[PATCH v3 1/1] app/testpmd: control passing Rx metadata to PMD

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 10/6/22 21:35, Hanumanth Pothula wrote:
> Presently, Rx metadata is sent to PMD by default, leading
> to a performance drop as processing for the same in rx path
> takes extra cycles.
> 
> Hence, introducing command line argument, 'nic-to-pmd-rx-metadata'
> to control passing rx metadata to PMD. By default it’s disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hanumanth Pothula <hpothula at marvell.com>

Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>

> 
> v3:
> - Updated run_app.rst with the new command line argument,
>    nic-to-pmd-rx-metadata.
> - Updated commit text.
> v2:
> - taken cared alignment issues
> - renamed command line argument from rx-metadata to nic-to-pmd-rx-metadata
> - renamed variable name from rx-metadata to nic_to_pmd_rx_metadata

Applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.