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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nfvbench/traffic_server.py b/nfvbench/traffic_server.py
index 52ec2f1..629cb3d 100644
--- a/nfvbench/traffic_server.py
+++ b/nfvbench/traffic_server.py
@@ -34,12 +34,27 @@ class TRexTrafficServer(TrafficServer):
assert len(contents) == 1
self.trex_dir = os.path.join(trex_base_dir, contents[0])
+ def __apply_trex_patches(self):
+ parent_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+ patches_dir = os.path.join(parent_dir, "trex_patches")
+ patches = os.listdir(patches_dir)
+ for patch in patches:
+ patch = os.path.join(patches_dir, patch)
+ command = (
+ "patch --directory=" + self.trex_dir + " --strip=0"
+ " --forward --no-backup-if-mismatch --reject-file=-"
+ " --force --input=" + patch + " >&-")
+ os.system(command)
+
def run_server(self, generator_config, filename='/etc/trex_cfg.yaml'):
"""Run TRex server for specified traffic profile.
:param traffic_profile: traffic profile object based on config file
:param filename: path where to save TRex config file
"""
+ # in order to allow for customized behaviors, let's apply some patches
+ # this scheme keeps acceptable since we have only simple modifications
+ self.__apply_trex_patches()
cfg = self.__save_config(generator_config, filename)
cores = generator_config.cores
vtep_vlan = generator_config.gen_config.get('vtep_vlan')
@@ -53,10 +68,21 @@ class TRexTrafficServer(TrafficServer):
# --unbind-unused-ports: for NIC that have more than 2 ports such as Intel X710
# this will instruct trex to unbind all ports that are unused instead of
# erroring out with an exception (i40e only)
+ # Try: --ignore-528-issue -> neither unbind nor exit with error,
+ # just proceed cause it might work!
+ # Note that force unbinding is probably a bad choice:
+ # we can't assume for sure that other ports are "unused".
+ # The default TRex behaviour - exit - is indeed a safer option;
+ # a message informs about the ports that should be unbound.
+ i40e_opt = ("--ignore-528-issue" if
+ generator_config.config.i40e_mixed == 'ignore' else
+ "--unbind-unused-ports" if
+ generator_config.config.i40e_mixed == 'unbind' else "")
cmd = ['nohup', '/bin/bash', '-c',
'./t-rex-64 -i -c {} --iom 0 --no-scapy-server '
- '--unbind-unused-ports --close-at-end {} {} '
+ '--close-at-end {} {} {} '
'{} {} --cfg {} &> /tmp/trex.log & disown'.format(cores, sw_mode,
+ i40e_opt,
vlan_opt,
hdrh_opt,
mbuf_opt, cfg)]
@@ -91,7 +117,7 @@ class TRexTrafficServer(TrafficServer):
# parameter, specified as one of the starting command line
# arguments, has been modified since the last launch.
# Hence we add some extra fields to the config file
- # (nb_cores, use_vlan, mbuf_factor, hdrh)
+ # (nb_cores, use_vlan, mbuf_factor, i40e_mixed, hdrh)
# which will serve as a memory between runs -
# while being actually ignored by the T-Rex server.
@@ -108,6 +134,7 @@ class TRexTrafficServer(TrafficServer):
hdrh : {hdrh}
nb_cores : {nb_cores}
use_vlan : {use_vlan}
+ i40e_mixed : {i40e_mixed}
interfaces : [{ifs}]""".format(
zmq_pub_port=generator_config.zmq_pub_port,
zmq_rpc_port=generator_config.zmq_rpc_port,
@@ -119,6 +146,7 @@ class TRexTrafficServer(TrafficServer):
nb_cores=generator_config.cores,
use_vlan=generator_config.gen_config.get('vtep_vlan') or
generator_config.vlan_tagging,
+ i40e_mixed=generator_config.config.i40e_mixed,
ifs=ifs)
if hasattr(generator_config, 'mbuf_64') and generator_config.mbuf_64: