From: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:58:17 +0000 (+0000) Subject: doc: new packet ordering app description X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1b2038b06fae231d121d1d3bbd30886c03b29435;p=dpdk.git doc: new packet ordering app description This patch describes how to build and run he new packet ordering sample application that exercises the reorder library. Signed-off-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy Acked-by: Neil Horman Acked-by: Declan Doherty --- diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst index d07dec35ac..57201815e4 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Sample Applications User Guide intel_quickassist quota_watermark timer + packet_ordering vmdq_dcb_forwarding vhost netmap_compatibility diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/packet_ordering.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/packet_ordering.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..481f1b704a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/packet_ordering.rst @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +.. BSD LICENSE + Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. + All rights reserved. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + + * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in + the documentation and/or other materials provided with the + distribution. + * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its + contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived + from this software without specific prior written permission. + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS + "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT + LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR + A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT + OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, + SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT + LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, + DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY + THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT + (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE + OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. + +Packet Ordering Application +============================ + +The Packet Ordering sample app simply shows the impact of reordering a stream. +It's meant to stress the library with different configurations for performance. + +Overview +-------- + +The application uses at least three CPU cores: + +* RX core (maser core) receives traffic from the NIC ports and feeds Worker + cores with traffic through SW queues. + +* Worker core (slave core) basically do some light work on the packet. + Currently it modifies the output port of the packet for configurations with + more than one port enabled. + +* TX Core (slave core) receives traffic from Woker cores through software queues, + inserts out-of-order packets into reorder buffer, extracts ordered packets + from the reorder buffer and sends them to the NIC ports for transmission. + +Compiling the Application +-------------------------- + +#. Go to the example directory: + + .. code-block:: console + + export RTE_SDK=/path/to/rte_sdk + cd ${RTE_SDK}/examples/helloworld + +#. Set the target (a default target is used if not specified). For example: + + .. code-block:: console + + 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 + +Running the Application +----------------------- + +Refer to *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on running applications +and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options. + +Application Command Line +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The application execution command line is: + +.. code-block:: console + + ./test-pipeline [EAL options] -- -p PORTMASK [--disable-reorder] + +The -c EAL CPU_COREMASK option has to contain at least 3 CPU cores. +The first CPU core in the core mask is the master core and would be assigned to +RX core, the last to TX core and the rest to Worker cores. + +The PORTMASK parameter must contain either 1 or even enabled port numbers. +When setting more than 1 port, traffic would be forwarderd in pairs. +For example, if we enable 4 ports, traffic from port 0 to 1 and from 1 to 0, +then the other pair from 2 to 3 and from 3 to 2, having [0,1] and [2,3] pairs. + +The disable-reorder long option does, as its name implies, disable the reordering +of traffic, which should help evaluate reordering performance impact.