[dpdk-dev] L3fwd mode in testpmd

[Honnappa Nagarahalli]

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> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 12:01 AM Honnappa Nagarahalli
> <Honnappa.Nagarahalli at arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >         Performance of L3fwd example application is one of the key
> benchmarks in DPDK. However, the application does not have many
> debugging statistics to understand the performance issues. We have added
> L3fwd as another mode/stream to testpmd which provides enough statistics
> at various levels. This has allowed us to debug the performance issues
> effectively.
> >
> > There is more work to be done to get it to upstreamable state. I am
> wondering if such a patch is helpful for others and if the community would
> be interested in taking a look. Please let me know what you think.
> 
> We are using app/proc-info/ to attach and analyze the performance.
> That helps to analyze the unmodified application. I think, if something is
> missing in proc-info app, in my opinion it is better to enhance proc-info so
> that it can help other third-party applications.
> 
> Just my 2c.
Thanks Jerin. We will explore that.

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> >
> > Thanks,
> > Honnappa