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From: "Zhang, Xiao" <xiao.zhang@intel.com>
To: "Ye, Xiaolong" <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>
Cc: "Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"Xing, Beilei" <beilei.xing@intel.com>,
	"Zhang, Qi Z" <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>,
	 "stable@dpdk.org" <stable@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] net/i40e: add promiscuous configure unsupported check
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 02:59:57 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0140d68aec194144b5d06637de7dee07@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200303025323.GE25927@intel.com>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ye, Xiaolong
> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 10:53 AM
> To: Zhang, Xiao <xiao.zhang@intel.com>
> Cc: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; Xing, Beilei
> <beilei.xing@intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] net/i40e: add promiscuous configure unsupported check
> 
> On 03/03, Zhang, Xiao wrote:
> >Hi Ferruh,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> >> Sent: Monday, March 2, 2020 5:09 PM
> >> To: Zhang, Xiao <xiao.zhang@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> >> Cc: Xing, Beilei <beilei.xing@intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z
> >> <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; stable@dpdk.org
> >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] net/i40e: add promiscuous configure
> >> unsupported check
> >>
> >> On 2/28/2020 3:22 AM, Xiao Zhang wrote:
> >> > Return ENOTSUP error code when configuring i40evf promiscuous mode
> >> > to fix port start hang issue on platforms which are unsupported to
> >> > configure promiscuous mode.
> >>
> >> Hi Xiao,
> >>
> >> What is the cause of the hang, was the application keep trying
> >> because of the "- EAGAIN" error?
> >
> >When starting port, rte_eth_dev_start will call rte_eth_dev_config_restore in
> which promisc configure will be called to enable/disable promiscuous mode.
> >Since "-EAGAIN" was returned if platforms not supported to configure promisc
> mode, it would return error and stop port starting.
> 
> So the real issue caused by this is "Fail to start port", not "hang", right?
> I can change the description in the commit log directly.

Yes, it's "Fail to start port". Thanks Xiaolong helping correct the commit log.

> 
> Thanks,
> Xiaolong

      reply	other threads:[~2020-03-03  3:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-28  3:22 Xiao Zhang
2020-03-02  2:20 ` Ye Xiaolong
2020-03-02  9:08 ` Ferruh Yigit
2020-03-03  2:01   ` Zhang, Xiao
2020-03-03  2:53     ` Ye Xiaolong
2020-03-03  2:59       ` Zhang, Xiao [this message]

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