RE: net/mlx5: mellanox cx5 experiences "rx_phy_discard_packets" under low bandwidth conditions.

[Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>]

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> From: Bing Zhao <bingz@nvidia.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2025 9:00 AM
> To: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>; 韩康康 <961373042@qq.com>; Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>; orika <orika@nivida.com>
> Cc: users <users@dpdk.com>
> Subject: RE: net/mlx5: mellanox cx5 experiences "rx_phy_discard_packets" under low bandwidth conditions.
>
> Hi Kangkang,
>
> Please take the DPDK performance report and the configurations under DOC link of dpdk.org for a reference.
> It shows how to configure the HW and how to run the testpmd / l2fwd for SCP / ZPL testing. Or searching for the DPDK testing white paper from CTC as well(中国电信DPDK测试白皮书).
> In the docs, the NUMA / PCIe / lcore affinity / queue depths will all be explained inside.
>
> From: Slava Ovsiienko <mailto:viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2025 1:57 PM
> To: 韩康康 <mailto:961373042@qq.com>; Dariusz Sosnowski <mailto:dsosnowski@nvidia.com>; Bing Zhao <mailto:bingz@nvidia.com>; orika <mailto:orika@nivida.com>
> Cc: users <mailto:users@dpdk.com>
> Subject: RE: net/mlx5: mellanox cx5 experiences "rx_phy_discard_packets" under low bandwidth conditions.
>
> Hi,
>
> First of all, please, increase the number of queues and handling cores. For 100GBps link from 4 to 8 queue/cores usually are needed.
> Also, you can try combinations of multiple queues per core (2..4 queues handled by one core).
> And there are the offload options “inline” and mprq might be useful to gain the wire speed  for the small packets.
> Please see the Nvidia/Mellanox performance reports (https://core.dpdk.org/perf-reports/) for the details.
>
> With best regards,
> Slava
>
> From: 韩康康 <mailto:961373042@qq.com>
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> Subject: net/mlx5: mellanox cx5 experiences "rx_phy_discard_packets" under low bandwidth conditions.
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> Hi all,
> I am using dpdk-testpmd and pkt generator to test bandwith according to RFC2544.
> However, I observed that CX5 rx_phy_discard_packets at low bandwith, resulting in abnormal measurements under zero packet loss conditions.
>
> dpdk version: dpdk-21.11.5
> ethtool -i enp161s0f1np1:
>     driver: mlx5_core
>     version: 5.8-6.0.4
>     firmware-version: 16.32.1010
> Hardware: AMD EPYC 7742 64-core Processor
> dpdk-testpmd:
> dpdk-testpmd -l 96-111 -n 4 -a 0000:a1:00.1 -- -i --rxq=1  --txq=1 --txd=8192 --rxd=8192 --nb-cores=1  --burst=128 -a --mbcache=512  --rss-udp
> test result:
> frame size(bytes)    offerd Load(%)    packet loss rate
> 128                         15.69                   0.000211
> 256                         14.148                 0.0004
> 512                         14.148                 0.00008
> 1518                        14.92                  0.00099
>
> i'd like to ask, is this an issue with CX5 NIC? How can i debug it to eliminate the packet drops?
>
> 韩康康
> mailto:961373042@qq.com