Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] test: avoid hang if queues are full and Tx fails

[Rakesh Kudurumalla <rkudurumalla@marvell.com>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rakesh Kudurumalla <rkudurumalla@marvell.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 10:21 PM
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Rakesh Kudurumalla <rkudurumalla@marvell.com>;
> stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH v2] test: avoid hang if queues are full and Tx fails
> 
> Current pmd_perf_autotest() in continuous mode tries to enqueue
> MAX_TRAFFIC_BURST completely before starting the test. Some drivers
> cannot accept complete MAX_TRAFFIC_BURST even though rx+tx desc count
> can fit it.
> This patch changes behaviour to stop enqueuing after few retries.
> 
> Fixes: 002ade70e933 ("app/test: measure cycles per packet in Rx/Tx")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rakesh Kudurumalla <rkudurumalla@marvell.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Fixed commit message errors
> 
>  app/test/test_pmd_perf.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test/test_pmd_perf.c b/app/test/test_pmd_perf.c index
> 3a248d512c..0a95b408e8 100644
> --- a/app/test/test_pmd_perf.c
> +++ b/app/test/test_pmd_perf.c
> @@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ main_loop(__rte_unused void *args)  #define
> PACKET_SIZE 64  #define FRAME_GAP 12  #define MAC_PREAMBLE 8
> +#define MAX_RETRY_COUNT 5
>  	struct rte_mbuf *pkts_burst[MAX_PKT_BURST];
>  	unsigned lcore_id;
>  	unsigned i, portid, nb_rx = 0, nb_tx = 0; @@ -463,6 +464,8 @@
> main_loop(__rte_unused void *args)
>  	int pkt_per_port;
>  	uint64_t diff_tsc;
>  	uint64_t packets_per_second, total_packets;
> +	int retry_cnt = 0;
> +	int free_pkt = 0;
> 
>  	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
>  	conf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
> @@ -480,10 +483,19 @@ main_loop(__rte_unused void *args)
>  			nb_tx = RTE_MIN(MAX_PKT_BURST, num);
>  			nb_tx = rte_eth_tx_burst(portid, 0,
>  						&tx_burst[idx], nb_tx);
> +			if (nb_tx == 0)
> +				retry_cnt++;
>  			num -= nb_tx;
>  			idx += nb_tx;
> +			if (retry_cnt == MAX_RETRY_COUNT) {
> +				retry_cnt = 0;
> +				break;
> +			}
>  		}
>  	}
> +	for (free_pkt = idx; free_pkt < (MAX_TRAFFIC_BURST*conf-
> >nb_ports)
> +			; free_pkt++)
> +		rte_pktmbuf_free(tx_burst[free_pkt]);
>  	printf("Total packets inject to prime ports = %u\n", idx);
> 
>  	packets_per_second = (link_mbps * 1000 * 1000) /
> --
> 2.25.1