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31dpdk-test-eventdev Application
32==============================
33
34The ``dpdk-test-eventdev`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
35application that allows exercising various eventdev use cases.
36This application has a generic framework to add new eventdev based test cases to
37verify functionality and measure the performance parameters of DPDK eventdev
38devices.
39
40Compiling the Application
41-------------------------
42
43**Build the application**
44
45Execute the ``dpdk-setup.sh`` script to build the DPDK library together with the
46``dpdk-test-eventdev`` application.
47
48Initially, the user must select a DPDK target to choose the correct target type
49and compiler options to use when building the libraries.
50The user must have all libraries, modules, updates and compilers installed
51in the system prior to this,
52as described in the earlier chapters in this Getting Started Guide.
53
54Running the Application
55-----------------------
56
57The application has a number of command line options:
58
59.. code-block:: console
60
61   dpdk-test-eventdev [EAL Options] -- [application options]
62
63EAL Options
64~~~~~~~~~~~
65
66The following are the EAL command-line options that can be used in conjunction
67with the ``dpdk-test-eventdev`` application.
68See the DPDK Getting Started Guides for more information on these options.
69
70*   ``-c <COREMASK>`` or ``-l <CORELIST>``
71
72        Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores to run on. The corelist is a
73        list of cores to use.
74
75*   ``--vdev <driver><id>``
76
77        Add a virtual eventdev device.
78
79Application Options
80~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
81
82The following are the application command-line options:
83
84* ``--verbose``
85
86        Set verbose level. Default is 1. Value > 1 displays more details.
87
88* ``--dev <n>``
89
90        Set the device id of the event device.
91
92* ``--test <name>``
93
94        Set test name, where ``name`` is one of the following::
95
96         order_queue
97         order_atq
98         perf_queue
99         perf_atq
100
101* ``--socket_id <n>``
102
103        Set the socket id of the application resources.
104
105* ``--pool-sz <n>``
106
107        Set the number of mbufs to be allocated from the mempool.
108
109* ``--plcores <CORELIST>``
110
111        Set the list of cores to be used as producers.
112
113* ``--wlcores <CORELIST>``
114
115        Set the list of cores to be used as workers.
116
117* ``--stlist <type_list>``
118
119        Set the scheduled type of each stage where ``type_list`` size
120        determines the number of stages used in the test application.
121        Each type_list member can be one of the following::
122
123            P or p : Parallel schedule type
124            O or o : Ordered schedule type
125            A or a : Atomic schedule type
126
127        Application expects the ``type_list`` in comma separated form (i.e. ``--stlist o,a,a,a``)
128
129* ``--nb_flows <n>``
130
131        Set the number of flows to produce.
132
133* ``--nb_pkts <n>``
134
135        Set the number of packets to produce. 0 implies no limit.
136
137* ``--worker_deq_depth <n>``
138
139        Set the dequeue depth of the worker.
140
141* ``--fwd_latency``
142
143        Perform forward latency measurement.
144
145* ``--queue_priority``
146
147        Enable queue priority.
148
149
150Eventdev Tests
151--------------
152
153ORDER_QUEUE Test
154~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
155
156This is a functional test case that aims at testing the following:
157
158#. Verify the ingress order maintenance.
159#. Verify the exclusive(atomic) access to given atomic flow per eventdev port.
160
161.. _table_eventdev_order_queue_test:
162
163.. table:: Order queue test eventdev configuration.
164
165   +---+--------------+----------------+------------------------+
166   | # | Items        | Value          | Comments               |
167   |   |              |                |                        |
168   +===+==============+================+========================+
169   | 1 | nb_queues    | 2              | q0(ordered), q1(atomic)|
170   |   |              |                |                        |
171   +---+--------------+----------------+------------------------+
172   | 2 | nb_producers | 1              |                        |
173   |   |              |                |                        |
174   +---+--------------+----------------+------------------------+
175   | 3 | nb_workers   | >= 1           |                        |
176   |   |              |                |                        |
177   +---+--------------+----------------+------------------------+
178   | 4 | nb_ports     | nb_workers +   | Workers use port 0 to  |
179   |   |              | 1              | port n-1. Producer uses|
180   |   |              |                | port n                 |
181   +---+--------------+----------------+------------------------+
182
183.. _figure_eventdev_order_queue_test:
184
185.. figure:: img/eventdev_order_queue_test.*
186
187   order queue test operation.
188
189The order queue test configures the eventdev with two queues and an event
190producer to inject the events to q0(ordered) queue. Both q0(ordered) and
191q1(atomic) are linked to all the workers.
192
193The event producer maintains a sequence number per flow and injects the events
194to the ordered queue. The worker receives the events from ordered queue and
195forwards to atomic queue. Since the events from an ordered queue can be
196processed in parallel on the different workers, the ingress order of events
197might have changed on the downstream atomic queue enqueue. On enqueue to the
198atomic queue, the eventdev PMD driver reorders the event to the original
199ingress order(i.e producer ingress order).
200
201When the event is dequeued from the atomic queue by the worker, this test
202verifies the expected sequence number of associated event per flow by comparing
203the free running expected sequence number per flow.
204
205Application options
206^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
207
208Supported application command line options are following::
209
210   --verbose
211   --dev
212   --test
213   --socket_id
214   --pool_sz
215   --plcores
216   --wlcores
217   --nb_flows
218   --nb_pkts
219   --worker_deq_depth
220
221Example
222^^^^^^^
223
224Example command to run order queue test:
225
226.. code-block:: console
227
228   sudo build/app/dpdk-test-eventdev --vdev=event_sw0 -- \
229                --test=order_queue --plcores 1 --wlcores 2,3
230
231
232ORDER_ATQ Test
233~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
234
235This test verifies the same aspects of ``order_queue`` test, the difference is
236the number of queues used, this test operates on a single ``all types queue(atq)``
237instead of two different queues for ordered and atomic.
238
239.. _table_eventdev_order_atq_test:
240
241.. table:: Order all types queue test eventdev configuration.
242
243   +---+--------------+----------------+------------------------+
244   | # | Items        | Value          | Comments               |
245   |   |              |                |                        |
246   +===+==============+================+========================+
247   | 1 | nb_queues    | 1              | q0(all types queue)    |
248   |   |              |                |                        |
249   +---+--------------+----------------+------------------------+
250   | 2 | nb_producers | 1              |                        |
251   |   |              |                |                        |
252   +---+--------------+----------------+------------------------+
253   | 3 | nb_workers   | >= 1           |                        |
254   |   |              |                |                        |
255   +---+--------------+----------------+------------------------+
256   | 4 | nb_ports     | nb_workers +   | Workers use port 0 to  |
257   |   |              | 1              | port n-1.Producer uses |
258   |   |              |                | port n.                |
259   +---+--------------+----------------+------------------------+
260
261.. _figure_eventdev_order_atq_test:
262
263.. figure:: img/eventdev_order_atq_test.*
264
265   order all types queue test operation.
266
267Application options
268^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
269
270Supported application command line options are following::
271
272   --verbose
273   --dev
274   --test
275   --socket_id
276   --pool_sz
277   --plcores
278   --wlcores
279   --nb_flows
280   --nb_pkts
281   --worker_deq_depth
282
283Example
284^^^^^^^
285
286Example command to run order ``all types queue`` test:
287
288.. code-block:: console
289
290   sudo build/app/dpdk-test-eventdev --vdev=event_octeontx -- \
291                        --test=order_atq --plcores 1 --wlcores 2,3
292
293
294PERF_QUEUE Test
295~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
296
297This is a performance test case that aims at testing the following:
298
299#. Measure the number of events can be processed in a second.
300#. Measure the latency to forward an event.
301
302.. _table_eventdev_perf_queue_test:
303
304.. table:: Perf queue test eventdev configuration.
305
306   +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
307   | # | Items        | Value          | Comments                                |
308   |   |              |                |                                         |
309   +===+==============+================+=========================================+
310   | 1 | nb_queues    | nb_producers * | Queues will be configured based on the  |
311   |   |              | nb_stages      | user requested sched type list(--stlist)|
312   +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
313   | 2 | nb_producers | >= 1           | Selected through --plcores command line |
314   |   |              |                | argument.                               |
315   +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
316   | 3 | nb_workers   | >= 1           | Selected through --wlcores command line |
317   |   |              |                | argument                                |
318   +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
319   | 4 | nb_ports     | nb_workers +   | Workers use port 0 to port n-1.         |
320   |   |              | nb_producers   | Producers use port n to port p          |
321   +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
322
323.. _figure_eventdev_perf_queue_test:
324
325.. figure:: img/eventdev_perf_queue_test.*
326
327   perf queue test operation.
328
329The perf queue test configures the eventdev with Q queues and P ports, where
330Q and P is a function of the number of workers, the number of producers and
331number of stages as mentioned in :numref:`table_eventdev_perf_queue_test`.
332
333The user can choose the number of workers, the number of producers and number of
334stages through the ``--wlcores``, ``--plcores`` and the ``--stlist`` application
335command line arguments respectively.
336
337The producer(s) injects the events to eventdev based the first stage sched type
338list requested by the user through ``--stlist`` the command line argument.
339
340Based on the number of stages to process(selected through ``--stlist``),
341The application forwards the event to next upstream queue and terminates when it
342reaches the last stage in the pipeline. On event termination, application
343increments the number events processed and print periodically in one second
344to get the number of events processed in one second.
345
346When ``--fwd_latency`` command line option selected, the application inserts
347the timestamp in the event on the first stage and then on termination, it
348updates the number of cycles to forward a packet. The application uses this
349value to compute the average latency to a forward packet.
350
351Application options
352^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
353
354Supported application command line options are following::
355
356        --verbose
357        --dev
358        --test
359        --socket_id
360        --pool_sz
361        --plcores
362        --wlcores
363        --stlist
364        --nb_flows
365        --nb_pkts
366        --worker_deq_depth
367        --fwd_latency
368        --queue_priority
369
370Example
371^^^^^^^
372
373Example command to run perf queue test:
374
375.. code-block:: console
376
377   sudo build/app/dpdk-test-eventdev -c 0xf -s 0x1 --vdev=event_sw0 -- \
378        --test=perf_queue --plcores=2 --wlcore=3 --stlist=p --nb_pkts=0
379
380
381PERF_ATQ Test
382~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
383
384This is a performance test case that aims at testing the following with
385``all types queue`` eventdev scheme.
386
387#. Measure the number of events can be processed in a second.
388#. Measure the latency to forward an event.
389
390.. _table_eventdev_perf_atq_test:
391
392.. table:: Perf all types queue test eventdev configuration.
393
394   +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
395   | # | Items        | Value          | Comments                                |
396   |   |              |                |                                         |
397   +===+==============+================+=========================================+
398   | 1 | nb_queues    | nb_producers   | Queues will be configured based on the  |
399   |   |              |                | user requested sched type list(--stlist)|
400   +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
401   | 2 | nb_producers | >= 1           | Selected through --plcores command line |
402   |   |              |                | argument.                               |
403   +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
404   | 3 | nb_workers   | >= 1           | Selected through --wlcores command line |
405   |   |              |                | argument                                |
406   +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
407   | 4 | nb_ports     | nb_workers +   | Workers use port 0 to port n-1.         |
408   |   |              | nb_producers   | Producers use port n to port p          |
409   +---+--------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
410
411.. _figure_eventdev_perf_atq_test:
412
413.. figure:: img/eventdev_perf_atq_test.*
414
415   perf all types queue test operation.
416
417
418The ``all types queues(atq)`` perf test configures the eventdev with Q queues
419and P ports, where Q and P is a function of the number of workers and number of
420producers as mentioned in :numref:`table_eventdev_perf_atq_test`.
421
422
423The atq queue test functions as same as ``perf_queue`` test. The difference
424is, It uses, ``all type queue scheme`` instead of separate queues for each
425stage and thus reduces the number of queues required to realize the use case
426and enables flow pinning as the event does not move to the next queue.
427
428
429Application options
430^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
431
432Supported application command line options are following::
433
434        --verbose
435        --dev
436        --test
437        --socket_id
438        --pool_sz
439        --plcores
440        --wlcores
441        --stlist
442        --nb_flows
443        --nb_pkts
444        --worker_deq_depth
445        --fwd_latency
446
447Example
448^^^^^^^
449
450Example command to run perf ``all types queue`` test:
451
452.. code-block:: console
453
454   sudo build/app/dpdk-test-eventdev --vdev=event_octeontx -- \
455                --test=perf_atq --plcores=2 --wlcore=3 --stlist=p --nb_pkts=0
456