[dpdk-users] it seems something wrong in pktgen .

["Vic Wang(BJ-RD)" <VicWang@zhaoxin.com>]

Hi,

I use dpdk and pktgen-dpdk to test the performance of the platform performance .
The system configuration as follows:
Senders: Intel i5-6600k with two sumsang ddr4 drams (dual channel), one intel XL710 40G NIC.
Command: ./pktgen -C 0xf -n 2 -- -P -m "2.0,3.1"
The packet size set to 64 bytes.

Receiver: Intel i5-660k with two sumsang ddr4 drams(dual channel), one intel XL710 40G NIC.
Command: ./testpmd -C 0xf -n2 -- -i --portmask=0x3 --coremask=0xc
However, when starting to forward the packets, the pktgen will stop after sending severl thousands packets .

I trace the question, and I found it seems something wrong in pktgen program.
In the pktgen_send_pkts, if the pg_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk fails because nobufs, it can't goto the pktgen_send_burst forever. So it can't free mbuf in the pktgen_send_burst , and it will be failed every loop when pg_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk.
>static __inline__ void
>pktgen_send_pkts(port_info_t *info, uint16_t qid, struct rte_mempool *mp)
>{
>     uint32_t flags;
>     int rc = 0;
>
>     flags = rte_atomic32_read(&info->port_flags);
>
>     if (flags & SEND_FOREVER) {
>            rc = pg_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk(mp,
>                                    info->q[qid].tx_mbufs.m_table,
>                                    info->tx_burst);
>            if (rc == 0) {
>                   info->q[qid].tx_mbufs.len = info->tx_burst;
>                   info->q[qid].tx_cnt += info->tx_burst;
>
>                   pktgen_send_burst(info, qid);
>            }
>     } else {
>            int64_t txCnt;

This is my thought, please comment me.

Best Regards!
VicWang



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