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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt b/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt index d255434926d1..e7ae8b2939a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt @@ -50,16 +50,33 @@ For ixgbe use e.g. "30" resulting in approx 33K interrupts/sec (1/30*10^6): # ethtool -C ethX rx-usecs 30 -Viewing threads -=============== -/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0 -Running: -Stopped: eth1 -Result: OK: add_device=eth1 +Kernel threads +============== +Pktgen creates a thread for each CPU with affinity to that CPU. +Which is controlled through procfile /proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_X. + +Example: /proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0 + + Running: + Stopped: eth4@0 + Result: OK: add_device=eth4@0 + +Most important are the devices assigned to the thread. -Most important are the devices assigned to the thread. Note that a -device can only belong to one thread. +The two basic thread commands are: + * add_device DEVICE@NAME -- adds a single device + * rem_device_all -- remove all associated devices +When adding a device to a thread, a corrosponding procfile is created +which is used for configuring this device. Thus, device names need to +be unique. + +To support adding the same device to multiple threads, which is useful +with multi queue NICs, a the device naming scheme is extended with "@": + device@something + +The part after "@" can be anything, but it is custom to use the thread +number. Viewing devices =============== @@ -68,29 +85,32 @@ The Params section holds configured information. The Current section holds running statistics. The Result is printed after a run or after interruption. Example: -/proc/net/pktgen/eth1 +/proc/net/pktgen/eth4@0 -Params: count 10000000 min_pkt_size: 60 max_pkt_size: 60 - frags: 0 delay: 0 clone_skb: 1000000 ifname: eth1 + Params: count 100000 min_pkt_size: 60 max_pkt_size: 60 + frags: 0 delay: 0 clone_skb: 64 ifname: eth4@0 flows: 0 flowlen: 0 - dst_min: 10.10.11.2 dst_max: - src_min: src_max: - src_mac: 00:00:00:00:00:00 dst_mac: 00:04:23:AC:FD:82 - udp_src_min: 9 udp_src_max: 9 udp_dst_min: 9 udp_dst_max: 9 - src_mac_count: 0 dst_mac_count: 0 - Flags: -Current: - pkts-sofar: 10000000 errors: 39664 - started: 1103053986245187us stopped: 1103053999346329us idle: 880401us - seq_num: 10000011 cur_dst_mac_offset: 0 cur_src_mac_offset: 0 - cur_saddr: 0x10a0a0a cur_daddr: 0x20b0a0a - cur_udp_dst: 9 cur_udp_src: 9 + queue_map_min: 0 queue_map_max: 0 + dst_min: 192.168.81.2 dst_max: + src_min: src_max: + src_mac: 90:e2:ba:0a:56:b4 dst_mac: 00:1b:21:3c:9d:f8 + udp_src_min: 9 udp_src_max: 109 udp_dst_min: 9 udp_dst_max: 9 + src_mac_count: 0 dst_mac_count: 0 + Flags: UDPSRC_RND NO_TIMESTAMP QUEUE_MAP_CPU + Current: + pkts-sofar: 100000 errors: 0 + started: 623913381008us stopped: 623913396439us idle: 25us + seq_num: 100001 cur_dst_mac_offset: 0 cur_src_mac_offset: 0 + cur_saddr: 192.168.8.3 cur_daddr: 192.168.81.2 + cur_udp_dst: 9 cur_udp_src: 42 + cur_queue_map: 0 flows: 0 -Result: OK: 13101142(c12220741+d880401) usec, 10000000 (60byte,0frags) - 763292pps 390Mb/sec (390805504bps) errors: 39664 + Result: OK: 15430(c15405+d25) usec, 100000 (60byte,0frags) + 6480562pps 3110Mb/sec (3110669760bps) errors: 0 + -Configuring threads and devices -================================ +Configuring devices +=================== This is done via the /proc interface, and most easily done via pgset as defined in the sample scripts. @@ -221,6 +241,9 @@ Note that when adding devices to a specific CPU it is a good idea to also assign /proc/irq/XX/smp_affinity so that the TX interrupts are bound to the same CPU. This reduces cache bouncing when freeing skbs. +Plus using the device flag QUEUE_MAP_CPU, which maps the SKBs TX queue +to the running threads CPU (directly from smp_processor_id()). + Enable IPsec ============ Default IPsec transformation with ESP encapsulation plus transport mode |
