[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] examples/l2fwd: increase pktmbuf pool size
Pavan Nikhilesh
pbhagavatula at caviumnetworks.com
Tue Jan 2 10:53:08 CET 2018
Make pktmbuf pool size a function of ports and lcores detected instead
of using constant 8192.
Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at caviumnetworks.com>
---
v2 Changes:
- used variable inplace rather than having a macro.
examples/l2fwd/main.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd/main.c b/examples/l2fwd/main.c
index e89e2e1bf..e6229955f 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd/main.c
+++ b/examples/l2fwd/main.c
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ static int mac_updating = 1;
#define RTE_LOGTYPE_L2FWD RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1
-#define NB_MBUF 8192
-
#define MAX_PKT_BURST 32
#define BURST_TX_DRAIN_US 100 /* TX drain every ~100us */
#define MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE 256
@@ -556,6 +554,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
uint16_t portid, last_port;
unsigned lcore_id, rx_lcore_id;
unsigned nb_ports_in_mask = 0;
+ unsigned int nb_lcores = 0;
+ unsigned int nb_mbufs;
/* init EAL */
ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
@@ -578,13 +578,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
/* convert to number of cycles */
timer_period *= rte_get_timer_hz();
- /* create the mbuf pool */
- l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("mbuf_pool", NB_MBUF,
- MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE, 0, RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE,
- rte_socket_id());
- if (l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool == NULL)
- rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot init mbuf pool\n");
-
nb_ports = rte_eth_dev_count();
if (nb_ports == 0)
rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "No Ethernet ports - bye\n");
@@ -636,9 +629,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Not enough cores\n");
}
- if (qconf != &lcore_queue_conf[rx_lcore_id])
+ if (qconf != &lcore_queue_conf[rx_lcore_id]) {
/* Assigned a new logical core in the loop above. */
qconf = &lcore_queue_conf[rx_lcore_id];
+ nb_lcores++;
+ }
qconf->rx_port_list[qconf->n_rx_port] = portid;
qconf->n_rx_port++;
@@ -647,6 +642,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
nb_ports_available = nb_ports;
+ nb_mbufs = RTE_MAX(nb_ports * (nb_rxd + nb_txd + MAX_PKT_BURST +
+ nb_lcores * MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE), 8192U);
+
+ /* create the mbuf pool */
+ l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("mbuf_pool", nb_mbufs,
+ MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE, 0, RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE,
+ rte_socket_id());
+ if (l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool == NULL)
+ rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot init mbuf pool\n");
+
/* Initialise each port */
for (portid = 0; portid < nb_ports; portid++) {
/* skip ports that are not enabled */
--
2.15.1
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