[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8] app/testpmd: support multi-process

[Min Hu (Connor)]

在 2021/4/8 21:27, Ferruh Yigit 写道:
> On 4/8/2021 11:32 AM, Min Hu (Connor) wrote:
>> Hi, Ferry and all,
>>      This patch has been acked:
>>      Acked-by: Xiaoyun Li <xiaoyun.li at intel.com>
>>      Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
>>
>>      Are there any other comments about that patch?
>>
> 
> Hi Connor,
> 
> In today's release status meeting I asked if more parties can test this 
> patch,
> Lets wait a little more for it to be tested.
> 
OK, thanks Ferruh.
>>
>> 在 2021/3/30 18:43, Min Hu (Connor) 写道:
>>>
>>>
>>> 在 2021/3/30 18:19, Ferruh Yigit 写道:
>>>> On 3/30/2021 7:41 AM, Min Hu (Connor) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 在 2021/3/30 11:11, Ajit Khaparde 写道:
>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 6:48 PM Min Hu (Connor) 
>>>>>> <humin29 at huawei.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Lijun Ou <oulijun at huawei.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This patch adds multi-process support for testpmd.
>>>>>>> The test cmd example as follows:
>>>>>>> the primary cmd:
>>>>>>> ./dpdk-testpmd -a xxx --proc-type=auto -l 0-1 -- -i \
>>>>>>> --rxq=4 --txq=4 --num-procs=2 --proc-id=0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the secondary cmd:
>>>>>>> ./dpdk-testpmd -a xxx --proc-type=auto -l 2-3 -- -i \
>>>>>>> --rxq=4 --txq=4 --num-procs=2 --proc-id=1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Min Hu (Connor) <humin29 at huawei.com>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Lijun Ou <oulijun at huawei.com>
>>>>>> Some minor nits below. Otherwise looks fine to me.
>>>>>> Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Ajit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Ferruh,
>>>>>      Should I send v9 to fix the grammar bugs in doc which Ajit point
>>>>> out or fix it in future?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Connor, if they are only outstanding issues, I can fix them while 
>>>> merging.
>>>>
>>> Thanks Ferruh.
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> v8:
>>>>>>> * Added warning info about queue numbers and process numbers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> :::snip::::
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +*   ``--rxq=N``
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +    Set the number of Rx queues per port to N. N is the sum of 
>>>>>>> queues used by primary
>>>>>>> +    and secondary process. Primary process and secondary process 
>>>>>>> should have separate
>>>>>>> +    queues, and each should occupy at least one queue. Where N 
>>>>>>> should be the multiple
>>>>>>> +    of number of processes.
>>>>>> of the number of processes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +*   ``--txq=N``
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +    Set the number of Tx queues per port to N. N is the sum of 
>>>>>>> queues used by primary
>>>>>>> +    and secondary process. Primary process and secondary process 
>>>>>>> should have separate
>>>>>>> +    queues, and each should occupy at least one queue. Where N 
>>>>>>> should be the multiple
>>>>>>> +    of number of processes.
>>>>>> of the number of processes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +*   ``--num-procs=N``
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +    The number of processes which will be used.
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>> :::: snip ::::
>>>>>>> +The number of rings should be a multiple of the number of 
>>>>>>> processes. If not,
>>>>>>> +redundant queues will exist after queues are allocated to 
>>>>>>> processes. After RSS is
>>>>>>> +enabled, packet loss occurs when traffic is sent to all 
>>>>>>> processes at the same time.
>>>>>>> +Some traffic enters redundant queues and cannot be forwarded.
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +Most dev ops is supported in primary and secondary process. 
>>>>>>> While secondary process
>>>>>> Most dev ops are supported in the primary and secondary process. 
>>>>>> While....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +is not permitted to allocate or release shared memory, so some 
>>>>>>> ops are not supported
>>>>>>> +as follows:
>>>>>>> +``dev_configure``
>>>>>>> +``dev_start``
>>>>>>> +``dev_stop``
>>>>>>> +``rx_queue_setup``
>>>>>>> +``tx_queue_setup``
>>>>>>> +``rx_queue_release``
>>>>>>> +``tx_queue_release``
>>>>>> :::: snip:::
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>> .
> 
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