Hi, I need to generate a random number per packet and I used the rte_fast_rand function to do so. When I run the code for one port-core I get almost line-rate performance. However, running simultaneously on multiple cores degrades performance significantly. (in all cases I uses minimum-sized packets).
Shouldn't the implementation scale for multicore and not degrade performance or am I missing anything? Also, is there another recommendation for generating randomness at line-rate? (the cpu does not support rdrand). Best regards, Chris
