[dts] [PATCH for-next 5/6] framework/pktgen: Start T-Rex during prepare_generator()

Patrick MacArthur pmacarth at iol.unh.edu
Tue Feb 20 18:26:11 CET 2018


The currently merged patchset for T-Rex does not actually start T-Rex.
Add some code to start T-Rex as part of packet generator setup during
the prepare_generator() step. We need T-Rex running during this step so
we can determine which ports the T-Rex API is making available to the
DUT before we set up the DUT's network interfaces accordingly.

This change assumes that T-Rex will always be run on the tester node.

Tested-by: Ali Alnubani <alialnu at mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Patrick MacArthur <pmacarth at iol.unh.edu>
---
 framework/pktgen.py | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 framework/tester.py |  1 +
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/framework/pktgen.py b/framework/pktgen.py
index 9e052c832da9..c7fc81ae58fc 100644
--- a/framework/pktgen.py
+++ b/framework/pktgen.py
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ class TrexPacketGenerator(PacketGenerator):
     def __init__(self, tester):
         self.pktgen_type = "trex"
         self._conn = None
+        self.control_session = None
         self._ports = []
         self._traffic_ports = []
         self._transmit_streams = {}
@@ -218,7 +219,6 @@ class TrexPacketGenerator(PacketGenerator):
 
     def connect(self):
         self._conn = self.trex_client(server=self.conf["server"])
-        time.sleep(30)
         self._conn.connect()
         for p in self._conn.get_all_ports():
             self._ports.append(p)
@@ -295,7 +295,11 @@ class TrexPacketGenerator(PacketGenerator):
                 app_param_temp = app_param_temp + " --cfg " + self.conf[key]
             elif key == 'core_num':
                 app_param_temp = app_param_temp + " -c " + self.conf[key]
-
+        app = self.conf['trex_root_path'] + os.sep + self.trex_app
+        cmd = app + " " + app_param_temp
+        self.control_session = self.tester.create_session('trex_control_session')
+        self.control_session.send_expect('cd ' + self.conf['trex_root_path'] + os.sep + 'scripts', '# ')
+        self.control_session.send_expect(app + " " + app_param_temp, '-Per port stats table', 30)
 
         # Insert Trex api library
         sys.path.insert(0, "{0}/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/stl".format(self.conf['trex_root_path']))
@@ -377,16 +381,22 @@ class TrexPacketGenerator(PacketGenerator):
         if self.conf.has_key("warmup"):
             warmup = int(self.conf["warmup"])
 
+        self._traffic_ports = list()
+        for stream_id in stream_ids:
+            self._traffic_ports.append(self._ports[self._get_stream(stream_id)['tx_port']])
+
+        print self._traffic_ports
+        self._conn.set_service_mode(ports=self._traffic_ports, enabled=True)
+        self._conn.resolve(ports=self._traffic_ports)
+        self._conn.set_service_mode(ports=self._traffic_ports, enabled=False)
+
         for stream_id in stream_ids:
             stream = self._get_stream(stream_id)
             # tester port to Trex port
             tx_port = stream["tx_port"]
             p = self._ports[tx_port]
-            self._conn.add_streams(self._transmit_streams[stream_id], ports=[p])
+            sid = self._conn.add_streams(self._transmit_streams[stream_id], ports=[p])
             rate = stream["options"]["rate"]
-            self._traffic_ports.append(p)
-
-        print self._traffic_ports
 
         if self.conf.has_key("core_mask"):
             self._conn.start(ports=self._traffic_ports, mult=rate, duration=warmup, core_mask=self.conf["core_mask"])
@@ -421,7 +431,13 @@ class TrexPacketGenerator(PacketGenerator):
         return rate_rx_bits, rate_rx_pkts
 
     def quit_generator(self):
-        self.disconnect()
+        if self._conn is not None:
+            self.disconnect()
+        self.tester.send_expect('pkill -f _t-rex-64', '# ')
+        time.sleep(5)
+        if self.control_session is not None:
+            self.tester.destroy_session(self.control_session)
+            self.control_session = None
 
 def getPacketGenerator(tester, pktgen_type="trex"):
     """
diff --git a/framework/tester.py b/framework/tester.py
index be5b0e13897c..e20c4f8ffcf7 100755
--- a/framework/tester.py
+++ b/framework/tester.py
@@ -743,5 +743,6 @@ class Tester(Crb):
         """
         Close all resource before crb exit
         """
+        self.pktgen.quit_generator()
         self.logger.logger_exit()
         self.close()
-- 
2.14.1



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