Achieving PacketOut from client at a given packet rate

[rsindhujha]

hi @rnhaddad ,
Need your suggestion on how we can achieve PacketOut from the p4rt client at a particular rate? For example GDP at 324pps.

[rnhaddad]

You should be able to write a "traffic shaper" (leaky bucket) function on top of the current client with the desired rate. This would only "emulate average rates" as in Linux the scheduler is not a real-time scheduler. But given the low rate of 324pps it should be doable.
Feel free to contribute a new function to the code (leaky buckets are easy enough to implement, you can have a go routine that can generate packets from a template and send packets at the desired rate until it is told to stop), i can help review.

[rsindhujha]

Thanks @rnhaddad . Will you be able to help us with this enhancement? I dont have expertise in this area. This is required for the Packetout performance Ondatra test case.

[rnhaddad]

Unfortunately i don't have cycles at the moment for this feature. Sorry about that.