Added programmers guide for librte_pdump.
Added sample application guide for app/pdump application.
Updated release note for packet capture framework changes.
Signed-off-by: Reshma Pattan
Acked-by: John McNamara
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MAINTAINERS | 3 +
doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst | 1 +
doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_library.rst | 119 +++
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst | 13
doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst | 1 +
doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst | 122
6 files changed, 259 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_library.rst
create mode 100644 doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c46cf86..9a84f59 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ Pdump
M: Reshma Pattan
F: lib/librte_pdump/
F: app/pdump/
+F: doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_library.rst
+F: doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst
+
Hierarchical scheduler
M: Cristian Dumitrescu
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
index b862d0c..4caf969 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Programmer's Guide
writing_efficient_code
profile_app
glossary
+pdump_library
**Figures**
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_library.rst
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+.. BSD LICENSE
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+
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+
+.. _pdump_library:
+
+The librte_pdump Library
+
+
+The ``librte_pdump`` library provides a framework for packet capturing in DPDK.
+The library provides the following APIs to initialize the packet capture
framework, to enable
+or disable the packet capture, and to uninitialize it:
+
+* ``rte_pdump_init()``:
+ This API initializes the packet capture framework.
+
+* ``rte_pdump_enable()``:
+ This API enables the packet capture on a given port and queue.
+ Note: The filter option in the API is a place holder for future enhancements.
+
+* ``rte_pdump_enable_by_deviceid()``:
+ This API enables the packet capture on a given device id (``vdev name or pci
address``) and queue.
+ Note: The filter option in the API is a place holder for future enhancements.
+
+* ``rte_pdump_disable()``:
+ This API disables the packet capture on a given port and queue.
+
+* ``rte_pdump_disable_by_deviceid()``:
+ This API disables the packet capture on a given device id (``vdev name or
pci address``) and queue.
+
+* ``rte_pdump_uninit()``:
+ This API uninitializes the packet capture framework.
+
+* ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir()``:
+ This API sets the server and client socket paths.
+ Note: This API is not thread-safe.
+
+
+Operation
+-
+
+The ``librte_pdump`` library works on a client/server model. The server is
responsible for enabling or
+disabling the packet capture and the clients are responsible for requesting
the enabling or disabling of
+the packet capture.
+
+The packet capture framework, as part of its initialization, creates the
pthread and the server socket in
+the pthread. The application that calls the framework initialization will have
the server socket created,
+either under the path that the
