[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/4] Support PPS(packet per second) on meter

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/13/2021 4:59 PM, Li Zhang wrote:
> Currently meter algorithms only supports rate is bytes per second(BPS).
> Add packet_mode flag in meter profile parameters data structure.
> So that it can meter traffic by packet per second.
> 
> When packet_mode is 0, the profile rates and bucket sizes are
> specified in bytes per second and bytes
> when packet_mode is not 0, the profile rates and bucket sizes are
> specified in packets and packets per second.
> 
> Add the necessary checks to the existing drivers implementing
> the rte_mtr API to makes sure that profiles with
> packet_mode set to TRUE are rejected.
> 
> RFC ("adds support PPS(packet per second) on meter")
> https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20210125012023.1769769-2-lizh@nvidia.com/
> 
> V2: create a unified patch that contains both the series with
> 	the API changes and the series with the necessary error checks in the drivers.
> V3: Fix comments about commit-log.
> V4: Fix comments about Depends-on and rebase.
> V5: Fix comments about Depends-on and add acked.
> 
> Li Zhang (4):
>    ethdev: add packet mode in meter profile structure
>    app/testpmd: add meter profile packet mode option
>    net/softnic: check meter packet mode
>    net/mvpp2: check meter packet mode
> 

Series applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.