Issue with rte_eth_dev_start

Igor de Paula igordptx at gmail.com
Mon Apr 24 10:37:48 CEST 2023


Invalid argument is the same error I get from the ioctl that I get (in the
diable though).
Does the function get called twice in a row?

On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 2:16 AM Verghis Koshi <vkoshi at gmail.com> wrote:

>     Looks like I have a somewhat similar issue while running basicfwd, not
> sure why.  The code
> is just trying to enable MSI-X interrupts, but perror() says 'Invalid
> argument'.
>     Any thoughts?
>
> fio_enable_msix(), ../lib/eal/linux/eal_interrupts.c:306, ret -1
> <Snip> Invalid argument
> EAL: Error enabling MSI-X interrupts for fd 19
> Port 0 MAC: 08 00 27 0d 34 ff
>
> Verghis
>
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 2:12 PM Igor de Paula <igordptx at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am enabling lsc interrupts.
>> I don't  explicitly start/stop the queues.
>> Should I call link up/down before the start/stop? From the doc I saw it
>> shuts down the queues.
>> From what I saw it calls the msix disable function in the start and the
>> stop functions. In the second time it seem to cause the error.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 22:06 Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:39:18 +0100
>>> Igor de Paula <igordptx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > From what I can tell, dpdk calles the function  vfio_disable_msix  in
>>> the
>>> > stop and start function. The reason it does not happen in start up is
>>> that
>>> > I don't call stop before.
>>> > Calling stop and then start calls the function twice. Which maybe
>>> shouldn't
>>> > happen... Is it a bug?
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 12:33 PM Igor de Paula <igordptx at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Hi,
>>> > > I am having trouble with restarting a HW port allocated to DPDK.
>>> > > I am running the DPDK version: 21.08.0 and Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS.
>>> > > The driver is : net_e100igb
>>> > > After I start the port with no issues I try to call rte_eth_dev_stop
>>> to
>>> > > stop it.
>>> > > When I am ready I call rte_eth_dev_start to start it again an I get
>>> the
>>> > > following message:
>>> > > EAL: Error disabling MSI-X interrupts for fd 46.
>>> > > I am not sure what this error is coming from and what it causes.
>>> > > I found little information online. If someone could explain, I would
>>> > > really appreciate it.
>>> > > This is a copy print on setup with no issues:
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703542:     Driver: net_e1000_igb
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703546:     Bus Id: 0000:01:00.0
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703551:     rx offload cap: 280e (92e0f)
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703555:     tx offload cap: 8002 (803f)
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703559:     NUMA Socket: 0
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703563:     MAC Address: b4:96:91:63:62:40
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703568:     Max Rx Queue: 8
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703572:     Max Tx Queue: 8
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703577:     Max Rx Descriptors: 4096
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703581:     Max Tx Descriptors: 4096
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703585:     Max Rx Packet Length: 16383
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703589:     Available Link Speeds: 10Mb/s
>>> 100Mb/s 1Gb/s
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703608:     Fixed Link Speed: Auto
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703616:     Fixed Duplex: Auto
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703623:     MTU Set to: 16383
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703632:     Actual Rx Descriptors: 4096
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703636:     Actual Tx Descriptors: 4096
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703695:     Set up 1 send queues
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703700:     Actual MTU: 16383
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703704:     Actual Linkspeed: 0
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703708:     Actual duplex: 0
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.703713:     Successfully set port interrupt event
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.818085:     Flow control turned off for Port 0
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.844179:     Port 0 up and running
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.844303: Event type: LSC interrupt
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:09:51.844382:     Port 0 Link Down
>>> > >
>>> > > And after I stop and start:
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492428:     Driver: net_e1000_igb
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492476:     Bus Id: 0000:01:00.0
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492526:     rx offload cap: 280e (92e0f)
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492576:     tx offload cap: 8002 (803f)
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492624:     NUMA Socket: 0
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492672:     MAC Address: b4:96:91:63:62:40
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492721:     Max Rx Queue: 8
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492770:     Max Tx Queue: 8
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492813:     Max Rx Descriptors: 4096
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492851:     Max Tx Descriptors: 4096
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492889:     Max Rx Packet Length: 16383
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.492958:     Available Link Speeds: 10Mb/s
>>> 100Mb/s 1Gb/s
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.493207:     Fixed Link Speed: Auto
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.493301:     Fixed Duplex: Full
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.493822:     MTU Set to: 16383
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.493889:     Actual Rx Descriptors: 4096
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.493936:     Actual Tx Descriptors: 4096
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.494190:     Actual MTU: 16383
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.494229:     Actual Linkspeed: 0
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.494266:     Actual duplex: 1
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.494305:     Successfully set port interrupt event
>>> > > *EAL: Error disabling MSI-X interrupts for fd 46*
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.603181:     Flow control turned off for Port 0
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.629151:     Port 0 up and running
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.629222: Event type: LSC interrupt
>>> > > 2023-04-20 11:11:00.629273:     Port 0 Link Down
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Thanks,
>>> > > Igor
>>>
>>> Are you using Link State (LSC) or receive interrupts?
>>> Did you start/stop the tx and rx queues. Could be a device bug where
>>> it assumes all queues were stopped.
>>>
>>> Also check kernel dmesg output; VFIO might print an error message there.
>>>
>>
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