From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
To: Ami Sabo <amis@radware.com>, yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Fix virtio-user multi-process crash.
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 22:14:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4691348.WVCvaACybL@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1655428.Al161abRzh@xps13>
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2017-03-08 12:40, Thomas Monjalon:
> 2017-03-02 11:00, Ami Sabo:
> > The patchset fixes secondary process crash issue when it tries
> > to access virtio-user pmd (e.g. via rte_eth_rx_burst).
> >
> > The crash happens because in virtio_user probing,
> > eth_dev_attach_secondary is not being called, as it does from
> > rte_eth_dev_pci_probe. Therefore, the device is not properly
> > initialized.
> >
> > The patchset contains 2 patches:
> > 1. Export rte_eth_dev_attach_secondary, so non-pci drivers will be
> > allowed to call it.
> > 2. Fix the actual bug by calling the function during virtio_user probe.
>
> I do not understand why nobody complains for other virtual devices.
> We should have the same issue with pcap, tap, ring, af_packet, etc.
> Probably that other drivers are broken in secondary processes.
> Or should we make a fix to handle every secondary vdev in
> rte_eth_dev_allocate() ?
Any opinion?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-06 20:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-23 11:58 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/virtio-user: fix multi-process issue Ami Sabo
2017-02-24 8:22 ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-02-26 9:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Fix virtio-user multi-process crash Ami Sabo
2017-02-26 9:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] lib/librte_ether: export secondary attach function Ami Sabo
2017-02-28 6:37 ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-03-02 7:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix virtio-user multi-process crash Ami Sabo
2017-03-02 7:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] lib/librte_ether: export secondary attach function Ami Sabo
2017-03-02 7:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] net/virtio-user: fix multi-process issue Ami Sabo
2017-03-02 7:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] lib/librte_ether: fix code style issues Ami Sabo
2017-03-02 8:12 ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-03-02 9:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Fix virtio-user multi-process crash Ami Sabo
2017-03-02 9:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] lib/librte_ether: export secondary attach function Ami Sabo
2017-03-02 9:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net/virtio-user: fix multi-process issue Ami Sabo
2017-03-08 11:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Fix virtio-user multi-process crash Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-06 20:14 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2017-04-07 6:33 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-04-14 12:13 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-02-26 9:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net/virtio-user: fix multi-process issue Ami Sabo
2017-02-28 6:40 ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-02-28 7:50 ` Ami Sabo
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