Programmer’s Guide
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Overview
- 3. Environment Abstraction Layer
- 3.1. EAL in a Linux-userland Execution Environment
- 3.1.1. Initialization and Core Launching
- 3.1.2. Shutdown and Cleanup
- 3.1.3. Multi-process Support
- 3.1.4. Memory Mapping Discovery and Memory Reservation
- 3.1.5. Support for Externally Allocated Memory
- 3.1.6. Per-lcore and Shared Variables
- 3.1.7. Logs
- 3.1.8. CPU Feature Identification
- 3.1.9. User Space Interrupt Event
- 3.1.10. Blacklisting
- 3.1.11. Misc Functions
- 3.1.12. IOVA Mode Configuration
- 3.2. Memory Segments and Memory Zones (memzone)
- 3.3. Multiple pthread
- 3.4. Malloc
- 3.1. EAL in a Linux-userland Execution Environment
- 4. Service Cores
- 5. Ring Library
- 6. Mempool Library
- 7. Mbuf Library
- 8. Poll Mode Driver
- 9. Generic flow API (rte_flow)
- 10. Switch Representation within DPDK Applications
- 11. Traffic Metering and Policing API
- 12. Traffic Management API
- 13. Wireless Baseband Device Library
- 14. Cryptography Device Library
- 15. Compression Device Library
- 16. Security Library
- 17. Rawdevice Library
- 18. Link Bonding Poll Mode Driver Library
- 19. Timer Library
- 20. Hash Library
- 20.1. Hash API Overview
- 20.2. Multi-process support
- 20.3. Multi-thread support
- 20.4. Extendable Bucket Functionality support
- 20.5. Implementation Details (non Extendable Bucket Case)
- 20.6. Implementation Details (with Extendable Bucket)
- 20.7. Entry distribution in hash table
- 20.8. Use Case: Flow Classification
- 20.9. References
- 21. Elastic Flow Distributor Library
- 22. Membership Library
- 23. LPM Library
- 24. LPM6 Library
- 25. Flow Classification Library
- 26. Packet Distributor Library
- 27. Reorder Library
- 28. IP Fragmentation and Reassembly Library
- 29. Generic Receive Offload Library
- 30. Generic Segmentation Offload Library
- 31. The librte_pdump Library
- 32. Multi-process Support
- 33. Kernel NIC Interface
- 34. Thread Safety of DPDK Functions
- 35. Event Device Library
- 36. Event Ethernet Rx Adapter Library
- 36.1. API Walk-through
- 36.1.1. Creating an Adapter Instance
- 36.1.2. Adding Rx Queues to the Adapter Instance
- 36.1.3. Querying Adapter Capabilities
- 36.1.4. Configuring the Service Function
- 36.1.5. Starting the Adapter Instance
- 36.1.6. Getting Adapter Statistics
- 36.1.7. Interrupt Based Rx Queues
- 36.1.8. Rx Callback for SW Rx Adapter
- 36.1. API Walk-through
- 37. Event Ethernet Tx Adapter Library
- 37.1. API Walk-through
- 37.1.1. Creating an Adapter Instance
- 37.1.2. Adding Tx Queues to the Adapter Instance
- 37.1.3. Querying Adapter Capabilities
- 37.1.4. Linking a Queue to the Adapter’s Event Port
- 37.1.5. Configuring the Service Function
- 37.1.6. Starting the Adapter Instance
- 37.1.7. Enqueuing Packets to the Adapter
- 37.1.8. Getting Adapter Statistics
- 37.1. API Walk-through
- 38. Event Timer Adapter Library
- 39. Event Crypto Adapter Library
- 40. Quality of Service (QoS) Framework
- 41. Power Management
- 42. Packet Classification and Access Control
- 43. Packet Framework
- 44. Vhost Library
- 45. Metrics Library
- 46. Berkeley Packet Filter Library
- 47. Source Organization
- 48. Development Kit Build System
- 48.1. Building the Development Kit Binary
- 48.2. Building External Applications
- 48.3. Makefile Description
- 48.3.1. General Rules For DPDK Makefiles
- 48.3.2. Makefile Types
- 48.3.3. Internally Generated Build Tools
- 48.3.4. Useful Variables Provided by the Build System
- 48.3.5. Variables that Can be Set/Overridden in a Makefile Only
- 48.3.6. Variables that can be Set/Overridden by the User on the Command Line Only
- 48.3.7. Variables that Can be Set/Overridden by the User in a Makefile or Command Line
- 49. Development Kit Root Makefile Help
- 50. Extending the DPDK
- 51. Building Your Own Application
- 52. External Application/Library Makefile help
- 53. Performance Optimization Guidelines
- 54. Writing Efficient Code
- 55. Profile Your Application
- 56. Glossary