Hi, Alfredo

Thank you for the full answer.
It would be great if you find workaround for this.

Ilya.

2014-09-04 14:52 GMT+04:00 Alfredo Cardigliano <[email protected]>:
> Hi Ilya
> unfortunately this is a limitation of the 82576 chipset:
> since ZC (as DNA) drivers are very close to hw, they read drops from NIC 
> counters,
> on this card the counter is able to accumulate up to 4K.
> Each time we read stats (every second in this case) we reset this counter, 
> thus you see 4k drops per second.
> We will try to find a workaround for this.
>
> Alfredo
>
> On 01 Sep 2014, at 16:58, Ilya Gavrilov <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alfredo,
>>
>> I am using PF_RING 6.0.1, intel gigabit adapters:
>> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network
>> Connection (rev 01)
>> 03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network
>> Connection (rev 01)
>>
>> with driver from drivers/PF_RING_aware/intel/igb/igb-5.2.5-zc/src
>> drivers loaded withs script load_driver.sh from this directory
>>
>> packet rate is about 53kpkt/s
>>
>> 1. with not modified zcount, I get next output
>>
>> sudo ./zcount -i zc:eth4 -c 99
>> .....
>> =========================
>> Absolute Stats: 537'361 pkts (0 drops) - 256'858'558 bytes
>> Actual Stats: 53'731.73 pps (0.00 drops) - 0.21 Gbps
>> =========================
>>
>> sudo ./zcount -i eth4 -c 99
>> ....
>> =========================
>> Absolute Stats: 376'166 pkts (0 drops) - 179'807'348 bytes
>> Actual Stats: 53'731.08 pps (0.00 drops) - 0.21 Gbps
>> =========================
>>
>> 2. with modified zcount ( usleep(1) after pfring_zc_recv_pkt line ):
>>
>> sudo ./zcount_slow -i zc:eth4 -c 99
>> ....
>> =========================
>> Absolute Stats: 112'809 pkts (24'570 drops) - 53'922'702 bytes
>> Actual Stats: 18'808.28 pps (4'094.62 drops) - 0.07 Gbps
>> =========================
>>
>> sudo ./zcount_slow -i eth4 -c 99
>> ....
>> =========================
>> Absolute Stats: 150'821 pkts (262'184 drops) - 72'092'438 bytes
>> Actual Stats: 18'834.86 pps (34'896.90 drops) - 0.07 Gbps
>> =========================
>>
>> So, I get wrong drops when run command sudo ./zcount_slow -i zc:eth4 -c 99
>>
>> Ilya.
>>
>> 2014-09-01 18:29 GMT+04:00 Alfredo Cardigliano <[email protected]>:
>>> Hi Ilya
>>> please provide more details about your configuration in order to reproduce 
>>> the issue:
>>> - driver model/version
>>> - ingress packet rate
>>> - command and some output from zcount
>>>
>>> Alfredo
>>>
>>> On 01 Sep 2014, at 15:14, Ilya Gavrilov <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am using pfring in zc mode and want to get number of lost packets on
>>>> interface.
>>>> It seems pfring_zc_stats doesn't get real number in zc mode.
>>>>
>>>> if i add usleep(1); after getting each packet to zcount.c example 
>>>> application
>>>> i get very small Actual stats pps, but Actual stats drop is very
>>>> small, always about 4000.
>>>>
>>>> In non-zc mode i get real number of lost packets.
>>>>
>>>> How can I get real number of lost packets on interface?
>>>>
>>>> Please, help,
>>>> Ilya.
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