X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fsample_app_ug%2Fl2_forward_job_stats.rst;h=ba73d85579d26b967c6ed0cf034c16417f660615;hb=2808423a9ce42a748aed77a4b487be27d2b6acfa;hp=54d25cbff9bff45e7d36a6be7822e14ab0b31857;hpb=1796f4859b3f99baf2f7e8b129f24e51677d54cc;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_job_stats.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_job_stats.rst index 54d25cbff9..ba73d85579 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_job_stats.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_job_stats.rst @@ -1,32 +1,5 @@ -.. BSD LICENSE - Copyright(c) 2010-2015 Intel Corporation. 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L2 Forwarding Sample Application (in Real and Virtualized Environments) with core load statistics. ================================================================================================== @@ -55,27 +28,24 @@ Also, the MAC addresses are affected as follows: * The destination MAC address is replaced by 02:00:00:00:00:TX_PORT_ID -This application can be used to benchmark performance using a traffic-generator, as shown in the Figure 3. +This application can be used to benchmark performance using a traffic-generator, as shown in the :numref:`figure_l2_fwd_benchmark_setup_jobstats`. -The application can also be used in a virtualized environment as shown in Figure 4. +The application can also be used in a virtualized environment as shown in :numref:`figure_l2_fwd_virtenv_benchmark_setup_jobstats`. The L2 Forwarding application can also be used as a starting point for developing a new application based on the DPDK. -.. _figure_3: +.. _figure_l2_fwd_benchmark_setup_jobstats: -**Figure 3. Performance Benchmark Setup (Basic Environment)** +.. figure:: img/l2_fwd_benchmark_setup.* -.. image4_png has been replaced + Performance Benchmark Setup (Basic Environment) -|l2_fwd_benchmark_setup| +.. _figure_l2_fwd_virtenv_benchmark_setup_jobstats: -.. _figure_4: +.. figure:: img/l2_fwd_virtenv_benchmark_setup.* -**Figure 4. Performance Benchmark Setup (Virtualized Environment)** + Performance Benchmark Setup (Virtualized Environment) -.. image5_png has been renamed - -|l2_fwd_virtenv_benchmark_setup| Virtual Function Setup Instructions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -100,25 +70,9 @@ in this case enabling a total of four Virtual Functions. Compiling the Application ------------------------- -#. Go to the example directory: - - .. code-block:: console - - export RTE_SDK=/path/to/rte_sdk cd ${RTE_SDK}/examples/l2fwd-jobstats - -#. Set the target (a default target is used if not specified). For example: - - .. code-block:: console +To compile the sample application see :doc:`compiling`. - export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc - - *See the DPDK Getting Started Guide* for possible RTE_TARGET values. - -#. Build the application: - - .. code-block:: console - - make +The application is located in the ``l2fwd-jobstats`` sub-directory. Running the Application ----------------------- @@ -142,7 +96,7 @@ thousands separator printing, issue the command: .. code-block:: console - $ ./build/l2fwd-jobstats -c f -n 4 -- -q 8 -p ffff -l + $ ./build/l2fwd-jobstats -l 0-3 -n 4 -- -q 8 -p ffff -l Refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on running applications and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options. @@ -156,7 +110,8 @@ Command Line Arguments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The L2 Forwarding sample application takes specific parameters, -in addition to Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) arguments (see Section 9.3). +in addition to Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) arguments +(see `Running the Application`_). The preferred way to parse parameters is to use the getopt() function, since it is part of a well-defined and portable library. @@ -194,36 +149,25 @@ and the application to store network packet data: .. code-block:: c /* create the mbuf pool */ - l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool = - rte_mempool_create("mbuf_pool", NB_MBUF, - MBUF_SIZE, 32, - sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private), - rte_pktmbuf_pool_init, NULL, - rte_pktmbuf_init, NULL, - rte_socket_id(), 0); + l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("mbuf_pool", NB_MBUF, + MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE, 0, RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE, + rte_socket_id()); if (l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool == NULL) rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot init mbuf pool\n"); The rte_mempool is a generic structure used to handle pools of objects. -In this case, it is necessary to create a pool that will be used by the driver, -which expects to have some reserved space in the mempool structure, -sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private) bytes. -The number of allocated pkt mbufs is NB_MBUF, with a size of MBUF_SIZE each. -A per-lcore cache of 32 mbufs is kept. +In this case, it is necessary to create a pool that will be used by the driver. +The number of allocated pkt mbufs is NB_MBUF, with a data room size of +RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE each. +A per-lcore cache of MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE mbufs is kept. The memory is allocated in rte_socket_id() socket, but it is possible to extend this code to allocate one mbuf pool per socket. -Two callback pointers are also given to the rte_mempool_create() function: - -* The first callback pointer is to rte_pktmbuf_pool_init() and is used - to initialize the private data of the mempool, which is needed by the driver. - This function is provided by the mbuf API, but can be copied and extended by the developer. - -* The second callback pointer given to rte_mempool_create() is the mbuf initializer. - The default is used, that is, rte_pktmbuf_init(), which is provided in the rte_mbuf library. - If a more complex application wants to extend the rte_pktmbuf structure for its own needs, - a new function derived from rte_pktmbuf_init( ) can be created. +The rte_pktmbuf_pool_create() function uses the default mbuf pool and mbuf +initializers, respectively rte_pktmbuf_pool_init() and rte_pktmbuf_init(). +An advanced application may want to use the mempool API to create the +mbuf pool with more control. Driver Initialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -234,14 +178,6 @@ in the *DPDK Programmer's Guide* and the *DPDK API Reference*. .. code-block:: c - nb_ports = rte_eth_dev_count(); - - if (nb_ports == 0) - rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "No Ethernet ports - bye\n"); - - if (nb_ports > RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS) - nb_ports = RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS; - /* reset l2fwd_dst_ports */ for (portid = 0; portid < RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS; portid++) @@ -252,7 +188,7 @@ in the *DPDK Programmer's Guide* and the *DPDK API Reference*. /* * Each logical core is assigned a dedicated TX queue on each port. */ - for (portid = 0; portid < nb_ports; portid++) { + RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) { /* skip ports that are not enabled */ if ((l2fwd_enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0) continue; @@ -282,25 +218,6 @@ The rte_eth_dev_configure() function is used to configure the number of queues f "err=%d, port=%u\n", ret, portid); -The global configuration is stored in a static structure: - -.. code-block:: c - - static const struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = { - .rxmode = { - .split_hdr_size = 0, - .header_split = 0, /**< Header Split disabled */ - .hw_ip_checksum = 0, /**< IP checksum offload disabled */ - .hw_vlan_filter = 0, /**< VLAN filtering disabled */ - .jumbo_frame = 0, /**< Jumbo Frame Support disabled */ - .hw_strip_crc= 0, /**< CRC stripped by hardware */ - }, - - .txmode = { - .mq_mode = ETH_DCB_NONE - }, - }; - RX Queue Initialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -346,7 +263,7 @@ The list of queues that must be polled for a given lcore is stored in a private Values of struct lcore_queue_conf: * n_rx_port and rx_port_list[] are used in the main packet processing loop - (see Section 9.4.6 "Receive, Process and Transmit Packets" later in this chapter). + (see Section `Receive, Process and Transmit Packets`_ later in this chapter). * rx_timers and flush_timer are used to ensure forced TX on low packet rate. @@ -459,15 +376,15 @@ In the l2fwd_main_loop() function three loops are placed. rte_pause(); } -First inifnite for loop is to minimize impact of stats reading. Lock is only locked/unlocked when asked. +First infinite for loop is to minimize impact of stats reading. Lock is only locked/unlocked when asked. Second inner while loop do the whole jobs management. When any job is ready, the use rte_timer_manage() is used to call the job handler. In this place functions l2fwd_fwd_job() and l2fwd_flush_job() are called when needed. Then rte_jobstats_context_finish() is called to mark loop end - no other jobs are ready to execute. By this time stats are ready to be read and if stats_read_pending is set, loop breaks allowing stats to be read. -Third do-while loop is the idle job (idle stats counter). Its only purpose is moniting if any job is ready or stats job read is pending -for this lcore. Statistics from this part of code is considered as the headroom available fo additional processing. +Third do-while loop is the idle job (idle stats counter). Its only purpose is monitoring if any job is ready or stats job read is pending +for this lcore. Statistics from this part of code is considered as the headroom available for additional processing. Receive, Process and Transmit Packets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -573,7 +490,7 @@ If the table is full, the whole packets table is transmitted using the l2fwd_sen /* Send the packet on an output interface */ static int - l2fwd_send_packet(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t port) + l2fwd_send_packet(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t port) { unsigned lcore_id, len; struct lcore_queue_conf *qconf; @@ -595,7 +512,7 @@ If the table is full, the whole packets table is transmitted using the l2fwd_sen } To ensure that no packets remain in the tables, the flush job exists. The l2fwd_flush_job() -is called periodicaly to for each lcore draining TX queue of each port. +is called periodically to for each lcore draining TX queue of each port. This technique introduces some latency when there are not many packets to send, however it improves performance: @@ -608,7 +525,7 @@ however it improves performance: unsigned lcore_id; struct lcore_queue_conf *qconf; struct mbuf_table *m_table; - uint8_t portid; + uint16_t portid; lcore_id = rte_lcore_id(); qconf = &lcore_queue_conf[lcore_id]; @@ -631,7 +548,3 @@ however it improves performance: * in which it was called. */ rte_jobstats_finish(&qconf->flush_job, qconf->flush_job.target); } - -.. |l2_fwd_benchmark_setup| image:: img/l2_fwd_benchmark_setup.* - -.. |l2_fwd_virtenv_benchmark_setup| image:: img/l2_fwd_virtenv_benchmark_setup.*