[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix testpmd exit using ctrl+d

[Mordechay Haimovsky]

Hi,
This issue happens on some of our setups sometimes without even pressing any key.
I will try to create a minimalistic setup which will show the problem and will be easy to construct by you.
Will send you all the details later on today.

Moti

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Singh, Jasvinder [mailto:jasvinder.singh at intel.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 11:31 AM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>; Dumitrescu, Cristian
> <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Mordechay Haimovsky <motih at mellanox.com>;
> Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>; Pattan, Reshma
> <reshma.pattan at intel.com>; olivier.matz at 6wind.com
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix testpmd exit using ctrl+d
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas at monjalon.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 9:19 AM
> > To: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>
> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Mordechay Haimovsky <motih at mellanox.com>; Singh,
> > Jasvinder <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>; Iremonger, Bernard
> > <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>; Pattan, Reshma
> > <reshma.pattan at intel.com>; olivier.matz at 6wind.com
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix testpmd exit using
> > ctrl+d
> >
> > 24/07/2018 18:59, Dumitrescu, Cristian:
> > > From: Mordechay Haimovsky [mailto:motih at mellanox.com]
> > > >
> > > > Even after this fix we still have setups that use netvsc  for
> > > > example,  on which testpmd exits with rte_panic right after
> > > > loading it even without touching the KBD.
> > > >
> > > > I recommend returning the previous prompt routine in
> > > > test-pmd/cmdline.c and rework the SOFTNIC section there,
> > > > preferably moving its poll section to use rte_service in a
> > > > separate file cleaning the CLI files from PMD-specific implementation.
> > > >
> > > > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas at monjalon.net]
> > > > >
> > > > > Important note:
> > > > > 	testpmd is currently really broken.
> > > > > 	We cannot have a RC2 until it is fixed.
> > > > >
> > >
> > > First, testpmd is not really broken, as only thing that changed is
> > > the Ctrl + D
> > behavior. I agree this is an issue that we need to fix, as it looks
> > that it is breaking some automation scripts for some people.
> > >
> > > The change in behavior for Ctrl + D exit is caused by replacing the
> > > call to
> > cmdline_interact() with calling cmdline_poll() in a loop. These two
> > approaches should be identical in behavior, but it looks like they are
> > not due to some issue in the cmdline library. Jasvinder proposed a
> > quick patch, but it looks like something else needs to be fixed in
> > cmdline library in order to bring
> > cmdline_poll() on parity with cmdline_interact(). Any advice from
> > Olivier would be very much appreciated!
> > >
> > > It is really a bad practice to use cmdline_interact() in testpmd, as
> > > it is a
> > blocking call that prohibits doing other things on the same thread
> > that runs the CLI. Sometimes we need to run other things on the same
> > core, e.g. the slow
> > softnic_manage() function.
> > >
> > > Worst case scenario: We can revert the cmdline_poll() back to
> > cmdline_interact(), this is a small change, but not the proper way of
> > doing things, as this is simply hiding the issue in cmdline library.
> > It would also prevent us from testing some Soft NIC functionality.
> >
> > There are some crashes, even without touching the keyboard.
> 
> Thomas, could you be specific here so that we can reproduce the issues you
> are mentioning? Thanks.
> 
> > So yes, we should revert.
> >