[v3] event/dlb2: add support for single 512B write of 4 QEs

Message ID 20220519202411.3607070-1-timothy.mcdaniel@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Jerin Jacob
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Series [v3] event/dlb2: add support for single 512B write of 4 QEs |

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Commit Message

Timothy McDaniel May 19, 2022, 8:24 p.m. UTC
  On Xeon, as 512b accesses are available, movdir64 instruction is able to
perform 512b read and write to DLB producer port. In order for movdir64
to be able to pull its data from store buffers (store-buffer-forwarding)
(before actual write), data should be in single 512b write format.
This commit add change when code is built for Xeon with 512b AVX support
to make single 512b write of all 4 QEs instead of 4x64b writes.

Signed-off-by: Timothy McDaniel <timothy.mcdaniel@intel.com>
Acked-by: Kent Wires <kent.wires@intel.com>
===

Changes since V1:
1) Split out dlb2_event_build_hcws into two implementations, one
that uses AVX512 instructions, and one that does not. Each implementation
is in its own source file in order to avoid build errors if the compiler
does not support the newer AVX512 instructions.
2) Update meson.build to and pull in appropriate source file based on
whether the compiler supports AVX512VL
3) Check if target supports AVX512VL, and use appropriate implementation
based on this runtime check.
---
 drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2.c          | 206 +---------------------
 drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_avx512.c   | 267 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_noavx512.c | 219 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_priv.h     |   8 +
 drivers/event/dlb2/meson.build     |  14 ++
 5 files changed, 513 insertions(+), 201 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_avx512.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_noavx512.c
  

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2.c b/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2.c
index 36f07d0061..ac7572a28d 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2.c
+++ b/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2.c
@@ -1834,6 +1834,11 @@  dlb2_eventdev_port_setup(struct rte_eventdev *dev,
 
 	dev->data->ports[ev_port_id] = &dlb2->ev_ports[ev_port_id];
 
+	if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX512VL))
+		ev_port->qm_port.use_avx512 = true;
+	else
+		ev_port->qm_port.use_avx512 = false;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2430,21 +2435,6 @@  dlb2_eventdev_start(struct rte_eventdev *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static uint8_t cmd_byte_map[DLB2_NUM_PORT_TYPES][DLB2_NUM_HW_SCHED_TYPES] = {
-	{
-		/* Load-balanced cmd bytes */
-		[RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW] = DLB2_NEW_CMD_BYTE,
-		[RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD] = DLB2_FWD_CMD_BYTE,
-		[RTE_EVENT_OP_RELEASE] = DLB2_COMP_CMD_BYTE,
-	},
-	{
-		/* Directed cmd bytes */
-		[RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW] = DLB2_NEW_CMD_BYTE,
-		[RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD] = DLB2_NEW_CMD_BYTE,
-		[RTE_EVENT_OP_RELEASE] = DLB2_NOOP_CMD_BYTE,
-	},
-};
-
 static inline uint32_t
 dlb2_port_credits_get(struct dlb2_port *qm_port,
 		      enum dlb2_hw_queue_types type)
@@ -2639,192 +2629,6 @@  dlb2_construct_token_pop_qe(struct dlb2_port *qm_port, int idx)
 	qm_port->owed_tokens = 0;
 }
 
-static inline void
-dlb2_event_build_hcws(struct dlb2_port *qm_port,
-		      const struct rte_event ev[],
-		      int num,
-		      uint8_t *sched_type,
-		      uint8_t *queue_id)
-{
-	struct dlb2_enqueue_qe *qe;
-	uint16_t sched_word[4];
-	__m128i sse_qe[2];
-	int i;
-
-	qe = qm_port->qe4;
-
-	sse_qe[0] = _mm_setzero_si128();
-	sse_qe[1] = _mm_setzero_si128();
-
-	switch (num) {
-	case 4:
-		/* Construct the metadata portion of two HCWs in one 128b SSE
-		 * register. HCW metadata is constructed in the SSE registers
-		 * like so:
-		 * sse_qe[0][63:0]:   qe[0]'s metadata
-		 * sse_qe[0][127:64]: qe[1]'s metadata
-		 * sse_qe[1][63:0]:   qe[2]'s metadata
-		 * sse_qe[1][127:64]: qe[3]'s metadata
-		 */
-
-		/* Convert the event operation into a command byte and store it
-		 * in the metadata:
-		 * sse_qe[0][63:56]   = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[0].op]
-		 * sse_qe[0][127:120] = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[1].op]
-		 * sse_qe[1][63:56]   = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[2].op]
-		 * sse_qe[1][127:120] = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[3].op]
-		 */
-#define DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE 7
-		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[0],
-				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[0].op],
-				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE);
-		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[0],
-				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[1].op],
-				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE + 8);
-		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[1],
-				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[2].op],
-				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE);
-		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[1],
-				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[3].op],
-				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE + 8);
-
-		/* Store priority, scheduling type, and queue ID in the sched
-		 * word array because these values are re-used when the
-		 * destination is a directed queue.
-		 */
-		sched_word[0] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[0].priority) << 10 |
-				sched_type[0] << 8 |
-				queue_id[0];
-		sched_word[1] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[1].priority) << 10 |
-				sched_type[1] << 8 |
-				queue_id[1];
-		sched_word[2] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[2].priority) << 10 |
-				sched_type[2] << 8 |
-				queue_id[2];
-		sched_word[3] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[3].priority) << 10 |
-				sched_type[3] << 8 |
-				queue_id[3];
-
-		/* Store the event priority, scheduling type, and queue ID in
-		 * the metadata:
-		 * sse_qe[0][31:16] = sched_word[0]
-		 * sse_qe[0][95:80] = sched_word[1]
-		 * sse_qe[1][31:16] = sched_word[2]
-		 * sse_qe[1][95:80] = sched_word[3]
-		 */
-#define DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD 1
-		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
-					     sched_word[0],
-					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD);
-		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
-					     sched_word[1],
-					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD + 4);
-		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
-					     sched_word[2],
-					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD);
-		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
-					     sched_word[3],
-					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD + 4);
-
-		/* If the destination is a load-balanced queue, store the lock
-		 * ID. If it is a directed queue, DLB places this field in
-		 * bytes 10-11 of the received QE, so we format it accordingly:
-		 * sse_qe[0][47:32]  = dir queue ? sched_word[0] : flow_id[0]
-		 * sse_qe[0][111:96] = dir queue ? sched_word[1] : flow_id[1]
-		 * sse_qe[1][47:32]  = dir queue ? sched_word[2] : flow_id[2]
-		 * sse_qe[1][111:96] = dir queue ? sched_word[3] : flow_id[3]
-		 */
-#define DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD 2
-		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
-				(sched_type[0] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
-					sched_word[0] : ev[0].flow_id,
-				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD);
-		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
-				(sched_type[1] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
-					sched_word[1] : ev[1].flow_id,
-				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD + 4);
-		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
-				(sched_type[2] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
-					sched_word[2] : ev[2].flow_id,
-				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD);
-		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
-				(sched_type[3] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
-					sched_word[3] : ev[3].flow_id,
-				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD + 4);
-
-		/* Store the event type and sub event type in the metadata:
-		 * sse_qe[0][15:0]  = flow_id[0]
-		 * sse_qe[0][79:64] = flow_id[1]
-		 * sse_qe[1][15:0]  = flow_id[2]
-		 * sse_qe[1][79:64] = flow_id[3]
-		 */
-#define DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD 0
-		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
-					     ev[0].sub_event_type << 8 |
-						ev[0].event_type,
-					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD);
-		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
-					     ev[1].sub_event_type << 8 |
-						ev[1].event_type,
-					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD + 4);
-		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
-					     ev[2].sub_event_type << 8 |
-						ev[2].event_type,
-					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD);
-		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
-					     ev[3].sub_event_type << 8 |
-						ev[3].event_type,
-					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD + 4);
-
-		/* Store the metadata to memory (use the double-precision
-		 * _mm_storeh_pd because there is no integer function for
-		 * storing the upper 64b):
-		 * qe[0] metadata = sse_qe[0][63:0]
-		 * qe[1] metadata = sse_qe[0][127:64]
-		 * qe[2] metadata = sse_qe[1][63:0]
-		 * qe[3] metadata = sse_qe[1][127:64]
-		 */
-		_mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)&qe[0].u.opaque_data, sse_qe[0]);
-		_mm_storeh_pd((double *)&qe[1].u.opaque_data,
-			      (__m128d)sse_qe[0]);
-		_mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)&qe[2].u.opaque_data, sse_qe[1]);
-		_mm_storeh_pd((double *)&qe[3].u.opaque_data,
-			      (__m128d)sse_qe[1]);
-
-		qe[0].data = ev[0].u64;
-		qe[1].data = ev[1].u64;
-		qe[2].data = ev[2].u64;
-		qe[3].data = ev[3].u64;
-
-		break;
-	case 3:
-	case 2:
-	case 1:
-		for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-			qe[i].cmd_byte =
-				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[i].op];
-			qe[i].sched_type = sched_type[i];
-			qe[i].data = ev[i].u64;
-			qe[i].qid = queue_id[i];
-			qe[i].priority = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[i].priority);
-			qe[i].lock_id = ev[i].flow_id;
-			if (sched_type[i] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) {
-				struct dlb2_msg_info *info =
-					(struct dlb2_msg_info *)&qe[i].lock_id;
-
-				info->qid = queue_id[i];
-				info->sched_type = DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED;
-				info->priority = qe[i].priority;
-			}
-			qe[i].u.event_type.major = ev[i].event_type;
-			qe[i].u.event_type.sub = ev[i].sub_event_type;
-		}
-		break;
-	case 0:
-		break;
-	}
-}
-
 static inline int
 dlb2_event_enqueue_prep(struct dlb2_eventdev_port *ev_port,
 			struct dlb2_port *qm_port,
diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_avx512.c b/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_avx512.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce2d006006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_avx512.c
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2016-2020 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include "dlb2_priv.h"
+#include "dlb2_iface.h"
+#include "dlb2_inline_fns.h"
+
+/*
+ * This source file is used when the compiler on the build machine
+ * supports AVX512VL. We will perform a runtime check before actually
+ * executing those instructions.
+ */
+
+static uint8_t cmd_byte_map[DLB2_NUM_PORT_TYPES][DLB2_NUM_HW_SCHED_TYPES] = {
+	{
+		/* Load-balanced cmd bytes */
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW] = DLB2_NEW_CMD_BYTE,
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD] = DLB2_FWD_CMD_BYTE,
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_RELEASE] = DLB2_COMP_CMD_BYTE,
+	},
+	{
+		/* Directed cmd bytes */
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW] = DLB2_NEW_CMD_BYTE,
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD] = DLB2_NEW_CMD_BYTE,
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_RELEASE] = DLB2_NOOP_CMD_BYTE,
+	},
+};
+
+void
+dlb2_event_build_hcws(struct dlb2_port *qm_port,
+		      const struct rte_event ev[],
+		      int num,
+		      uint8_t *sched_type,
+		      uint8_t *queue_id)
+{
+	struct dlb2_enqueue_qe *qe;
+	uint16_t sched_word[4];
+	__m128i sse_qe[2];
+	int i;
+
+	qe = qm_port->qe4;
+
+	sse_qe[0] = _mm_setzero_si128();
+	sse_qe[1] = _mm_setzero_si128();
+
+	switch (num) {
+	case 4:
+		/* Construct the metadata portion of two HCWs in one 128b SSE
+		 * register. HCW metadata is constructed in the SSE registers
+		 * like so:
+		 * sse_qe[0][63:0]:   qe[0]'s metadata
+		 * sse_qe[0][127:64]: qe[1]'s metadata
+		 * sse_qe[1][63:0]:   qe[2]'s metadata
+		 * sse_qe[1][127:64]: qe[3]'s metadata
+		 */
+
+		/* Convert the event operation into a command byte and store it
+		 * in the metadata:
+		 * sse_qe[0][63:56]   = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[0].op]
+		 * sse_qe[0][127:120] = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[1].op]
+		 * sse_qe[1][63:56]   = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[2].op]
+		 * sse_qe[1][127:120] = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[3].op]
+		 */
+#define DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE 7
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[0],
+				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[0].op],
+				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE);
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[0],
+				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[1].op],
+				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE + 8);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[1],
+				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[2].op],
+				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[1],
+				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[3].op],
+				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE + 8);
+
+		/* Store priority, scheduling type, and queue ID in the sched
+		 * word array because these values are re-used when the
+		 * destination is a directed queue.
+		 */
+		sched_word[0] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[0].priority) << 10 |
+				sched_type[0] << 8 |
+				queue_id[0];
+		sched_word[1] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[1].priority) << 10 |
+				sched_type[1] << 8 |
+				queue_id[1];
+		sched_word[2] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[2].priority) << 10 |
+				sched_type[2] << 8 |
+				queue_id[2];
+		sched_word[3] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[3].priority) << 10 |
+				sched_type[3] << 8 |
+				queue_id[3];
+
+		/* Store the event priority, scheduling type, and queue ID in
+		 * the metadata:
+		 * sse_qe[0][31:16] = sched_word[0]
+		 * sse_qe[0][95:80] = sched_word[1]
+		 * sse_qe[1][31:16] = sched_word[2]
+		 * sse_qe[1][95:80] = sched_word[3]
+		 */
+#define DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD 1
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+					     sched_word[0],
+					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD);
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+					     sched_word[1],
+					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD + 4);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+					     sched_word[2],
+					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+					     sched_word[3],
+					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD + 4);
+
+		/* If the destination is a load-balanced queue, store the lock
+		 * ID. If it is a directed queue, DLB places this field in
+		 * bytes 10-11 of the received QE, so we format it accordingly:
+		 * sse_qe[0][47:32]  = dir queue ? sched_word[0] : flow_id[0]
+		 * sse_qe[0][111:96] = dir queue ? sched_word[1] : flow_id[1]
+		 * sse_qe[1][47:32]  = dir queue ? sched_word[2] : flow_id[2]
+		 * sse_qe[1][111:96] = dir queue ? sched_word[3] : flow_id[3]
+		 */
+#define DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD 2
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+				(sched_type[0] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
+					sched_word[0] : ev[0].flow_id,
+				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD);
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+				(sched_type[1] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
+					sched_word[1] : ev[1].flow_id,
+				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD + 4);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+				(sched_type[2] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
+					sched_word[2] : ev[2].flow_id,
+				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+				(sched_type[3] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
+					sched_word[3] : ev[3].flow_id,
+				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD + 4);
+
+		/* Store the event type and sub event type in the metadata:
+		 * sse_qe[0][15:0]  = flow_id[0]
+		 * sse_qe[0][79:64] = flow_id[1]
+		 * sse_qe[1][15:0]  = flow_id[2]
+		 * sse_qe[1][79:64] = flow_id[3]
+		 */
+#define DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD 0
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+					     ev[0].sub_event_type << 8 |
+						ev[0].event_type,
+					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD);
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+					     ev[1].sub_event_type << 8 |
+						ev[1].event_type,
+					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD + 4);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+					     ev[2].sub_event_type << 8 |
+						ev[2].event_type,
+					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+					     ev[3].sub_event_type << 8 |
+						ev[3].event_type,
+					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD + 4);
+
+		if (qm_port->use_avx512) {
+
+			/*
+			 * 1) Build avx512 QE store and build each
+			 *    QE individually as XMM register
+			 * 2) Merge the 4 XMM registers/QEs into single AVX512
+			 *    register
+			 * 3) Store single avx512 register to &qe[0] (4x QEs
+			 *    stored in 1x store)
+			 */
+
+			__m128i v_qe0 = _mm_setzero_si128();
+			uint64_t meta = _mm_extract_epi64(sse_qe[0], 0);
+			v_qe0 = _mm_insert_epi64(v_qe0, ev[0].u64, 0);
+			v_qe0 = _mm_insert_epi64(v_qe0, meta, 1);
+
+			__m128i v_qe1 = _mm_setzero_si128();
+			meta = _mm_extract_epi64(sse_qe[0], 1);
+			v_qe1 = _mm_insert_epi64(v_qe1, ev[1].u64, 0);
+			v_qe1 = _mm_insert_epi64(v_qe1, meta, 1);
+
+			__m128i v_qe2 = _mm_setzero_si128();
+			meta = _mm_extract_epi64(sse_qe[1], 0);
+			v_qe2 = _mm_insert_epi64(v_qe2, ev[2].u64, 0);
+			v_qe2 = _mm_insert_epi64(v_qe2, meta, 1);
+
+			__m128i v_qe3 = _mm_setzero_si128();
+			meta = _mm_extract_epi64(sse_qe[1], 1);
+			v_qe3 = _mm_insert_epi64(v_qe3, ev[3].u64, 0);
+			v_qe3 = _mm_insert_epi64(v_qe3, meta, 1);
+
+			/* we have 4x XMM registers, one per QE. */
+			__m512i v_all_qes = _mm512_setzero_si512();
+			v_all_qes = _mm512_inserti32x4(v_all_qes, v_qe0, 0);
+			v_all_qes = _mm512_inserti32x4(v_all_qes, v_qe1, 1);
+			v_all_qes = _mm512_inserti32x4(v_all_qes, v_qe2, 2);
+			v_all_qes = _mm512_inserti32x4(v_all_qes, v_qe3, 3);
+
+			/*
+			 * store the 4x QEs in a single register to the scratch
+			 * space of the PMD
+			 */
+			_mm512_store_si512(&qe[0], v_all_qes);
+
+		} else {
+
+			/*
+			 * Store the metadata to memory (use the double-precision
+			 * _mm_storeh_pd because there is no integer function for
+			 * storing the upper 64b):
+			 * qe[0] metadata = sse_qe[0][63:0]
+			 * qe[1] metadata = sse_qe[0][127:64]
+			 * qe[2] metadata = sse_qe[1][63:0]
+			 * qe[3] metadata = sse_qe[1][127:64]
+			 */
+			_mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)&qe[0].u.opaque_data,
+					 sse_qe[0]);
+			_mm_storeh_pd((double *)&qe[1].u.opaque_data,
+				      (__m128d)sse_qe[0]);
+			_mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)&qe[2].u.opaque_data,
+					 sse_qe[1]);
+			_mm_storeh_pd((double *)&qe[3].u.opaque_data,
+				      (__m128d)sse_qe[1]);
+
+			qe[0].data = ev[0].u64;
+			qe[1].data = ev[1].u64;
+			qe[2].data = ev[2].u64;
+			qe[3].data = ev[3].u64;
+		}
+
+		break;
+	case 3:
+	case 2:
+	case 1:
+		for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+			qe[i].cmd_byte =
+				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[i].op];
+			qe[i].sched_type = sched_type[i];
+			qe[i].data = ev[i].u64;
+			qe[i].qid = queue_id[i];
+			qe[i].priority = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[i].priority);
+			qe[i].lock_id = ev[i].flow_id;
+			if (sched_type[i] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) {
+				struct dlb2_msg_info *info =
+					(struct dlb2_msg_info *)&qe[i].lock_id;
+
+				info->qid = queue_id[i];
+				info->sched_type = DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED;
+				info->priority = qe[i].priority;
+			}
+			qe[i].u.event_type.major = ev[i].event_type;
+			qe[i].u.event_type.sub = ev[i].sub_event_type;
+		}
+		break;
+	case 0:
+		break;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_noavx512.c b/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_noavx512.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82f6588e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_noavx512.c
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2016-2020 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include "dlb2_priv.h"
+#include "dlb2_iface.h"
+#include "dlb2_inline_fns.h"
+
+/*
+ * This source file is only used when the compiler on the build machine
+ * does not support AVX512VL.
+ */
+
+static uint8_t cmd_byte_map[DLB2_NUM_PORT_TYPES][DLB2_NUM_HW_SCHED_TYPES] = {
+	{
+		/* Load-balanced cmd bytes */
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW] = DLB2_NEW_CMD_BYTE,
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD] = DLB2_FWD_CMD_BYTE,
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_RELEASE] = DLB2_COMP_CMD_BYTE,
+	},
+	{
+		/* Directed cmd bytes */
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW] = DLB2_NEW_CMD_BYTE,
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD] = DLB2_NEW_CMD_BYTE,
+		[RTE_EVENT_OP_RELEASE] = DLB2_NOOP_CMD_BYTE,
+	},
+};
+
+void
+dlb2_event_build_hcws(struct dlb2_port *qm_port,
+		      const struct rte_event ev[],
+		      int num,
+		      uint8_t *sched_type,
+		      uint8_t *queue_id)
+{
+	struct dlb2_enqueue_qe *qe;
+	uint16_t sched_word[4];
+	__m128i sse_qe[2];
+	int i;
+
+	qe = qm_port->qe4;
+
+	sse_qe[0] = _mm_setzero_si128();
+	sse_qe[1] = _mm_setzero_si128();
+
+	switch (num) {
+	case 4:
+		/* Construct the metadata portion of two HCWs in one 128b SSE
+		 * register. HCW metadata is constructed in the SSE registers
+		 * like so:
+		 * sse_qe[0][63:0]:   qe[0]'s metadata
+		 * sse_qe[0][127:64]: qe[1]'s metadata
+		 * sse_qe[1][63:0]:   qe[2]'s metadata
+		 * sse_qe[1][127:64]: qe[3]'s metadata
+		 */
+
+		/* Convert the event operation into a command byte and store it
+		 * in the metadata:
+		 * sse_qe[0][63:56]   = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[0].op]
+		 * sse_qe[0][127:120] = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[1].op]
+		 * sse_qe[1][63:56]   = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[2].op]
+		 * sse_qe[1][127:120] = cmd_byte_map[is_directed][ev[3].op]
+		 */
+#define DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE 7
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[0],
+				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[0].op],
+				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE);
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[0],
+				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[1].op],
+				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE + 8);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[1],
+				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[2].op],
+				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi8(sse_qe[1],
+				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[3].op],
+				DLB2_QE_CMD_BYTE + 8);
+
+		/* Store priority, scheduling type, and queue ID in the sched
+		 * word array because these values are re-used when the
+		 * destination is a directed queue.
+		 */
+		sched_word[0] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[0].priority) << 10 |
+				sched_type[0] << 8 |
+				queue_id[0];
+		sched_word[1] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[1].priority) << 10 |
+				sched_type[1] << 8 |
+				queue_id[1];
+		sched_word[2] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[2].priority) << 10 |
+				sched_type[2] << 8 |
+				queue_id[2];
+		sched_word[3] = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[3].priority) << 10 |
+				sched_type[3] << 8 |
+				queue_id[3];
+
+		/* Store the event priority, scheduling type, and queue ID in
+		 * the metadata:
+		 * sse_qe[0][31:16] = sched_word[0]
+		 * sse_qe[0][95:80] = sched_word[1]
+		 * sse_qe[1][31:16] = sched_word[2]
+		 * sse_qe[1][95:80] = sched_word[3]
+		 */
+#define DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD 1
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+					     sched_word[0],
+					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD);
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+					     sched_word[1],
+					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD + 4);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+					     sched_word[2],
+					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+					     sched_word[3],
+					     DLB2_QE_QID_SCHED_WORD + 4);
+
+		/* If the destination is a load-balanced queue, store the lock
+		 * ID. If it is a directed queue, DLB places this field in
+		 * bytes 10-11 of the received QE, so we format it accordingly:
+		 * sse_qe[0][47:32]  = dir queue ? sched_word[0] : flow_id[0]
+		 * sse_qe[0][111:96] = dir queue ? sched_word[1] : flow_id[1]
+		 * sse_qe[1][47:32]  = dir queue ? sched_word[2] : flow_id[2]
+		 * sse_qe[1][111:96] = dir queue ? sched_word[3] : flow_id[3]
+		 */
+#define DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD 2
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+				(sched_type[0] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
+					sched_word[0] : ev[0].flow_id,
+				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD);
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+				(sched_type[1] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
+					sched_word[1] : ev[1].flow_id,
+				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD + 4);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+				(sched_type[2] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
+					sched_word[2] : ev[2].flow_id,
+				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+				(sched_type[3] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) ?
+					sched_word[3] : ev[3].flow_id,
+				DLB2_QE_LOCK_ID_WORD + 4);
+
+		/* Store the event type and sub event type in the metadata:
+		 * sse_qe[0][15:0]  = flow_id[0]
+		 * sse_qe[0][79:64] = flow_id[1]
+		 * sse_qe[1][15:0]  = flow_id[2]
+		 * sse_qe[1][79:64] = flow_id[3]
+		 */
+#define DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD 0
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+					     ev[0].sub_event_type << 8 |
+						ev[0].event_type,
+					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD);
+		sse_qe[0] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[0],
+					     ev[1].sub_event_type << 8 |
+						ev[1].event_type,
+					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD + 4);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+					     ev[2].sub_event_type << 8 |
+						ev[2].event_type,
+					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD);
+		sse_qe[1] = _mm_insert_epi16(sse_qe[1],
+					     ev[3].sub_event_type << 8 |
+						ev[3].event_type,
+					     DLB2_QE_EV_TYPE_WORD + 4);
+
+		/*
+		 * Store the metadata to memory (use the double-precision
+		 * _mm_storeh_pd because there is no integer function for
+		 * storing the upper 64b):
+		 * qe[0] metadata = sse_qe[0][63:0]
+		 * qe[1] metadata = sse_qe[0][127:64]
+		 * qe[2] metadata = sse_qe[1][63:0]
+		 * qe[3] metadata = sse_qe[1][127:64]
+		 */
+		_mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)&qe[0].u.opaque_data,
+				 sse_qe[0]);
+		_mm_storeh_pd((double *)&qe[1].u.opaque_data,
+			      (__m128d)sse_qe[0]);
+		_mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)&qe[2].u.opaque_data,
+				 sse_qe[1]);
+		_mm_storeh_pd((double *)&qe[3].u.opaque_data,
+				      (__m128d)sse_qe[1]);
+
+		qe[0].data = ev[0].u64;
+		qe[1].data = ev[1].u64;
+		qe[2].data = ev[2].u64;
+		qe[3].data = ev[3].u64;
+
+		break;
+	case 3:
+	case 2:
+	case 1:
+		for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+			qe[i].cmd_byte =
+				cmd_byte_map[qm_port->is_directed][ev[i].op];
+			qe[i].sched_type = sched_type[i];
+			qe[i].data = ev[i].u64;
+			qe[i].qid = queue_id[i];
+			qe[i].priority = EV_TO_DLB2_PRIO(ev[i].priority);
+			qe[i].lock_id = ev[i].flow_id;
+			if (sched_type[i] == DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED) {
+				struct dlb2_msg_info *info =
+					(struct dlb2_msg_info *)&qe[i].lock_id;
+
+				info->qid = queue_id[i];
+				info->sched_type = DLB2_SCHED_DIRECTED;
+				info->priority = qe[i].priority;
+			}
+			qe[i].u.event_type.major = ev[i].event_type;
+			qe[i].u.event_type.sub = ev[i].sub_event_type;
+		}
+		break;
+	case 0:
+		break;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_priv.h b/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_priv.h
index 3e47e4776b..b02d28467f 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/event/dlb2/dlb2_priv.h
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@  struct dlb2_port {
 	struct dlb2_eventdev_port *ev_port; /* back ptr */
 	bool use_scalar; /* force usage of scalar code */
 	uint16_t hw_credit_quanta;
+	bool use_avx512;
 };
 
 /* Per-process per-port mmio and memory pointers */
@@ -685,6 +686,13 @@  int dlb2_parse_params(const char *params,
 		      struct dlb2_devargs *dlb2_args,
 		      uint8_t version);
 
+void dlb2_event_build_hcws(struct dlb2_port *qm_port,
+			   const struct rte_event ev[],
+			   int num,
+			   uint8_t *sched_type,
+			   uint8_t *queue_id);
+
+
 /* Extern globals */
 extern struct process_local_port_data dlb2_port[][DLB2_NUM_PORT_TYPES];
 
diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb2/meson.build b/drivers/event/dlb2/meson.build
index f963589fd3..efd93c7093 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dlb2/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/dlb2/meson.build
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@  sources = files(
         'dlb2_selftest.c',
 )
 
+dlb2_avx512_support = false
+
+if dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_X86_64')
+        dlb2_avx512_support = (
+	    cc.get_define('__AVX512VL__', args: machine_args) != ''
+	)
+endif
+
+if dlb2_avx512_support == true
+        sources += files('dlb2_avx512.c')
+else
+        sources += files('dlb2_noavx512.c')
+endif
+
 headers = files('rte_pmd_dlb2.h')
 
 deps += ['mbuf', 'mempool', 'ring', 'pci', 'bus_pci']