[dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 2/2] app/testpmd: support malloc and free tracking log

[Somnath Kotur]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 8:43 PM Xueming(Steven) Li
<xuemingl at mellanox.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Som,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur at broadcom.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 11:10 PM
> > To: Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> > Cc: Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl at mellanox.com>; Burakov, Anatoly
> > <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; Stephen
> > Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>; dev at dpdk.org; Asaf Penso
> > <asafp at mellanox.com>
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 2/2] app/testpmd: support malloc and free
> > tracking log
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 7:11 PM Iremonger, Bernard
> > <bernard.iremonger at intel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Xueming Li
> > > > Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 9:04 AM
> > > > To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh
> > > > <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; Stephen Hemminger
> > > > <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > > > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Asaf Penso <asafp at mellanox.com>
> > > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 2/2] app/testpmd: support malloc and
> > > > free tracking log
> > > >
> > > > New CLI commands to manipulate malloc tracking log:
> > > >
> > > > dump_malloc start <n>: start malloc tracking with number of buffers
> > > > dump_malloc dump <n>:  dump mmalloc tracking log with detail level
> > > > dump_malloc stop:      stop malloc tracking
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Xueming Li <xuemingl at mellanox.com>
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> >
> > Sorry if this has been answered already, but just wanted to know if there is any
> > reason this is not yet merged in ...could be a useful tool to debug leaks in PMDs
> > Is there any other /better way to identify memory leaks now which is why this
> > is no longer under consideration ?
>
> AFAIK, new tracking point system is introduced to record key event not only memory.
> So this patchset no longer valid.
Hmm sorry didn't get that ..did you mean tracing system ? Could you
please elaborate and provide any pointers on setting this up for
monitoring memory?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > som
>
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