[PATCH 1/3] eal/freebsd: Do not use prev_ms_idx for hole detection

Jake Freeland jfree at FreeBSD.org
Tue May 6 19:50:07 CEST 2025


Use rte_fbarray_is_used() to check if the previous fbarray entry is
already empty.

Using prev_ms_idx to do this is flawed in cases where we loop through
multiple memseg lists. Each memseg list has its own count and length,
so using a prev_ms_idx from one memseg list to check for used entries
in another non-empty memseg list can lead to incorrect hole placement.

Signed-off-by: Jake Freeland <jfree at FreeBSD.org>
---
 lib/eal/freebsd/eal_memory.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_memory.c b/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_memory.c
index 3b72e13506..bcf5a6f986 100644
--- a/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_memory.c
+++ b/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_memory.c
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < internal_conf->num_hugepage_sizes; i++) {
 		struct hugepage_info *hpi;
 		rte_iova_t prev_end = 0;
-		int prev_ms_idx = -1;
 		uint64_t page_sz, mem_needed;
 		unsigned int n_pages, max_pages;
 
@@ -168,9 +167,9 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
 				if (ms_idx < 0)
 					continue;
 
-				if (need_hole && prev_ms_idx == ms_idx - 1)
+				if (need_hole &&
+				    rte_fbarray_is_used(arr, ms_idx - 1))
 					ms_idx++;
-				prev_ms_idx = ms_idx;
 
 				break;
 			}
-- 
2.47.2



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