> On 1 Feb 2019, at 13:36, Abeeha Aqeel <abeeha.aq...@xflowresearch.com> wrote: > From: Abeeha Aqeel <mailto:abeeha.aq...@xflowresearch.com> > Sent: Friday, February 1, 2019 5:32 PM > To: dmar...@me.com <mailto:dmar...@me.com> > Subject: RE: [vpp-dev] VPP register node change upper limit > > I am using the vpp pppoe plugin and that’s how its working.
I'm not familiar with that code. It may be that it is just done wrong... > I do see an option in the vnet/interface.c to create interfaces that do not > need TX nodes, but I am not sure how to use that. But still output node is created so same limitation applies.... > > Also I can not figure out where the nodes created along with the pppoe > sessions are being used as they do not show up in the “show runtime” or the > trace of packets. > > > > From: Damjan Marion via Lists.Fd.Io <mailto:dmarion=me....@lists.fd.io> > Sent: Friday, February 1, 2019 5:23 PM > To: Abeeha Aqeel <mailto:abeeha.aq...@xflowresearch.com> > Cc: vpp-dev@lists.fd.io <mailto:vpp-dev@lists.fd.io> > Subject: Re: [vpp-dev] VPP register node change upper limit > > > > > On 1 Feb 2019, at 11:32, Abeeha Aqeel <abeeha.aq...@xflowresearch.com > <mailto:abeeha.aq...@xflowresearch.com>> wrote: > > Dear All, > > I am trying to create 64k PPPoE sessions with VPP but VPP crashes after > creating 216 sessions each time. From the system logs it seems that it > crashes while trying to register a node and that node’s index is greater than > the limit (1024). (attached screenshot of the trace) > > From the “show vlib graph”, I can see that two new nodes are registered for > each session i.e. pppoe_session0-tx and pppoe_session0-output. > > Can someone guide me to how to increase the upper limit on the number of > nodes? > > Currently number of nodes is limited by buffer metadata space, and the way > how we calculate node errors (vlib_error_t). > Currently vlib_error_t is u16, and 10 bits are used for node. That gives you > 1 << 10 of node indices, so roughly > 300-400 interfaces (2 nodes per interface + other registered nodes < 1024). > > This is something we can improve, but the real question is, do you really > want to go that way. > Have you considered using some more lighter way to deal with large number of > sessions... > > -- > Damjan > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. > > View/Reply Online (#12120): https://lists.fd.io/g/vpp-dev/message/12120 > <https://lists.fd.io/g/vpp-dev/message/12120> > Mute This Topic: https://lists.fd.io/mt/29617327/675642 > <https://lists.fd.io/mt/29617327/675642> > Group Owner: vpp-dev+ow...@lists.fd.io <mailto:vpp-dev+ow...@lists.fd.io> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.fd.io/g/vpp-dev/unsub > <https://lists.fd.io/g/vpp-dev/unsub> [dmar...@me.com > <mailto:dmar...@me.com>] > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- Damjan
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