[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mem: fix free segment when using huge-unlink option
Burakov, Anatoly
anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Thu Apr 1 13:07:23 CEST 2021
On 22-Feb-21 10:41 AM, Roy Shterman wrote:
> When using huge_unlink we unlink the segment right
> after allocation. Although we unlink the file we keep
> the fd in fd_list so file still exist just the path deleted.
> When freeing the hugepage we need to close the fd and assign
> it with (-1) in fd_list for the page to be released.
>
> The current flow fails rte_malloc in the following flow when working
> with --huge-unlink option:
> 1. alloc_seg() for segment A -
> We allocate segment, unlink the path to the segment
> and keep the file descriptor in fd_list.
> 2. free_seg() for segment A -
> We clear the segment metadata and return - without closing fd
> or assigning (-1) in fd list.
> 3. alloc_seg() for segment A again -
> We find segment A as available, try to allocate it,
> find the old fd in fd_list try to unlink it
> as part of alloc_seg() but failed because path doesn't exist.
>
> The impact of such error is falsly failing rte_malloc()
> although we have hugepages available.
>
> Fixes: d435aad37da7 ("mem: support --huge-unlink mode")
>
> Signed-off-by: Roy Shterman <roy.shterman at vastdata.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
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Thanks,
Anatoly
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