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authorMohsin KAZMI <sykazmi@cisco.com>2017-01-18 11:59:45 +0100
committerDamjan Marion <dmarion.lists@gmail.com>2017-01-19 11:00:11 +0000
commitcf751ec70df21affb19c77b2c51e3c231b8202ad (patch)
treee880e3fa0f7147ce609c0c3592596d120c2ab57f /src/vnet/devices/af_packet/af_packet.c
parent07c39da547141f59b37a320cde5616ca652e7cff (diff)
af_packet: multithreading support
This patch adds multithreading support for af_packet interfaces. Change-Id: Ief5d1117e7ffeaa59dbc2831e583d5d8e8d4fa7a Signed-off-by: Mohsin KAZMI <sykazmi@cisco.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/vnet/devices/af_packet/af_packet.c')
-rw-r--r--src/vnet/devices/af_packet/af_packet.c55
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/af_packet.c b/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/af_packet.c
index 91c3988b439..e491ba473d5 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/af_packet.c
@@ -171,6 +171,31 @@ error:
return ret;
}
+static void
+af_packet_worker_thread_enable ()
+{
+ /* If worker threads are enabled, switch to polling mode */
+ foreach_vlib_main ((
+ {
+ vlib_node_set_state (this_vlib_main,
+ af_packet_input_node.index,
+ VLIB_NODE_STATE_POLLING);
+ }));
+
+}
+
+static void
+af_packet_worker_thread_disable ()
+{
+ foreach_vlib_main ((
+ {
+ vlib_node_set_state (this_vlib_main,
+ af_packet_input_node.index,
+ VLIB_NODE_STATE_INTERRUPT);
+ }));
+
+}
+
int
af_packet_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, u8 * host_if_name, u8 * hw_addr_set,
u32 * sw_if_index)
@@ -184,6 +209,7 @@ af_packet_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, u8 * host_if_name, u8 * hw_addr_set,
u8 hw_addr[6];
clib_error_t *error;
vnet_sw_interface_t *sw;
+ vlib_thread_main_t *tm = vlib_get_thread_main ();
vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
uword *p;
uword if_index;
@@ -226,6 +252,13 @@ af_packet_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, u8 * host_if_name, u8 * hw_addr_set,
apif->next_tx_frame = 0;
apif->next_rx_frame = 0;
+ if (tm->n_vlib_mains > 1)
+ {
+ apif->lockp = clib_mem_alloc_aligned (CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES,
+ CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+ memset ((void *) apif->lockp, 0, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+ }
+
{
unix_file_t template = { 0 };
template.read_function = af_packet_fd_read_ready;
@@ -273,6 +306,10 @@ af_packet_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, u8 * host_if_name, u8 * hw_addr_set,
0);
if (sw_if_index)
*sw_if_index = apif->sw_if_index;
+
+ if (tm->n_vlib_mains > 1 && pool_elts (apm->interfaces) == 1)
+ af_packet_worker_thread_enable ();
+
return 0;
error:
@@ -286,6 +323,7 @@ int
af_packet_delete_if (vlib_main_t * vm, u8 * host_if_name)
{
vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
+ vlib_thread_main_t *tm = vlib_get_thread_main ();
af_packet_main_t *apm = &af_packet_main;
af_packet_if_t *apif;
uword *p;
@@ -335,6 +373,8 @@ af_packet_delete_if (vlib_main_t * vm, u8 * host_if_name)
ethernet_delete_interface (vnm, apif->hw_if_index);
pool_put (apm->interfaces, apif);
+ if (tm->n_vlib_mains > 1 && pool_elts (apm->interfaces) == 0)
+ af_packet_worker_thread_disable ();
return 0;
}
@@ -344,9 +384,24 @@ af_packet_init (vlib_main_t * vm)
{
af_packet_main_t *apm = &af_packet_main;
vlib_thread_main_t *tm = vlib_get_thread_main ();
+ vlib_thread_registration_t *tr;
+ uword *p;
memset (apm, 0, sizeof (af_packet_main_t));
+ apm->input_cpu_first_index = 0;
+ apm->input_cpu_count = 1;
+
+ /* find out which cpus will be used for input */
+ p = hash_get_mem (tm->thread_registrations_by_name, "workers");
+ tr = p ? (vlib_thread_registration_t *) p[0] : 0;
+
+ if (tr && tr->count > 0)
+ {
+ apm->input_cpu_first_index = tr->first_index;
+ apm->input_cpu_count = tr->count;
+ }
+
mhash_init_vec_string (&apm->if_index_by_host_if_name, sizeof (uword));
vec_validate_aligned (apm->rx_buffers, tm->n_vlib_mains - 1,