[PATCH v2] doc: add PMD known issue
    Mingjin Ye 
    mingjinx.ye at intel.com
       
    Sat May  6 12:02:52 CEST 2023
    
    
  
Add a known issue: The ixgbe_vf driver is not multi-process safe.
Signed-off-by: Mingjin Ye <mingjinx.ye at intel.com>
---
v2: Modify issue description reason.
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 doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
index b1d77ab7ab..9fb3c39bf4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
@@ -461,3 +461,18 @@ show bypass config
 Show the bypass configuration for a bypass enabled NIC using the lowest port on the NIC::
 
    testpmd> show bypass config (port_id)
+
+VF driver is not multi-process safe
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Core dump may occur when we start secondary processes on the VF port.
+Mainstream Linux distributions have the ASLR feature enabled by default,
+and the text segment of the process memory space is randomized.
+The secondary process calls the function address shared by the primary
+process, resulting in a core dump.
+
+   .. Note::
+
+          Support for ASLR features varies by distribution. Redhat and
+          Centos series distributions work fine. Ubuntu distributions
+          will core dump, other Linux distributions are unknown.
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2.25.1
    
    
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