From 2d11e9f4b9e22f6da17fbe83b99e4ca9a5c0e507 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Yourtchenko Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:45:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] acl-plugin: tm: avoid hash calculation dependency on a memory store operation A small store into a middle of a larger structure that was subsequently loaded for calculating the bihash key was noticeably impacting the performance. Change-Id: If7f33e1b66e8b438ba7cc91abc0ca749850c6e45 Signed-off-by: Andrew Yourtchenko --- src/plugins/acl/public_inlines.h | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/plugins/acl/public_inlines.h b/src/plugins/acl/public_inlines.h index ca4251903fa..576d081784c 100644 --- a/src/plugins/acl/public_inlines.h +++ b/src/plugins/acl/public_inlines.h @@ -605,7 +605,15 @@ multi_acl_match_get_applied_ace_index (acl_main_t * am, int is_ip6, fa_5tuple_t *pkey++ = *pmatch++ & *pmask++; *pkey++ = *pmatch++ & *pmask++; - kv_key->pkt.mask_type_index_lsb = mask_type_index; + /* + * The use of temporary variable convinces the compiler + * to make a u64 write, avoiding the stall on crc32 operation + * just a bit later. + */ + fa_packet_info_t tmp_pkt = kv_key->pkt; + tmp_pkt.mask_type_index_lsb = mask_type_index; + kv_key->pkt.as_u64 = tmp_pkt.as_u64; + int res = clib_bihash_search_inline_2_48_8 (&am->acl_lookup_hash, &kv, &result); -- 2.16.6