[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6] usertools: add a huge page setup script

[Ajit Khaparde]

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> +..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> +    Copyright (c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation
> +
> +dpdk-hugpages Application
>
Should this be  dpdk-hugepages ?

+==========================
> +
> +The ``dpdk-hugpages`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) utility
> +that helps in reserving hugepages.
> +As well as checking for current settings.
> +
> +
> +Running the Application
> +-----------------------
> +
> +The tool has a number of command line options:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +
> +   dpdk-hugpages [options]
>
s/hugpages/hugepages ?



> +
> +
> +OPTIONS
> +-------
> +
> +* ``-h, --help``
> +
> +        Display usage information and quit
> +
> +* ``-s, --show``
> +
> +        Print the current huge page configuration
> +
> +* ``-c driver, --clear``
> +
> +        Clear existing huge page reservation
> +
> +* ``-m, --mount``
> +
> +        Mount the huge page filesystem
> +
> +* ``-u, --unmount``
> +
> +        Unmount the huge page filesystem
> +
> +* ``-n NODE, --node=NODE``
> +
> +       Set NUMA node to reserve pages on
> +
> +* ``-p SIZE, --pagesize=SIZE``
> +
> +       Select hugepage size to use.
> +       If not specified the default system huge page size is used.
> +
> +* ``-r SIZE, --reserve=SIZE``
> +
> +       Reserve huge pages.
> +       Size is in bytes with K, M or G suffix.
> +
> +* ``--setup SIZE``
> +
> +       Short cut to clear, unmount, reserve and mount.
> +
> +.. warning::
> +
> +    While any user can run the ``dpdk-hugpages.py`` script to view the
> +    status of huge pages, modifying the setup requires root privileges.
> +
> +
> +Examples
> +--------
> +
> +To display current huge page settings::
> +
> +   dpdk-hugpages.py -s
> +
> +To a complete setup of with 2 Gigabyte of 1G huge pages::
> +
> +   dpdk-hugpages.py -p 1G --setup 2G
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