[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vfio: make container open error non-fatal

[Richardson, Bruce]

The below patch is the quickest fix I found to make my applications work again, but I'm not sure it's the best solution. Can anyone else offer other suggestions to improve this?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richardson, Bruce
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 3:29 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Richardson, Bruce
> Subject: [PATCH] vfio: make container open error non-fatal
> 
> When setting up an app to run using the uio driver, errors caused by
> VFIO failures should not abruptly cause the app to fail.
> 
> Example: on a board with 8 ports bound to igb_uio module, and no VFIO
> configuration, a testpmd run currently fails with:
> 
> EAL:   cannot open VFIO container!
> EAL:   0000:04:00.0 cannot open VFIO container!
> EAL: Error - exiting with code: 1
>   Cause: Requested device 0000:04:00.0 cannot be used
> 
> With this patch applied, the problem with VFIO is ignored and testpmd
> successfully starts up - with ignored errors with vfio - as below:
> 
> EAL: PCI device 0000:04:00.0 on NUMA socket 0
> EAL:   probe driver: 8086:1521 rte_igb_pmd
> EAL:   unknown IOMMU driver!
> EAL:   0000:04:00.0 cannot open VFIO container!
> EAL:   0000:04:00.0 not managed by UIO driver, skipping
> <...scan results for other ports skipped...>
> EAL: PCI device 0000:8e:00.0 on NUMA socket 1
> EAL:   probe driver: 8086:154a rte_ixgbe_pmd
> EAL:   unknown IOMMU driver!
> EAL:   0000:8e:00.0 cannot open VFIO container!
> EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x7ff4ff5fa000
> EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x7ff4ff5f6000
> EAL: PCI device 0000:8e:00.1 on NUMA socket 1
> EAL:   probe driver: 8086:154a rte_ixgbe_pmd
> EAL:   unknown IOMMU driver!
> EAL:   0000:8e:00.1 cannot open VFIO container!
> EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x7ff4ff4f6000
> EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x7ff4ff4f2000
> Interactive-mode selected
> Configuring Port 0 (socket 0)
> <...other 7 ports ...>
> Checking link statuses...
> Port 0 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
> Port 1 Link Down
> Port 2 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
> Port 3 Link Down
> Port 4 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
> Port 5 Link Down
> Port 6 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
> Port 7 Link Down
> Done
> testpmd>
> 
> This issue is introduced by the VFIO patch set addition, specifically
> commit ff0b67d1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio.c
> index 4de6061..4af38f6 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio.c
> @@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ pci_vfio_map_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
>  		int vfio_container_fd = pci_vfio_get_container_fd();
>  		if (vfio_container_fd < 0) {
>  			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  %s cannot open VFIO
> container!\n", pci_addr);
> -			return -1;
> +			return 1;
>  		}
> 
>  		vfio_cfg.vfio_container_fd = vfio_container_fd;
> --
> 1.9.3