X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Ftools%2Ftesteventdev.rst;h=34b1c31835b01f8743ed8ac0086260dde8c55eb9;hb=c4c6f682292b8c8987cd0f9d247794d50f875dee;hp=79d06927556817debf7fe549f6bcca8f47b4eab3;hpb=43bc2fef79cd4e52e63a285da520c20cc58689aa;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst b/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst index 79d0692755..34b1c31835 100644 --- a/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst +++ b/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .. BSD LICENSE - Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium. All rights reserved. + Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. - * Neither the name of Cavium nor the names of its + * Neither the name of Cavium, Inc nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. @@ -383,3 +383,79 @@ Example command to run perf queue test: --test=perf_queue --slcore=1 --plcores=2 --wlcore=3 --stlist=p --nb_pkts=0 +PERF_ATQ Test +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This is a performance test case that aims at testing the following with +``all types queue`` eventdev scheme. + +#. Measure the number of events can be processed in a second. +#. Measure the latency to forward an event. + +.. _table_eventdev_perf_atq_test: + +.. table:: Perf all types queue test eventdev configuration. + + +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+ + | # | Items | Value | Comments | + | | | | | + +===+==============+================+=========================================+ + | 1 | nb_queues | nb_producers | Queues will be configured based on the | + | | | | user requested sched type list(--stlist)| + +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+ + | 2 | nb_producers | >= 1 | Selected through --plcores command line | + | | | | argument. | + +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+ + | 3 | nb_workers | >= 1 | Selected through --wlcores command line | + | | | | argument | + +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+ + | 4 | nb_ports | nb_workers + | Workers use port 0 to port n-1. | + | | | nb_producers | Producers use port n to port p | + +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+ + +.. _figure_eventdev_perf_atq_test: + +.. figure:: img/eventdev_perf_atq_test.* + + perf all types queue test operation. + + +The ``all types queues(atq)`` perf test configures the eventdev with Q queues +and P ports, where Q and P is a function of the number of workers and number of +producers as mentioned in :numref:`table_eventdev_perf_atq_test`. + + +The atq queue test functions as same as ``perf_queue`` test. The difference +is, It uses, ``all type queue scheme`` instead of separate queues for each +stage and thus reduces the number of queues required to realize the use case +and enables flow pinning as the event does not move to the next queue. + + +Application options +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Supported application command line options are following:: + + --verbose + --dev + --test + --socket_id + --pool_sz + --slcore (Valid when eventdev is not RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_DISTRIBUTED_SCHED capable) + --plcores + --wlcores + --stlist + --nb_flows + --nb_pkts + --worker_deq_depth + --fwd_latency + +Example +^^^^^^^ + +Example command to run perf ``all types queue`` test: + +.. code-block:: console + + sudo build/app/dpdk-test-eventdev --vdev=event_octeontx -- \ + --test=perf_atq --plcores=2 --wlcore=3 --stlist=p --nb_pkts=0