dpdk/dpdk-2.2.0_patches/0004-mbuf-rearrange-rte_mbuf-metadata-to-suit-vpp.patch

From b8b575a3398c480f6e02525a0933e5e057139b78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damjan Marion <damarion@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 04:25:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] mbuf: rearrange rte_mbuf metadata to suit vpp

---
 .../linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h   |  5 +++--
 lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h                           | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
index bd1cc09..a68a949 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
@@ -120,11 +120,12 @@ struct rte_kni_mbuf {
 	char pad2[4];
 	uint32_t pkt_len;       /**< Total pkt len: sum of all segment data_len. */
 	uint16_t data_len;      /**< Amount of data in segment buffer. */
+	char pad3[8];
+	void *next;
 
 	/* fields on second cache line */
-	char pad3[8] __attribute__((__aligned__(RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE)));
+	char pad4[16] __attribute__((__aligned__(RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE)));
 	void *pool;
-	void *next;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
index f234ac9..a1b4405 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
@@ -734,6 +734,12 @@ struct rte_mbuf_offload;
 /**
  * The generic rte_mbuf, containing a packet mbuf.
  */
+/*
+ * offload in the second cache line, next in the first. Better for vpp
+ * at least as of right now.
+ * If you change this structure, you must change the user-mode
+ * version in rte_mbuf.h
+ */
 struct rte_mbuf {
 	MARKER cacheline0;
 
@@ -786,6 +792,12 @@ struct rte_mbuf {
 	uint32_t pkt_len;         /**< Total pkt len: sum of all segments. */
 	uint16_t data_len;        /**< Amount of data in segment buffer. */
 	uint16_t vlan_tci;        /**< VLAN Tag Control Identifier (CPU order) */
+	uint32_t seqn; /**< Sequence number. See also rte_reorder_insert() */
+	uint16_t vlan_tci_outer;  /**< Outer VLAN Tag Control Identifier (CPU order) */
+	struct rte_mbuf *next;    /**< Next segment of scattered packet. */
+
+	/* second cache line - fields only used in slow path or on TX */
+	MARKER cacheline1 __rte_cache_aligned;
 
 	union {
 		uint32_t rss;     /**< RSS hash result if RSS enabled */
@@ -809,20 +821,12 @@ struct rte_mbuf {
 		uint32_t usr;	  /**< User defined tags. See rte_distributor_process() */
 	} hash;                   /**< hash information */
 
-	uint32_t seqn; /**< Sequence number. See also rte_reorder_insert() */
-
-	uint16_t vlan_tci_outer;  /**< Outer VLAN Tag Control Identifier (CPU order) */
-
-	/* second cache line - fields only used in slow path or on TX */
-	MARKER cacheline1 __rte_cache_aligned;
-
 	union {
 		void *userdata;   /**< Can be used for external metadata */
 		uint64_t udata64; /**< Allow 8-byte userdata on 32-bit */
 	};
 
 	struct rte_mempool *pool; /**< Pool from which mbuf was allocated. */
-	struct rte_mbuf *next;    /**< Next segment of scattered packet. */
 
 	/* fields to support TX offloads */
 	union {
-- 
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