[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] app/regex: support multi cores

Ophir Munk ophirmu at nvidia.com
Sun Jan 10 12:10:21 CET 2021


Up to this commit the regex application was running with multiple QPs on
a single core.  This commit adds the option to specify a number of cores
on which multiple QPs will run.
A new parameter 'nb_lcores' was added to configure the number of cores:
--nb_lcores <num of cores>.
If not configured the number of cores is set to 1 by default.  On
application startup a few initial steps occur by the main core: the
number of QPs and cores are parsed.  The QPs are distributed as evenly
as possible on the cores.  The regex device and all QPs are initialized.
The data file is read and saved in a buffer. Then for each core the
application calls rte_eal_remote_launch() with the worker routine
(run_regex) as its parameter.

Signed-off-by: Ophir Munk <ophirmu at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika at nvidia.com>
---
 app/test-regex/main.c          | 155 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 doc/guides/tools/testregex.rst |  30 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/test-regex/main.c b/app/test-regex/main.c
index 9bafd02..2948d3e 100644
--- a/app/test-regex/main.c
+++ b/app/test-regex/main.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ enum app_args {
 	ARG_PERF_MODE,
 	ARG_NUM_OF_ITERATIONS,
 	ARG_NUM_OF_QPS,
+	ARG_NUM_OF_LCORES,
 };
 
 struct job_ctx {
@@ -49,6 +50,26 @@ struct qp_params {
 	char *buf;
 };
 
+struct qps_per_lcore {
+	unsigned int lcore_id;
+	int socket;
+	uint16_t qp_id_base;
+	uint16_t nb_qps;
+};
+
+struct regex_conf {
+	uint32_t nb_jobs;
+	bool perf_mode;
+	uint32_t nb_iterations;
+	char *data_file;
+	uint8_t nb_max_matches;
+	uint32_t nb_qps;
+	uint16_t qp_id_base;
+	char *data_buf;
+	long data_len;
+	long job_len;
+};
+
 static void
 usage(const char *prog_name)
 {
@@ -58,14 +79,15 @@ usage(const char *prog_name)
 		" --nb_jobs: number of jobs to use\n"
 		" --perf N: only outputs the performance data\n"
 		" --nb_iter N: number of iteration to run\n"
-		" --nb_qps N: number of queues to use\n",
+		" --nb_qps N: number of queues to use\n"
+		" --nb_lcores N: number of lcores to use\n",
 		prog_name);
 }
 
 static void
 args_parse(int argc, char **argv, char *rules_file, char *data_file,
 	   uint32_t *nb_jobs, bool *perf_mode, uint32_t *nb_iterations,
-	   uint32_t *nb_qps)
+	   uint32_t *nb_qps, uint32_t *nb_lcores)
 {
 	char **argvopt;
 	int opt;
@@ -85,6 +107,8 @@ args_parse(int argc, char **argv, char *rules_file, char *data_file,
 		{ "nb_iter", 1, 0, ARG_NUM_OF_ITERATIONS},
 		/* Number of QPs. */
 		{ "nb_qps", 1, 0, ARG_NUM_OF_QPS},
+		/* Number of lcores. */
+		{ "nb_lcores", 1, 0, ARG_NUM_OF_LCORES},
 		/* End of options */
 		{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
 	};
@@ -121,6 +145,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char **argv, char *rules_file, char *data_file,
 		case ARG_NUM_OF_QPS:
 			*nb_qps = atoi(optarg);
 			break;
+		case ARG_NUM_OF_LCORES:
+			*nb_lcores = atoi(optarg);
+			break;
 		case ARG_HELP:
 			usage("RegEx test app");
 			break;
@@ -274,11 +301,18 @@ extbuf_free_cb(void *addr __rte_unused, void *fcb_opaque __rte_unused)
 }
 
 static int
-run_regex(uint32_t nb_jobs,
-	  bool perf_mode, uint32_t nb_iterations,
-	  uint8_t nb_max_matches, uint32_t nb_qps,
-	  char *data_buf, long data_len, long job_len)
+run_regex(void *args)
 {
+	struct regex_conf *rgxc = args;
+	uint32_t nb_jobs = rgxc->nb_jobs;
+	uint32_t nb_iterations = rgxc->nb_iterations;
+	uint8_t nb_max_matches = rgxc->nb_max_matches;
+	uint32_t nb_qps = rgxc->nb_qps;
+	uint16_t qp_id_base  = rgxc->qp_id_base;
+	char *data_buf = rgxc->data_buf;
+	long data_len = rgxc->data_len;
+	long job_len = rgxc->job_len;
+
 	char *buf = NULL;
 	uint32_t actual_jobs = 0;
 	uint32_t i;
@@ -298,9 +332,13 @@ run_regex(uint32_t nb_jobs,
 	struct qp_params *qps = NULL;
 	bool update;
 	uint16_t qps_used = 0;
+	char mbuf_pool[16];
 
 	shinfo.free_cb = extbuf_free_cb;
-	mbuf_mp = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("mbuf_pool", nb_jobs * nb_qps, 0,
+	snprintf(mbuf_pool,
+		 sizeof(mbuf_pool),
+		 "mbuf_pool_%2u", qp_id_base);
+	mbuf_mp = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create(mbuf_pool, nb_jobs * nb_qps, 0,
 			0, MBUF_SIZE, rte_socket_id());
 	if (mbuf_mp == NULL) {
 		printf("Error, can't create memory pool\n");
@@ -402,7 +440,7 @@ run_regex(uint32_t nb_jobs,
 						qp->total_enqueue +=
 						rte_regexdev_enqueue_burst
 							(dev_id,
-							qp_id,
+							qp_id_base + qp_id,
 							cur_ops_to_enqueue,
 							actual_jobs -
 							qp->total_enqueue);
@@ -418,7 +456,7 @@ run_regex(uint32_t nb_jobs,
 					qp->total_dequeue +=
 						rte_regexdev_dequeue_burst
 							(dev_id,
-							qp_id,
+							qp_id_base + qp_id,
 							cur_ops_to_dequeue,
 							qp->total_enqueue -
 							qp->total_dequeue);
@@ -435,7 +473,7 @@ run_regex(uint32_t nb_jobs,
 	       (((double)actual_jobs * job_len * nb_iterations * 8) / time) /
 		1000000000.0);
 
-	if (perf_mode)
+	if (rgxc->perf_mode)
 		goto end;
 	for (qp_id = 0; qp_id < nb_qps; qp_id++) {
 		printf("\n############ QP id=%u ############\n", qp_id);
@@ -491,6 +529,67 @@ run_regex(uint32_t nb_jobs,
 	return res;
 }
 
+static int
+distribute_qps_to_lcores(uint32_t nb_cores, uint32_t nb_qps,
+			 struct qps_per_lcore **qpl)
+{
+	int socket;
+	unsigned lcore_id;
+	uint32_t i;
+	uint16_t min_qp_id;
+	uint16_t max_qp_id;
+	struct qps_per_lcore *qps_per_lcore;
+	uint32_t detected_lcores;
+
+	if (nb_qps < nb_cores) {
+		nb_cores = nb_qps;
+		printf("Reducing number of cores to number of QPs (%u)\n",
+		       nb_cores);
+	}
+	/* Allocate qps_per_lcore array */
+	qps_per_lcore =
+		rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*qps_per_lcore) * nb_cores, 0);
+	if (!qps_per_lcore)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to create qps_per_lcore array\n");
+	*qpl = qps_per_lcore;
+	detected_lcores = 0;
+	min_qp_id = 0;
+
+	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_WORKER(lcore_id) {
+		if (detected_lcores >= nb_cores)
+			break;
+		qps_per_lcore[detected_lcores].lcore_id = lcore_id;
+		socket = rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id);
+		if (socket == SOCKET_ID_ANY)
+			socket = 0;
+		qps_per_lcore[detected_lcores].socket = socket;
+		qps_per_lcore[detected_lcores].qp_id_base = min_qp_id;
+		max_qp_id = min_qp_id + nb_qps / nb_cores - 1;
+		if (nb_qps % nb_cores > detected_lcores)
+			max_qp_id++;
+		qps_per_lcore[detected_lcores].nb_qps = max_qp_id -
+							min_qp_id + 1;
+		min_qp_id = max_qp_id + 1;
+		detected_lcores++;
+	}
+	if (detected_lcores != nb_cores)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < detected_lcores; i++) {
+		printf("===> Core %d: allocated queues: ",
+		       qps_per_lcore[i].lcore_id);
+		min_qp_id = qps_per_lcore[i].qp_id_base;
+		max_qp_id =
+			qps_per_lcore[i].qp_id_base + qps_per_lcore[i].nb_qps;
+		while (min_qp_id < max_qp_id) {
+			printf("%u ", min_qp_id);
+			min_qp_id++;
+		}
+		printf("\n");
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -506,6 +605,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *data_buf;
 	long data_len;
 	long job_len;
+	uint32_t nb_lcores = 1;
+	struct regex_conf *rgxc;
+	uint32_t i;
+	struct qps_per_lcore *qps_per_lcore;
 
 	/* Init EAL. */
 	ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
@@ -515,10 +618,15 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	argv += ret;
 	if (argc > 1)
 		args_parse(argc, argv, rules_file, data_file, &nb_jobs,
-				&perf_mode, &nb_iterations, &nb_qps);
+				&perf_mode, &nb_iterations, &nb_qps,
+				&nb_lcores);
 
 	if (nb_qps == 0)
 		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Number of QPs must be greater than 0\n");
+	if (nb_lcores == 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Number of lcores must be greater than 0\n");
+	if (distribute_qps_to_lcores(nb_lcores, nb_qps, &qps_per_lcore) < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to distribute queues to lcores!\n");
 	ret = init_port(&nb_max_payload, rules_file,
 			&nb_max_matches, nb_qps);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -535,12 +643,27 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (job_len > nb_max_payload)
 		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Error, not enough jobs to cover input.\n");
 
-	ret = run_regex(nb_jobs, perf_mode,
-			nb_iterations, nb_max_matches, nb_qps,
-			data_buf, data_len, job_len);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "RegEx function failed\n");
+	rgxc = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*rgxc) * nb_lcores, 0);
+	if (!rgxc)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to create Regex Conf\n");
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_lcores; i++) {
+		rgxc[i] = (struct regex_conf){
+			.nb_jobs = nb_jobs,
+			.perf_mode = perf_mode,
+			.nb_iterations = nb_iterations,
+			.nb_max_matches = nb_max_matches,
+			.nb_qps = qps_per_lcore[i].nb_qps,
+			.qp_id_base = qps_per_lcore[i].qp_id_base,
+			.data_buf = data_buf,
+			.data_len = data_len,
+			.job_len = job_len,
+		};
+		rte_eal_remote_launch(run_regex, &rgxc[i],
+				      qps_per_lcore[i].lcore_id);
 	}
+	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
 	rte_free(data_buf);
+	rte_free(rgxc);
+	rte_free(qps_per_lcore);
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/testregex.rst b/doc/guides/tools/testregex.rst
index 112b2bb..a59acd9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/testregex.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/testregex.rst
@@ -7,13 +7,28 @@ dpdk-test-regex Tool
 The ``dpdk-test-regex`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
 application that allows functional testing and performance measurement for
 the RegEx PMDs.
-The test supports only one core and one PMD.
+
 It is based on precompiled rule file, and an input file, both of them can
 be selected using command-line options.
 
 In general case, each PMD has its own rule file.
 
-The test outputs the following data:
+By default the test supports one QP per core, however a higher number of cores
+and QPs can be configured. The QPs are evenly distributed on the cores. All QPs
+are assigned the same number of segments of input file to parse.  Given n QPs
+(per core) - the enqueue/dequeue RegEx operations are interleaved as follows::
+
+ enqueue(QP #1)
+ enqueue(QP #2)
+ ...
+ enqueue(QP #n)
+ dequeue(QP #1)
+ dequeue(QP #2)
+ ...
+ dequeue(QP #n)
+
+
+The test outputs the following data per QP and core:
 
 * Performance, in gigabit per second.
 
@@ -26,8 +41,6 @@ The test outputs the following data:
 Limitations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* Only one queue is supported.
-
 * Supports only precompiled rules.
 
 
@@ -43,6 +56,12 @@ Application Options
 ``--nb_jobs N``
   number of jobs to use
 
+``--nb_qps N``
+  number of QPs to use
+
+``--nb_lcores N``
+  number of cores to use
+
 ``--perf N``
   only outputs the performance data
 
@@ -70,4 +89,5 @@ The data file, will be used as a source data for the RegEx to work on.
 
 The tool has a number of command line options. Here is the sample command line::
 
-   ./dpdk-test-regex -a 83:00.0 -- --rules rule_file.rof2 --data data_file.txt --job 100
+   ./dpdk-test-regex -a 83:00.0 -- --rules rule_file.rof2 --data data_file.txt --job 100 \
+     --nb_qps 4 --nb_lcores 2
-- 
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