[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] raw/ntb: fix write memory barrier issue

Li, Xiaoyun xiaoyun.li at intel.com
Mon Dec 16 02:57:02 CET 2019


Didn't notice that. Will fix it in v2. Thanks!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China) [mailto:Gavin.Hu at arm.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2019 23:30
> To: Li, Xiaoyun <xiaoyun.li at intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; stable at dpdk.org; nd <nd at arm.com>
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] raw/ntb: fix write memory barrier issue
> 
> Hi Xiaoyun,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Xiaoyun Li
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 11:19 PM
> > To: jingjing.wu at intel.com
> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Xiaoyun Li <xiaoyun.li at intel.com>; stable at dpdk.org
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] raw/ntb: fix write memory barrier issue
> >
> > All buffers and ring info should be written before tail register update.
> > This patch relocates the write memory barrier before updating tail register
> > to avoid potential issues.
> >
> > Fixes: 11b5c7daf019 ("raw/ntb: add enqueue and dequeue functions")
> > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xiaoyun Li <xiaoyun.li at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
> > index ad7f6abfd..dd0b72f8c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
> > @@ -683,8 +683,8 @@ ntb_enqueue_bufs(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
> >  			   sizeof(struct ntb_used) * nb1);
> >  		rte_memcpy(txq->tx_used_ring, tx_used + nb1,
> >  			   sizeof(struct ntb_used) * nb2);
> > -		*txq->used_cnt = txq->last_used;
> >  		rte_wmb();
> > +		*txq->used_cnt = txq->last_used;
> I am ok with the re-location of the barrier, but why not the rte_io_wmb instead
> of rte_wmb?
> Rte_io_wmb is sufficient to guarantee the preceding stores are visible to the
> device, rte_wmb is overkill.
> https://code.dpdk.org/dpdk/latest/source/lib/librte_eal/common/include/gener
> ic/rte_atomic.h#L92
> >
> >  		/* update queue stats */
> >  		hw->ntb_xstats[NTB_TX_BYTES_ID + off] += bytes;
> > @@ -789,8 +789,8 @@ ntb_dequeue_bufs(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
> >  			   sizeof(struct ntb_desc) * nb1);
> >  		rte_memcpy(rxq->rx_desc_ring, rx_desc + nb1,
> >  			   sizeof(struct ntb_desc) * nb2);
> > -		*rxq->avail_cnt = rxq->last_avail;
> >  		rte_wmb();
> > +		*rxq->avail_cnt = rxq->last_avail;
> >
> >  		/* update queue stats */
> >  		off = NTB_XSTATS_NUM * ((size_t)context + 1);
> > --
> > 2.17.1



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