Hi Thomas Monjalon,
Same behavior is observed in cnxk driver as well.
Can we please get this patch merged ?
Regards,
Rakesh
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rakesh Kudurumalla
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022 10:27 AM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
> <jer...@marvell.com>
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org; dev@dpdk.org; david.march...@redhat.com;
> ferruh.yi...@intel.com; andrew.rybche...@oktetlabs.ru;
> ajit.khapa...@broadcom.com
> Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] test: avoid hang if queues are
> full and Tx fails
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 1:15 PM
> > To: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jer...@marvell.com>; Rakesh Kudurumalla
> > <rkuduruma...@marvell.com>
> > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org; dev@dpdk.org; david.march...@redhat.com;
> > ferruh.yi...@intel.com; andrew.rybche...@oktetlabs.ru;
> > ajit.khapa...@broadcom.com
> > Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] test: avoid hang if
> > queues are full and Tx fails
> >
> > octeontx2 driver is removed
> > Can we close this patch?
> Same behavior is observed with cnxk driver, so we need this patch
> >
> >
> > 01/02/2022 07:30, Rakesh Kudurumalla:
> > > ping
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Rakesh Kudurumalla
> > > > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2022 2:35 PM
> > > > To: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>; Jerin Jacob
> > Kollanukkaran
> > > > <jer...@marvell.com>
> > > > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org; dev@dpdk.org; david.march...@redhat.com;
> > > > ferruh.yi...@intel.com; andrew.rybche...@oktetlabs.ru;
> > > > ajit.khapa...@broadcom.com
> > > > Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] test: avoid hang
> > > > if queues are full and Tx fails
> > > >
> > > > ping
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Rakesh Kudurumalla
> > > > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 12:10 PM
> > > > > To: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>; Jerin Jacob
> > > > > Kollanukkaran <jer...@marvell.com>
> > > > > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org; dev@dpdk.org; david.march...@redhat.com;
> > > > > ferruh.yi...@intel.com; andrew.rybche...@oktetlabs.ru;
> > > > > ajit.khapa...@broadcom.com
> > > > > Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] test: avoid hang
> > > > > if queues are full and Tx fails
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 2:44 PM
> > > > > > To: Rakesh Kudurumalla <rkuduruma...@marvell.com>; Jerin Jacob
> > > > > > Kollanukkaran <jer...@marvell.com>
> > > > > > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org; dev@dpdk.org;
> david.march...@redhat.com;
> > > > > > ferruh.yi...@intel.com; andrew.rybche...@oktetlabs.ru;
> > > > > > ajit.khapa...@broadcom.com
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] test: avoid
> > > > > > hang if queues are full and Tx fails
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 29/11/2021 09:52, Rakesh Kudurumalla:
> > > > > > > From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> > > > > > > > 22/11/2021 08:59, Rakesh Kudurumalla:
> > > > > > > > > From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> > > > > > > > > > 20/07/2021 18:50, Rakesh Kudurumalla:
> > > > > > > > > > > Current pmd_perf_autotest() in continuous mode tries
> > > > > > > > > > > to enqueue MAX_TRAFFIC_BURST completely before
> > > > > > > > > > > starting the
> > > > test.
> > > > > > > > > > > Some drivers cannot accept complete
> > > > > > > > > > > MAX_TRAFFIC_BURST even though
> > > > > > > > rx+tx
> > > > > > > > > > > desc
> > > > > > > > > > count
> > > > > > > > > > > can fit it.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Which driver is failing to do so?
> > > > > > > > > > Why it cannot enqueue 32 packets?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Octeontx2 driver is failing to enqueue because hardware
> > > > > > > > > buffers are full
> > > > > > > > before test.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Aren't you stopping the support of octeontx2?
> > > > > > Why do you care now?
> > > > > > yes we are not supporting octeontx2,but this issue is
> > > > > > observed in cnxk driver ,current patch fixes the same
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Why hardware buffers are full?
> > > > > > > Hardware buffers are full because number of number of
> > > > > > > descriptors in continuous mode Is less than
> > > > > > > MAX_TRAFFIC_BURST, so if enque fails , there is no way hardware
> can drop the Packets .
> > > > > > > pmd_per_autotest application evaluates performance after
> > > > > > > enqueueing
> > > > packets Initially.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > pmd_perf_autotest() in continuous mode tries to enqueue
> > > > > > > > > MAX_TRAFFIC_BURST (2048) before starting the test.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > This patch changes behaviour to stop enqueuing after
> > > > > > > > > > > few
> > > > retries.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > If there is a real limitation, there will be issues in
> > > > > > > > > > more places than this test program.
> > > > > > > > > > I feel it should be addressed either in the driver or
> > > > > > > > > > at ethdev
> > level.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > > > > > @@ -480,10 +483,19 @@ main_loop(__rte_unused void
> > *args)
> > > > > > > > > > > nb_tx = RTE_MIN(MAX_PKT_BURST,
> > num);
> > > > > > > > > > > nb_tx = rte_eth_tx_burst(portid, 0,
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > &tx_burst[idx],
> > > > > > nb_tx);
> > > > > > > > > > > + if (nb_tx == 0)
> > > > > > > > > > > + retry_cnt++;
> > > > > > > > > > > num -= nb_tx;
> > > > > > > > > > > idx += nb_tx;
> > > > > > > > > > > + if (retry_cnt == MAX_RETRY_COUNT)
> > {
> > > > > > > > > > > + retry_cnt = 0;
> > > > > > > > > > > + break;
> > > > > > > > > > > + }
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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