.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. .. _Performance_Optimization: **Part 3: Performance Optimization** Performance Optimization Guidelines =================================== Introduction ------------ The following sections describe optimizations used in DPDK and optimizations that should be considered for new applications. They also highlight the performance-impacting coding techniques that should, and should not be, used when developing an application using the DPDK. And finally, they give an introduction to application profiling using a Performance Analyzer from Intel to optimize the software.