[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/5] app/flow-perf: add flow performance skeleton

[Wisam Monther]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 5:26 PM
>To: Wisam Monther <wisamm at mellanox.com>; dev at dpdk.org; Jack Min
><jackmin at mellanox.com>; Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>;
>jerinjacobk at gmail.com; gerlitz.or at gmail.com; l.yan at epfl.ch;
>ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com
>Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/5] app/flow-perf: add flow performance
>skeleton
>
>On 5/6/20 3:36 PM, Wisam Jaddo wrote:
>> Add flow performance application skeleton.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wisam Jaddo <wisamm at mellanox.com>
>> ---
>
>[snip]
>
>> diff --git a/app/test-flow-perf/main.c b/app/test-flow-perf/main.c new
>> file mode 100644 index 000000000..7a924cdb7
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/app/test-flow-perf/main.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
>> + * Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
>> + *
>> + * This file contain the application main file
>> + * This application provides the user the ability to test the
>> + * insertion rate for specific rte_flow rule under stress state ~4M
>> +rule/
>> + *
>> + * Then it will also provide packet per second measurement after
>> +installing
>> + * all rules, the user may send traffic to test the PPS that match
>> +the rules
>> + * after all rules are installed, to check performance or
>> +functionality after
>> + * the stress.
>> + *
>> + * The flows insertion will go for all ports first, then it will
>> +print the
>> + * results, after that the application will go into forwarding
>> +packets mode
>> + * it will start receiving traffic if any and then forwarding it back
>> +and
>> + * gives packet per second measurement.
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include <stdio.h>
>> +#include <stdlib.h>
>> +#include <string.h>
>> +#include <stdint.h>
>> +#include <inttypes.h>
>> +#include <stdarg.h>
>> +#include <errno.h>
>> +#include <getopt.h>
>> +#include <signal.h>
>> +#include <stdbool.h>
>> +#include <sys/time.h>
>> +
>> +#include <rte_malloc.h>
>> +#include <rte_mempool.h>
>> +#include <rte_mbuf.h>
>> +#include <rte_ethdev.h>
>> +#include <rte_flow.h>
>> +
>> +#include "config.h"
>> +
>> +static uint32_t nb_lcores;
>> +static struct rte_mempool *mbuf_mp;
>> +
>> +static void
>> +usage(char *progname)
>> +{
>> +	printf("\nusage: %s\n", progname);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void
>> +args_parse(int argc, char **argv)
>> +{
>> +	char **argvopt;
>> +	int opt;
>> +	int opt_idx;
>> +	static struct option lgopts[] = {
>> +		/* Control */
>> +		{ "help",                       0, 0, 0 },
>> +	};
>> +
>> +	argvopt = argv;
>> +
>> +	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argvopt, "",
>> +				lgopts, &opt_idx)) != EOF) {
>> +		switch (opt) {
>> +		case 0:
>> +			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "help")) {
>
>DPDK coding style recommends to compare vs 0 instead of logical not.

Ok, will move it

>
>> +				usage(argv[0]);
>> +				rte_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, "Displayed help\n");
>> +			}
>> +			break;
>> +		default:
>> +			printf("Invalid option: %s\n", argv[optind]);
>
>Again, sorry if I missed reply: Why error is not logged to stderr?

No, I missed it, will move it to stderr

>
>> +			usage(argv[0]);
>> +			rte_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, "Invalid option\n");
>> +			break;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void
>> +init_port(void)
>> +{
>> +	int ret;
>> +	uint16_t i;
>> +	uint16_t port_id;
>> +	uint16_t nr_ports;
>> +	struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = {
>> +		.rx_adv_conf = {
>> +			.rss_conf.rss_hf =
>> +				ETH_RSS_IP  |
>> +				ETH_RSS_TCP,
>> +		}
>> +	};
>> +	struct rte_eth_txconf txq_conf;
>> +	struct rte_eth_rxconf rxq_conf;
>> +	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
>> +
>> +	nr_ports = rte_eth_dev_count_avail();
>> +	if (nr_ports == 0)
>> +		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Error: no port detected\n");
>> +
>> +	mbuf_mp = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("mbuf_pool",
>> +					TOTAL_MBUF_NUM,
>MBUF_CACHE_SIZE,
>> +					0, MBUF_SIZE,
>> +					rte_socket_id());
>> +	if (mbuf_mp == NULL)
>> +		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Error: can't init mbuf pool\n");
>> +
>> +	for (port_id = 0; port_id < nr_ports; port_id++) {
>> +		ret = rte_eth_dev_info_get(port_id, &dev_info);
>> +		if (ret != 0)
>> +			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
>> +				"Error during getting device"
>> +				" (port %u) info: %s\n",
>> +				port_id, strerror(-ret));
>> +
>> +		port_conf.txmode.offloads &= dev_info.tx_offload_capa;
>> +		port_conf.rxmode.offloads &= dev_info.rx_offload_capa;
>> +
>> +		printf(":: initializing port: %d\n", port_id);
>> +
>> +		ret = rte_eth_dev_configure(port_id, RXQ_NUM,
>> +				TXQ_NUM, &port_conf);
>> +		if (ret < 0)
>> +			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
>> +				":: cannot configure device: err=%d,
>port=%u\n",
>> +				ret, port_id);
>> +
>> +		rxq_conf = dev_info.default_rxconf;
>> +		rxq_conf.offloads = port_conf.rxmode.offloads;
>
>
>As far as I know there is no necessity to repeat port offlaod on queue level.
>So, the line is not necesary.

Yes you are right, just checked the code, it takes the offloads from the port it self.
Will remove it.

>
>> +
>> +		for (i = 0; i < RXQ_NUM; i++) {
>> +			ret = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(port_id, i, NR_RXD,
>> +					rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port_id),
>> +					&rxq_conf,
>> +					mbuf_mp);
>> +			if (ret < 0)
>> +				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
>> +					":: Rx queue setup failed: err=%d,
>port=%u\n",
>> +					ret, port_id);
>> +		}
>> +
>> +		txq_conf = dev_info.default_txconf;
>> +		txq_conf.offloads = port_conf.txmode.offloads;
>
>As far as I know there is no necessity to repeat port offlaod on queue level.
>So, the line is not necesary.

Will remove it

>
>> +
>> +		for (i = 0; i < TXQ_NUM; i++) {
>> +			ret = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(port_id, i, NR_TXD,
>> +					rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port_id),
>> +					&txq_conf);
>> +			if (ret < 0)
>> +				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
>> +					":: Tx queue setup failed: err=%d,
>port=%u\n",
>> +					ret, port_id);
>> +		}
>> +
>> +		/* Catch all packets from traffic generator. */
>> +		ret = rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(port_id);
>> +		if (ret != 0)
>> +			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
>> +				":: promiscuous mode enable failed: err=%s,
>port=%u\n",
>> +				rte_strerror(-ret), port_id);
>> +
>> +		ret = rte_eth_dev_start(port_id);
>> +		if (ret < 0)
>> +			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
>> +				"rte_eth_dev_start:err=%d, port=%u\n",
>> +				ret, port_id);
>> +
>> +		printf(":: initializing port: %d done\n", port_id);
>> +	}
>> +}
>> +
>> +int
>> +main(int argc, char **argv)
>> +{
>> +	int ret;
>> +	uint16_t port;
>> +	struct rte_flow_error error;
>> +
>> +	ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
>> +	if (ret < 0)
>> +		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "EAL init failed\n");
>> +
>> +	argc -= ret;
>> +	argv += ret;
>> +	if (argc > 1)
>> +		args_parse(argc, argv);
>> +
>> +	init_port();
>> +
>> +	nb_lcores = rte_lcore_count();
>> +	if (nb_lcores <= 1)
>> +		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "This app needs at least two
>cores\n");
>> +
>> +	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(port) {
>> +		rte_flow_flush(port, &error);
>> +		rte_eth_dev_stop(port);
>> +		rte_eth_dev_close(port);
>> +	}
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>
>[snip]
>
>> diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base index
>> 14000ba07..b2edd5267 100644 diff --git
>> a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_05.rst
>> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_05.rst
>> index b124c3f28..258b1e03e 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_05.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_05.rst
>> @@ -212,6 +212,16 @@ New Features
>>    * Added IPsec inbound load-distribution support for ipsec-secgw
>application
>>      using NIC load distribution feature(Flow Director).
>>
>> +* **Added flow performance application.**
>> +
>> +  Add new application to test rte_flow performance.
>> +
>> +  Application features:
>> +  * Measure rte_flow insertion rate.
>> +  * Measure rte_flow deletion rate.
>> +  * Dump rte_flow memory consumption.
>> +  * Measure packet per second forwarding.
>
>I think above lines should be added in appropriate patches which really do it.

What do you mean?
each feature should add it's own line in the same commit?

>
>> +
>>
>>  Removed Items
>>  -------------
>
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