[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] net/failsafe: support multicast address list set
Gaëtan Rivet
gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com
Wed Sep 19 16:50:57 CEST 2018
Hi,
Sorry about the delay on this, overall it looks ok;
I have an issue however, see inline.
On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 07:55:22AM +0100, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> From: Evgeny Im <Evgeny.Im at oktetlabs.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Evgeny Im <Evgeny.Im at oktetlabs.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/nics/features/failsafe.ini | 1 +
> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 6 ++++
> drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c | 1 +
> drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ether.c | 17 +++++++++
> drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ops.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_private.h | 2 ++
> 6 files changed, 75 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/failsafe.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/failsafe.ini
> index 83cc99d19..39ee57965 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/features/failsafe.ini
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/failsafe.ini
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Jumbo frame = Y
> Promiscuous mode = Y
> Allmulticast mode = Y
> Unicast MAC filter = Y
> +Multicast MAC filter = Y
> VLAN filter = Y
> Flow control = Y
> Flow API = Y
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
> index 24204e67b..54e0e4ee4 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
> @@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ New Features
> Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
> =========================================================
>
> +* **Updated failsafe driver.**
> +
> + Updated the failsafe driver including the following changes:
> +
> + * Support multicast MAC address set.
> +
>
> API Changes
> -----------
> diff --git a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c
> index 657919f93..c3999f026 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c
> @@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ fs_rte_eth_free(const char *name)
> ret = pthread_mutex_destroy(&PRIV(dev)->hotplug_mutex);
> if (ret)
> ERROR("Error while destroying hotplug mutex");
> + rte_free(PRIV(dev)->mcast_addrs);
> rte_free(PRIV(dev));
> rte_eth_dev_release_port(dev);
> return ret;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ether.c b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ether.c
> index 5b5cb3b49..5078feabe 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ether.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ether.c
> @@ -424,6 +424,23 @@ failsafe_eth_dev_state_sync(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> ret = dev->dev_ops->dev_start(dev);
> if (ret)
> goto err_remove;
> + /*
> + * Propagate multicast MAC addresses to sub-devices,
> + * if non zero number of addresses is set.
> + * The condition is required to avoid breakage of failsafe
> + * for sub-devices which do not support the operation
> + * if the feature is really not used.
> + */
> + if (PRIV(dev)->nb_mcast_addr > 0) {
> + ret = dev->dev_ops->set_mc_addr_list(dev,
> + PRIV(dev)->mcast_addrs,
> + PRIV(dev)->nb_mcast_addr);
> + if (ret) {
> + ERROR("Could not set list of multicast addresses to sub_device %d",
> + i);
> + goto err_remove;
> + }
> + }
Using here the dev-ops instead of calling the rte_eth_* API as is done for the
other configuration items, is unorthodox and I believe could lead to
issues.
Why didn't you call rte_eth_dev_set_mc_addr_list on the new port only instead,
the same way it is done for the other configuration item?
Using the dev-ops, you are making the other sub-device re-apply the
same configuration periodically (in case of repeated hotplug error),
twice per sub-device upkeep cycle. This is unnecessary and seems to
foster instability for no clear benefit. Can you justify it?
--
Gaëtan Rivet
6WIND
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