* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document libnuma requirement for NUMA systems
@ 2019-01-31 17:05 Anatoly Burakov
2019-01-31 18:14 ` Kevin Traynor
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Anatoly Burakov @ 2019-01-31 17:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dev; +Cc: John McNamara, Marko Kovacevic, thomas
Since 18.05, libnuma is pretty much required on Linux when using
non-legacy mode, because without it, we cannot know where our
hugepages are located [1].
In legacy mode, libnuma is not required because we can still sort
pages by sockets, as we use pagemap lookup method to figure out
socket ID's for pages.
So, document libnuma as required for NUMA systems and non-legacy
mode.
[1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-December/120490.html
Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index 8ec3af491..23cfc27ab 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
* libnuma-dev in Debian/Ubuntu;
+ .. note::
+
+ On systems with NUMA support, `libnuma-dev` (aka `numactl-devel`) is a
+ recommended dependency when `--legacy-mem` switch is used, and a
+ *required* dependency if default memory mode is used. While DPDK will
+ compile and run without `libnuma` even on NUMA-enabled systems, both
+ usability and performance will be degraded.
+
* Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package.
--
2.17.1
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document libnuma requirement for NUMA systems
2019-01-31 17:05 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document libnuma requirement for NUMA systems Anatoly Burakov
@ 2019-01-31 18:14 ` Kevin Traynor
2019-02-01 10:28 ` Burakov, Anatoly
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Traynor @ 2019-01-31 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anatoly Burakov, dev; +Cc: John McNamara, Marko Kovacevic, thomas, stable
On 01/31/2019 05:05 PM, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
> Since 18.05, libnuma is pretty much required on Linux when using
> non-legacy mode, because without it, we cannot know where our
> hugepages are located [1].
>
> In legacy mode, libnuma is not required because we can still sort
> pages by sockets, as we use pagemap lookup method to figure out
> socket ID's for pages.
>
> So, document libnuma as required for NUMA systems and non-legacy
> mode.
>
> [1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-December/120490.html
>
Might as well add to the stable docs also. Picking this commit as it's
where both mode are available
Fixes: 6b42f75632f0 ("eal: enable non-legacy memory mode")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> index 8ec3af491..23cfc27ab 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> @@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
>
> * libnuma-dev in Debian/Ubuntu;
>
> + .. note::
> +
> + On systems with NUMA support, `libnuma-dev` (aka `numactl-devel`) is a
> + recommended dependency when `--legacy-mem` switch is used, and a
> + *required* dependency if default memory mode is used. While DPDK will
> + compile and run without `libnuma` even on NUMA-enabled systems, both
> + usability and performance will be degraded.
> +
> * Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package.
>
>
>
Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document libnuma requirement for NUMA systems
2019-01-31 18:14 ` Kevin Traynor
@ 2019-02-01 10:28 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-02-01 10:51 ` Thomas Monjalon
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Burakov, Anatoly @ 2019-02-01 10:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kevin Traynor, dev; +Cc: John McNamara, Marko Kovacevic, thomas, stable
On 31-Jan-19 6:14 PM, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> On 01/31/2019 05:05 PM, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
>> Since 18.05, libnuma is pretty much required on Linux when using
>> non-legacy mode, because without it, we cannot know where our
>> hugepages are located [1].
>>
>> In legacy mode, libnuma is not required because we can still sort
>> pages by sockets, as we use pagemap lookup method to figure out
>> socket ID's for pages.
>>
>> So, document libnuma as required for NUMA systems and non-legacy
>> mode.
>>
>> [1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-December/120490.html
>>
>
> Might as well add to the stable docs also. Picking this commit as it's
> where both mode are available
>
> Fixes: 6b42f75632f0 ("eal: enable non-legacy memory mode")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Yup, thought of that right after leaving office yesterday! :)
>
>> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
>> ---
>> doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 8 ++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
>> index 8ec3af491..23cfc27ab 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
>> @@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
>>
>> * libnuma-dev in Debian/Ubuntu;
>>
>> + .. note::
>> +
>> + On systems with NUMA support, `libnuma-dev` (aka `numactl-devel`) is a
>> + recommended dependency when `--legacy-mem` switch is used, and a
>> + *required* dependency if default memory mode is used. While DPDK will
>> + compile and run without `libnuma` even on NUMA-enabled systems, both
>> + usability and performance will be degraded.
>> +
>> * Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
>
--
Thanks,
Anatoly
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document libnuma requirement for NUMA systems
2019-02-01 10:28 ` Burakov, Anatoly
@ 2019-02-01 10:51 ` Thomas Monjalon
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Monjalon @ 2019-02-01 10:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Burakov, Anatoly
Cc: dev, Kevin Traynor, John McNamara, Marko Kovacevic, stable
01/02/2019 11:28, Burakov, Anatoly:
> On 31-Jan-19 6:14 PM, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> > On 01/31/2019 05:05 PM, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
> >> Since 18.05, libnuma is pretty much required on Linux when using
> >> non-legacy mode, because without it, we cannot know where our
> >> hugepages are located [1].
> >>
> >> In legacy mode, libnuma is not required because we can still sort
> >> pages by sockets, as we use pagemap lookup method to figure out
> >> socket ID's for pages.
> >>
> >> So, document libnuma as required for NUMA systems and non-legacy
> >> mode.
> >>
> >> [1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-December/120490.html
> >>
> >
> > Might as well add to the stable docs also. Picking this commit as it's
> > where both mode are available
> >
> > Fixes: 6b42f75632f0 ("eal: enable non-legacy memory mode")
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>
> Yup, thought of that right after leaving office yesterday! :)
Applied, thanks
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