'pmd-perf-show' gives some extra information and has nicer formatting than 'pmd-stats-show'.
Let the user know they can use that as well to get PMD stats. Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]> Acked-by: Sunil Pai G <[email protected]> --- Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst index e27e4351f..7f4825cb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst +++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst @@ -60,8 +60,23 @@ To show current stats:: $ ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show +or:: + + $ ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-perf-show + +Detailed performance metrics for ``pmd-perf-show`` can also be enabled:: + + $ ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:pmd-perf-metrics=true + +See the `ovs-vswitchd(8)`_ manpage for more information. + To clear previous stats:: $ ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-clear +.. note:: + + PMD stats are cumulative so they should be cleared in order to see how the + PMDs are being used with current traffic. + Port/Rx Queue Assignment to PMD Threads --------------------------------------- @@ -304,2 +319,5 @@ or a week. In such scenarios user should configure rebalance interval accordingly to avoid frequent rebalancing happening. + +.. _ovs-vswitchd(8): + http://openvswitch.org/support/dist-docs/ovs-vswitchd.8.html -- 2.31.1 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
