> -----Original Message----- > From: Burakov, Anatoly > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 10:36 AM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Doherty, Declan <declan.dohe...@intel.com>; De Lara Guarch, Pablo > <pablo.de.lara.gua...@intel.com> > Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] app/crypto-perf: add new PMD benchmarking > mode > > This patch adds a new benchmarking mode, which is intended for > microbenchmarking individual parts of the cryptodev framework, > specifically crypto ops alloc-build-free, cryptodev PMD enqueue and > cryptodev PMD dequeue. > > It works by first benchmarking crypto operation alloc-build-free loop (no > enqueues/dequeues happening), and then benchmarking enqueue and > dequeue separately, by first completely filling up the TX queue, and then > completely draining the RX queue. > > Results are shown as cycle counts per alloc/build/free, PMD enqueue and > PMD dequeue. > > One new test mode is added: "pmd-cyclecount" > (called with --ptest=pmd-cyclecount) > > New command-line argument is also added: > --pmd-cyclecount-delay-ms: this is a pmd-cyclecount-specific parameter > that controls the delay between enqueue and dequeue. This is > useful for benchmarking hardware acceleration, as hardware may > not be able to keep up with enqueued packets. This parameter > can be increased if there are large amounts of dequeue > retries. > > Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.bura...@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.gua...@intel.com>
