app/testpmd: avoid pages being swapped out

[dpdk.git] / app / test-pmd / testpmd.c

diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index ecd94b6..69d6402 100644 (file)
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
@@ -2322,6 +2323,11 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
        if (diag < 0)
                rte_panic("Cannot init EAL\n");
 
+       if (mlockall(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE)) {
+               RTE_LOG(NOTICE, USER1, "mlockall() failed with error \"%s\"\n",
+                       strerror(errno));
+       }
+
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PDUMP
        /* initialize packet capture framework */
        rte_pdump_init(NULL);