[v6,9/9] doc/procinfo: add information for debug options

Message ID 20181203055000.39012-10-vipin.varghese@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
Headers
Series app/proc-info: improve debug of proc-info tool |

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Commit Message

Varghese, Vipin Dec. 3, 2018, 5:50 a.m. UTC
  Document update for debug options and information for PMD instances
like port, traffic manager, crypto, mempool and ring instances.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

---

V6:
 - add ack for v5 - John Mcnamara
 - update entry for mempool iter - Vipin Varghese

V3:
 - update document from dbg to show - Vipin Varghese

V2:
 - update word style for content - Vipin Varghese
---
 doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
index d5b5ed6a6..ee0bd99bb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@  dpdk-procinfo Application
 
 The dpdk-procinfo application is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) application
 that runs as a DPDK secondary process and is capable of retrieving port
-statistics, resetting port statistics and printing DPDK memory information.
-This application extends the original functionality that was supported by
-dump_cfg.
+statistics, resetting port statistics and printing DPDK memory information and
+debug information for port|tm|crypto|ring|mempool. This application extends the
+original functionality that was supported by dump_cfg.
 
 Running the Application
 -----------------------
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@  The application has a number of command line options:
 .. code-block:: console
 
    ./$(RTE_TARGET)/app/dpdk-procinfo -- -m | [-p PORTMASK] [--stats | --xstats |
-   --stats-reset | --xstats-reset]
+   --stats-reset | --xstats-reset | --show-port | --show-tm | --show-crypto |
+   --show-mempool[=name] | --show-ring[=name] | --iter-mempool=name]
 
 Parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -41,6 +42,32 @@  If no port mask is specified xstats are reset for all DPDK ports.
 
 **-m**: Print DPDK memory information.
 
+**--show-port**
+The show-port parameter displays port level various configuration and
+mbuf pool information associated to RX queues.
+
+**--show-tm**
+The show-tm parameter displays per port traffic manager settings and
+current configuration. It also display statistics too.
+
+**--show-crypto**
+The show-crypto parameter displays available cryptodev configurations,
+settings and stats per node.
+
+**--show-mempool[=name]**
+The show-mempool parameter display current allocation of all mempool
+with debug information. Specifying the name allows display details for
+specific mempool. For invalid or no mempool name, whole list is dump.
+
+**--show-ring[=name]**
+The show-ring pararmeter display current allocation of all ring with
+debug information. Specifying the name allows to display details for specific
+ring. For invalid or no ring name, whole list is dump.
+
+**--iter-mempool=name**
+The iter-mempool parameter iterates and displays mempool elements specified
+by name. For invalid or no mempool name no elements are displayed.
+
 Limitations
 -----------