19/11/2025 13:08, Tummala, Sivaprasad:
> From: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]>
> 06/10/2025 10:58, Tummala, Sivaprasad:
> > From: Konstantin Ananyev <[email protected]>
> > > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM Sivaprasad Tummala
> > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > In `l3fwd-graph` application, Tx queues are configured per lcore
> > > > > to enable a lockless design and achieve optimal performance.
> > > > >
> > > > > The `MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT` macro, defined as `RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`,
> > > > > introduced an artificial constraint on the number of Tx queues
> > > > > and limited core-scaling performance.
> > > > >
> > > > > This patch removes the unused `MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT` macro and
> > > > > redundant Tx queue check, allowing Tx queues to scale directly
> > > > > with the no. of lcores.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fixes: 08bd1a174461 ("examples/l3fwd-graph: add graph-based l3fwd 
> > > > > skeleton")
> > > > > Cc: [email protected]
> > > > > Cc: [email protected]
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Sivaprasad Tummala <[email protected]>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c | 3 ---
> > > > >  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c
> > > > > index 92cdaa1ebe..12908acbba 100644
> > > > > --- a/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c
> > > > > +++ b/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c
> > > > > @@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
> > > > >  #define RX_DESC_DEFAULT 1024
> > > > >  #define TX_DESC_DEFAULT 1024
> > > > >
> > > > > -#define MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS
> > > > >  #define MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_PORT 128
> > >
> > > AFAIK, in the mainline we actually have:
> > > #define MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT RTE_MAX_LCORE
> > >
> > In l3fwd-graph app, this change is not available and instead we have
> >> #define MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS
> >>
> >> > since:
> >> > commit 88256ed85338c572d73006e4c4530a52d3b477ff
> >> > Author: Harman Kalra <[email protected]>
> >> > Date:   Tue Jan 12 23:54:46 2021 +0530
> >> >
> >> >     examples/l3fwd: remove limitation on Tx queue count
> >> >
> >> > What I am missing here?
> >> This patch marked here was fixing l3fwd app and not l3fwd-graph
> 
> > Why not applying the same change to both examples?
> Yes, that's what the patch is intended for to fix l3fwd-graph and tx queues 
> will scale with lcores and limited by RTE_MAX_LCORES.

But it is not done the same way.
Here you remove MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT.
Do you want to do the same in l3fwd?


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