1st Edition
Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) A Software Optimization Guide to the User Space-Based Network Applications
This book brings together the insights and practical experience of some of the most experienced Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) technical experts, detailing the trend of DPDK, data packet processing, hardware acceleration, packet processing and virtualization, as well as the practical application of DPDK in the fields of SDN, NFV, and network storage. The book also devotes many chunks to exploring various core software algorithms, the advanced optimization methods adopted in DPDK, detailed practical experience, and the guides on how to use DPDK.
Contents
Preface......................................................................................................................vii
Editor........................................................................................................................xv
Contributors............................................................................................................xvii
SECTION 1 DPDK Foundation
Chapter 1 Introduction...........................................................................................3
Heqing Zhu and Cunming Liang
Chapter 2 Cache and Memory............................................................................. 31
Chen Jing and Heqing Zhu
Chapter 3 Core-Based Parallelism....................................................................... 51
Qun Wan, Heqing Zhu, and Zhihong Wang
Chapter 4 Synchronization...................................................................................65
Frank Liu and Heqing Zhu
Chapter 5 Forwarding..........................................................................................85
Yipeng Wang, Jasvinder Singh, Zhe Tao, Liang Ma, and
Heqing Zhu
Chapter 6 PCIe/NIC........................................................................................... 115
Cunming Liang, Hunt David, and Heqing Zhu
Chapter 7 PMD.................................................................................................. 133
Helin Zhang and Heqing Zhu
Chapter 8 NIC-Based Parallellism..................................................................... 157
Jingjing Wu, Xiaolong Ye, and Heqing Zhu
Chapter 9 NIC Offload....................................................................................... 183
Wenzhuo Lu and Heqing Zhu
Chapter 10 Packet Security.................................................................................. 199
Fan Zhang (Roy) and Heqing Zhu
SECTION 2 I/O Virtualization
Chapter 11 Hardware Virtualization................................................................... 219
Qian Xu and Rashmin Patel
Chapter 12 Virtio.................................................................................................229
Tiwei Bie, Changchun Ouyang, and Heqing Zhu
Chapter 13 Vhost-User......................................................................................... 251
Tiwei Bie and Heqing Zhu
SECTION 3 DPDK Applications
Chapter 14 DPDK for NFV.................................................................................265
Xuekun Hu, Waterman Cao, and Heqing Zhu
Chapter 15 Virtual Switch...................................................................................277
Ciara Loftus, Xuekun Hu, and Heqing Zhu
Chapter 16 Storage Acceleration......................................................................... 291
Ziye Yang and Heqing Zhu
Index.......................................................................................................................305
Biography
Heqing Zhu was born in China. He has worked with Intel® for 15 years. His roles
include software developer, engineering leadership, product management,
solution architect in telecom and cloud networking, and open-source software development.
Prior to Intel®, he worked for Alcatel Shanghai Bell and Huawei. He
currently lives in Chandler, Arizona, in the United States. Heqing graduated from the
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) with a master’s
degree in Information and Communication System.
