From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 503ADFED9EC for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87E31402B0; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:39:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from fhigh-b7-smtp.messagingengine.com (fhigh-b7-smtp.messagingengine.com [202.12.124.158]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0790340270; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:39:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from phl-compute-02.internal (phl-compute-02.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailfhigh.stl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4EC77A011C; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:39:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phl-frontend-04 ([10.202.2.163]) by phl-compute-02.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:39:06 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm1; t=1773765545; x=1773851945; bh=F9MBeOd0ycH2MMg46jsb+4E7LOlC1ZMLn3qY6PlEZOE=; b= eE7lC8rHg7NAJeNyh+l7MxR6b2Qrmod1fn8gG23csXF/EX9PoPPYVooaCKJFCfi8 GK4rs79/oqZDmgpBgl/OCSf5xi4fARzvaRMmWw7EugvQRP0SO7p0pg7f9ZwmiPiD XUyZQBdGi2ufsuZgG7M1j1oLj6rLWFf54NzuyUD0xddOBbItuuj5SFiOl+4HBbcH lFtikufNKnK33gapk1oacMTlnzTgUh6OXXiVQMId7WkGJKptcMtCigwMwOQrLqjL uRoUExsoUXY6JhlrwSvBmQS0SyqpkJWHNkqI8MLwK/3+VusofHNhLoSnn/Jfgd8u Mx6ZpOTRjU/a91U/A4cloA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; t=1773765545; x= 1773851945; bh=F9MBeOd0ycH2MMg46jsb+4E7LOlC1ZMLn3qY6PlEZOE=; b=v 0D1o57jVSFQGs1HSdW7sJ0tKVXjs7ap93m1EVg32QQzz2qC5P5z40qX8NZp/GmLw OwhOBc6pqKr4oocG07Mzhj5/whrF7aWx2IN8k7zF6K1FlbNZh5all/Hfu6vTSLlP OE69mAVop5jH2aEjE7/Zws/YENPfTJ1fs7i7nQUZ3KbcorYr2wVQaBEbLPZhEANP JLnieIrjl1gmyMpXQDXST/2IjGlKuiZ3JEpTvYUOcgNJxxrP/M1anow+GVVIzyuV OMgAa0vVolvsPhYlgkI+WIgpfnFBRmErYBxRVtMFxPkL5FkKqE5OzypHBAkgquO1 SgCs7ZeKADmFvP022J42g== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeefgedrtddtgdeftddujeeiucetufdoteggodetrf dotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgenuceu rghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujf gurhephffvvefufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtjeenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpeejudevheeiveduuddtveffgfdtgeekueevjeffjeegtdeggeekgfdv uefgfeekjeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhroh hmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopeekpdhm ohguvgepshhmthhpohhuthdprhgtphhtthhopehrkhhuughurhhumhgrlhhlrgesmhgrrh hvvghllhdrtghomhdprhgtphhtthhopehsthgvphhhvghnsehnvghtfihorhhkphhluhhm sggvrhdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopehprgifvghlfihougesghhmrghilhdrtghomhdprh gtphhtthhopehprggslhhordguvgdrlhgrrhgrrdhguhgrrhgthhesihhnthgvlhdrtgho mhdprhgtphhtthhopeguvghvseguphgukhdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopehjvghrihhnjh esmhgrrhhvvghllhdrtghomhdprhgtphhtthhopehnuggrsghilhhpuhhrrghmsehmrghr vhgvlhhlrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepthgvtghhsghorghrugesughpughkrdhorhhg X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:39:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Rakesh Kudurumalla , Stephen Hemminger Cc: Pawel Wodkowski , Pablo de Lara , "dev@dpdk.org" , Jerin Jacob , Nithin Kumar Dabilpuram , techboard@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v6 1/1] examples/l2fwd-jobstats: fix timer stats display with lock contention Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:39:02 +0100 Message-ID: <1981390.eGJsNajkDb@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20260316082047.3ac04bc0@phoenix.local> References: <20240811155957.576645-1-rkudurumalla@marvell.com> <20260316082047.3ac04bc0@phoenix.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 16/03/2026 16:20, Stephen Hemminger: > On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:36:30 +0000 > Rakesh Kudurumalla wrote: > > > Hi @Stephen Hemminger, > > > > Yes, you're correct that the architecture looks unusual. But since the primary goal here is to stress-test the stats/timer subsystem under contention rather than packet forwarding, I believe the current structure serves its purpose well. > > > But it also exposes lots of issues. I would argue that if it is a stress test it should be in tests/ > not examples. Examples are intended as guidance for how users should use the API. > > This is not the example that we should guide users towards. I agree. It could be discussed in the techboard.