[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 00/11] al: replace calls to rte_panic and refrain from new instances

[Arnon Warshavsky]

please ignore this patchset.
The v6 formatting is messed up. resending
Sorry for the mess

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 9:41 AM, Arnon Warshavsky <arnon at qwilt.com> wrote:

> The purpose of this patch series is to cleanup the library code
> from paths that end up aborting the process,
> and move to checking error values, in order to allow the running process
> perform an orderly teardown or other mitigation of the event.
>
> This patch modifies the majority of rte_panic calls
> under lib and drivers, and replaces them with a log message
> and an error return code according to context,
> that can be propagated up the call stack.
>
> - Focus was given to the dpdk initialization path
> - Some of the panic calls within drivers were left in place where
>   the call is from within an interrupt or calls that are
>   on the data path,where there is no simple applicative
>   route to propagate the error to temination.
>   These should be handled by the driver maintainers..
> - local void functions with no api were changed to retrun a value
>   where needed
> - No change took place in example and test files
> - No change took place for debug assertions calling panic
> - A new function was added to devtools/checkpatches.sh
>   in order to prevent new additions of calls to rte_panic
>   under lib and drivers.
>
> Keep calm and don't panic
>
> ---
>
> v2:
> - reformat error messages so that literal string are in the same line
> - fix typo in commit message
> - add new return code to doxigen of rte_memzone_free()
>
> v3:
> - submit  all 13 patches changed and unchanged in the same patchset
>
> v4:
> - remove 2 patches that are no more relevant
> - fix split literal string in error message
> - change return value -1 to enum
> - split value and success code in a static function
>
> v5:
> - reword commit messages
> - revert thread related instances back to panicing
> - handle file descriptors with state to reset after eal init failure
>   in case re initialization takes place
>
> v6:
> - Use pmd log macro rather than rte_log
>
>
>
> Arnon Warshavsky (11):
>   crypto/dpaa: replace rte_panic instances in crypto/dpaa driver
>   bond: replace rte_panic instances in bonding driver
>   e1000: replace rte_panic instances in e1000 driver
>   ixgbe: replace rte_panic instances in ixgbe driver
>   eal: replace rte_panic instances in eventdev
>   kni: replace rte_panic instances in kni
>   eal: replace rte_panic instances in hugepage_info
>   eal: replace rte_panic instances in interrupts thread
>   eal: replace rte_panic instances in ethdev
>   eal: replace rte_panic instances in init sequence
>   devtools: prevent new instances of rte_panic and rte_exit
>
>  devtools/checkpatches.sh                          | 95
> +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c       |  8 +-
>  drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/dpaa_sec.c                |  8 +-
>  drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c         | 29 ++++---
>  drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad_private.h |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_api.c            | 22 +++--
>  drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c            |  9 ++-
>  drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_private.h        |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h                  |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c                    |  4 +-
>  drivers/net/e1000/igb_pf.c                        | 15 ++--
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c                  |  6 +-
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.h                  |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c                      | 15 ++--
>  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c                   | 70 +++++++++++-----
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c                 | 97
> +++++++++++++++--------
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_hugepage_info.c   | 37 ++++++---
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c      | 25 ++++--
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c                     | 42 +++++++---
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h                     |  4 +-
>  lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd_pci.h        |  8 +-
>  lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd_vdev.h       |  8 +-
>  lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c                          | 18 +++--
>  lib/librte_kni/rte_kni_fifo.h                     | 11 ++-
>  24 files changed, 396 insertions(+), 143 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
>


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