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From: "Iremonger, Bernard" <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
To: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>,
	"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, "Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: add profiling for Rx/Tx burst routines
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:45:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8CEF83825BEC744B83065625E567D7C260DBE4EB@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM4PR05MB3265D1F334F4FE9D8646FC57D2FD0@AM4PR05MB3265.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>

Hi Bruce, Slava,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slava Ovsiienko [mailto:viacheslavo@mellanox.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 5:49 AM
> To: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>;
> Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: add profiling for Rx/Tx burst
> routines
> 
> OK, what do you think about this:
> 
> #ifdef RTE_TEST_PMD_RECORD_CORE_CYCLES
>  if (record_cycle & RECORD_TX_CORE_CYCLES) {
>    .. do measurement stuff ..
>  }
> #endif
> 
> + add some new command to config in runtime: "set record_cycle 3"
> 
> We keep existing RTE_TEST_PMD_RECORD_CORE_CYCLES, do not introduce
> new build-time configs and get some new runtime configuring.
> 
> WBR,
> Slava
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 16:21
> > To: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; bernard.iremonger@intel.com; ferruh.yigit@intel.com
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: add profiling for Rx/Tx
> > burst routines
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 01:19:24PM +0000, Slava Ovsiienko wrote:
> > > Hi, Bruce
> > >
> > > Do you mean using "if (core_rx_cycle_enabled) {...}" instead of #ifdef ?
> > >
> > > No, I did not try runtime control settings.
> > > Instead I compared performance with all RECORD_CORE_XX_CYCLES
> > options
> > > enabled/disabled builds and have seen the ~1-2% performance
> > > difference
> > on my setups (mainly fwd txonly with retry).
> > > So, ticks measuring is not free.
> > >
> > > With best regards,
> > > Slava
> > >
> > Yes, I realise that measuring ticks is going to have a performance impact.
> > However, what I was referring to was exactly the former - using an "if"
> > rather than an "ifdef". I would hope with ticks disable using this
> > option shows no perf impact, and we can reduce the use of build-time
> configs.
> >
> > /Bruce

Given that  RTE_TEST_PMD_RECORD_CORE_CYCLES is already in the config file.
I think it is better to be consistent and add the new RECORD macros there.

Would it be reasonable to have runtime settings available as well?

Regards,

Bernard



  reply	other threads:[~2019-06-28 13:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-26 12:48 Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2019-06-26 12:57 ` Bruce Richardson
2019-06-26 13:19   ` Slava Ovsiienko
2019-06-26 13:21     ` Bruce Richardson
2019-06-27  4:48       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2019-06-28 13:45         ` Iremonger, Bernard [this message]
2019-06-28 14:20           ` Bruce Richardson
2019-07-01  4:57             ` Slava Ovsiienko
2019-07-01  8:15               ` Bruce Richardson
2019-09-30 12:32                 ` Yigit, Ferruh
2020-03-19 13:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] app/testpmd: qualify Rx/Tx profiling data on burst size Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-03-19 13:50   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] app/testpmd: add profiling flags set command Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-04-02 11:15     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-09 11:56     ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-04-13  7:56       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-04-13 12:23         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-14  9:07         ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-03-19 13:50   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] app/testpmd: gather Rx and Tx routines profiling Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-04-02 11:20     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-02 11:23       ` Slava Ovsiienko
2020-03-19 13:50   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] app/testpmd: qualify profiling statistics on burst size Viacheslav Ovsiienko
2020-03-20  6:13     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-04-09 11:46       ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-04-09 12:49         ` Jerin Jacob
2020-03-20 16:03     ` Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-04-02 11:21     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-09 12:03     ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-04-09 12:09       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-02 11:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] app/testpmd: qualify Rx/Tx profiling data " Thomas Monjalon

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