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List of candidate work items for "SW Fastpath Service Quality Metrics"

This page lists the candidate work items for SW Fastpath Service Quality Metrics per DPDK release. The current targeted DPDK release is DPDK 2.2.

DPDK Stats Extensions

Deliverable: DPDK Keep Alive Sample App on Guest (A simple forwarding app with DPDK KA functionality)
Description: Development activity to support detection of ‘failed’ DPDK cores and notification to a HA/SA middleware. The purpose is to detect Packet Processing Core fails (e.g. infinite loop) and ensure the failure of the core does not result in a fault that is not detectable by a management entity.
Functional Requirements:
- Runs on the Guest.
- Runs on the Host.
- Configurable timeouts.
- Measures detection time.
- Has a hook function where HA/SA middleware can hook in for fault management notifications.
Performance Requirements: Does NOT impact performance.
Targeted DPDK release: DPDK 2.2 (November 30th 2015)
Status:

Deliverable: DPDK Keep Alive Sample App on Guest (A simple forwarding app with DPDK KA functionality)
Description: Development activity to support detection of ‘failed’ DPDK cores and notification to a HA/SA middleware. The purpose is to detect Packet Processing Core fails (e.g. infinite loop) and ensure the failure of the core does not result in a fault that is not detectable by a management entity.
Functional Requirements:
- Runs on the Guest.
- Runs on the Host.
- Configurable timeouts.
- Measures detection time.
- Has a hook function where HA/SA middleware can hook in for fault management notifications.
Performance Requirements: Does NOT impact performance.
Targeted DPDK release: DPDK 2.2 (November 30th 2015)
Status: