[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 6/6] testpmd: use Tx preparation in csum engine

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Wed Dec 7 12:13:55 CET 2016


On 11/23/2016 5:36 PM, Tomasz Kulasek wrote:
> Added "csum txprep (on|off)" command which allows to switch to the
> tx path using Tx preparation API.
> 
> By default unchanged implementation is used.
> 
> Using Tx preparation path, pseudo header calculation for udp/tcp/tso
> packets from application, and used Tx preparation API for
> packet preparation and verification.
> 
> Adding additional step to the csum engine costs about 3-4% of performance
> drop, on my setup with ixgbe driver. It's caused mostly by the need
> of reaccessing and modification of packet data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Kulasek <tomaszx.kulasek at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>
> ---
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c  |   49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  app/test-pmd/csumonly.c |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  app/test-pmd/testpmd.c  |    5 +++++
>  app/test-pmd/testpmd.h  |    2 ++
>  4 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
> index 63b55dc..373fc59 100644
<...>
> +cmdline_parse_inst_t cmd_csum_txprep = {
> +	.f = cmd_csum_txprep_parsed,
> +	.data = NULL,
> +	.help_str = "enable/disable tx preparation path for csum engine: "
> +	"csum txprep on|off",

Can you please format help string as:
"cmd fixed_string fixed|string|options <variable>: Description"
see commit 26faac80327f

above becomes:
"csum txprep on|off: Enable/Disable tx preparation path for csum engine"

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