From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F4B4A04FD; Tue, 14 Jan 2020 04:46:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 127231D155; Tue, 14 Jan 2020 04:45:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from git-send-mailer.rdmz.labs.mlnx (unknown [37.142.13.130]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC59A1C43E for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2020 04:45:50 +0100 (CET) From: Xiaoyu Min To: viacheslavo@mellanox.com, matan@mellanox.com, rasland@mellanox.com, Shahaf Shuler , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Xueming Li Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 05:45:15 +0200 Message-Id: <346be53e851c132fcb4e00c3463e3ad442e736b3.1578969179.git.jackmin@mellanox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.21.0 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 4/4] doc: update mlx5 document for flow dump feature X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" From: Xueming Li Guide of mlx5 is updated on how to dump HW flows. Signed-off-by: Xueming Li Signed-off-by: Xiaoyu Min --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 92228d3cca..4781aae0aa 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -1316,3 +1316,31 @@ ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5/ConnectX-6/BlueField devices managed by librte_pmd_mlx5. Port 3 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex Done testpmd> + +HowTo dump flows +---------------- + +This section demonstrates how to dump flows. Currently, it's possible to dump +all flows with assistence of external tools. + +#. 2 ways to get flow raw file: + + - Using testpmd CLI: + + .. code-block:: console + + testpmd> flow dump + + - call mlx5 PMD api in rte_pmd_mlx5.h: + + .. code-block:: console + + rte_pmd_mlx5_flow_dump(port, file); + +#. Dump humanreadable flows from raw file: + + Get flow parsing tool from: https://github.com/Mellanox/mlx_steering_dump + + .. code-block:: console + + mlx_steering_dump.py -f -- 2.24.1