Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v3] dpif-netdev: Report overhead busy cycles per pmd.

2021-07-16 Thread David Marchand
On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 7:30 PM Stokes, Ian wrote: > > > On 16/07/2021 17:21, David Marchand wrote: > > > Users complained that per rxq pmd usage was confusing: summing those > > > values per pmd would never reach 100% even if increasing traffic load > > > beyond pmd capacity. > > > > > > This is

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v3] dpif-netdev: Report overhead busy cycles per pmd.

2021-07-16 Thread Stokes, Ian
> On 16/07/2021 17:21, David Marchand wrote: > > Users complained that per rxq pmd usage was confusing: summing those > > values per pmd would never reach 100% even if increasing traffic load > > beyond pmd capacity. > > > > This is because the dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show command only reports "pure"

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v3] dpif-netdev: Report overhead busy cycles per pmd.

2021-07-16 Thread Kevin Traynor
On 16/07/2021 17:21, David Marchand wrote: > Users complained that per rxq pmd usage was confusing: summing those > values per pmd would never reach 100% even if increasing traffic load > beyond pmd capacity. > > This is because the dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show command only reports "pure" > rxq

[ovs-dev] [PATCH v3] dpif-netdev: Report overhead busy cycles per pmd.

2021-07-16 Thread David Marchand
Users complained that per rxq pmd usage was confusing: summing those values per pmd would never reach 100% even if increasing traffic load beyond pmd capacity. This is because the dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show command only reports "pure" rxq cycles while some cycles are used in the pmd mainloop and