in 18.08 new cache-aligned structure rte_crypto_asym_op was introduced.
As it also was included into rte_crypto_op, it caused implicit change
in rte_crypto_op layout and alignment: now rte_crypto_op is cache-line
aligned has a hole of 40/104 bytes between phys_addr and sym/asym op.
It looks like unintended ABI breakage, plus such change can cause
negative performance effects:
- now status and sym[0].m_src lies on different cache-lines, so
post-process code would need extra cache-line read.
- new alignment causes grow of the space requirements and cache-line
reads/updates for structures that contain rte_crypto_op inside.
As there seems no actual need to have rte_crypto_asym_op cache-line
aligned, and rte_crypto_asym_op is not intended to be used on it's own -
the simplest fix is just to remove cache-line alignment for it.
As the immediate positive effect: on IA ipsec-secgw performance increased
by 5-10% (depending on the crypto-dev and algo used).
My guess that on machines with 128B cache-line and lookaside-protocol
capable crypto devices the impact will be even more noticeable.
Fixes:
26008aaed14c ("cryptodev: add asymmetric xform and op definitions")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
Acked-by: Shally Verma <shallyv@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>
Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
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+* cryptodev: in 18.08 new structure ``rte_crypto_asym_op`` was introduced and
+ included into ``rte_crypto_op``. As ``rte_crypto_asym_op`` structure was
+ defined as cache-line aligned that caused unintended changes in
+ ``rte_crypto_op`` structure layout and alignment. Remove cache-line
+ alignment for ``rte_crypto_asym_op`` to restore expected ``rte_crypto_op``
+ layout and alignment.
+
Shared Library Versions
-----------------------
librte_cfgfile.so.2
librte_cmdline.so.2
librte_compressdev.so.1
- librte_cryptodev.so.6
+ + librte_cryptodev.so.7
librte_distributor.so.1
librte_eal.so.9
librte_efd.so.1
LIB = librte_cryptodev.a
# library version
-LIBABIVER := 6
+LIBABIVER := 7
# build flags
CFLAGS += -O3
# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
# Copyright(c) 2017-2019 Intel Corporation
-version = 6
+version = 7
allow_experimental_apis = true
sources = files('rte_cryptodev.c', 'rte_cryptodev_pmd.c')
headers = files('rte_cryptodev.h',
struct rte_crypto_dh_op_param dh;
struct rte_crypto_dsa_op_param dsa;
};
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
+};
#ifdef __cplusplus
}