Hi Kevin,By core mask i meant -c command line argument. Following is the 
command i used to run ovs on the host

ovs-vswitchd --dpdk -c 100 -n 4 --socket-mem 2048,0 -- 
unix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock -vconsole:emer -vsyslog:err 
-vfile:info --mlockall --no-chdir 
--log-file=/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log 
--pidfile=/var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid --detach --monitor

Moreover, VM is pinned with the cores. Following is the libvirt tag i used:
  <cputune>    <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='4'/>    <vcpupin vcpu='1' 
cpuset='28'/>    <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='6'/>    <vcpupin vcpu='3' 
cpuset='30'/>  </cputune>  <numatune>    <memory mode='preferred' nodeset='0'/> 
 </numatune>
My VM and ovs-dpdk are running on seperate cores.VM on cores 4,28,6,30ovs on 
core 8
RegardsHaris Tanvir
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ovs-discuss] OVS-dpdk Packet Error for rate beyond 1MPPS
> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 10:52:33 +0000
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of haris
> > tanvir
> > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 1:00 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [ovs-discuss] OVS-dpdk Packet Error for rate beyond 1MPPS
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I have configured OVS on a host with dpdk. I have created a net-dev type
> > bridge and assigned one physical port and one vhost user ports to it.Then, I
> > have created a VM using libvirt and assigned vhost user port to the VM. I am
> > running dpdk L2 Forward Application inside VM (using dpdk poll mode driver).
> > 
> > I have another machine which as has Packet-gen dpdk running on a host.
> > 
> > When I send Traffic from Virtual Machine to the VM through dpdk at rate
> > 1Million packet per second(64byte packet), L2 forward in the VM just works
> > fine with zero drop rate. However, when I go beyond 1Million Packet per
> > second from packet gen, i see packet errors in OVS physical ports, and as a
> > result any additional packets above 1MPPS does not reach VM. Please do let
> > me know why I am facing this issue.
> > 
> > OVS OUTPUT:
> > ovs-ofctl dump-ports br0
> > OFPST_PORT reply (xid=0x2): 3 ports
> >   port LOCAL: rx pkts=0, bytes=0, drop=0, errs=0, frame=0, over=0, crc=0
> >            tx pkts=292126777, bytes=17527676820, drop=0, errs=0, coll=0
> >   port  1: rx pkts=4917972248, bytes=333253670655, drop=0, errs=7153546496,
> > frame=0, over=0, crc=0
> >            tx pkts=4917673320, bytes=333233296044, drop=0, errs=0, coll=0
> >   port  2: rx pkts=4917673320, bytes=?, drop=?, errs=?, frame=?, over=?,
> > crc=?
> >            tx pkts=4917967282, bytes=?, drop=287, errs=?, coll=?
> > 
> > 
> > LIBVIRT TAG to create VM:
> >  <interface type='vhostuser'>
> >       <mac address='52:54:00:3b:83:1a'/>
> >       <source type='unix' path='/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/dpdkvhost0'
> > mode='client'/>
> >       <model type='virtio'/>
> >       <driver>
> >         <host csum='off' gso='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off'
> > ufo='off'/>
> >         <guest csum='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' ufo='off'/>
> >       </driver>
> >       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07'
> > function='0x0'/>
> >     </interface>
> > 
> > OVS performance parameters:
> > coremask = 0x100  (2 sibling cores) for the OVS on host
> 
> Which coremask? -c command line arg or pmd-cpu-mask ? 
> 
> Have a look with top and check that the forwarding in the guest and pmd are
> not on the same core. Also, have a look at PMD affinitization
> in the performance tuning section.
> https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/master/INSTALL.DPDK.md#performance-tuning
> 
> 
> > Hugepage=1024Kb for OVS in host
> > coremask =0x3(1 logical core) for Dpdk L2 Fwd in guest
> > 
> > Regards
> > Haris Tanvir
                                          
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