[PATCH v3] app/testpmd: add help messages for multi-process

Min Hu (Connor) humin29 at huawei.com
Fri Mar 4 02:28:42 CET 2022


Hi, Ferruh,
	V4 has been sent to fix it, thanks.

在 2022/3/3 20:09, Ferruh Yigit 写道:
> On 3/1/2022 9:16 AM, Min Hu (Connor) wrote:
>> From: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
>>
>> This patch adds help messages for multi-process.
>>
>> Fixes: a550baf24af9 ("app/testpmd: support multi-process")
>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
>> ---
>> v3,v2:
>> * adjust the position of parameters.
>> ---
>>   app/test-pmd/parameters.c | 2 ++
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
>> index daf6a31b2b..44698046b4 100644
>> --- a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
>> +++ b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
>> @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ usage(char* progname)
>>              "extended statistics to show. Used with --stats-period "
>>              "specified or interactive commands that show Rx/Tx 
>> statistics "
>>              "(i.e. 'show port stats').\n");
>> +    printf("  --num-procs: the number of processes which will be 
>> used\n");
>> +    printf("  --proc-id  : the id of the current process (id < 
>> num-procs)\n");
> 
> Hi Connor,
> 
> For people new to dpdk/test-pmd, it may be hard to figure out these two
> parameter is related to multi-process support. What do you think updating
> the description to clarify these are for multi-process support?
> 
>>       printf("  --nb-cores=N: set the number of forwarding cores "
>>              "(1 <= N <= %d).\n", nb_lcores);
>>       printf("  --nb-ports=N: set the number of forwarding ports "
> 
> .


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