Maestro evaluation testsuit

Traffic Generator

1. Install the dependencies: installers/install-deps-tg.sh.
2. Activate the python env source build/env/bin/activate.
3. Get the RX and TX PCIe names (we can, for example, use DPDK for this: build/dpdk/usertools/dpdk-devbind --status-dev net).
4. Modify the vars.sh file with the correct data.
5. Generate the pcaps: pcaps/generate.sh.
6. Setup the environment: util/setup-tg.sh.
7. Run the experiments on the bench directory (don't forget to also setup the DUT).

Device Under Test (DUT)

1. Install the dependencies: installers/install-deps-dut.sh (note: this requires docker to be installed and acessible by users without sudo).
2. Get the RX and TX PCIe names (we can, for example, use DPDK for this: build/dpdk/usertools/dpdk-devbind --status-dev net).
3. Modify the vars.sh file with the correct data.
4. Setup the environment: util/setup-dut.sh.
5. Generate all the pcaps (pcaps/generate.sh) OR copy them from the TG.

Transactional Memory

Double check that transactional memory is working on the machine:

$ util/check-tsx.sh
RTM: Yes
HLE: Yes

⚠️ WARNING: running the Maestro TM solutions without having RTM enabled will not actually result in an error, but in a significant drop in performance, as all transactions always abort.

Transactional Memory not working

Add tsx=on to the kernel arguments by modifying the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX field in the /etc/default/grub file:

[...]
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="tsx=on isolcpus=16-31 intel_pstate=disable"
[...]

Persist the changes:

$ sudo update-grub

And reboot.