> 
> Yes, I would like to use IVSHMEM to communicate between host and guest
> VM. In guest VM, DPDK application is running [with 2MB hugepages], which
> processes the packets.
> 
> I'm using QEMU emulator version 2.2.1. Do I need to apply any patch for
> qemu [It is mentioned in INSTALL.DPDK.nd] to use this feature?

The guide is correct -  you need to use the patched version of QEMU v1.6.2

> 
> If the answer for the above is yes, then in below link, openvswitch related 
> tar
> bundles were updated 2 years back. Which one to pick?
> https://01.org/packet-processing/downloads
> 

The latest one should do. R1.1. There should be a qemu directory inside this 
tarball. Compile this, and use it when running the IVSHM test with dpdkr ports.


> Thanks &Regards,
> Varun
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Loftus, Ciara [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:29 PM
> To: Rapelly, Varun <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: OVS-DPDK vhostuser guest ping issue
> 
> > Hi Loftus,
> >
> > It was other configuration issue. After resolving that it worked fine.
> >
> > Could you please let me know how to launch ovs-vswitchd using DPDK
> > IVSHMEM?
> >
> > I'm using below command to launch ovs-vswitchd to use  DPDK IVSHMEM
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ------------------------
> > -------
> > ovs-vswitchd --dpdk -c 0xf -n 4  --proc-type=primary --huge-dir
> > /dev/hugepages --socket-mem 1024,0 -- unix:$DB_SOCK -vconsole:emer -
> > vsyslog:err -vfile:info --mlockall --no-chdir --log-
> > file=/usr/local/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log --pidfile -detach
> >
> > without IVSHMEM
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ------------------------
> > -------
> > ovs-vswitchd --dpdk -c 0x1 -n 4 --socket-mem 1024,0 -- unix:$DB_SOCK -
> > vconsole:emer -vsyslog:err -vfile:info --mlockall --no-chdir --log-
> > file=/usr/local/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log --pidfile -detach
> >
> > When I launched with the above args [with IVSHMEM], getting following
> > message in ovs-vswitchd log:
> >
> > EAL: VFIO modules not all loaded, skip VFIO support...
> > EAL: Searching for IVSHMEM devices...
> > EAL: No IVSHMEM configuration found!
> > EAL: Setting up memory...
> > EAL: Ask a virtual area of 0x400000000 bytes
> 
> This log is normal.
> 
> >
> > I followed the remaining steps as per INSTALL.DPDK.md, but little
> > confused with IVSHMEM configuration.
> 
> What is your intention? Do you wish to use IVSHM to communicate with a
> VM? If so I recommend you refer to the steps in INSTALL.DPDK explaining
> 'DPDK Rings' / 'dpdkr' ports.
> 
> Ciara
> 
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Loftus, Ciara [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 2:51 PM
> > To: Rapelly, Varun <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: OVS-DPDK vhostuser guest ping issue
> >
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >  I'm facing a following issue with OVS-DPDK dpdkvhostuser port. I
> > > was able to create ovs bridge with dpdkvhostuser port types and able
> > > to ping the gateway from ovs bridges on the host. But when I'm
> > > creating guest VM using dpdkvhostuser port type, not able to ping
> > > gateway on guest VM. Not seeing any error logs in vswitchd log.
> > >  Following are the list of commands that I used:
> > >  [root@kujo ~]# ovs-vsctl --no-wait add-br pkt1 -- set Bridge pkt1
> > > datapath_type=netdev [root@kujo ~]# ovs-vsctl add-port pkt1 dpdk0 --
> > > set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk [root@kujo ~]# ovs-vsctl add-port pkt1
> > > vhostuser0 -- set Interface
> > > vhostuser0 type=dpdkvhostuser
> > > [root@kujo ~]#  qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 4 -boot d -cdrom TinyCore-
> > > current.iso -m 512 TinyCore-current.iso -boot d -name varun  -object
> > > memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=8192M,mem-
> > > path=/dev/hugepages,share=on -mem-prealloc -chardev
> > > socket,id=char1,path=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/vhostuser0
> > > -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char1,vhostforce -device
> > > virtio-net-
> > > pci,mac=52:55:00:00:20:11,netdev=mynet1 -daemonize
> > > qemu-system-x86_64: -netdev type=vhost-
> > > user,id=mynet1,chardev=char1,vhostforce: chardev "char1" went up
> > > WARNING: Image format was not specified for 'TinyCore-current.iso'
> > > and probing guessed raw.
> > >          Automatically detecting the format is dangerous for raw
> > > images, write operations on block 0 will be restricted.
> > >          Specify the 'raw' format explicitly to remove the restrictions.
> > > VNC server running on `::1:5900'
> > > [root@kujo ~]# ifconfig pkt1 10.54.218.88 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> > > [root@kujo ~]# ping -I pkt1 10.54.218.1 [on host] PING 10.54.218.1
> > > (10.54.218.1) from 10.54.218.88 pkt1: 56(84) bytes of data.
> > > 64 bytes from 10.54.218.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=11.7 ms
> > > 64 bytes from 10.54.218.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.930 ms ^C
> > > --- 10.54.218.1 ping statistics ---
> > > 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms rtt
> > > min/avg/max/mdev = 0.930/6.351/11.773/5.422 ms [root@kujo ~]#
> > > ovs-vsctl show 2a8a86f3-b813-43a4-826e-dd778aafbcec
> > >     Bridge "pkt1"
> > >         Port "pkt1"
> > >             Interface "pkt1"
> > >                 type: internal
> > >         Port "dpdk0"
> > >             Interface "dpdk0"
> > >                 type: dpdk
> > >         Port "vhostuser0"
> > >             Interface "vhostuser0"
> > >                 type: dpdkvhostuser
> > >
> > > [root@kujo ~]# ovs-ofctl dump-flows pkt1 NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4):
> > > cookie=0x0, duration=86.627s, table=0, n_packets=89, n_bytes=8446,
> > > idle_age=0, priority=0 actions=NORMAL
> > >
> > > [root@kujo ~]# ovs-ofctl dump-ports pkt1 OFPST_PORT reply (xid=0x2):
> > > 3 ports
> > >   port LOCAL: rx pkts=11, bytes=830, drop=0, errs=0, frame=0,
> > > over=0,
> > > crc=0
> > >            tx pkts=5, bytes=434, drop=0, errs=0, coll=0
> > >   port  1: rx pkts=86, bytes=8638, drop=0, errs=0, frame=0, over=0,
> > > crc=0
> > >            tx pkts=11, bytes=928, drop=0, errs=0, coll=0
> > >   port  2: rx pkts=0, bytes=?, drop=?, errs=?, frame=?, over=?, crc=?
> > >            tx pkts=0, bytes=?, drop=11, errs=?, coll=?
> > >
> > > When i'm pinging the guest VM IP [10.54.218.244], I could see the
> > > packets coming on ovs bridge interface.
> > >  [root@kujo ~]# ifconfig pkt1
> > > pkt1: flags=323<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC>  mtu 1500
> > >         inet 10.54.218.88  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast
> > > 10.54.218.255
> > >         inet6 fe80::e611:5bff:fe98:962  prefixlen 64  scopeid
> > > 0x20<link>
> > >         ether e4:11:5b:98:09:62  txqueuelen 500  (Ethernet)
> > >         RX packets 10  bytes 850 (850.0 B)
> > >         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
> > >         TX packets 11  bytes 830 (830.0 B)
> > >         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
> > >
> > > [root@kujo ~]# tcpdump -i pkt1
> > > tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol
> > > decode listening on pkt1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size
> > > 65535 bytes
> > > 11:01:36.852756 ARP, Request who-has 10.54.218.244 tell 10.54.218.1,
> > > length
> > > 46
> > > 11:01:41.581666 ARP, Request who-has 10.54.218.244 tell 10.54.218.1,
> > > length
> > > 46
> > > ^C
> > > 2 packets captured
> > > 2 packets received by filter
> > > 0 packets dropped by kernel
> > >
> > > [root@kujo ~]# route -n
> > > Kernel IP routing table
> > > Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref Use
> > > Iface
> > > 0.0.0.0         10.54.28.1      0.0.0.0         UG    100    0
> > > 0 eno1
> > > 10.54.28.0      0.0.0.0         255.255.254.0   U     100    0
> > > 0 eno1
> > > 10.54.218.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0
> > > 0 pkt1
> > > 192.168.122.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0
> > > 0 virbr0
> > >
> > > Please give me some points to debug this issue. Few months back I
> > > used the same steps on the same host, it worked fine. I didn't face
> > > this kind of
> > issue.
> >
> > What has changed in your setup since then? OVS/DPDK commit ID etc?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ciara
> >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Varun
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Varun

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