[v3,1/2] app/testpmd: update forward engine beginning

Message ID 20210918030659.12448-1-alvinx.zhang@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Series [v3,1/2] app/testpmd: update forward engine beginning |

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Commit Message

Alvin Zhang Sept. 18, 2021, 3:06 a.m. UTC
  For each forward engine, there may be some special conditions
must be meet before the forwarding run.

Adding checks for these conditions in configuring is not suitable,
because one condition may rely on multiple configurations, and the
conditions required by each forward engine is not general.

The best solution is each forward engine has a callback to check
whether these conditions are meet, and then testpmd can call the
callback to determine whether the forwarding can be started.

There was a void callback 'port_fwd_begin' in forward engine,
it did some initialization for forwarding, this patch updates it's
return type, then we can add some checks in it to confirm whether
the forwarding can be started. In addition, this patch puts the
calling part of the callback up to before some forwarding related
status being set.

Signed-off-by: Alvin Zhang <alvinx.zhang@intel.com>
---
 app/test-pmd/flowgen.c     |  3 ++-
 app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c |  3 ++-
 app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c   |  4 +++-
 app/test-pmd/testpmd.c     | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 app/test-pmd/testpmd.h     |  2 +-
 app/test-pmd/txonly.c      |  3 ++-
 6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Li, Xiaoyun Sept. 18, 2021, 8:31 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zhang, AlvinX <alvinx.zhang@intel.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2021 11:07
> To: Li, Xiaoyun <xiaoyun.li@intel.com>; Ananyev, Konstantin
> <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Zhang, AlvinX <alvinx.zhang@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] app/testpmd: update forward engine beginning
> 
> For each forward engine, there may be some special conditions must be meet

met

> before the forwarding run.

is running / runs

> 
> Adding checks for these conditions in configuring is not suitable, because one
> condition may rely on multiple configurations, and the conditions required by
> each forward engine is not general.
> 
> The best solution is each forward engine has a callback to check whether these
> conditions are meet, and then testpmd can call the callback to determine

met

> whether the forwarding can be started.
> 
> There was a void callback 'port_fwd_begin' in forward engine, it did some
> initialization for forwarding, this patch updates it's return type, then we can add

its return value then we can

> some checks in it to confirm whether the forwarding can be started. In addition,
> this patch puts the calling part of the callback up to before some forwarding
> related status being set.

this patch calls this callback before the forwarding stats is reset and then launches the forwarding engine.

Also the cc stable issue I state in the 2nd patch.
But overall the patch looks good to me.

BRs
Xiaoyun

> 
> Signed-off-by: Alvin Zhang <alvinx.zhang@intel.com>
> ---
>  app/test-pmd/flowgen.c     |  3 ++-
>  app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c |  3 ++-
>  app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c   |  4 +++-
>  app/test-pmd/testpmd.c     | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  app/test-pmd/testpmd.h     |  2 +-
>  app/test-pmd/txonly.c      |  3 ++-
>  6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c b/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c index
> 0d3664a..83234fc 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c
> @@ -201,10 +201,11 @@
>  	get_end_cycles(fs, start_tsc);
>  }
> 
> -static void
> +static int
>  flowgen_begin(portid_t pi)
>  {
>  	printf("  number of flows for port %u: %d\n", pi, nb_flows_flowgen);
> +	return 0;
>  }
> 
>  struct fwd_engine flow_gen_engine = {
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c b/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c index
> 034f238..81624a7 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c
> @@ -198,10 +198,11 @@ struct ptpv2_msg {
>  	port_ieee1588_tx_timestamp_check(fs->rx_port);
>  }
> 
> -static void
> +static int
>  port_ieee1588_fwd_begin(portid_t pi)
>  {
>  	rte_eth_timesync_enable(pi);
> +	return 0;
>  }
> 
>  static void
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c b/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c index
> 382a4c2..e4434be 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c
> @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ struct noisy_config {
>  	rte_free(noisy_cfg[pi]);
>  }
> 
> -static void
> +static int
>  noisy_fwd_begin(portid_t pi)
>  {
>  	struct noisy_config *n;
> @@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ struct noisy_config {
>  		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
>  			 "--noisy-lkup-memory-size must be > 0\n");
>  	}
> +
> +	return 0;
>  }
> 
>  struct fwd_engine noisy_vnf_engine = {
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c index
> 97ae52e..0345b2e 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
> @@ -2172,16 +2172,10 @@ struct extmem_param {  static void
> launch_packet_forwarding(lcore_function_t *pkt_fwd_on_lcore)  {
> -	port_fwd_begin_t port_fwd_begin;
>  	unsigned int i;
>  	unsigned int lc_id;
>  	int diag;
> 
> -	port_fwd_begin = cur_fwd_config.fwd_eng->port_fwd_begin;
> -	if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
> -		for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++)
> -			(*port_fwd_begin)(fwd_ports_ids[i]);
> -	}
>  	for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_lcores; i++) {
>  		lc_id = fwd_lcores_cpuids[i];
>  		if ((interactive == 0) || (lc_id != rte_lcore_id())) { @@ -2227,10
> +2221,35 @@ struct extmem_param {
>  		fprintf(stderr, "Packet forwarding already started\n");
>  		return;
>  	}
> -	test_done = 0;
> 
>  	fwd_config_setup();
> 
> +	port_fwd_begin = cur_fwd_config.fwd_eng->port_fwd_begin;
> +	if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
> +		for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++) {
> +			if (port_fwd_begin(fwd_ports_ids[i])) {
> +				fprintf(stderr,
> +					"Packet forwarding not ready\n");
> +				return;
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	if (with_tx_first) {
> +		port_fwd_begin = tx_only_engine.port_fwd_begin;
> +		if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
> +			for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++) {
> +				if (port_fwd_begin(fwd_ports_ids[i])) {
> +					fprintf(stderr,
> +						"Packet forwarding not
> ready\n");
> +					return;
> +				}
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	test_done = 0;
> +
>  	if(!no_flush_rx)
>  		flush_fwd_rx_queues();
> 
> @@ -2239,11 +2258,6 @@ struct extmem_param {
> 
>  	fwd_stats_reset();
>  	if (with_tx_first) {
> -		port_fwd_begin = tx_only_engine.port_fwd_begin;
> -		if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
> -			for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++)
> -				(*port_fwd_begin)(fwd_ports_ids[i]);
> -		}
>  		while (with_tx_first--) {
>  			launch_packet_forwarding(
>  					run_one_txonly_burst_on_core);
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h index
> 5863b2f..e9d9db0 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
> @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ struct fwd_lcore {
>   *     Forwards packets unchanged on the same port.
>   *     Check that sent IEEE1588 PTP packets are timestamped by the hardware.
>   */
> -typedef void (*port_fwd_begin_t)(portid_t pi);
> +typedef int (*port_fwd_begin_t)(portid_t pi);
>  typedef void (*port_fwd_end_t)(portid_t pi);  typedef void
> (*packet_fwd_t)(struct fwd_stream *fs);
> 
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c index
> aed820f..386a4ff 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
> @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
>  	get_end_cycles(fs, start_tsc);
>  }
> 
> -static void
> +static int
>  tx_only_begin(portid_t pi)
>  {
>  	uint16_t pkt_data_len;
> @@ -467,6 +467,7 @@
>  		timestamp_init_req++;
>  	/* Make sure all settings are visible on forwarding cores.*/
>  	rte_wmb();
> +	return 0;
>  }
> 
>  struct fwd_engine tx_only_engine = {
> --
> 1.8.3.1
  
Alvin Zhang Sept. 18, 2021, 8:50 a.m. UTC | #2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Li, Xiaoyun <xiaoyun.li@intel.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2021 4:31 PM
> To: Zhang, AlvinX <alvinx.zhang@intel.com>; Ananyev, Konstantin
> <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 1/2] app/testpmd: update forward engine beginning
> 
> Hi
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Zhang, AlvinX <alvinx.zhang@intel.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2021 11:07
> > To: Li, Xiaoyun <xiaoyun.li@intel.com>; Ananyev, Konstantin
> > <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Zhang, AlvinX <alvinx.zhang@intel.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] app/testpmd: update forward engine beginning
> >
> > For each forward engine, there may be some special conditions must be
> > meet
> 
> met

Hi Xiaoyun,
Thanks for your attentively reviewing. I will update them in V4.

> 
> > before the forwarding run.
> 
> is running / runs
> 
> >
> > Adding checks for these conditions in configuring is not suitable,
> > because one condition may rely on multiple configurations, and the
> > conditions required by each forward engine is not general.
> >
> > The best solution is each forward engine has a callback to check
> > whether these conditions are meet, and then testpmd can call the
> > callback to determine
> 
> met
> 
> > whether the forwarding can be started.
> >
> > There was a void callback 'port_fwd_begin' in forward engine, it did
> > some initialization for forwarding, this patch updates it's return
> > type, then we can add
> 
> its return value then we can
> 
> > some checks in it to confirm whether the forwarding can be started. In
> > addition, this patch puts the calling part of the callback up to
> > before some forwarding related status being set.
> 
> this patch calls this callback before the forwarding stats is reset and then
> launches the forwarding engine.
> 
> Also the cc stable issue I state in the 2nd patch.
> But overall the patch looks good to me.
> 
> BRs
> Xiaoyun
> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alvin Zhang <alvinx.zhang@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  app/test-pmd/flowgen.c     |  3 ++-
> >  app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c |  3 ++-
> >  app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c   |  4 +++-
> >  app/test-pmd/testpmd.c     | 38
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> >  app/test-pmd/testpmd.h     |  2 +-
> >  app/test-pmd/txonly.c      |  3 ++-
> >  6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c b/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c index
> > 0d3664a..83234fc 100644
> > --- a/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c
> > +++ b/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c
> > @@ -201,10 +201,11 @@
> >  	get_end_cycles(fs, start_tsc);
> >  }
> >
> > -static void
> > +static int
> >  flowgen_begin(portid_t pi)
> >  {
> >  	printf("  number of flows for port %u: %d\n", pi, nb_flows_flowgen);
> > +	return 0;
> >  }
> >
> >  struct fwd_engine flow_gen_engine = { diff --git
> > a/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c b/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c index
> > 034f238..81624a7 100644
> > --- a/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c
> > +++ b/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c
> > @@ -198,10 +198,11 @@ struct ptpv2_msg {
> >  	port_ieee1588_tx_timestamp_check(fs->rx_port);
> >  }
> >
> > -static void
> > +static int
> >  port_ieee1588_fwd_begin(portid_t pi)
> >  {
> >  	rte_eth_timesync_enable(pi);
> > +	return 0;
> >  }
> >
> >  static void
> > diff --git a/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c b/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c index
> > 382a4c2..e4434be 100644
> > --- a/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c
> > +++ b/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c
> > @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ struct noisy_config {
> >  	rte_free(noisy_cfg[pi]);
> >  }
> >
> > -static void
> > +static int
> >  noisy_fwd_begin(portid_t pi)
> >  {
> >  	struct noisy_config *n;
> > @@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ struct noisy_config {
> >  		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
> >  			 "--noisy-lkup-memory-size must be > 0\n");
> >  	}
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> >  }
> >
> >  struct fwd_engine noisy_vnf_engine = { diff --git
> > a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c index
> > 97ae52e..0345b2e 100644
> > --- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
> > +++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
> > @@ -2172,16 +2172,10 @@ struct extmem_param {  static void
> > launch_packet_forwarding(lcore_function_t *pkt_fwd_on_lcore)  {
> > -	port_fwd_begin_t port_fwd_begin;
> >  	unsigned int i;
> >  	unsigned int lc_id;
> >  	int diag;
> >
> > -	port_fwd_begin = cur_fwd_config.fwd_eng->port_fwd_begin;
> > -	if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
> > -		for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++)
> > -			(*port_fwd_begin)(fwd_ports_ids[i]);
> > -	}
> >  	for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_lcores; i++) {
> >  		lc_id = fwd_lcores_cpuids[i];
> >  		if ((interactive == 0) || (lc_id != rte_lcore_id())) { @@ -2227,10
> > +2221,35 @@ struct extmem_param {
> >  		fprintf(stderr, "Packet forwarding already started\n");
> >  		return;
> >  	}
> > -	test_done = 0;
> >
> >  	fwd_config_setup();
> >
> > +	port_fwd_begin = cur_fwd_config.fwd_eng->port_fwd_begin;
> > +	if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
> > +		for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++) {
> > +			if (port_fwd_begin(fwd_ports_ids[i])) {
> > +				fprintf(stderr,
> > +					"Packet forwarding not ready\n");
> > +				return;
> > +			}
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	if (with_tx_first) {
> > +		port_fwd_begin = tx_only_engine.port_fwd_begin;
> > +		if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
> > +			for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++) {
> > +				if (port_fwd_begin(fwd_ports_ids[i])) {
> > +					fprintf(stderr,
> > +						"Packet forwarding not
> > ready\n");
> > +					return;
> > +				}
> > +			}
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	test_done = 0;
> > +
> >  	if(!no_flush_rx)
> >  		flush_fwd_rx_queues();
> >
> > @@ -2239,11 +2258,6 @@ struct extmem_param {
> >
> >  	fwd_stats_reset();
> >  	if (with_tx_first) {
> > -		port_fwd_begin = tx_only_engine.port_fwd_begin;
> > -		if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
> > -			for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++)
> > -				(*port_fwd_begin)(fwd_ports_ids[i]);
> > -		}
> >  		while (with_tx_first--) {
> >  			launch_packet_forwarding(
> >  					run_one_txonly_burst_on_core);
> > diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h index
> > 5863b2f..e9d9db0 100644
> > --- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
> > +++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
> > @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ struct fwd_lcore {
> >   *     Forwards packets unchanged on the same port.
> >   *     Check that sent IEEE1588 PTP packets are timestamped by the
> hardware.
> >   */
> > -typedef void (*port_fwd_begin_t)(portid_t pi);
> > +typedef int (*port_fwd_begin_t)(portid_t pi);
> >  typedef void (*port_fwd_end_t)(portid_t pi);  typedef void
> > (*packet_fwd_t)(struct fwd_stream *fs);
> >
> > diff --git a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c index
> > aed820f..386a4ff 100644
> > --- a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
> > +++ b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
> > @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
> >  	get_end_cycles(fs, start_tsc);
> >  }
> >
> > -static void
> > +static int
> >  tx_only_begin(portid_t pi)
> >  {
> >  	uint16_t pkt_data_len;
> > @@ -467,6 +467,7 @@
> >  		timestamp_init_req++;
> >  	/* Make sure all settings are visible on forwarding cores.*/
> >  	rte_wmb();
> > +	return 0;
> >  }
> >
> >  struct fwd_engine tx_only_engine = {
> > --
> > 1.8.3.1

BRs
Alvin
  

Patch

diff --git a/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c b/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c
index 0d3664a..83234fc 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/flowgen.c
@@ -201,10 +201,11 @@ 
 	get_end_cycles(fs, start_tsc);
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 flowgen_begin(portid_t pi)
 {
 	printf("  number of flows for port %u: %d\n", pi, nb_flows_flowgen);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 struct fwd_engine flow_gen_engine = {
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c b/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c
index 034f238..81624a7 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c
@@ -198,10 +198,11 @@  struct ptpv2_msg {
 	port_ieee1588_tx_timestamp_check(fs->rx_port);
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 port_ieee1588_fwd_begin(portid_t pi)
 {
 	rte_eth_timesync_enable(pi);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c b/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c
index 382a4c2..e4434be 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/noisy_vnf.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@  struct noisy_config {
 	rte_free(noisy_cfg[pi]);
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 noisy_fwd_begin(portid_t pi)
 {
 	struct noisy_config *n;
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@  struct noisy_config {
 		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
 			 "--noisy-lkup-memory-size must be > 0\n");
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 struct fwd_engine noisy_vnf_engine = {
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index 97ae52e..0345b2e 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -2172,16 +2172,10 @@  struct extmem_param {
 static void
 launch_packet_forwarding(lcore_function_t *pkt_fwd_on_lcore)
 {
-	port_fwd_begin_t port_fwd_begin;
 	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned int lc_id;
 	int diag;
 
-	port_fwd_begin = cur_fwd_config.fwd_eng->port_fwd_begin;
-	if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
-		for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++)
-			(*port_fwd_begin)(fwd_ports_ids[i]);
-	}
 	for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_lcores; i++) {
 		lc_id = fwd_lcores_cpuids[i];
 		if ((interactive == 0) || (lc_id != rte_lcore_id())) {
@@ -2227,10 +2221,35 @@  struct extmem_param {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Packet forwarding already started\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	test_done = 0;
 
 	fwd_config_setup();
 
+	port_fwd_begin = cur_fwd_config.fwd_eng->port_fwd_begin;
+	if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
+		for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++) {
+			if (port_fwd_begin(fwd_ports_ids[i])) {
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"Packet forwarding not ready\n");
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (with_tx_first) {
+		port_fwd_begin = tx_only_engine.port_fwd_begin;
+		if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
+			for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++) {
+				if (port_fwd_begin(fwd_ports_ids[i])) {
+					fprintf(stderr,
+						"Packet forwarding not ready\n");
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	test_done = 0;
+
 	if(!no_flush_rx)
 		flush_fwd_rx_queues();
 
@@ -2239,11 +2258,6 @@  struct extmem_param {
 
 	fwd_stats_reset();
 	if (with_tx_first) {
-		port_fwd_begin = tx_only_engine.port_fwd_begin;
-		if (port_fwd_begin != NULL) {
-			for (i = 0; i < cur_fwd_config.nb_fwd_ports; i++)
-				(*port_fwd_begin)(fwd_ports_ids[i]);
-		}
 		while (with_tx_first--) {
 			launch_packet_forwarding(
 					run_one_txonly_burst_on_core);
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
index 5863b2f..e9d9db0 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@  struct fwd_lcore {
  *     Forwards packets unchanged on the same port.
  *     Check that sent IEEE1588 PTP packets are timestamped by the hardware.
  */
-typedef void (*port_fwd_begin_t)(portid_t pi);
+typedef int (*port_fwd_begin_t)(portid_t pi);
 typedef void (*port_fwd_end_t)(portid_t pi);
 typedef void (*packet_fwd_t)(struct fwd_stream *fs);
 
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
index aed820f..386a4ff 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ 
 	get_end_cycles(fs, start_tsc);
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 tx_only_begin(portid_t pi)
 {
 	uint16_t pkt_data_len;
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ 
 		timestamp_init_req++;
 	/* Make sure all settings are visible on forwarding cores.*/
 	rte_wmb();
+	return 0;
 }
 
 struct fwd_engine tx_only_engine = {