app/testpmd: enable NUMA support by default

There is little reason for NUMA support in testpmd to be off by default, so
enable it, and add in a new commandline parameter to disable it, if that is
wanted by users.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

diff --git a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
index 73da65a..3f4d3a2 100644 (file)
--- a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv)
                { "coremask",                   1, 0, 0 },
                { "portmask",                   1, 0, 0 },
                { "numa",                       0, 0, 0 },
+               { "no-numa",                    0, 0, 0 },
                { "mp-anon",                    0, 0, 0 },
                { "port-numa-config",           1, 0, 0 },
                { "ring-numa-config",           1, 0, 0 },
@@ -662,6 +663,8 @@ launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv)
                                parse_fwd_coremask(optarg);
                        if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "portmask"))
                                parse_fwd_portmask(optarg);
+                       if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "no-numa"))
+                               numa_support = 0;
                        if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "numa")) {
                                numa_support = 1;
                                memset(port_numa,NUMA_NO_CONFIG,RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS);

diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index ad70525..3a57348 100644 (file)
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ uint8_t auto_start = 0;
  * probed ports among the CPU sockets 0 and 1.
  * Otherwise, all memory is allocated from CPU socket 0.
  */
-uint8_t numa_support = 0; /**< No numa support by default */
+uint8_t numa_support = 1; /**< numa enabled by default */
 
 /*
  * In UMA mode,all memory is allocated from socket 0 if --socket-num is

diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
index 8118206..df5a0ee 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,12 @@ The commandline options are:
 
 *   ``--numa``
 
-    Enable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers (mbufs).
+    Enable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers
+    (mbufs). [Default setting]
+
+*   ``--no-numa``
+
+    Disable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers (mbufs).
 
 *   ``--port-numa-config=(port,socket)[,(port,socket)]``