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authorXavier Simonart <xavier.simonart@intel.com>2018-12-26 15:26:27 +0100
committerXavier Simonart <xavier.simonart@intel.com>2019-01-03 13:18:19 +0100
commitfccce1ef79294066fc7e3dc5b36c5915573d0e47 (patch)
tree9c1eccd2dae0255610e7fdf9624ef2bbfd2277d5 /VNFs/DPPD-PROX/task_init.c
parent8bca011d7b95868bee9c965c5a6fafc031835a6b (diff)
Prevent dropping ARP packets
JIRA: SAMPLEVNF-152 When system is overloaded, ARP packets were sometimes dropped, as any other packets. This was causing two issues: - The count of TX non dataplane packets was wrong - If many consecutive ARP packets were dropped, the underlying switch might see its ARP timer expiring, causing performance degradation (packets being broadcasted). ARP packets are now always sent as no-drop. Change-Id: I9a86cbf8c4b56a178f86bc789153f1fa49ddf73f Signed-off-by: Xavier Simonart <xavier.simonart@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'VNFs/DPPD-PROX/task_init.c')
-rw-r--r--VNFs/DPPD-PROX/task_init.c19
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/VNFs/DPPD-PROX/task_init.c b/VNFs/DPPD-PROX/task_init.c
index 2361d32c..08ccaf97 100644
--- a/VNFs/DPPD-PROX/task_init.c
+++ b/VNFs/DPPD-PROX/task_init.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static size_t init_rx_tx_rings_ports(struct task_args *targ, struct task_base *t
if ((targ->nb_txrings != 0) && (!targ->tx_opt_ring) && (!(targ->flags & TASK_ARG_DROP))) {
// Transmitting to a ring in NO DROP. We need to make sure the receiving task in not running on the same core.
// Otherwise we might end up in a dead lock: trying in a loop to transmit to a task which cannot receive anymore
- // (as npt being scheduled).
+ // (as not being scheduled).
struct core_task ct;
struct task_args *dtarg;
for (unsigned int j = 0; j < targ->nb_txrings; j++) {
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ static size_t init_rx_tx_rings_ports(struct task_args *targ, struct task_base *t
prev = prev->tx_opt_ring_task;
}
}
+
if (targ->nb_txrings == 1 || targ->nb_txports == 1 || targ->tx_opt_ring) {
if (targ->task_init->flag_features & TASK_FEATURE_NEVER_DISCARDS) {
if (targ->tx_opt_ring) {
@@ -350,13 +351,6 @@ struct task_base *init_task_struct(struct task_args *targ)
offset = init_rx_tx_rings_ports(targ, tbase, offset);
tbase->aux = (struct task_base_aux *)(((uint8_t *)tbase) + offset);
- if (targ->nb_txports != 0) {
- if (targ->flags & TASK_ARG_L3) {
- tbase->aux->tx_pkt_l2 = tbase->tx_pkt;
- tbase->tx_pkt = tx_pkt_l3;
- }
- }
-
if (targ->task_init->flag_features & TASK_FEATURE_RX_ALL) {
task_base_add_rx_pkt_function(tbase, rx_pkt_all);
tbase->aux->all_mbufs = prox_zmalloc(MAX_RX_PKT_ALL * sizeof(* tbase->aux->all_mbufs), task_socket);
@@ -372,10 +366,13 @@ struct task_base *init_task_struct(struct task_args *targ)
if (targ->flags & TASK_ARG_L3) {
plog_info("\tTask configured in L3 mode\n");
tbase->l3.ctrl_plane_ring = targ->ctrl_plane_ring;
- }
- if (targ->nb_txports != 0) {
- if (targ->flags & TASK_ARG_L3)
+ if (targ->nb_txports != 0) {
+ tbase->aux->tx_pkt_l2 = tbase->tx_pkt;
+ tbase->tx_pkt = tx_pkt_l3;
+ // Make sure control plane packets such as arp are not dropped
+ tbase->aux->tx_ctrlplane_pkt = targ->nb_txrings ? tx_ctrlplane_sw : tx_ctrlplane_hw;
task_init_l3(tbase, targ);
+ }
}
targ->tbase = tbase;