Hi Simon,
> Currently the rx/tx queue is allocated from the buffer pool on socket of:
> - port's socket if --port-numa-config specified
> - or ring-numa-config setting per port
>
> All the above will "bind" queue to single socket per port configuration.
> But it can actually archieve better performance if one port's queue can
> be spread across multiple NUMA nodes, and the rx/tx queue is allocated
> per lcpu socket.
>
> With this patch, testpmd can utilize the PCI-e bus bandwidth on another
> NUMA nodes. with 64bytes package, When running in PowerPC with Mellanox
> CX-4 card, single port(100G), with 8 cores, fw mode:
> - Without this patch: 52.5Mpps throughput
> - With this patch: 66Mpps throughput
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Guo <wei.guo.si...@gmail.com>
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> index fbe6284..d02059d 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> @@ -130,6 +130,11 @@
> "(flag: 1 for RX; 2 for TX; 3 for RX and TX).\n");
> printf(" --socket-num=N: set socket from which all memory is allocated
> "
> "in NUMA mode.\n");
> + printf(" --ring-bind-lcpu: "
> + "specify TX/RX rings will be allocated on local socket of lcpu."
> + "It will overrridden ring-numa-config or port-numa-config if
> success."
> + "If local ring buffer is unavailable, it will use
> --ring-numa-config or port-numa-config instead."
> + "It allows one port binds to multiple NUMA nodes.\n");
I think it's a good patch to give the APP an example about how to choose the
appropriate core.
Just have some concern about the priority. Maybe ring-numa-config and
port-numa-config should have higher priority.
Becuase if APP assigned the specific socket by some purpose, it's not good to
overwrite it silently.
> printf(" --mbuf-size=N: set the data size of mbuf to N bytes.\n");
> printf(" --total-num-mbufs=N: set the number of mbufs to be allocated "
> "in mbuf pools.\n");
