Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: tx pkt clones parameter in flowgen

2021-01-18 Thread David Marchand
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 10:39 AM Igor Russkikh wrote: > > When testing high performance numbers, it is often that CPU performance > limits the max values device can reach (both in pps and in gbps) > > Here instead of recreating each packet separately, we use clones counter > to resend the same mbu

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: tx pkt clones parameter in flowgen

2021-01-16 Thread Igor Russkikh
When testing high performance numbers, it is often that CPU performance limits the max values device can reach (both in pps and in gbps) Here instead of recreating each packet separately, we use clones counter to resend the same mbuf to the line multiple times. PMDs handle that transparently due