Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: fix rte_intr_dp_is_en() check

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

Hi Yong,

I think the interrupt management should be simpler.
If you want to invest some time to rework this API, you
are very welcome.


2016-07-18 14:19, Liang, Cunming:
> Hi Yong,
> 
> rte_intr_dp_is_en() returns true when rte_intr_efd_enable() (the way to 
> enable data-path interrupt) sets a number of event fds.
> In this case, "intr_conf.rxq=1" configuration causes "nb_efd=1". The 
> value comes from RTE_MIN($nb_efd, 1) from data-path, but not from link 
> event.
> Per link event, you shouldn't use rte_intr_dp_is_en() as the indication.
> As igb_uio only has a single vector, when the conflict(both intr_rxq and 
> intr_lsc turn on) happens, the intr_rxq has high priority than intr_lsc 
> as default PMD behavior.
> Reference as PG 3.1.9 note in 
> http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.html
> 
> Regards,
> Cunming
> 
> On 7/15/2016 8:36 AM, Yong Wang wrote:
> > When binding a device to igb_uio with intr_conf.rxq set to 1, nb_efd
> > is 1 (for link event) but rte_intr_dp_is_en() will still return true.
> > rte_intr_dp_is_en() should also consider intr_handle type in addition
> > to nb_efd.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yong Wang <yongwang@vmware.com>