I think I found the problem - it was solved by manually calling rte_pktmbuf_free for each packet. It seems that rte_pktmbuf_free is not automatically called from within rte_eth_tx_burst if packets are sent to pcap device.
Is it possible? On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Meir Tseitlin <mirots at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I modified l2fwd example to "inject" additional Ethernet packets into the > flow by allocating them with rte_pktmbuf_alloc. > > I do succeed to call rte_pktmbuf_alloc when none (or almost none) packets > where forwarded since application start, but it fails when application is > busy handling traffic (even light traffic). > > Following Intel developers guide suggestion about thread safety, I am > calling this function within the same CPU core I am about to send the > packet. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > Meir Tseitlin > -- Kind regards, *Meir Tseitlin* Software architect*Mobile:* +972.54.7647417 *Fax:* +972.72.2812365 *Email:* meir.tech at gmail.com *http://il.linkedin.com/in/meirts <http://il.linkedin.com/in/meirts>* *Independent consultant* <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&hl=en> See who we know in common<http://www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/6408776/?hs=false&tok=2g4qg82N8Sb5U1>Want a signature like this?<http://www.linkedin.com/e/sig/6408776/?hs=false&tok=20mz9jA_USb5U1>
