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From: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
To: Didier Pallard <didier.pallard@6wind.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] igb: release software locked
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-----Original Message-----
From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Didier Pallard
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:30 PM
To: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] igb: release software locked semaphores =
on initialization

It may happen that DPDK application gets killed while having acquired locks=
 on the ethernet hardware, causing these locks to be never released. On nex=
t restart of the application, DPDK skip those ports because it can not acqu=
ire the lock, this may cause some ports (or even complete board if SMBI is =
locked) to be inaccessible from DPDK application until reboot of the hardwa=
re.

This patch release locks that are supposed to be locked due to an improper =
exit of the application.

Signed-off-by: Didier Pallard <didier.pallard@6wind.com>
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Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>