[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: add docs for the rxtx_callbacks sample app

Butler, Siobhan A siobhan.a.butler at intel.com
Mon Mar 2 20:02:33 CET 2015



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of John McNamara
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:46 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: add docs for the rxtx_callbacks sample
> app
> 
> Added a sample application guide for the rxtx_callbacks app.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                                 |    1 +
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst          |    1 +
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/rxtx_callbacks.rst |  251
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 253 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)  create mode 100644
> doc/guides/sample_app_ug/rxtx_callbacks.rst
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 86c1c6b..2ddb312 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ F: doc/guides/sample_app_ug/quota_watermark.rst
>  M: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
>  M: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
>  F: examples/rxtx_callbacks/
> +F: doc/guides/sample_app_ug/rxtx_callbacks.rst
> 
>  M: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
>  M: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com> diff --git
> a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
> b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
> index 4e9d59b..4a86459 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Sample Applications User Guide
>      exception_path
>      hello_world
>      skeleton
> +    rxtx_callbacks
>      ip_frag
>      ipv4_multicast
>      ip_reassembly
> diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/rxtx_callbacks.rst
> b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/rxtx_callbacks.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..9df57ed
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/rxtx_callbacks.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
> +..  BSD LICENSE
> +    Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
> +    All rights reserved.
> +
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> +
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> +
> +RX/TX Callbacks Sample Application
> +==================================
> +
> +The RX/TX Callbacks sample application is a packet forwarding
> +application that demonstrates the use of user defined callbacks on
> +received and transmitted packets. The application performs a simple
> +latency check, using callbacks, to determine the time packets spend within
> the application.
> +
> +In the sample application a user defined callback is applied to all
> +received packets to add a timestamp. A separate callback is applied to
> +all packets prior to transmission to calculate the elapsed time, in CPU cycles.
> +
> +
> +Compiling the Application
> +-------------------------
> +
> +To compile the application export the path to the DPDK source tree and
> +go to the example directory:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +    export RTE_SDK=/path/to/rte_sdk
> +
> +    cd ${RTE_SDK}/examples/rxtx_callbacks
> +
> +
> +Set the target, for example:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +    export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> +
> +See the *DPDK Getting Started* Guide for possible ``RTE_TARGET`` values.
> +
> +The callbacks feature requires that the
> +``CONFIG_RTE_ETHDEV_RXTX_CALLBACKS``
> +setting is on in the ``config/common_`` config file that applies to the
> +target. This is generally on by default:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +    CONFIG_RTE_ETHDEV_RXTX_CALLBACKS=y
> +
> +Build the application as follows:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +    make
> +
> +
> +Running the Application
> +-----------------------
> +
> +To run the example in a ``linuxapp`` environment:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +    ./build/rxtx_callbacks -c 2 -n 4
> +
> +Refer to *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on
> +running applications and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options.
> +
> +
> +
> +Explanation
> +-----------
> +
> +The ``rxtx_callbacks`` application is mainly a simple forwarding
> +application based on the :doc:`skeleton`. See that section of the
> +documentation for more details of the forwarding part of the application.
> +
> +The sections below explain the additional RX/TX callback code.
> +
> +
> +The Main Function
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The ``main()`` function performs the application initialization and
> +calls the execution threads for each lcore. This function is
> +effectively identical to the ``main()`` function explained in :doc:`skeleton`.
> +
> +The ``lcore_main()`` function is also identical.
> +
> +The main difference is in the user defined ``port_init()`` function
> +where the callbacks are added. This is explained in the next section:
> +
> +
> +The Port Initialization  Function
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The main functional part of the port initialization is shown below with
> +comments:
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> +    static inline int
> +    port_init(uint8_t port, struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool)
> +    {
> +        struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = port_conf_default;
> +        const uint16_t rx_rings = 1, tx_rings = 1;
> +        struct ether_addr addr;
> +        int retval;
> +        uint16_t q;
> +
> +        if (port >= rte_eth_dev_count())
> +            return -1;
> +
> +        /* Configure the Ethernet device. */
> +        retval = rte_eth_dev_configure(port, rx_rings, tx_rings, &port_conf);
> +        if (retval != 0)
> +            return retval;
> +
> +        /* Allocate and set up 1 RX queue per Ethernet port. */
> +        for (q = 0; q < rx_rings; q++) {
> +            retval = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(port, q, RX_RING_SIZE,
> +                    rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port), NULL, mbuf_pool);
> +            if (retval < 0)
> +                return retval;
> +        }
> +
> +        /* Allocate and set up 1 TX queue per Ethernet port. */
> +        for (q = 0; q < tx_rings; q++) {
> +            retval = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(port, q, TX_RING_SIZE,
> +                    rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port), NULL);
> +            if (retval < 0)
> +                return retval;
> +        }
> +
> +        /* Start the Ethernet port. */
> +        retval = rte_eth_dev_start(port);
> +        if (retval < 0)
> +            return retval;
> +
> +        /* Enable RX in promiscuous mode for the Ethernet device. */
> +        rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(port);
> +
> +
> +        /* Add the callbacks for RX and TX.*/
> +        rte_eth_add_rx_callback(port, 0, add_timestamps, NULL);
> +        rte_eth_add_tx_callback(port, 0, calc_latency, NULL);
> +
> +        return 0;
> +    }
> +
> +
> +The RX and TX callbacks are added to the ports/queues as function pointers:
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> +        rte_eth_add_rx_callback(port, 0, add_timestamps, NULL);
> +        rte_eth_add_tx_callback(port, 0, calc_latency,   NULL);
> +
> +More than one callback can be added and additional information can be
> +passed to callback function pointers as a ``void*``. In the examples
> +above ``NULL`` is used.
> +
> +The ``add_timestamps()`` and ``calc_latency()`` functions are explained
> below.
> +
> +
> +The add_timestamps() Callback
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The ``add_timestamps()`` callback is added to the RX port and is
> +applied to all packets received:
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> +    static uint16_t
> +    add_timestamps(uint8_t port __rte_unused, uint16_t qidx
> __rte_unused,
> +            struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts, void *_ __rte_unused)
> +    {
> +        unsigned i;
> +        uint64_t now = rte_rdtsc();
> +
> +        for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++)
> +            pkts[i]->udata64 = now;
> +
> +        return nb_pkts;
> +    }
> +
> +The DPDK function ``rte_rdtsc()`` is used to add a cycle count
> +timestamp to each packet (see the *cycles* section of the *DPDK API
> +Documentation* for details).
> +
> +
> +The calc_latency() Callback
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The ``calc_latency()`` callback is added to the TX port and is applied
> +to all packets prior to transmission:
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> +    static uint16_t
> +    calc_latency(uint8_t port __rte_unused, uint16_t qidx __rte_unused,
> +            struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts, void *_ __rte_unused)
> +    {
> +        uint64_t cycles = 0;
> +        uint64_t now = rte_rdtsc();
> +        unsigned i;
> +
> +        for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++)
> +            cycles += now - pkts[i]->udata64;
> +
> +        latency_numbers.total_cycles += cycles;
> +        latency_numbers.total_pkts   += nb_pkts;
> +
> +        if (latency_numbers.total_pkts > (100 * 1000 * 1000ULL)) {
> +            printf("Latency = %"PRIu64" cycles\n",
> +                    latency_numbers.total_cycles /
> + latency_numbers.total_pkts);
> +
> +            latency_numbers.total_cycles = latency_numbers.total_pkts = 0;
> +        }
> +
> +        return nb_pkts;
> +    }
> +
> +The ``calc_latency()`` function accumulates the total number of packets
> +and the total number of cycles used. Once more than 100 million packets
> +have been transmitted the average cycle count per packet is printed out
> +and the counters are reset.
> --
> 1.7.4.1
Acked-by: Siobhan Butler <siobhan.a.butler at intel.com>


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