[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v5 3/3] kni: fix kernel deadlock when using mlx devices

Igor Ryzhov iryzhov at nfware.com
Fri Apr 23 14:58:14 CEST 2021


Sorry I remembered the problem with the deadlock.

We can't just make the shutdown command synchronous, because
we can't release the rtnl_lock anyway. So regardless of the process
mode (sync/async), we have to preserve the lock when processing
the shutdown. It looks like two different settings...

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 3:43 PM Igor Ryzhov <iryzhov at nfware.com> wrote:

> Hi Ferruh,
>
> Thanks. I think it would be great to make this configurable, and maybe even
> make shutdown synchronous by default to preserve the old behavior.
>
> I would be grateful if you could spend time on the work and I am ready to
> review it.
>
> Igor
>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 4/23/2021 9:41 AM, Igor Ryzhov wrote:
>> > This patch changes the behavior for KNI interface shutdown.
>> > Previously we would receive a real response from the driver, now we
>> > always receive success.
>> > I think this should be reflected in the docs/release notes.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Igor,
>>
>> Make sense, I can add it.
>>
>> Meanwhile do you think has a benefit to make shutdown behavior
>> configurable?
>> Async/Sync shutdown based on module param?
>>
>> > Igor
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 2:07 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net
>> > <mailto:thomas at monjalon.net>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     12/04/2021 16:35, Elad Nachman:
>> >      > Hi,
>> >      >
>> >      > The new patch is fine by me.
>> >      >
>> >      > Tested several dozens restarts of our proprietary application
>> without
>> >      > apparent problem.
>> >
>> >     Series applied, thanks.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>


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