[EXTERNAL] [PATCH v5 0/4] eal: uevent overrun mitigation

[Long Li]

> This set of patches is an extension of the proposed patch to handle netlink
> uevent socket overrun reported by Randy Tice.
> Mostly impacts users of Azure VF events (MLX5 and MANA).
> 
> DPDK uses netlink uevent to track hotplug events reported by the kernel. Since
> this is a one-way non-blocking channel there is no fool proof way to prevent
> missing events if DPDK interrupt thread does not keep up.
> 
> What this series does is:
>   - use netlink group to only receive events from kernel
>   - increase socket buffer to have more headroom
>   - report the problem more clearly in log
>   - document requirement for control threads

I tested the patch series for MANA. The test passed.

> 
> Stephen Hemminger (4):
>   eal/linux: filter uevent Netlink in kernel
>   eal/linux: increase uevent socket buffer
>   eal/linux: report uevent socket overrun
>   doc: add warning about control threads
> 
>  .mailmap                                      |  1 +
>  .../prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst      | 14 +++++
>  lib/eal/linux/eal_dev.c                       | 56 ++++++++++++++++---
>  3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
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> 2.53.0