[v3,1/2] power: add fifo per core for JSON interface

Message ID 20190424082152.5396-2-lukaszx.gosiewski@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
Headers
Series add fifo per core for JSON interface |

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Commit Message

Lukasz Gosiewski April 24, 2019, 8:21 a.m. UTC
  From: Lukasz Krakowiak <lukaszx.krakowiak@intel.com>

This patch implement a separate FIFO for each cpu core.
For proper handling JSON interface, removed fields from cmds:
core_list, resource_id, name.

Signed-off-by: Lukasz Krakowiak <lukaszx.krakowiak@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukasz Gosiewski <lukaszx.gosiewski@intel.com>

---
v2:
* updated handling vm_name (use proper buff size)
* rebase to master changes

v3:
* improvement to coding style
---
 examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c | 85 +++++++++++++------
 examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h |  7 +-
 examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c | 91 +++++++++++++++------
 examples/vm_power_manager/main.c            |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Marcin Hajkowski June 7, 2019, 8:26 a.m. UTC | #1
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Lukasz Gosiewski
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 10:22 AM
> To: Hunt, David <david.hunt@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Krakowiak, LukaszX <lukaszx.krakowiak@intel.com>;
> Gosiewski, LukaszX <lukaszx.gosiewski@intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] power: add fifo per core for JSON
> interface
> 
> From: Lukasz Krakowiak <lukaszx.krakowiak@intel.com>
> 
> This patch implement a separate FIFO for each cpu core.
> For proper handling JSON interface, removed fields from cmds:
> core_list, resource_id, name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Krakowiak <lukaszx.krakowiak@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Gosiewski <lukaszx.gosiewski@intel.com>

I belive there should be information provided that patch depends on http://patchwork.dpdk.org/patch/52186/. 

> 
> ---
> v2:
> * updated handling vm_name (use proper buff size)
> * rebase to master changes
> 
> v3:
> * improvement to coding style
> ---
>  examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c | 85 +++++++++++++-----
> -  examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h |  7 +-
> examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c | 91 +++++++++++++++---
> ---
>  examples/vm_power_manager/main.c            |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
> b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
> index 05c0eea44..d19276839 100644
> --- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
> +++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
> @@ -346,10 +346,22 @@ setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info
> **vm_info_dptr,
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
> -static void
> -fifo_path(char *dst, unsigned int len)
> +static int
> +fifo_path(char *dst, unsigned int len, unsigned int id)
>  {
> -	snprintf(dst, len, "%sfifo", CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH);
> +	int cnt;
> +
> +	cnt = snprintf(dst, len, "%s%s%d", CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH,
> +			CHANNEL_MGR_FIFO_PATTERN_NAME, id);
> +
> +	if ((cnt < 0) || (cnt > (int)len - 1)) {
> +		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Could not create
> proper "
> +			"string for fifo path\n");
> +
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
>  }
> 
>  static int
> @@ -535,40 +547,59 @@ add_channels(const char *vm_name, unsigned
> *channel_list,  }
> 
>  int
> -add_host_channel(void)
> +add_host_channels(void)
>  {
>  	struct channel_info *chan_info;
>  	char socket_path[PATH_MAX];
>  	int num_channels_enabled = 0;
>  	int ret;
> +	struct core_info *ci;
> 
> -	fifo_path(socket_path, sizeof(socket_path));
> -
> -	ret = mkfifo(socket_path, 0660);
> -	if ((errno != EEXIST) && (ret < 0)) {
> -		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Cannot create fifo '%s'
> error: "
> -				"%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
> +	ci = get_core_info();
> +	if (ci == NULL) {
> +		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Cannot allocate
> memory for
> +core_info\n");
>  		return 0;
>  	}
> 
> -	if (access(socket_path, F_OK) < 0) {
> -		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Channel path '%s'
> error: "
> -				"%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -	chan_info = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*chan_info), 0);
> -	if (chan_info == NULL) {
> -		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error allocating
> memory for "
> -				"channel '%s'\n", socket_path);
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -	rte_strlcpy(chan_info->channel_path, socket_path,
> UNIX_PATH_MAX);
> +	do {
> +		if (ci->cd[num_channels_enabled].global_enabled_cpus == 0)
> +			continue;
> 
> -	if (setup_host_channel_info(&chan_info, 0) < 0) {
> -		rte_free(chan_info);
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -	num_channels_enabled++;
> +		ret = fifo_path(socket_path, sizeof(socket_path),
> +
> 	num_channels_enabled);
> +		if (ret < 0)
> +			return 0;
> +
> +		ret = mkfifo(socket_path, 0660);
> +		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "TRY CREATE fifo
> '%s'\n",
> +			socket_path);
> +		if ((errno != EEXIST) && (ret < 0)) {
> +			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Cannot create
> fifo '%s' error: "
> +					"%s\n", socket_path,
> strerror(errno));
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +
> +		if (access(socket_path, F_OK) < 0) {
> +			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Channel path
> '%s' error: "
> +					"%s\n", socket_path,
> strerror(errno));
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +		chan_info = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*chan_info), 0);
> +		if (chan_info == NULL) {
> +			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error allocating
> memory for "
> +					"channel '%s'\n", socket_path);
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +		snprintf(chan_info->channel_path,
> +			sizeof(chan_info->channel_path),
> +			"%s", socket_path);
> +
> +		if (setup_host_channel_info(&chan_info,
> +			num_channels_enabled) < 0) {
> +			rte_free(chan_info);
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +	} while (++num_channels_enabled <= ci->core_count);
> 
>  	return num_channels_enabled;
>  }
> diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
> b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
> index c3cdce492..7fddaf6a6 100644
> --- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
> +++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
> @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ extern "C" {
>  /* File socket directory */
>  #define CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH     "/tmp/powermonitor/"
> 
> +/* FIFO file name template */
> +#define CHANNEL_MGR_FIFO_PATTERN_NAME   "fifo"
> +
>  #ifndef UNIX_PATH_MAX
>  struct sockaddr_un _sockaddr_un;
>  #define UNIX_PATH_MAX sizeof(_sockaddr_un.sun_path) @@ -212,13
> +215,13 @@ int add_channels(const char *vm_name, unsigned
> *channel_list,
>  		unsigned num_channels);
> 
>  /**
> - * Set up a fifo by which host applications can send command an policies
> + * Set up fifos by which host applications can send command an policies
>   * through a fifo to the vm_power_manager
>   *
>   * @return
>   *  - 0 for success
>   */
> -int add_host_channel(void);
> +int add_host_channels(void);
> 
>  /**
>   * Remove a channel definition from the channel manager. This must only be
> diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
> b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
> index 74df0fe20..41ee8671d 100644
> --- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
> +++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
>  #include <rte_cycles.h>
>  #include <rte_ethdev.h>
>  #include <rte_pmd_i40e.h>
> +#include <rte_string_fns.h>
> 
>  #include <libvirt/libvirt.h>
>  #include "channel_monitor.h"
> @@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ static volatile unsigned run_loop = 1;  static int
> global_event_fd;  static unsigned int policy_is_set;  static struct epoll_event
> *global_events_list; -static struct policy policies[MAX_CLIENTS];
> +static struct policy policies[POWER_MGR_MAX_CPUS];

POWER_MGR_MAX_CPUS was deleted. RTE_MAX_LCORE should be used instead I think.

> 
>  #ifdef USE_JANSSON
> 
> @@ -130,13 +131,45 @@ set_policy_mac(struct channel_packet *pkt, int idx,
> char *mac)
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
> +static char*
> +get_resource_name_from_chn_path(const char *channel_path) {
> +	char *substr = NULL;
> +
> +	substr = strstr(channel_path,
> CHANNEL_MGR_FIFO_PATTERN_NAME);
> +
> +	return substr;
> +}
> 
>  static int
> -parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct channel_packet *pkt)
> +get_resource_id_from_vmname(const char *vm_name) {
> +	int result = -1;
> +	int off = 0;
> +
> +	if (vm_name == NULL)
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	while (vm_name[off] != '\0') {
> +		if (isdigit(vm_name[off]))
> +			break;
> +		off++;
> +	}
> +	result = atoi(&vm_name[off]);
> +	if ((result == 0) && (vm_name[off] != '0'))
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	return result;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct channel_packet *pkt,
> +					const char *vm_name)
>  {
>  	const char *key;
>  	json_t *value;
>  	int ret;
> +	int resource_id;
> 
>  	memset(pkt, 0, sizeof(struct channel_packet));
> 
> @@ -147,19 +180,23 @@ parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct
> channel_packet *pkt)
>  	pkt->command = PKT_POLICY;
>  	pkt->core_type = CORE_TYPE_PHYSICAL;
> 
> +	if (vm_name == NULL) {
> +		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
> +			"vm_name is NULL, request rejected !\n");
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
>  	json_object_foreach(element, key, value) {
>  		if (!strcmp(key, "policy")) {
>  			/* Recurse in to get the contents of profile */
> -			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(value, pkt);
> +			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(value, pkt, vm_name);
>  			if (ret)
>  				return ret;
>  		} else if (!strcmp(key, "instruction")) {
>  			/* Recurse in to get the contents of instruction */
> -			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(value, pkt);
> +			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(value, pkt, vm_name);
>  			if (ret)
>  				return ret;
> -		} else if (!strcmp(key, "name")) {
> -			strcpy(pkt->vm_name, json_string_value(value));
>  		} else if (!strcmp(key, "command")) {
>  			char command[32];
>  			strlcpy(command, json_string_value(value), 32); @@
> -222,16 +259,6 @@ parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct
> channel_packet *pkt)
>  						json_array_get(value, i));
>  				pkt->timer_policy.quiet_hours[i] = hour;
>  			}
> -		} else if (!strcmp(key, "core_list")) {
> -			unsigned int i;
> -			size_t size = json_array_size(value);
> -
> -			for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
> -				int core = (int)json_integer_value(
> -						json_array_get(value, i));
> -				pkt->vcpu_to_control[i] = core;
> -			}
> -			pkt->num_vcpu = size;
>  		} else if (!strcmp(key, "mac_list")) {
>  			unsigned int i;
>  			size_t size = json_array_size(value); @@ -270,13
> +297,21 @@ parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct channel_packet
> *pkt)
>  					"Invalid command received in
> JSON\n");
>  				return -1;
>  			}
> -		} else if (!strcmp(key, "resource_id")) {
> -			pkt->resource_id =
> (uint32_t)json_integer_value(value);
>  		} else {
>  			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
>  				"Unknown key received in JSON string: %s\n",
>  				key);
>  		}
> +
> +		resource_id = get_resource_id_from_vmname(vm_name);
> +		if (resource_id < 0) {
> +			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
> +				"Could not get resource_id from
> vm_name:%s\n",
> +				vm_name);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +		rte_strlcpy(pkt->vm_name, vm_name, VM_MAX_NAME_SZ);
> +		pkt->resource_id = resource_id;
>  	}
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -426,13 +461,13 @@ update_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt)  {
> 
>  	unsigned int updated = 0;
> -	int i;
> +	unsigned int i;
> 
> 
>  	RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
>  			"Applying policy for %s\n", pkt->vm_name);
> 
> -	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CLIENTS; i++) {
> +	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(policies); i++) {
>  		if (strcmp(policies[i].pkt.vm_name, pkt->vm_name) == 0) {
>  			/* Copy the contents of *pkt into the policy.pkt */
>  			policies[i].pkt = *pkt;
> @@ -447,7 +482,7 @@ update_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt)
>  		}
>  	}
>  	if (!updated) {
> -		for (i = 0; i < MAX_CLIENTS; i++) {
> +		for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(policies); i++) {
>  			if (policies[i].enabled == 0) {
>  				policies[i].pkt = *pkt;
>  				get_pcpu_to_control(&policies[i]);
> @@ -465,13 +500,13 @@ update_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt)  static
> int  remove_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt __rte_unused)  {
> -	int i;
> +	unsigned int i;
> 
>  	/*
>  	 * Disabling the policy is simply a case of setting
>  	 * enabled to 0
>  	 */
> -	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CLIENTS; i++) {
> +	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(policies); i++) {
>  		if (strcmp(policies[i].pkt.vm_name, pkt->vm_name) == 0) {
>  			policies[i].enabled = 0;
>  			return 0;
> @@ -792,6 +827,8 @@ read_json_packet(struct channel_info *chan_info)
>  	int n_bytes, ret;
>  	json_t *root;
>  	json_error_t error;
> +	const char *resource_name;
> +
> 
>  	/* read opening brace to closing brace */
>  	do {
> @@ -828,13 +865,15 @@ read_json_packet(struct channel_info *chan_info)
>  		root = json_loads(json_data, 0, &error);
> 
>  		if (root) {
> +			resource_name =
> get_resource_name_from_chn_path(
> +				chan_info->channel_path);
>  			/*
>  			 * Because our data is now in the json
>  			 * object, we can overwrite the pkt
>  			 * with a channel_packet struct, using
>  			 * parse_json_to_pkt()
>  			 */
> -			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(root, &pkt);
> +			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(root, &pkt, resource_name);
>  			json_decref(root);
>  			if (ret) {
>  				RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
> @@ -891,9 +930,9 @@ run_channel_monitor(void)
>  		}
>  		rte_delay_us(time_period_ms*1000);
>  		if (policy_is_set) {
> -			int j;
> +			unsigned int j;
> 
> -			for (j = 0; j < MAX_CLIENTS; j++) {
> +			for (j = 0; j < RTE_DIM(policies); j++) {
>  				if (policies[j].enabled == 1)
>  					apply_policy(&policies[j]);
>  			}
> diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c
> b/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c
> index 893bf4cdd..9f24cf69b 100644
> --- a/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c
> +++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
>  		return -1;
>  	}
> 
> -	add_host_channel();
> +	add_host_channels();
> 
>  	printf("Running core monitor on lcore id %d\n", lcore_id);
>  	rte_eal_remote_launch(run_core_monitor, NULL, lcore_id);
> --
> 2.17.1

Tested-by: Marcin Hajkowski <marcinx.hajkowski@intel.com>
  

Patch

diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
index 05c0eea44..d19276839 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
@@ -346,10 +346,22 @@  setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info **vm_info_dptr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void
-fifo_path(char *dst, unsigned int len)
+static int
+fifo_path(char *dst, unsigned int len, unsigned int id)
 {
-	snprintf(dst, len, "%sfifo", CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH);
+	int cnt;
+
+	cnt = snprintf(dst, len, "%s%s%d", CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH,
+			CHANNEL_MGR_FIFO_PATTERN_NAME, id);
+
+	if ((cnt < 0) || (cnt > (int)len - 1)) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Could not create proper "
+			"string for fifo path\n");
+
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -535,40 +547,59 @@  add_channels(const char *vm_name, unsigned *channel_list,
 }
 
 int
-add_host_channel(void)
+add_host_channels(void)
 {
 	struct channel_info *chan_info;
 	char socket_path[PATH_MAX];
 	int num_channels_enabled = 0;
 	int ret;
+	struct core_info *ci;
 
-	fifo_path(socket_path, sizeof(socket_path));
-
-	ret = mkfifo(socket_path, 0660);
-	if ((errno != EEXIST) && (ret < 0)) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Cannot create fifo '%s' error: "
-				"%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
+	ci = get_core_info();
+	if (ci == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Cannot allocate memory for core_info\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (access(socket_path, F_OK) < 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Channel path '%s' error: "
-				"%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
-		return 0;
-	}
-	chan_info = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*chan_info), 0);
-	if (chan_info == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error allocating memory for "
-				"channel '%s'\n", socket_path);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	rte_strlcpy(chan_info->channel_path, socket_path, UNIX_PATH_MAX);
+	do {
+		if (ci->cd[num_channels_enabled].global_enabled_cpus == 0)
+			continue;
 
-	if (setup_host_channel_info(&chan_info, 0) < 0) {
-		rte_free(chan_info);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	num_channels_enabled++;
+		ret = fifo_path(socket_path, sizeof(socket_path),
+							num_channels_enabled);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return 0;
+
+		ret = mkfifo(socket_path, 0660);
+		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "TRY CREATE fifo '%s'\n",
+			socket_path);
+		if ((errno != EEXIST) && (ret < 0)) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Cannot create fifo '%s' error: "
+					"%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (access(socket_path, F_OK) < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Channel path '%s' error: "
+					"%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
+			return 0;
+		}
+		chan_info = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*chan_info), 0);
+		if (chan_info == NULL) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error allocating memory for "
+					"channel '%s'\n", socket_path);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		snprintf(chan_info->channel_path,
+			sizeof(chan_info->channel_path),
+			"%s", socket_path);
+
+		if (setup_host_channel_info(&chan_info,
+			num_channels_enabled) < 0) {
+			rte_free(chan_info);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} while (++num_channels_enabled <= ci->core_count);
 
 	return num_channels_enabled;
 }
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
index c3cdce492..7fddaf6a6 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@  extern "C" {
 /* File socket directory */
 #define CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH     "/tmp/powermonitor/"
 
+/* FIFO file name template */
+#define CHANNEL_MGR_FIFO_PATTERN_NAME   "fifo"
+
 #ifndef UNIX_PATH_MAX
 struct sockaddr_un _sockaddr_un;
 #define UNIX_PATH_MAX sizeof(_sockaddr_un.sun_path)
@@ -212,13 +215,13 @@  int add_channels(const char *vm_name, unsigned *channel_list,
 		unsigned num_channels);
 
 /**
- * Set up a fifo by which host applications can send command an policies
+ * Set up fifos by which host applications can send command an policies
  * through a fifo to the vm_power_manager
  *
  * @return
  *  - 0 for success
  */
-int add_host_channel(void);
+int add_host_channels(void);
 
 /**
  * Remove a channel definition from the channel manager. This must only be
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
index 74df0fe20..41ee8671d 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ 
 #include <rte_cycles.h>
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
 #include <rte_pmd_i40e.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
 
 #include <libvirt/libvirt.h>
 #include "channel_monitor.h"
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@  static volatile unsigned run_loop = 1;
 static int global_event_fd;
 static unsigned int policy_is_set;
 static struct epoll_event *global_events_list;
-static struct policy policies[MAX_CLIENTS];
+static struct policy policies[POWER_MGR_MAX_CPUS];
 
 #ifdef USE_JANSSON
 
@@ -130,13 +131,45 @@  set_policy_mac(struct channel_packet *pkt, int idx, char *mac)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char*
+get_resource_name_from_chn_path(const char *channel_path)
+{
+	char *substr = NULL;
+
+	substr = strstr(channel_path, CHANNEL_MGR_FIFO_PATTERN_NAME);
+
+	return substr;
+}
 
 static int
-parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct channel_packet *pkt)
+get_resource_id_from_vmname(const char *vm_name)
+{
+	int result = -1;
+	int off = 0;
+
+	if (vm_name == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	while (vm_name[off] != '\0') {
+		if (isdigit(vm_name[off]))
+			break;
+		off++;
+	}
+	result = atoi(&vm_name[off]);
+	if ((result == 0) && (vm_name[off] != '0'))
+		return -1;
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct channel_packet *pkt,
+					const char *vm_name)
 {
 	const char *key;
 	json_t *value;
 	int ret;
+	int resource_id;
 
 	memset(pkt, 0, sizeof(struct channel_packet));
 
@@ -147,19 +180,23 @@  parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct channel_packet *pkt)
 	pkt->command = PKT_POLICY;
 	pkt->core_type = CORE_TYPE_PHYSICAL;
 
+	if (vm_name == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+			"vm_name is NULL, request rejected !\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	json_object_foreach(element, key, value) {
 		if (!strcmp(key, "policy")) {
 			/* Recurse in to get the contents of profile */
-			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(value, pkt);
+			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(value, pkt, vm_name);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
 		} else if (!strcmp(key, "instruction")) {
 			/* Recurse in to get the contents of instruction */
-			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(value, pkt);
+			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(value, pkt, vm_name);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
-		} else if (!strcmp(key, "name")) {
-			strcpy(pkt->vm_name, json_string_value(value));
 		} else if (!strcmp(key, "command")) {
 			char command[32];
 			strlcpy(command, json_string_value(value), 32);
@@ -222,16 +259,6 @@  parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct channel_packet *pkt)
 						json_array_get(value, i));
 				pkt->timer_policy.quiet_hours[i] = hour;
 			}
-		} else if (!strcmp(key, "core_list")) {
-			unsigned int i;
-			size_t size = json_array_size(value);
-
-			for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-				int core = (int)json_integer_value(
-						json_array_get(value, i));
-				pkt->vcpu_to_control[i] = core;
-			}
-			pkt->num_vcpu = size;
 		} else if (!strcmp(key, "mac_list")) {
 			unsigned int i;
 			size_t size = json_array_size(value);
@@ -270,13 +297,21 @@  parse_json_to_pkt(json_t *element, struct channel_packet *pkt)
 					"Invalid command received in JSON\n");
 				return -1;
 			}
-		} else if (!strcmp(key, "resource_id")) {
-			pkt->resource_id = (uint32_t)json_integer_value(value);
 		} else {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
 				"Unknown key received in JSON string: %s\n",
 				key);
 		}
+
+		resource_id = get_resource_id_from_vmname(vm_name);
+		if (resource_id < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+				"Could not get resource_id from vm_name:%s\n",
+				vm_name);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		rte_strlcpy(pkt->vm_name, vm_name, VM_MAX_NAME_SZ);
+		pkt->resource_id = resource_id;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -426,13 +461,13 @@  update_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt)
 {
 
 	unsigned int updated = 0;
-	int i;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 
 	RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
 			"Applying policy for %s\n", pkt->vm_name);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CLIENTS; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(policies); i++) {
 		if (strcmp(policies[i].pkt.vm_name, pkt->vm_name) == 0) {
 			/* Copy the contents of *pkt into the policy.pkt */
 			policies[i].pkt = *pkt;
@@ -447,7 +482,7 @@  update_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt)
 		}
 	}
 	if (!updated) {
-		for (i = 0; i < MAX_CLIENTS; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(policies); i++) {
 			if (policies[i].enabled == 0) {
 				policies[i].pkt = *pkt;
 				get_pcpu_to_control(&policies[i]);
@@ -465,13 +500,13 @@  update_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt)
 static int
 remove_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt __rte_unused)
 {
-	int i;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	/*
 	 * Disabling the policy is simply a case of setting
 	 * enabled to 0
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CLIENTS; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(policies); i++) {
 		if (strcmp(policies[i].pkt.vm_name, pkt->vm_name) == 0) {
 			policies[i].enabled = 0;
 			return 0;
@@ -792,6 +827,8 @@  read_json_packet(struct channel_info *chan_info)
 	int n_bytes, ret;
 	json_t *root;
 	json_error_t error;
+	const char *resource_name;
+
 
 	/* read opening brace to closing brace */
 	do {
@@ -828,13 +865,15 @@  read_json_packet(struct channel_info *chan_info)
 		root = json_loads(json_data, 0, &error);
 
 		if (root) {
+			resource_name = get_resource_name_from_chn_path(
+				chan_info->channel_path);
 			/*
 			 * Because our data is now in the json
 			 * object, we can overwrite the pkt
 			 * with a channel_packet struct, using
 			 * parse_json_to_pkt()
 			 */
-			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(root, &pkt);
+			ret = parse_json_to_pkt(root, &pkt, resource_name);
 			json_decref(root);
 			if (ret) {
 				RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
@@ -891,9 +930,9 @@  run_channel_monitor(void)
 		}
 		rte_delay_us(time_period_ms*1000);
 		if (policy_is_set) {
-			int j;
+			unsigned int j;
 
-			for (j = 0; j < MAX_CLIENTS; j++) {
+			for (j = 0; j < RTE_DIM(policies); j++) {
 				if (policies[j].enabled == 1)
 					apply_policy(&policies[j]);
 			}
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c
index 893bf4cdd..9f24cf69b 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@  main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	add_host_channel();
+	add_host_channels();
 
 	printf("Running core monitor on lcore id %d\n", lcore_id);
 	rte_eal_remote_launch(run_core_monitor, NULL, lcore_id);