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2 Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
4 QoS Scheduler Sample Application
5 ================================
7 The QoS sample application demonstrates the use of the DPDK to provide QoS scheduling.
12 The architecture of the QoS scheduler application is shown in the following figure.
14 .. _figure_qos_sched_app_arch:
16 .. figure:: img/qos_sched_app_arch.*
18 QoS Scheduler Application Architecture
21 There are two flavors of the runtime execution for this application,
22 with two or three threads per each packet flow configuration being used.
23 The RX thread reads packets from the RX port,
24 classifies the packets based on the double VLAN (outer and inner) and
25 the lower byte of the IP destination address and puts them into the ring queue.
26 The worker thread dequeues the packets from the ring and calls the QoS scheduler enqueue/dequeue functions.
27 If a separate TX core is used, these are sent to the TX ring.
28 Otherwise, they are sent directly to the TX port.
29 The TX thread, if present, reads from the TX ring and write the packets to the TX port.
31 Compiling the Application
32 -------------------------
34 To compile the sample application see :doc:`compiling`.
36 The application is located in the ``qos_sched`` sub-directory.
40 This application is intended as a linux only.
44 To get statistics on the sample app using the command line interface as described in the next section,
45 DPDK must be compiled defining *RTE_SCHED_COLLECT_STATS*, which can be done by changing the relevant
46 entry in the ``config/rte_config.h`` file.
48 Running the Application
49 -----------------------
53 In order to run the application, a total of at least 4
54 G of huge pages must be set up for each of the used sockets (depending on the cores in use).
56 The application has a number of command line options:
58 .. code-block:: console
60 ./<build_dir>/examples/dpdk-qos_sched [EAL options] -- <APP PARAMS>
62 Mandatory application parameters include:
64 * --pfc "RX PORT, TX PORT, RX LCORE, WT LCORE, TX CORE": Packet flow configuration.
65 Multiple pfc entities can be configured in the command line,
66 having 4 or 5 items (if TX core defined or not).
68 Optional application parameters include:
70 * -i: It makes the application to start in the interactive mode.
71 In this mode, the application shows a command line that can be used for obtaining statistics while
72 scheduling is taking place (see interactive mode below for more information).
74 * --mnc n: Main core index (the default value is 1).
76 * --rsz "A, B, C": Ring sizes:
78 * A = Size (in number of buffer descriptors) of each of the NIC RX rings read
79 by the I/O RX lcores (the default value is 128).
81 * B = Size (in number of elements) of each of the software rings used
82 by the I/O RX lcores to send packets to worker lcores (the default value is 8192).
84 * C = Size (in number of buffer descriptors) of each of the NIC TX rings written
85 by worker lcores (the default value is 256)
87 * --bsz "A, B, C, D": Burst sizes
89 * A = I/O RX lcore read burst size from the NIC RX (the default value is 64)
91 * B = I/O RX lcore write burst size to the output software rings,
92 worker lcore read burst size from input software rings,QoS enqueue size (the default value is 64)
94 * C = QoS dequeue size (the default value is 32)
96 * D = Worker lcore write burst size to the NIC TX (the default value is 64)
98 * --msz M: Mempool size (in number of mbufs) for each pfc (default 2097152)
100 * --rth "A, B, C": The RX queue threshold parameters
102 * A = RX prefetch threshold (the default value is 8)
104 * B = RX host threshold (the default value is 8)
106 * C = RX write-back threshold (the default value is 4)
108 * --tth "A, B, C": TX queue threshold parameters
110 * A = TX prefetch threshold (the default value is 36)
112 * B = TX host threshold (the default value is 0)
114 * C = TX write-back threshold (the default value is 0)
116 * --cfg FILE: Profile configuration to load
118 Refer to *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on running applications and
119 the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options.
121 The profile configuration file defines all the port/subport/pipe/traffic class/queue parameters
122 needed for the QoS scheduler configuration.
124 The profile file has the following format:
128 ; port configuration [port]
131 number of subports per port = 1
133 ; Subport configuration
136 number of pipes per subport = 4096
137 queue sizes = 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64
139 subport 0-8 = 0 ; These subports are configured with subport profile 0
142 tb rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
143 tb size = 1000000; Bytes
144 tc 0 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
145 tc 1 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
146 tc 2 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
147 tc 3 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
148 tc 4 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
149 tc 5 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
150 tc 6 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
151 tc 7 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
152 tc 8 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
153 tc 9 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
154 tc 10 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
155 tc 11 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
156 tc 12 rate = 1250000000; Bytes per second
158 tc period = 10; Milliseconds
159 tc oversubscription period = 10; Milliseconds
161 pipe 0-4095 = 0; These pipes are configured with pipe profile 0
166 tb rate = 305175; Bytes per second
167 tb size = 1000000; Bytes
169 tc 0 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
170 tc 1 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
171 tc 2 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
172 tc 3 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
173 tc 4 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
174 tc 5 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
175 tc 6 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
176 tc 7 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
177 tc 8 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
178 tc 9 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
179 tc 10 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
180 tc 11 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
181 tc 12 rate = 305175; Bytes per second
182 tc period = 40; Milliseconds
184 tc 0 oversubscription weight = 1
185 tc 1 oversubscription weight = 1
186 tc 2 oversubscription weight = 1
187 tc 3 oversubscription weight = 1
188 tc 4 oversubscription weight = 1
189 tc 5 oversubscription weight = 1
190 tc 6 oversubscription weight = 1
191 tc 7 oversubscription weight = 1
192 tc 8 oversubscription weight = 1
193 tc 9 oversubscription weight = 1
194 tc 10 oversubscription weight = 1
195 tc 11 oversubscription weight = 1
196 tc 12 oversubscription weight = 1
198 tc 12 wrr weights = 1 1 1 1
200 ; RED params per traffic class and color (Green / Yellow / Red)
203 tc 0 wred min = 48 40 32
204 tc 0 wred max = 64 64 64
205 tc 0 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
206 tc 0 wred weight = 9 9 9
208 tc 1 wred min = 48 40 32
209 tc 1 wred max = 64 64 64
210 tc 1 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
211 tc 1 wred weight = 9 9 9
213 tc 2 wred min = 48 40 32
214 tc 2 wred max = 64 64 64
215 tc 2 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
216 tc 2 wred weight = 9 9 9
218 tc 3 wred min = 48 40 32
219 tc 3 wred max = 64 64 64
220 tc 3 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
221 tc 3 wred weight = 9 9 9
223 tc 4 wred min = 48 40 32
224 tc 4 wred max = 64 64 64
225 tc 4 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
226 tc 4 wred weight = 9 9 9
228 tc 5 wred min = 48 40 32
229 tc 5 wred max = 64 64 64
230 tc 5 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
231 tc 5 wred weight = 9 9 9
233 tc 6 wred min = 48 40 32
234 tc 6 wred max = 64 64 64
235 tc 6 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
236 tc 6 wred weight = 9 9 9
238 tc 7 wred min = 48 40 32
239 tc 7 wred max = 64 64 64
240 tc 7 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
241 tc 7 wred weight = 9 9 9
243 tc 8 wred min = 48 40 32
244 tc 8 wred max = 64 64 64
245 tc 8 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
246 tc 8 wred weight = 9 9 9
248 tc 9 wred min = 48 40 32
249 tc 9 wred max = 64 64 64
250 tc 9 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
251 tc 9 wred weight = 9 9 9
253 tc 10 wred min = 48 40 32
254 tc 10 wred max = 64 64 64
255 tc 10 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
256 tc 10 wred weight = 9 9 9
258 tc 11 wred min = 48 40 32
259 tc 11 wred max = 64 64 64
260 tc 11 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
261 tc 11 wred weight = 9 9 9
263 tc 12 wred min = 48 40 32
264 tc 12 wred max = 64 64 64
265 tc 12 wred inv prob = 10 10 10
266 tc 12 wred weight = 9 9 9
271 These are the commands that are currently working under the command line interface:
275 * --quit: Quits the application.
279 * stats app: Shows a table with in-app calculated statistics.
281 * stats port X subport Y: For a specific subport, it shows the number of packets that
282 went through the scheduler properly and the number of packets that were dropped.
283 The same information is shown in bytes.
284 The information is displayed in a table separating it in different traffic classes.
286 * stats port X subport Y pipe Z: For a specific pipe, it shows the number of packets that
287 went through the scheduler properly and the number of packets that were dropped.
288 The same information is shown in bytes.
289 This information is displayed in a table separating it in individual queues.
293 All of these commands work the same way, averaging the number of packets throughout a specific subset of queues.
295 Two parameters can be configured for this prior to calling any of these commands:
297 * qavg n X: n is the number of times that the calculation will take place.
298 Bigger numbers provide higher accuracy. The default value is 10.
300 * qavg period X: period is the number of microseconds that will be allowed between each calculation.
301 The default value is 100.
303 The commands that can be used for measuring average queue size are:
305 * qavg port X subport Y: Show average queue size per subport.
307 * qavg port X subport Y tc Z: Show average queue size per subport for a specific traffic class.
309 * qavg port X subport Y pipe Z: Show average queue size per pipe.
311 * qavg port X subport Y pipe Z tc A: Show average queue size per pipe for a specific traffic class.
313 * qavg port X subport Y pipe Z tc A q B: Show average queue size of a specific queue.
318 The following is an example command with a single packet flow configuration:
320 .. code-block:: console
322 ./<build_dir>/examples/dpdk-qos_sched -l 1,5,7 -n 4 -- --pfc "3,2,5,7" --cfg ./profile.cfg
324 This example uses a single packet flow configuration which creates one RX thread on lcore 5 reading
325 from port 3 and a worker thread on lcore 7 writing to port 2.
327 Another example with 2 packet flow configurations using different ports but sharing the same core for QoS scheduler is given below:
329 .. code-block:: console
331 ./<build_dir>/examples/dpdk-qos_sched -l 1,2,6,7 -n 4 -- --pfc "3,2,2,6,7" --pfc "1,0,2,6,7" --cfg ./profile.cfg
333 Note that independent cores for the packet flow configurations for each of the RX, WT and TX thread are also supported,
334 providing flexibility to balance the work.
336 The EAL coremask/corelist is constrained to contain the default main core 1 and the RX, WT and TX cores only.
341 The Port/Subport/Pipe/Traffic Class/Queue are the hierarchical entities in a typical QoS application:
343 * A subport represents a predefined group of users.
345 * A pipe represents an individual user/subscriber.
347 * A traffic class is the representation of a different traffic type with a specific loss rate,
348 delay and jitter requirements; such as data voice, video or data transfers.
350 * A queue hosts packets from one or multiple connections of the same type belonging to the same user.
352 The traffic flows that need to be configured are application dependent.
353 This application classifies based on the QinQ double VLAN tags and the IP destination address as indicated in the following table.
355 .. _table_qos_scheduler_1:
357 .. table:: Entity Types
359 +----------------+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
360 | **Level Name** | **Siblings per Parent** | **QoS Functional Description** | **Selected By** |
362 +================+=========================+==================================================+==================================+
363 | Port | - | Ethernet port | Physical port |
365 +----------------+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
366 | Subport | Config (8) | Traffic shaped (token bucket) | Outer VLAN tag |
368 +----------------+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
369 | Pipe | Config (4k) | Traffic shaped (token bucket) | Inner VLAN tag |
371 +----------------+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
372 | Traffic Class | 13 | TCs of the same pipe services in strict priority | Destination IP address (0.0.0.X) |
374 +----------------+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
375 | Queue | High Priority TC: 1, | Queue of lowest priority traffic | Destination IP address (0.0.0.X) |
376 | | Lowest Priority TC: 4 | class (Best effort) serviced in WRR | |
377 +----------------+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
379 Please refer to the "QoS Scheduler" chapter in the *DPDK Programmer's Guide* for more information about these parameters.