[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/7] ethdev: synchronize port allocation

[Matan Azrad]

Ethernet port allocation was not thread safe, means 2 threads which tried
to allocate a new port at the same time might get an identical port
identifier and caused to memory overwrite.
Actually, all the port configurations were not thread safe from ethdev
point of view.

The port ownership mechanism added to the ethdev is a good point to
redefine the synchronization rules in ethdev:

1. The port allocation and port release synchronization will be
   managed by ethdev.
2. The port usage synchronization will be managed by the port owner.
3. The port ownership synchronization will be managed by ethdev.

Add port allocation synchronization to complete the new rules.

Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>
---
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
index 3d2b90c..19650ae 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -268,20 +268,23 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
 rte_eth_dev_allocate(const char *name)
 {
 	uint16_t port_id;
-	struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev;
+	struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev = NULL;
+
+	rte_eth_dev_shared_data_prepare();
+
+	/* Synchronize port creation between primary and secondary threads. */
+	rte_spinlock_lock(&rte_eth_dev_shared_data->ownership_lock);
 
 	port_id = rte_eth_dev_find_free_port();
 	if (port_id == RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS) {
 		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Reached maximum number of Ethernet ports\n");
-		return NULL;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
-	rte_eth_dev_shared_data_prepare();
-
 	if (rte_eth_dev_allocated(name) != NULL) {
 		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Ethernet Device with name %s already allocated!\n",
 				name);
-		return NULL;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	eth_dev = eth_dev_get(port_id);
@@ -289,7 +292,11 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
 	eth_dev->data->port_id = port_id;
 	eth_dev->data->mtu = ETHER_MTU;
 
-	_rte_eth_dev_callback_process(eth_dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_NEW, NULL);
+unlock:
+	rte_spinlock_unlock(&rte_eth_dev_shared_data->ownership_lock);
+
+	if (eth_dev != NULL)
+		_rte_eth_dev_callback_process(eth_dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_NEW, NULL);
 
 	return eth_dev;
 }
@@ -303,10 +310,13 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
 rte_eth_dev_attach_secondary(const char *name)
 {
 	uint16_t i;
-	struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev;
+	struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev = NULL;
 
 	rte_eth_dev_shared_data_prepare();
 
+	/* Synchronize port attachment to primary port creation and release. */
+	rte_spinlock_lock(&rte_eth_dev_shared_data->ownership_lock);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS; i++) {
 		if (strcmp(rte_eth_dev_shared_data->data[i].name, name) == 0)
 			break;
@@ -315,12 +325,12 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
 		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE(
 			"device %s is not driven by the primary process\n",
 			name);
-		return NULL;
+	} else {
+		eth_dev = eth_dev_get(i);
+		RTE_ASSERT(eth_dev->data->port_id == i);
 	}
 
-	eth_dev = eth_dev_get(i);
-	RTE_ASSERT(eth_dev->data->port_id == i);
-
+	rte_spinlock_unlock(&rte_eth_dev_shared_data->ownership_lock);
 	return eth_dev;
 }
 
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1.8.3.1