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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
Copyright(c) 2022 Marvell.
Security Performance Tool
=========================
The ``dpdk-test-security-perf`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
utility to test ``rte_security`` session create/destroy rates.
Test covers supported combinations of cipher and auth algorithms.
Limitations
-----------
* Test only ESP tunnel mode with IPv4.
Running the Application
-----------------------
EAL Command-line Options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please refer to :doc:`EAL parameters (Linux) <../linux_gsg/linux_eal_parameters>`
or :doc:`EAL parameters (FreeBSD) <../freebsd_gsg/freebsd_eal_parameters>`
for a list of available EAL command-line options.
Security Performance Options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following are the command-line options for the security performance
application.
They must be separated from the EAL options, shown in the previous section,
with a ``--`` separator:
.. code-block:: console
sudo ./dpdk-test-security-perf -- --nb-sess=163840 --inbound
The command-line options are:
``--help``
Display a help message and quit.
``--nb-sess``
Set the number of sessions to be created, default value is 163840.
``--inbound``
IPsec SA direction to be tested with.
By default if this option is not provided, outbound direction will be tested.
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