[dpdk-users] Replicating PCAP packets read by pktgen for multiple source addresses

[Ravi Tandon]

Dear Keith,

After updating the refcnt value, I am able to transmit packet with multiple
source IPs but the transmission stops after some time, even if I give
start command again, transmission never starts, please let me know if I
missed something, basically I want transmission forever unless stop command
is triggered.

The updated code is as below, I added 3 lines having num_src_ip in them to
see whether my packets are transmitted burst x num_src_ip times, but
transmission stopped after sometime, and I am unable to start it
unless I restart pktgen

static __inline__ void
pktgen_send_burst(port_info_t *info, uint16_t qid)
{
struct mbuf_table   *mtab = &info->q[qid].tx_mbufs;
struct rte_mbuf **pkts;
struct qstats_s *qstats;
uint32_t ret, cnt, tap, rnd, tstamp, i;
int32_t seq_idx;
*uint32_t num_src_ip = 5; /*Hard coded for timebeing*/*

if ((cnt = mtab->len) == 0)
return;

mtab->len = 0;
pkts = mtab->m_table;

if (pktgen_tst_port_flags(info, SEND_RANGE_PKTS))
seq_idx = RANGE_PKT;
else if (pktgen_tst_port_flags(info, SEND_RATE_PACKETS))
seq_idx = RATE_PKT;
else
seq_idx = SINGLE_PKT;

tap = pktgen_tst_port_flags(info, PROCESS_TX_TAP_PKTS);
rnd = pktgen_tst_port_flags(info, SEND_RANDOM_PKTS);
tstamp = pktgen_tst_port_flags(info, (SEND_LATENCY_PKTS |
SEND_RATE_PACKETS));

qstats = &info->qstats[qid];
qstats->txpkts += cnt;
for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
qstats->txbytes += rte_pktmbuf_data_len(pkts[i]);
*rte_mbuf_refcnt_update(pkts[i], num_src_ip);*
}

/* Send all of the packets before we can exit this function */
while (cnt) {
if (rnd)
pktgen_rnd_bits_apply(info, pkts, cnt, NULL);

if (tstamp)
pktgen_tstamp_apply(info, pkts, cnt, seq_idx);


*for(i = 0; i < num_src_ip; i++) *ret = rte_eth_tx_burst(info->pid, qid,
pkts, cnt);

if (tap)
pktgen_do_tx_tap(info, pkts, ret);

pkts += (ret);
cnt -= (ret);
}
}


Regards,
Ravi

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 6:03 PM Ravi Tandon <ravi.tandon1982 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Keith.
>
> I updated the refcnt and it worked.
>
> Regards,
> Ravi
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 3:30 PM Wiles, Keith <keith.wiles at intel.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You can edit the packet in the function below, but you have to do that
>> action everytime. Freeing the mbuf I sok, you can look into the refcnt
>> value in the mbuf if you want tx_burst to not free the packet completely.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *users <users-bounces at dpdk.org>
>> *Date: *Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 5:00 PM
>> *To: *users at dpdk.org <users at dpdk.org>
>> *Subject: *[dpdk-users] Replicating PCAP packets read by pktgen for
>> multiple source addresses
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to use pktgen to read a pcap file and play that pcap file say 10
>> times by editing the source IP address for each run, please let me know
>> what's the best way of doing this.
>>
>> I first thought of editing the source IP in the rte_mbuf pointed by pkts
>> before calling the rte_eth_tx_burst(info->pid, qid, pkts, cnt) function
>> but
>> it seems that rte_eth_tx_burst function frees up the rte_mbuf pointed by
>> pkts after sending the packet once so I cannot edit the pkts buffer again.
>>
>>
>> static __inline__ void
>> trafficgen_send_burst(port_info_t *info, uint16_t qid)
>> {
>> struct mbuf_table   *mtab = &info->q[qid].tx_mbufs;
>> struct rte_mbuf **pkts;
>> struct qstats_s *qstats;
>> uint32_t ret, cnt, tap, rnd, tstamp, i;
>> int32_t seq_idx;
>>
>> if ((cnt = mtab->len) == 0)
>> return;
>>
>> mtab->len = 0;
>> pkts = mtab->m_table;
>>
>> if (trafficgen_tst_port_flags(info, SEND_RANGE_PKTS))
>> seq_idx = RANGE_PKT;
>> else if (trafficgen_tst_port_flags(info, SEND_RATE_PACKETS))
>> seq_idx = RATE_PKT;
>> else
>> seq_idx = SINGLE_PKT;
>>
>> tap = trafficgen_tst_port_flags(info, PROCESS_TX_TAP_PKTS);
>> rnd = trafficgen_tst_port_flags(info, SEND_RANDOM_PKTS);
>> tstamp = trafficgen_tst_port_flags(info, (SEND_LATENCY_PKTS |
>> SEND_RATE_PACKETS));
>>
>> qstats = &info->qstats[qid];
>> qstats->txpkts += cnt;
>> for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
>> qstats->txbytes += rte_pktmbuf_data_len(pkts[i]);
>>
>> */*Inserting a for loop here doesn't help as rte_mbuf is freed by
>> rte_eth_tx_burst*/*
>> /* Send all of the packets before we can exit this function */
>> while (cnt) {
>>
>> if (rnd)
>> trafficgen_rnd_bits_apply(info, pkts, cnt, NULL);
>>
>> if (tstamp)
>> trafficgen_tstamp_apply(info, pkts, cnt, seq_idx);
>>
>> ret = rte_eth_tx_burst(info->pid, qid, pkts, cnt);
>>
>> if (tap)
>> trafficgen_do_tx_tap(info, pkts, ret);
>>
>> pkts += ret;
>> cnt -= ret;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> Basically, I want to resend buffers stored in rte_mbuf again and again,
>> after modifying source IP in each run.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ravi
>>
>