[dpdk-dev,7/9] net/virtio: rationalize setting of Rx/Tx handlers

Message ID 20170831134015.1383-8-olivier.matz@6wind.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Yuanhan Liu
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Olivier Matz Aug. 31, 2017, 1:40 p.m. UTC
  The selection of Rx/Tx handlers is done at several places,
group them in one function set_rxtx_funcs().

The update of hw->use_simple_rxtx is also rationalized:
- initialized to 1 (prefer simple path)
- in dev configure or rx/tx queue setup, if something prevents from
  using the simple path, change it to 0.
- in dev start, set the handlers according to hw->use_simple_rxtx.

Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c   | 23 +++++------------
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Yuanhan Liu Sept. 1, 2017, 9:19 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 03:40:13PM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote:
> The selection of Rx/Tx handlers is done at several places,
> group them in one function set_rxtx_funcs().
> 
> The update of hw->use_simple_rxtx is also rationalized:
> - initialized to 1 (prefer simple path)
> - in dev configure or rx/tx queue setup, if something prevents from
>   using the simple path, change it to 0.
> - in dev start, set the handlers according to hw->use_simple_rxtx.
> 
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org

This patch looks like a refactoring to me, that I don't think it's really
a good idea to back port it to a stable release.

...
> @@ -1534,7 +1554,6 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
>  	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM < sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf));
>  
>  	eth_dev->dev_ops = &virtio_eth_dev_ops;
> -	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &virtio_xmit_pkts;
>  
>  	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY) {
>  		if (!hw->virtio_user_dev) {
> @@ -1544,12 +1563,8 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
>  		}
>  
>  		virtio_set_vtpci_ops(hw);
> -		if (hw->use_simple_rxtx) {
> -			eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts_simple;
> -			eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtio_recv_pkts_vec;
> -		} else {
> -			rx_func_get(eth_dev);
> -		}
> +		set_rxtx_funcs(eth_dev);

No need to invoke it here?

> +
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -1726,6 +1741,18 @@ virtio_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  			return -EBUSY;
>  		}
>  
> +	hw->use_simple_rxtx = 1;
> +
> +#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86
> +	if (!rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_SSE3))

DPDK now requires SSE4.2. You might want to add another patch to remove
this testing.

> +		hw->use_simple_rxtx = 0;
> +#elif defined RTE_ARCH_ARM64 || defined CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM
> +	if (!rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_NEON))
> +		hw->use_simple_rxtx = 0;
> +#endif
> +	if (vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF))
> +		hw->use_simple_rxtx = 0;
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1802,6 +1829,7 @@ virtio_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  		VIRTQUEUE_DUMP(txvq->vq);
>  	}
>  
> +	set_rxtx_funcs(dev);
>  	hw->started = 1;
>  
>  	/* Initialize Link state */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> index a32e3229f..c9d97b643 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> @@ -505,25 +505,14 @@ static void
>  virtio_update_rxtx_handler(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
>  			   const struct rte_eth_txconf *tx_conf)

This function name doesn't quite make sense now after your refactoring.

>  {
> -	uint8_t use_simple_rxtx = 0;
>  	struct virtio_hw *hw = dev->data->dev_private;
> +	uint8_t use_simple_rxtx = hw->use_simple_rxtx;
>  
> -#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86
> -	if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_SSE3))
> -		use_simple_rxtx = 1;
> -#elif defined RTE_ARCH_ARM64 || defined CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM
> -	if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_NEON))
> -		use_simple_rxtx = 1;
> -#endif
> -	/* Use simple rx/tx func if single segment and no offloads */
> -	if (use_simple_rxtx &&
> -	    (tx_conf->txq_flags & VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS) == VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS &&
> -	    !vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)) {
> -		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "Using simple rx/tx path");
> -		dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts_simple;
> -		dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtio_recv_pkts_vec;
> -		hw->use_simple_rxtx = use_simple_rxtx;
> -	}
> +	/* cannot use simple rxtx funcs with multisegs or offloads */
> +	if ((tx_conf->txq_flags & VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS) != VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS)
> +		use_simple_rxtx = 0;

And that's what left in this function. How about just un-folding it?

	--yliu
  
Olivier Matz Sept. 1, 2017, 9:52 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi Yuanhan,

On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 05:19:16PM +0800, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 03:40:13PM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote:
> > The selection of Rx/Tx handlers is done at several places,
> > group them in one function set_rxtx_funcs().
> > 
> > The update of hw->use_simple_rxtx is also rationalized:
> > - initialized to 1 (prefer simple path)
> > - in dev configure or rx/tx queue setup, if something prevents from
> >   using the simple path, change it to 0.
> > - in dev start, set the handlers according to hw->use_simple_rxtx.
> > 
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> This patch looks like a refactoring to me, that I don't think it's really
> a good idea to back port it to a stable release.

I CCed stable for this commit because next ones, which are fixes, depend
on it. If you consider they should not be included in stable, we can also
drop this one.

> ...
> > @@ -1534,7 +1554,6 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> >  	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM < sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf));
> >  
> >  	eth_dev->dev_ops = &virtio_eth_dev_ops;
> > -	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &virtio_xmit_pkts;
> >  
> >  	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY) {
> >  		if (!hw->virtio_user_dev) {
> > @@ -1544,12 +1563,8 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> >  		}
> >  
> >  		virtio_set_vtpci_ops(hw);
> > -		if (hw->use_simple_rxtx) {
> > -			eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts_simple;
> > -			eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtio_recv_pkts_vec;
> > -		} else {
> > -			rx_func_get(eth_dev);
> > -		}
> > +		set_rxtx_funcs(eth_dev);
> 
> No need to invoke it here?

I wanted to stay consistent with previous code.

I'm not very used to work with secondary processes, so I'm not 100% it
is ok, but in my understanding, in that case the configuration is done
first by the primary process, and the secondary the pointers to the
rx/tx funcs. I suppose their value can be different than primary ones.

> 
> > +
> >  		return 0;
> >  	}
> >  
> > @@ -1726,6 +1741,18 @@ virtio_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> >  			return -EBUSY;
> >  		}
> >  
> > +	hw->use_simple_rxtx = 1;
> > +
> > +#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86
> > +	if (!rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_SSE3))
> 
> DPDK now requires SSE4.2. You might want to add another patch to remove
> this testing.

ok, will do.

> 
> > +		hw->use_simple_rxtx = 0;
> > +#elif defined RTE_ARCH_ARM64 || defined CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM
> > +	if (!rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_NEON))
> > +		hw->use_simple_rxtx = 0;
> > +#endif
> > +	if (vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF))
> > +		hw->use_simple_rxtx = 0;
> > +
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -1802,6 +1829,7 @@ virtio_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> >  		VIRTQUEUE_DUMP(txvq->vq);
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	set_rxtx_funcs(dev);
> >  	hw->started = 1;
> >  
> >  	/* Initialize Link state */
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> > index a32e3229f..c9d97b643 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> > @@ -505,25 +505,14 @@ static void
> >  virtio_update_rxtx_handler(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> >  			   const struct rte_eth_txconf *tx_conf)
> 
> This function name doesn't quite make sense now after your refactoring.

It updates hw->use_simple_rxtx, which at the end will change the
rxtx handler. I didn't find a better name.

My other (poor) ideas were:
virtio_update_[rxtx_]handler_requirements
virtio_update_[rxtx_]handler_constraints
virtio_update_[rxtx_]handler_selector


> 
> >  {
> > -	uint8_t use_simple_rxtx = 0;
> >  	struct virtio_hw *hw = dev->data->dev_private;
> > +	uint8_t use_simple_rxtx = hw->use_simple_rxtx;
> >  
> > -#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86
> > -	if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_SSE3))
> > -		use_simple_rxtx = 1;
> > -#elif defined RTE_ARCH_ARM64 || defined CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM
> > -	if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_NEON))
> > -		use_simple_rxtx = 1;
> > -#endif
> > -	/* Use simple rx/tx func if single segment and no offloads */
> > -	if (use_simple_rxtx &&
> > -	    (tx_conf->txq_flags & VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS) == VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS &&
> > -	    !vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)) {
> > -		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "Using simple rx/tx path");
> > -		dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts_simple;
> > -		dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtio_recv_pkts_vec;
> > -		hw->use_simple_rxtx = use_simple_rxtx;
> > -	}
> > +	/* cannot use simple rxtx funcs with multisegs or offloads */
> > +	if ((tx_conf->txq_flags & VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS) != VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS)
> > +		use_simple_rxtx = 0;
> 
> And that's what left in this function. How about just un-folding it?
> 
> 	--yliu

yep, we can inline it.
  
Yuanhan Liu Sept. 1, 2017, 12:31 p.m. UTC | #3
On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 11:52:17AM +0200, Olivier MATZ wrote:
> > > @@ -1534,7 +1554,6 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> > >  	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM < sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf));
> > >  
> > >  	eth_dev->dev_ops = &virtio_eth_dev_ops;
> > > -	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &virtio_xmit_pkts;
> > >  
> > >  	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY) {
> > >  		if (!hw->virtio_user_dev) {
> > > @@ -1544,12 +1563,8 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> > >  		}
> > >  
> > >  		virtio_set_vtpci_ops(hw);
> > > -		if (hw->use_simple_rxtx) {
> > > -			eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts_simple;
> > > -			eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtio_recv_pkts_vec;
> > > -		} else {
> > > -			rx_func_get(eth_dev);
> > > -		}
> > > +		set_rxtx_funcs(eth_dev);
> > 
> > No need to invoke it here?
> 
> I wanted to stay consistent with previous code.
> 
> I'm not very used to work with secondary processes, so I'm not 100% it
> is ok, but in my understanding, in that case the configuration is done
> first by the primary process, and the secondary the pointers to the
> rx/tx funcs. I suppose their value can be different than primary ones.

It probably needs some testing, but I think it should be okay, because
the rx/tx funcs will always be updated at dev_start in this patch.

	--yliu
  
Olivier Matz Sept. 6, 2017, 2:40 p.m. UTC | #4
On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 08:31:06PM +0800, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 11:52:17AM +0200, Olivier MATZ wrote:
> > > > @@ -1534,7 +1554,6 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> > > >  	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM < sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf));
> > > >  
> > > >  	eth_dev->dev_ops = &virtio_eth_dev_ops;
> > > > -	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &virtio_xmit_pkts;
> > > >  
> > > >  	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY) {
> > > >  		if (!hw->virtio_user_dev) {
> > > > @@ -1544,12 +1563,8 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> > > >  		}
> > > >  
> > > >  		virtio_set_vtpci_ops(hw);
> > > > -		if (hw->use_simple_rxtx) {
> > > > -			eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts_simple;
> > > > -			eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtio_recv_pkts_vec;
> > > > -		} else {
> > > > -			rx_func_get(eth_dev);
> > > > -		}
> > > > +		set_rxtx_funcs(eth_dev);
> > > 
> > > No need to invoke it here?
> > 
> > I wanted to stay consistent with previous code.
> > 
> > I'm not very used to work with secondary processes, so I'm not 100% it
> > is ok, but in my understanding, in that case the configuration is done
> > first by the primary process, and the secondary the pointers to the
> > rx/tx funcs. I suppose their value can be different than primary ones.
> 
> It probably needs some testing, but I think it should be okay, because
> the rx/tx funcs will always be updated at dev_start in this patch.

I still have one doubt about this: looking in
examples/multi_process/symmetric_mp/main.c, I can see that rte_eth_dev_start()
is only called on the primary process. So if I remove set_rxtx_funcs() from
eth_virtio_dev_init(), it looks that the rx functions won't be initialized.

Again, I'm not a user of multi_proc, so I may be wrong, but I think
it would be safer to keep it.

Olivier
  
Yuanhan Liu Sept. 7, 2017, 8:13 a.m. UTC | #5
On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 04:40:12PM +0200, Olivier MATZ wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 08:31:06PM +0800, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 11:52:17AM +0200, Olivier MATZ wrote:
> > > > > @@ -1534,7 +1554,6 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> > > > >  	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM < sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf));
> > > > >  
> > > > >  	eth_dev->dev_ops = &virtio_eth_dev_ops;
> > > > > -	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &virtio_xmit_pkts;
> > > > >  
> > > > >  	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY) {
> > > > >  		if (!hw->virtio_user_dev) {
> > > > > @@ -1544,12 +1563,8 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> > > > >  		}
> > > > >  
> > > > >  		virtio_set_vtpci_ops(hw);
> > > > > -		if (hw->use_simple_rxtx) {
> > > > > -			eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts_simple;
> > > > > -			eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtio_recv_pkts_vec;
> > > > > -		} else {
> > > > > -			rx_func_get(eth_dev);
> > > > > -		}
> > > > > +		set_rxtx_funcs(eth_dev);
> > > > 
> > > > No need to invoke it here?
> > > 
> > > I wanted to stay consistent with previous code.
> > > 
> > > I'm not very used to work with secondary processes, so I'm not 100% it
> > > is ok, but in my understanding, in that case the configuration is done
> > > first by the primary process, and the secondary the pointers to the
> > > rx/tx funcs. I suppose their value can be different than primary ones.
> > 
> > It probably needs some testing, but I think it should be okay, because
> > the rx/tx funcs will always be updated at dev_start in this patch.
> 
> I still have one doubt about this: looking in
> examples/multi_process/symmetric_mp/main.c, I can see that rte_eth_dev_start()
> is only called on the primary process. So if I remove set_rxtx_funcs() from
> eth_virtio_dev_init(), it looks that the rx functions won't be initialized.
> 
> Again, I'm not a user of multi_proc, so I may be wrong, but I think
> it would be safer to keep it.

Yes, you are right.

	--yliu
  

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
index c7888f103..8dad3095f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
@@ -1235,14 +1235,36 @@  virtio_interrupt_handler(void *param)
 
 }
 
+/* set rx and tx handlers according to what is supported */
 static void
-rx_func_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
+set_rxtx_funcs(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 {
 	struct virtio_hw *hw = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
-	if (vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF))
+
+	if (hw->use_simple_rxtx) {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "virtio: using simple Rx path on port %u",
+			eth_dev->data->port_id);
+		eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtio_recv_pkts_vec;
+	} else if (vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)) {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO,
+			"virtio: using mergeable buffer Rx path on port %u",
+			eth_dev->data->port_id);
 		eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = &virtio_recv_mergeable_pkts;
-	else
+	} else {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "virtio: using standard Rx path on port %u",
+			eth_dev->data->port_id);
 		eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = &virtio_recv_pkts;
+	}
+
+	if (hw->use_simple_rxtx) {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "virtio: using simple Tx path on port %u",
+			eth_dev->data->port_id);
+		eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts_simple;
+	} else {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "virtio: using standard Tx path on port %u",
+			eth_dev->data->port_id);
+		eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts;
+	}
 }
 
 /* Only support 1:1 queue/interrupt mapping so far.
@@ -1367,8 +1389,6 @@  virtio_init_device(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint64_t req_features)
 	else
 		eth_dev->data->dev_flags &= ~RTE_ETH_DEV_INTR_LSC;
 
-	rx_func_get(eth_dev);
-
 	/* Setting up rx_header size for the device */
 	if (vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF) ||
 	    vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1))
@@ -1534,7 +1554,6 @@  eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM < sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf));
 
 	eth_dev->dev_ops = &virtio_eth_dev_ops;
-	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &virtio_xmit_pkts;
 
 	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY) {
 		if (!hw->virtio_user_dev) {
@@ -1544,12 +1563,8 @@  eth_virtio_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 		}
 
 		virtio_set_vtpci_ops(hw);
-		if (hw->use_simple_rxtx) {
-			eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts_simple;
-			eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtio_recv_pkts_vec;
-		} else {
-			rx_func_get(eth_dev);
-		}
+		set_rxtx_funcs(eth_dev);
+
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1726,6 +1741,18 @@  virtio_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
 
+	hw->use_simple_rxtx = 1;
+
+#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86
+	if (!rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_SSE3))
+		hw->use_simple_rxtx = 0;
+#elif defined RTE_ARCH_ARM64 || defined CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM
+	if (!rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_NEON))
+		hw->use_simple_rxtx = 0;
+#endif
+	if (vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF))
+		hw->use_simple_rxtx = 0;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1802,6 +1829,7 @@  virtio_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		VIRTQUEUE_DUMP(txvq->vq);
 	}
 
+	set_rxtx_funcs(dev);
 	hw->started = 1;
 
 	/* Initialize Link state */
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
index a32e3229f..c9d97b643 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
@@ -505,25 +505,14 @@  static void
 virtio_update_rxtx_handler(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			   const struct rte_eth_txconf *tx_conf)
 {
-	uint8_t use_simple_rxtx = 0;
 	struct virtio_hw *hw = dev->data->dev_private;
+	uint8_t use_simple_rxtx = hw->use_simple_rxtx;
 
-#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86
-	if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_SSE3))
-		use_simple_rxtx = 1;
-#elif defined RTE_ARCH_ARM64 || defined CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM
-	if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_NEON))
-		use_simple_rxtx = 1;
-#endif
-	/* Use simple rx/tx func if single segment and no offloads */
-	if (use_simple_rxtx &&
-	    (tx_conf->txq_flags & VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS) == VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS &&
-	    !vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)) {
-		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "Using simple rx/tx path");
-		dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtio_xmit_pkts_simple;
-		dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtio_recv_pkts_vec;
-		hw->use_simple_rxtx = use_simple_rxtx;
-	}
+	/* cannot use simple rxtx funcs with multisegs or offloads */
+	if ((tx_conf->txq_flags & VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS) != VIRTIO_SIMPLE_FLAGS)
+		use_simple_rxtx = 0;
+
+	hw->use_simple_rxtx = use_simple_rxtx;
 }
 
 /*