[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: update data->eth_link status on start
Chas Williams
3chas3 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 30 19:21:36 CEST 2018
On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 12:30 PM, Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang at intel.com> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Chas Williams
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 6:56 AM
>> To: dev at dpdk.org
>> Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo; Ananyev, Konstantin; Charles (Chas) Williams
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: update data->eth_link status on start
>>
>> From: "Charles (Chas) Williams" <chas3 at att.com>
>>
>> dev->data->eth_link isn't updated until the first interrupt. If a
>> link is carrier down, then this interrupt may never happen. Before we finished
>> starting the PMD, call ixgbe_dev_link_update() to ensure we have a valid status.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas3 at att.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 4 ++++
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>> b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>> index 37eb668..27d29dc 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>> @@ -2666,6 +2666,8 @@ ixgbe_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>> if (err)
>> goto error;
>>
>> + ixgbe_dev_link_update(dev, 0);
> It is called in rte_eth_dev_start() if lsc is not enabled,
> and it is not needed here to avoid any duplication.
> BTW, did you see any issue or just check the code? Thanks!
Yes, I see an issue with bonding. If LSC is enabled, then link_status
isn't set until the first interrupt to update the link status. If a
link is down, this interrupt may never happen result in link_status
being somewhat undefined.
>
> /Helin
>
>> +
>> skip_link_setup:
>>
>> if (rte_intr_allow_others(intr_handle)) { @@ -5033,6 +5035,8 @@
>> ixgbevf_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>>
>> ixgbevf_dev_rxtx_start(dev);
>>
>> + ixgbevf_dev_link_update(dev, 0);
>> +
>> /* check and configure queue intr-vector mapping */
>> if (rte_intr_cap_multiple(intr_handle) &&
>> dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rxq) {
>> --
>> 2.9.5
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