From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] app/test: fix memory needs after RTE_MAX_LCORE was increased to 128 Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 02:11:04 +0100 Message-ID: <6865201.6y9pmue6ZI@xps13> References: <1417696834-21354-1-git-send-email-pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com> <1418119872-15335-1-git-send-email-pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com> <1437499.n9ubl6fXCh@xps13> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org To: Pablo de Lara Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1437499.n9ubl6fXCh@xps13> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" 2014-12-10 15:40, Thomas Monjalon: > 2014-12-09 10:11, Pablo de Lara: > > Since commit b91c67e5a693211862aa7dc3b78630b4e856c2af, > > maximum number of cores is 128, which has increase > > the total memory necessary for a rte_mempool structure, > > as the per-lcore local cache has been doubled in size. > > Therefore, eal_flags unit test was broken since it needed > > to use more hugepages. > > > > Changes in v2: Increased memory to 18MB, as that is the > > actual minimum memory necessary (depending on the physical memory segments, > > DPDK may need less memory) > > > > Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara > > Independently of RTE_MAX_LCORE being increased to 128, I still have some > problems with test_invalid_vdev_flag(). > First, DEFAULT_MEM_SIZE is not used in this function. > Also, even with your patch, I get this error in my VM: > Cannot get hugepage information > > But if this patch solves an issue for you, I guess it should be applied. > That said, I would appreciate a complete description of the commands > you use to launch this test in a VM (starting with the Qemu command). Applied I think we should try to improve this test to be able to run it everywhere. Thanks -- Thomas