> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 1:05 PM
> To: Björn Töpel <[email protected]>
> Cc: Karlsson, Magnus <[email protected]>; Duyck, Alexander H
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> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 14/14] samples/bpf: sample application for
> AF_XDP sockets
> 
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:59:19 +0200
> Björn Töpel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > +static void dump_stats(void)
> > +{
> > +   unsigned long stop_time = get_nsecs();
> > +   long dt = stop_time - start_time;
> > +   int i;
> > +
> > +   for (i = 0; i < num_socks; i++) {
> > +           double rx_pps = xsks[i]->rx_npkts * 1000000000.
> / dt;
> > +           double tx_pps = xsks[i]->tx_npkts * 1000000000.
> / dt;
> > +           char *fmt = "%-15s %'-11.0f %'-11lu\n";
> > +
> > +           printf("\n sock%d@", i);
> > +           print_benchmark(false);
> > +           printf("\n");
> > +
> > +           printf("%-15s %-11s %-11s %-11.2f\n", "", "pps",
> "pkts",
> > +                  dt / 1000000000.);
> > +           printf(fmt, "rx", rx_pps, xsks[i]->rx_npkts);
> > +           printf(fmt, "tx", tx_pps, xsks[i]->tx_npkts);
> > +   }
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void *poller(void *arg)
> > +{
> > +   (void)arg;
> > +   for (;;) {
> > +           sleep(1);
> > +           dump_stats();
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   return NULL;
> > +}
> 
> You are printing the "pps" (packets per sec) as an average over the entire
> test run... could you please change that to, at least also, have an more 
> up-to-
> date value like between the last measurement?
> 
> The problem is that when you start the test, the first reading will be too 
> low,
> and it takes time to average out/up. For ixgbe, first reading will be zero,
> because it does a link-down+up, which stops my pktgen.
> 
> The second annoyance is that I like to change system/kernel setting during
> the run, and observe the effect. E.g change CPU sleep states (via tuned-
> adm) during the test-run to see the effect, which I cannot with this long
> average.

Good points. Will fix.

/Magnus

> 
> --
> Best regards,
>   Jesper Dangaard Brouer
>   MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
>   LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer

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