc, flags);
+	if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_BURST)
+		l2fwd_event_loop_burst(rsrc, flags);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop(rsrc,
+			 L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT | L2FWD_EVENT_SINGLE);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT | L2FWD_EVENT_BURST);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ | L2FWD_EVENT_SINGLE);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ | L2FWD_EVENT_BURST);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_mac(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC |
+			L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT | L2FWD_EVENT_SINGLE);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst_mac(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC |
+			L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT | L2FWD_EVENT_BURST);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_mac(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC |
+			L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ | L2FWD_EVENT_SINGLE);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst_mac(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC |
+			L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ | L2FWD_EVENT_BURST);
+}
+
 void
 l2fwd_event_resource_setup(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 {
+	/* [MAC_UPDT][TX_MODE][BURST] */
+	const event_loop_cb event_loop[2][2][2] = {
+		[0][0][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d,
+		[0][0][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst,
+		[0][1][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q,
+		[0][1][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst,
+		[1][0][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_mac,
+		[1][0][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst_mac,
+		[1][1][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_mac,
+		[1][1][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst_mac,
+	};
 	struct l2fwd_event_resources *evt_rsrc;
 	uint32_t event_queue_cfg;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!rte_event_dev_count())
 		rte_panic("No Eventdev found\n");
@@ -152,4 +418,14 @@  l2fwd_event_resource_setup(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 
 	/* Rx/Tx adapters configuration */
 	evt_rsrc->ops.adapter_setup(rsrc);
+
+	/* Start event device */
+	ret = rte_event_dev_start(evt_rsrc->event_d_id);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_panic("Error in starting eventdev\n");
+
+	evt_rsrc->ops.l2fwd_event_loop = event_loop
+					[rsrc->mac_updating]
+					[evt_rsrc->tx_mode_q]
+					[evt_rsrc->has_burst];
 }
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.h b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.h
index ebfbfe460..78f22e5f9 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.h
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@  typedef void (*event_port_setup_cb)(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc);
 typedef void (*event_queue_setup_cb)(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc,
 				     uint32_t event_queue_cfg);
 typedef void (*adapter_setup_cb)(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc);
+typedef void (*event_loop_cb)(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc);
 
 struct event_queues {
 	uint8_t *event_q_id;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@  struct event_setup_ops {
 	event_queue_setup_cb event_queue_setup;
 	event_port_setup_cb event_port_setup;
 	adapter_setup_cb adapter_setup;
+	event_loop_cb l2fwd_event_loop;
 };
 
 struct l2fwd_event_resources {
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c b/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c
index 48a91dc70..c11b057aa 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c
@@ -214,8 +214,12 @@  l2fwd_launch_one_lcore(void *args)
 {
 	struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc = args;
 	struct l2fwd_poll_resources *poll_rsrc = rsrc->poll_rsrc;
+	struct l2fwd_event_resources *evt_rsrc = rsrc->evt_rsrc;
 
-	poll_rsrc->poll_main_loop(rsrc);
+	if (rsrc->event_mode)
+		evt_rsrc->ops.l2fwd_event_loop(rsrc);
+	else
+		poll_rsrc->poll_main_loop(rsrc);
 
 	return 0;
 }