[AMD Official Use Only - AMD Internal Distribution Only] Hi Thomas,
________________________________ From: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 10:39 PM To: Konstantin Ananyev <[email protected]>; Tummala, Sivaprasad <[email protected]> Cc: Nithin Dabilpuram <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PATCH] examples/l3fwd-graph: remove redundant Tx queue limit Caution: This message originated from an External Source. Use proper caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding. 06/10/2025 10:58, Tummala, Sivaprasad: > From: Konstantin Ananyev <[email protected]> > > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM Sivaprasad Tummala > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > In `l3fwd-graph` application, Tx queues are configured per lcore > > > > to enable a lockless design and achieve optimal performance. > > > > > > > > The `MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT` macro, defined as `RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`, > > > > introduced an artificial constraint on the number of Tx queues > > > > and limited core-scaling performance. > > > > > > > > This patch removes the unused `MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT` macro and > > > > redundant Tx queue check, allowing Tx queues to scale directly > > > > with the no. of lcores. > > > > > > > > Fixes: 08bd1a174461 ("examples/l3fwd-graph: add graph-based l3fwd > > > > skeleton") > > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Sivaprasad Tummala <[email protected]> > > > > --- > > > > examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c | 3 --- > > > > 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c > > > > index 92cdaa1ebe..12908acbba 100644 > > > > --- a/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c > > > > +++ b/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c > > > > @@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ > > > > #define RX_DESC_DEFAULT 1024 > > > > #define TX_DESC_DEFAULT 1024 > > > > > > > > -#define MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS > > > > #define MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_PORT 128 > > > > AFAIK, in the mainline we actually have: > > #define MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT RTE_MAX_LCORE > > > In l3fwd-graph app, this change is not available and instead we have >> #define MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS >> >> > since: >> > commit 88256ed85338c572d73006e4c4530a52d3b477ff >> > Author: Harman Kalra <[email protected]> >> > Date: Tue Jan 12 23:54:46 2021 +0530 >> > >> > examples/l3fwd: remove limitation on Tx queue count >> > >> > What I am missing here? >> This patch marked here was fixing l3fwd app and not l3fwd-graph > Why not applying the same change to both examples? Yes, that's what the patch is intended for to fix l3fwd-graph and tx queues will scale with lcores and limited by RTE_MAX_LCORES.
