Yeah - I actually will remove the `--no-mlockall --in-memory` in the v2 respin (it's a typo). I'm only interested in showing the multiple af_xdp device (vdev) arguments. I think it's useful for anyone who is looking for a quick reference on how to do it.Hello, On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 10:13 AM Maryam Tahhan <mtahhan@redhat.com> wrote: [snip]diff --git a/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst b/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst index a1a6d5b99c..a2d90c665d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst +++ b/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst @@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ The XSKMAP is a BPF map of AF_XDP sockets (XSK). The client can then proceed with creating an AF_XDP socket and inserting that socket into the XSKMAP pointed to by the descriptor. -The EAL vdev argument ``use_cni`` is used to indicate that the user wishes +The EAL vdev arguments ``use_cni`` and ``sock`` are used to indicate that the user wishes to run the PMD in unprivileged mode and to receive the XSKMAP file descriptor from the CNI. + When this flag is set, the ``XSK_LIBBPF_FLAGS__INHIBIT_PROG_LOAD`` libbpf flag should be used when creating the socket @@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ Instead the loading is handled by the CNI. .. note:: - The Unix Domain Socket file path appear in the end user is "/tmp/afxdp.sock". + The Unix Domain Socket file path appears to the end user at "/tmp/afxdp_dp/<netdev>/afxdp.sock". Prerequisites @@ -224,7 +225,6 @@ Howto run dpdk-testpmd with CNI plugin: capabilities: add: - CAP_NET_RAW - - CAP_BPF resources: requests: hugepages-2Mi: 2Gi @@ -245,7 +245,17 @@ Howto run dpdk-testpmd with CNI plugin: kubectl exec -i <Pod name> --container <containers name> -- \ /<Path>/dpdk-testpmd -l 0,1 --no-pci \ - --vdev=net_af_xdp0,use_cni=1,iface=<interface name> \ + --vdev=net_af_xdp0,use_cni=1,iface=<interface name>,sock=/tmp/afxdp_dp/<interface name>/afxdp.sock \ + -- --no-mlockall --in-memoryQuick look at the doc update. - is this hunk related to $subject? - --in-memory is not a testpmd level option, but an EAL one.