[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] metrics: make number of metrics names configurable

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Jul 28 21:59:22 CEST 2020


On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:24:58 +0100
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 10:28:52AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > The maximum number of metrics is hardcoded at 256.
> > This severely limits the usefulness of the library.
> > It should be configurable like other limits in DPDK.
> > 
> > Fixes: 349950ddb9c5 ("metrics: add information metrics library")
> > Cc: remy.horton at intel.com
> > Cc: ciara.power at intel.com
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> >  config/common_base               | 1 +
> >  config/meson.build               | 2 +-
> >  lib/librte_metrics/rte_metrics.h | 1 -
> >  3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
> > index fe30c515e5a3..f0212faec80c 100644
> > --- a/config/common_base
> > +++ b/config/common_base
> > @@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_JOBSTATS=y
> >  # Compile the device metrics library
> >  #
> >  CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_METRICS=y
> > +CONFIG_RTE_METRICS_MAX_METRICS=256
> >  
> >  #
> >  # Compile the bitrate statistics library
> > diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
> > index 351e268c1f5b..cc8cb8fbf2f0 100644
> > --- a/config/meson.build
> > +++ b/config/meson.build
> > @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ dpdk_conf.set('RTE_ENABLE_TRACE_FP', get_option('enable_trace_fp'))
> >  dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_VFIO_GROUPS', 64)
> >  dpdk_conf.set('RTE_DRIVER_MEMPOOL_BUCKET_SIZE_KB', 64)
> >  dpdk_conf.set('RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_USE_PHYS_IOVA', true)
> > -
> > +dpdk_conf.set('RTE_METRICS_MAX_METRICS', 256)
> >    
> 
> The meson.build file should really just be used for computed values, I
> think. For build-time constants like this it's probably better put in
> config/rte_config.h file.

config/rte_config.h is generated isn't it?



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