11/03/2021 16:18, Honnappa Nagarahalli: > <snip> > > > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 12:01 AM Honnappa Nagarahalli > > <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > Performance of L3fwd example application is one of the key > > benchmarks in DPDK. However, the application does not have many > > debugging statistics to understand the performance issues. We have added > > L3fwd as another mode/stream to testpmd which provides enough statistics > > at various levels. This has allowed us to debug the performance issues > > effectively. > > > > > > There is more work to be done to get it to upstreamable state. I am > > wondering if such a patch is helpful for others and if the community would > > be interested in taking a look. Please let me know what you think. > > > > We are using app/proc-info/ to attach and analyze the performance. > > That helps to analyze the unmodified application. I think, if something is > > missing in proc-info app, in my opinion it is better to enhance proc-info so > > that it can help other third-party applications. > > > > Just my 2c. > Thanks Jerin. We will explore that.
I agree it is dangerous to rely too much on testpmd for everything. Please tell us what in testpmd could be useful out of it.
