[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] vmxnet3 pmd fixes/improvement

Cao, Waterman waterman.cao at intel.com
Wed Nov 5 06:26:19 CET 2014


Hi Thomas,

	Yes. Xiaonan just want to confirm if yong's patch doesn't impact original functionality and regression test cases under VMware.
	Xiaonan will check with yong and see if we can add some test in the regression to new changes.

	Waterman 

-----Original Message-----
>From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
>Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 6:50 AM
>To: Zhang, XiaonanX
>Cc: dev at dpdk.org
>Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] vmxnet3 pmd fixes/improvement
>
>Hi,
>
>These tests don't seem related to the patchset.
>It would be more interesting to test vlan, stop/restart, Rx checks and Rx performance improvement.
>
>--
>Thomas
>
>
>2014-11-04 05:57, Zhang, XiaonanX:
>> Tested-by: Xiaonan Zhang <xiaonanx.zhang at intel.com>
>> 
>> - Tested Commit: Yong Wang
>> - OS: Fedora20 3.15.8-200.fc20.x86_64
>> - GCC: gcc version 4.8.3 20140624
>> - CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
>> - NIC: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection [8086:10fb]
>> - Default x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc configuration
>> - Total 6 cases, 6 passed, 0 failed
>> - Test Environment setup
>> 
>> - Topology #1: Create 2VMs (Fedora 20, 64bit);for each VM, pass through one physical port(Niantic 82599) to VM, and also create one virtual device: vmxnet3 in VM. Between two VMs, use one vswitch to connect 2 vmxnet3. In summary, PF1 
>>                and vmxnet3A are in VM1; PF2 and vmxnet3B are in VM2.The traffic flow for l2fwd/l3fwd is as below:                            
>>                Ixia -> PF1 -> vmxnet3A -> vswitch -> vmxnet3B -> PF2 -> Ixia. 
>> - Topology #2: Create 1VM (Fedora 20, 64bit), on this VM, created 2 vmxnet3, called vmxnet3A, vmxnet3B; create 2 vswitch, vswitchA connecting PF1 and vmxnet3A, while vswitchB connecting PF2 and vmxnet3B. The traffic flow is as below:
>>                Ixia -> PF1 -> vswitchA -> vmxnet3A -> vmxnet3B -> vswitchB -> PF2 -> Ixia.
>> 
>> - Test Case1: L2fwd with Topology#1 
>>   Description: Set up topology#1(in prerequisite session), and bind PF1, PF2, Vmxnet3A, vmxnet3B to DPDK poll-mode driver (igb_uio).
>>                Increase the flow at line rate (uni-directional traffic), send the flow at different packet size (64bytes, 128bytes, 256bytes, 512bytes, 1024bytes, 1280bytes and 1518bytes) and check the received packets/rate to see  
>>                if any unexpected behavior, such as no receives after N packets. 
>>   Command / instruction:
>>                 To run the l2fwd example in 2VMs:
>>                                 ./build/l2fwd -c f -n 4 -- -p 0x3
>> - Test IXIA Flow prerequisite: Ixia port1 sends 5 packets to PF1, and the flow should have PF1's MAC as destination MAC. Check if ixia port2 have received the 5 packets.
>>   Expected test result:
>>                 Passed
>> 
>> - Test Case2: L3fwd-VF with Topology#1
>>   Description: Set up topology#1(in prerequisite session), and bind PF1, PF2, Vmxnet3A, vmxnet3B to DPDK poll-mode driver (igb_uio)
>>                Increase the flow at line rate (uni-directional traffic), send the flow at different packet size (64bytes, 128bytes, 256bytes, 512bytes, 1024bytes, 1280bytes and 1518bytes) and check the received packets/rate to see  
>>                if any unexpected behavior, such as no receives after N packets.
>>   Command / instruction:
>>                 To run the l3fwd-vf example in 2VMs:
>>                                 ./build/l3fwd-vf -c 0x6 -n 4 -- -p 0x3 --config "(0,0,1),(1,0,2)"
>> - Test IXIA Flow prerequisite: Ixia port1 sends 5 packets to PF1, and the flow should have PF1's MAC as destination MAC and have 2.1.1.x as destination IP. Check if ixia port2 have received the 5 packets.
>>   Expected test result:
>>                 Passed
>> 
>> - Test Case3: L2fwd with Topology#2
>>   Description: Set up topology#2(in prerequisite session), and bind vmxnet3A and vmxnet3B to DPDK poll-mode driver (igb_uio).
>>                Increase the flow at line rate (uni-directional traffic), send the flow at different packet size (64bytes, 128bytes, 256bytes, 512bytes, 1024bytes, 1280bytes and 1518bytes) and check the received packets/rate to see  
>>                if any unexpected behavior, such as no receives after N packets.
>>   Command / instruction:
>>                 To run the l2fwd example in VM1:
>>                                 ./build/l2fwd -c f -n 4 -- -p 0x3
>> - Test IXIA Flow prerequisite: Ixia port1 sends 5 packets to port0 (vmxnet3A), and the flow should have port0's MAC as destination MAC. Check if ixia port2 have received the 5 packets. Similar things need to be done at ixia port2.
>>   Expected test result:
>>                 Passed
>> 
>> - Test Case4: L3fwd-VF with Topology#2
>>   Description: Set up topology#2(in prerequisite session), and bind vmxnet3A and vmxnet3B to DPDK poll-mode driver (igb_uio).  
>>                Increase the flow at line rate (uni-directional traffic), send the flow at different packet size (64bytes, 128bytes, 256bytes, 512bytes, 1024bytes, 1280bytes and 1518bytes) and check the received packets/rate to see  
>>                if any unexpected behavior, such as no receives after N packets.
>>   Command / instruction:
>>                 To run the l3fwd-vf example in VM1:
>>                                 ./build/l3fwd-vf -c 0x6 -n 4 -- -p 0x3 --config "(0,0,1),(1,0,2)"
>> - Test IXIA Flow prerequisite: Ixia port1 sends 5 packets to port0(vmxnet3A), and the flow should have port0's MAC as destination MAC and have 2.1.1.x as destination IP. Check if ixia port2 have received the 5 packets.
>> 
>>   Expected test result:
>>                 Passed
>> 
>> - Test Case5: Timer test with Topology#2
>>   Description: Set up topology#2(in prerequisite session), and bind vmxnet3A and vmxnet3B to DPDK poll-mode driver (igb_uio).
>>   Command / instruction:
>>                 Build timer sample and run the sample:
>>                                 ./build/timer -c f -n 4
>> - Test IXIA Flow prerequisite: N.A.
>> 		
>>   Expected test result:
>>                 Passed
>> 
>> - Test Case6: Testpmd basic with Topology#2
>>   Description: Set up topology#2(in prerequisite session), and bind vmxnet3A and vmxnet3B to DPDK poll-mode driver (igbuio).
>>                Increase the flow at line rate (uni-directional traffic), send the flow at different packet size (64bytes, 128bytes, 256bytes, 512bytes, 1024bytes, 1280bytes and 1518bytes) and check the received packets/rate to see  
>>                if any unexpected behavior, such as no receives after N packets.
>>   Command / instruction:
>>                 Run testpmd(e.g:/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd) with below command lines:
>>                                 ./testpmd -c f -n 4 -- --txqflags=0xf01 -i
>> 		    Clean environment and start the forwarding. Need check the port information and clear port statics by using below commands:
>>                 Testpmd>show port info all
>>                 Testpmd>clear port stats all
>>                 Testpmd>show port stats all
>>                 Testpmd>set fwd mac
>>                 Testpmd>start
>> - Test IXIA Flow prerequisite: N.A.
>>   Expected test result:
>>                 Passed
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Yong Wang
>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 2:23 PM
>> To: dev at dpdk.org
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] vmxnet3 pmd fixes/improvement
>> 
>> This patch series include various fixes and improvement to the
>> vmxnet3 pmd driver.
>> 
>> Yong Wang (5):
>>   vmxnet3: Fix VLAN Rx stripping
>>   vmxnet3: Add VLAN Tx offload
>>   vmxnet3: Fix dev stop/restart bug
>>   vmxnet3: Add rx pkt check offloads
>>   vmxnet3: Some perf improvement on the rx path
>> 
>>  lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c | 310 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>>  1 file changed, 195 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)


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