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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+
+"""
+DPDK Test suite.
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+import time
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+from framework.exception import VerifyFailure
+from framework.packet import Packet
+from framework.pktgen import TRANSMIT_CONT
+from framework.pmd_output import PmdOutput
+from framework.settings import HEADER_SIZE
+from framework.test_case import TestCase
+from framework.utils import convert_int2ip, convert_ip2int
+
+
+class TestI40eMultiDriverPerf(TestCase):
+    #
+    # Test cases.
+    #
+    def set_up_all(self):
+        """
+        Run at the start of each test suite.
+        """
+        self.verify(
+            self.nic in ["I40E_25G-25G_SFP28", "I40E_40G-QSFP_A"],
+            "NIC Unsupported: " + str(self.nic),
+        )
+        self.rx_desc_size = self.get_suite_cfg().get("compile_rx_desc", 32)
+        err_msg = (
+            "Rx desc only has 16B and 32B size, %d is not valid" % self.rx_desc_size
+        )
+        self.verify(self.rx_desc_size == 16 or self.rx_desc_size == 32, err_msg)
+        if self.rx_desc_size == 16:
+            extra_options = "-Dc_args=-DRTE_LIBRTE_I40E_16BYTE_RX_DESC"
+            self.dut.build_install_dpdk(self.target, extra_options=extra_options)
+        self.dut_ports = self.dut.get_ports(self.nic)
+        self.verify(len(self.dut_ports) >= 1, "At least 1 port is required to test")
+        # get socket and cores
+        self.socket = self.dut.get_numa_id(self.dut_ports[0])
+        cores = self.dut.get_core_list("1S/8C/1T", socket=self.socket)
+        self.verify(cores, "Requested 8 cores failed")
+        self.pmdout = PmdOutput(self.dut)
+        self.core_offset = 3
+        self.test_content = self.get_test_content_from_cfg(self.get_suite_cfg())
+
+    def set_up(self):
+        """
+        Run before each test case.
+        """
+        self.test_result = {"header": [], "data": []}
+
+    def flows(self):
+        """
+        Return a list of packets that implements the flows described.
+        """
+        return [
+            "198.18.0.0/24",
+            "198.18.1.0/24",
+            "198.18.2.0/24",
+            "198.18.3.0/24",
+            "198.18.4.0/24",
+            "198.18.5.0/24",
+            "198.18.6.0/24",
+            "198.18.7.0/24",
+        ]
+
+    def parse_test_config(self, config):
+        """
+        [n]C/[mT]-[i]Q
+            n: how many physical core use for polling.
+            m: how many cpu thread use for polling, if Hyper-threading disabled
+            in BIOS, m equals n, if enabled, m is 2 times as n.
+            i: how many queues use per port, so total queues = i x nb_port
+        """
+        pat = "(.*)/(.*)-(.*)"
+        result = re.findall(pat, config)
+        if not result:
+            msg = f"{config} is wrong format, please check"
+            raise VerifyFailure(msg)
+        cores, threads, queue = result[0]
+        _thread_num = int(int(threads[:-1]) // int(cores[:-1]))
+
+        _thread = str(_thread_num) + "T"
+        _cores = str(self.core_offset + int(cores[:-1])) + "C"
+        cores_config = "/".join(["1S", _cores, _thread])
+        queues_per_port = int(queue[:-1])
+        return cores_config, _thread_num, queues_per_port
+
+    def get_test_configs(self, test_parameters):
+        configs = []
+        frame_sizes_grp = []
+        nb_desc = self.get_suite_cfg().get("rxtx_queue_size")
+        for test_item, frame_sizes in sorted(test_parameters.items()):
+            _frame_sizes = [int(frame_size) for frame_size in frame_sizes]
+            frame_sizes_grp.extend([int(item) for item in _frame_sizes])
+            cores, thread_num, queues = self.parse_test_config(test_item)
+            corelist = self.dut.get_core_list(cores, self.socket)
+            core_list = corelist[(self.core_offset - 1) * thread_num :]
+            if "2T" in cores:
+                core_list = core_list[1:2] + core_list[0::2] + core_list[1::2][1:]
+            _core_list = core_list[thread_num - 1 :]
+            configs.append(
+                [
+                    test_item,
+                    _core_list,
+                    [
+                        " --txd={0} --rxd={0}".format(nb_desc)
+                        + " --rxq={0} --txq={0}".format(queues)
+                        + " --nb-cores={}".format(len(core_list) - thread_num)
+                    ],
+                ]
+            )
+        return configs, sorted(set(frame_sizes_grp))
+
+    def get_test_content_from_cfg(self, test_content):
+        test_content["flows"] = self.flows()
+        configs, frame_sizes = self.get_test_configs(test_content["test_parameters"])
+        test_content["configs"] = configs
+        test_content["frame_sizes"] = frame_sizes
+        return test_content
+
+    def get_mac_layer(self, port_id):
+        smac = "02:00:00:00:00:0%d" % port_id
+        dmac = "52:00:00:00:00:0%d" % port_id
+        layer = {
+            "ether": {
+                "dst": dmac,
+                "src": smac,
+            },
+        }
+        return layer
+
+    def get_ipv4_config(self, config):
+        netaddr, mask = config.split("/")
+        ip_range = int("1" * (32 - int(mask)), 2)
+        start_ip = convert_int2ip(convert_ip2int(netaddr) + 1)
+        end_ip = convert_int2ip(convert_ip2int(start_ip) + ip_range - 1)
+        layers = {
+            "ipv4": {
+                "src": start_ip,
+            },
+        }
+        fields_config = {
+            "ip": {
+                "src": {
+                    "start": start_ip,
+                    "end": end_ip,
+                    "step": 1,
+                    "action": "random",
+                },
+            },
+        }
+        return layers, fields_config
+
+    def preset_flows_configs(self):
+        flows = self.test_content.get("flows")
+        flows_configs = []
+        for index, config in enumerate(flows):
+            if index >= len(self.dut_ports):
+                break
+            port_id = self.dut_ports[index]
+            _layer = self.get_mac_layer(port_id)
+            _layer2, fields_config = self.get_ipv4_config(config)
+            _layer.update(_layer2)
+            flows_configs.append([_layer, fields_config])
+        return flows_configs
+
+    def preset_streams(self):
+        frame_sizes = self.test_content.get("frame_sizes")
+        test_streams = {}
+        flows_configs = self.preset_flows_configs()
+        for frame_size in frame_sizes:
+            for flow_config in flows_configs:
+                _layers, fields_config = flow_config
+                pkt = self.config_stream(_layers, frame_size)
+                test_streams.setdefault(frame_size, []).append([pkt, fields_config])
+        return test_streams
+
+    def config_stream(self, layers, frame_size):
+        """
+        Prepare traffic flow
+        """
+        headers_size = sum([HEADER_SIZE[x] for x in ["eth", "ip"]])
+        payload_size = frame_size - headers_size
+        # set streams for traffic
+        pkt_config = {
+            "type": "IP_RAW",
+            "pkt_layers": {"raw": {"payload": ["58"] * payload_size}},
+        }
+        pkt_config["pkt_layers"].update(layers)
+        pkt_type = pkt_config.get("type")
+        pkt_layers = pkt_config.get("pkt_layers")
+        pkt = Packet(pkt_type=pkt_type)
+        for layer in list(pkt_layers.keys()):
+            pkt.config_layer(layer, pkt_layers[layer])
+
+        return pkt.pktgen.pkt
+
+    def add_stream_to_pktgen(self, streams, option):
+        def port(index):
+            p = self.tester.get_local_port(self.dut_ports[index])
+            return p
+
+        topos = (
+            [
+                [port(index), port(index - 1)]
+                if index % 2
+                else [port(index), port(index + 1)]
+                for index, _ in enumerate(self.dut_ports)
+            ]
+            if len(self.dut_ports) > 1
+            else [[port(0), port(0)]]
+        )
+        stream_ids = []
+        step = int(len(streams) / len(self.dut_ports))
+        for cnt, stream in enumerate(streams):
+            pkt, fields_config = stream
+            index = cnt // step
+            txport, rxport = topos[index]
+            _option = deepcopy(option)
+            _option["pcap"] = pkt
+            if fields_config:
+                _option["fields_config"] = fields_config
+            stream_id = self.tester.pktgen.add_stream(txport, rxport, pkt)
+            self.tester.pktgen.config_stream(stream_id, _option)
+            stream_ids.append(stream_id)
+        return stream_ids
+
+    def start_testpmd(self, core_list, pci_para, eal):
+        self.pmdout.start_testpmd(core_list, eal, pci_para, socket=self.socket)
+        self.pmdout.wait_link_status_up("all", timeout=60)
+        self.dut.send_expect("start", "testpmd> ", 15)
+
+    def throughput(self, frame_size):
+        streams = self.stream.get(frame_size)
+        # set traffic option
+        duration = self.test_content.get("test_duration")
+        traffic_stop_wait_time = self.test_content.get("traffic_stop_wait_time", 0)
+        # clear streams before add new streams
+        self.tester.pktgen.clear_streams()
+        # ser stream into pktgen
+        stream_option = {
+            "stream_config": {
+                "txmode": {},
+                "transmit_mode": TRANSMIT_CONT,
+                "rate": 100,
+            }
+        }
+        traffic_option = {
+            "method": "throughput",
+            "duration": duration,
+        }
+        stream_ids = self.add_stream_to_pktgen(streams, stream_option)
+        # run packet generator
+        result = self.tester.pktgen.measure(stream_ids, traffic_option)
+        time.sleep(traffic_stop_wait_time)
+        # statistics result
+        _, pps = result
+        self.verify(pps > 0, "No traffic detected")
+        self.logger.info(
+            "Throughput of "
+            + "framesize: {}, is: {} Mpps".format(frame_size, pps / 1000000)
+        )
+        return result
+
+    def display_result(self, datas):
+        # display result table
+        header_row = ["Fwd Core", "Frame Size", "Throughput", "Rate"]
+        self.test_result["header"] = header_row
+        self.result_table_create(header_row)
+        self.test_result["data"] = []
+        for data in datas:
+            config, frame_size, result = data
+            _, pps = result
+            pps /= 1000000.0
+            linerate = self.wirespeed(self.nic, frame_size, len(self.dut_ports))
+            percentage = pps * 100 / linerate
+            data_row = [
+                config,
+                frame_size,
+                "{:.3f} Mpps".format(pps),
+                "{:.3f}%".format(percentage),
+            ]
+            self.result_table_add(data_row)
+            self.test_result["data"].append(data_row)
+        self.result_table_print()
+
+    def perf_test(self):
+        """
+        Benchmarking test
+        """
+        self.stream = self.preset_streams()
+        # ports allow list
+        pci_para = ""
+        for port_id in self.dut_ports:
+            pci_para += (
+                "-a "
+                + self.dut.ports_info[port_id]["port"].pci
+                + ",support-multi-driver=1 "
+            )
+        results = []
+        for config, core_list, eal in self.test_content["configs"]:
+            self.logger.info(
+                ("Executing Test Using cores: {0} of config {1}, ").format(
+                    core_list, config
+                )
+            )
+            self.start_testpmd(core_list, pci_para, eal[0])
+            for frame_size in self.test_content["frame_sizes"]:
+                self.logger.info("Test running at framesize: {}".format(frame_size))
+                result = self.throughput(frame_size)
+                if result:
+                    results.append([config, frame_size, result])
+            self.dut.send_expect("stop", "testpmd> ", 15)
+            self.dut.send_expect("quit", "# ", 15)
+        self.display_result(results)
+
+    def test_perf_enable_multi_driver(self):
+        self.perf_test()
+
+    def tear_down(self):
+        """
+        Run after each test case.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def tear_down_all(self):
+        """
+        Run after each test suite.
+        """
+        # resume setting
+        if self.rx_desc_size == 16:
+            self.dut.build_install_dpdk(self.target)
+        self.dut.kill_all()
