[dpdk-users] rte_eth_tx_burst duplicate packets

[Nutman, Richard]

It seems you are receiving in bursts of 10, but for sending you only send 1 packet at a time.
Send batches of packets to rte_eth_tx_burst to improve sending efficiency.

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am just writing my first a traffic generator code.
> The program sends predefined quantity of frames(Ethernet/IP/UDP) in each
> seconds. It use 2 loops 1 for seconds the other for the packets in each
> second.
> 
> for sending I use a while loop
> 
>                 sent=0;
>                 while (sent==0){
>                     sent = rte_eth_tx_burst(eth_id, 0, &pkts, 1);
> 
>                 }
> for reviving
> recv = rte_eth_rx_burst(eth_id, 0, pktr_burst2, 10);
> 
> in the initialization phase I put the packet in the mbuf. In the UDP data filed is
> a counter which increasing in every second(with this I would like to identify
> the possible packet drops er sec bases)
> 
> with lower load the program works fine but close to 100% of performance
> 
> Forward frames sent: 8000000
> Forward frames received: 8000336
> Reverse frames sent: 8000000
> Reverse frames received: 7990793
> 
> 
> 
> Results  in 1 sec sent 800000  recvd  799972 and difference -28 Results  in 2 sec
> sent 800000  recvd  799888 and difference -112 Results  in 3 sec sent 800000
> recvd  800000 and difference 0 Results  in 4 sec sent 800000  recvd  800000
> and difference 0 Results  in 5 sec sent 800000  recvd  800000 and difference 0
> Results  in 6 sec sent 800000  recvd  800000 and difference 0 Results  in 7 sec
> sent 800000  recvd  800120 and difference 120 Results  in 8 sec sent 800000
> recvd  799880 and difference -120 Results  in 9 sec sent 800000  recvd  800000
> and difference 0 Results  in 10 sec sent 800000  recvd  800476 and difference
> 476
> 
> It received more packets than sent.
> 
> Are there any solution to fix this issue?
> 
> 
> Many Thanks,
> 
> Peter


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