[Xorp-hackers] XORP IPC mechanism is stressed by data plane traffic

edrt edrt@citiz.net
Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:5:35 +0800


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>I choose a low end target board to stress. With 8kpps, 64byte packet
>input, mbuf usage remains at about 1200/6600, 64byte mbuf cluster usage
>remains at about 800/1000. 
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Forget to mention, those are mbuf statistics after mbuf tuning. 
Before tuning, mbuf are 100% used. After tuning the bottle neck
seems to drop to device driver level.