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Mon, 29 Sep 2025 03:32:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.56] ([78.16.128.95]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-46e2a996bf1sm222799685e9.1.2025.09.29.03.32.19 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 29 Sep 2025 03:32:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <95f8dc71-98a5-4db2-8828-a2990a20e2c7@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:32:19 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [DPDK/ethdev Bug 1789] vmxnet3_dev_start fails in vmxnet3_v4_rss_configure() for single queue in ESX8.0 causing application to exit To: bugzilla@dpdk.org, dev@dpdk.org, jochen.behrens@broadcom.com References: From: Kevin Traynor Autocrypt: addr=ktraynor@redhat.com; keydata= xsFNBF2J2awBEADUEPNhgNI+nJNgiTAUcw4YIgVXEoHlsNPyyzG1BEXkWXALy0Y3fNTiw6+r ltWDkF9jzL9kfkecgQ67itGfk1OaBXgSGKuw1PUpxAwX2Bi76LAR6M5OsyGM9TSVVQwARalz hMwRBIZPzPc7or6Pw7jAOJ8SQGJ1Zlp1YJCjrvpe87V1tH/LY8Wnxn/EuoseFmWILAQZAtYS tGjcrAgYn3SPMLR1B0BP5bTBY06vWQjiufH8drenfDnMJAzuBdG1mqjnTqCjULZ3Hunv4xqZ aMnkvL/K5Tj1c12Oe4930EE53LrXIBUltRg5mBudSWHnC7twjH0082HH9f963Z/2UI63SFIT iUvRvAzJYytgy7XnWLQ0+goZBADKYfolOuC0H8VgCaux8u8KFF28Dy+N6TV2KI58jTlyg1Zu l7QwykZpnOkJFiy37Gfbu3YEOzO72cP/S7/A+zvuqkxi63jyEkd+FY99vLt/HN2MUZwRmKDw UPbLkmrs8WU01/POVsqDcfvz7vu2St8hqqTiSIdQGS2zyTKB2/DvPSM3jws3udkIYSuhn+X4 QBiV6lkVZ7DSE6a065gnAauAql+b32Eymy+xnG5jCt1tR+0Cp2VZYCR9OU2gmomUKBDoX/He pSgED01CqYPNjN+TddirwmQX7ep4DtXc8FWvv2g/pq9WZFQk2QARAQABzSNLZXZpbiBUcmF5 bm9yIDxrdHJheW5vckByZWRoYXQuY29tPsLBjgQTAQgAOBYhBAoiOaH51tHF7VYtEI9CINER a+yJBQJdidmsAhsDBQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEI9CINERa+yJoxIP/3VF 2TIgW4ckxhRFCvFu/606bnvCPie88ake4uWVWMAWwcMc4fKEltRWRCpkSVOwgqoMHnyHxK5r kOKzx2CLJMX5TgTMfKzPuaBDHngHLUzl2DStpBzrod0cVg5TShdmmfjY61uxRJKz+DlSkwgJ riADdVF5PPosQXTkKSGf2ombpTGpx/pue9ocjnr3x4SDpRLlnooM6Jf/3Y3Ib4jX6HPEyWuY b+owIIk9y2nRRGPQ6jbqAhsrXd9V+77UL0QuGWloMuKMZFbNg8hbu7X5aFijAbfxj4YUgojS ba7gfGZQan8h32A9KGQWrmsCBc3j2GqEPsX0r05X7cn7WL6IOPgQJ5EiQ7PlazQYVLrvZg9B n0GKK0k6895mLG0ZZ5v/qajOPF52etSmvFD1WUPb4OqaHqGA9ZtMpaKFRt7Y6rpXqKNU1xzW F5KjbTPtTb9WF3An8dciVv+AYUI7totkZYkWvQtgss8lfaX3NKUvXLVxqK0z3dQyr7rF/tYz PneTKypSksjCgaEBLSrsRmM5zKfe7tSNF/fDntfIq/029Jtcw29TcWEP57peNu6TtejewQD9 sTI+oqiXvW2D5l7LNUDYG8eMJp2oT7I0ZSBRvwcbmjH0DtN/bXCCFfCvk8Yic68F3tV1ctix wQARVKDBhT30uCxycRWojCYqTgNJJS71zsFNBF2J2awBEADP57PR2IpSYBeNSrsAjeIcsahE N4SQP2C4s50S8QEWAUhqMRI7WNv5cfeef0nDvcl1IUA6oz5SokbcsbMa+mRgaNF4N5KikWTO LPYxq2YVJoXwJ+tKmNzyOLFUIfFJ4NBJZple5dTfWzD00Dbb19Mri1hy1mWMqNTPGBee1+hw Qcp6n3mmGECvajs8G5A7NyXbwL8ihN7HX9D01ucD62b4G03yKe2g/hvKgcdUVmhCldJlF27I 2fSR9tDxH9pZqRODY4rjbFZEey/vWKXqjE+DQ8AtMSEaDfFe5D+i4Aw6erWQ3Wr+DwZt1/7G dIAElGA/q90T1ENVwJX9y7fsQssawKYYdDqURHCl5JuDXI+VXUypExipUUT5SPycMmbLsx0D iKEqPPDQWKxkIDVKqj2+EhamSuJznZUwBLJKn0h4zrIWiXWUy07lRwtVuhaDXhF3GfW+5W/x wAg7Qg3w00ASsb/XTHBIhMnenKDfS7ihtQA8SacwX8ySdxb+15XPyiplM979qBQ0mhnilulm MIJzEf/JxoYR5huuj4f1PFqqrsP06Dl+YGB7dQZp3IKggS5c3/TAynARRg9N89UsDXNtp7X0 tgIPFF5k6fnHE0J5O64GYHeTqN/1aE6dAEOV9WrGzQAJxU9ipikb8jKAWXzLewRIKGmoPcRZ WdB0NmIjmQARAQABwsF2BBgBCAAgFiEECiI5ofnW0cXtVi0Qj0Ig0RFr7IkFAl2J2awCGwwA CgkQj0Ig0RFr7IkkORAAl/NbX93WK5MEoRw7/DaPTo/Lo6Pj1XMeSqGyACigHK/452UDvlEH NjNJMzYYrNIjMtEmN9VVCfjT38CSca7mpGQVwchc0mC7QSPAETLCS+UacVf/Kwxz5FfkEUUw UT7A+uyVOIgW3d9ldlRzkHA2czonSSgTQU+i2g6DM4ha+BuQb4byAXH6HQHt/Zh1J64z0ohH v6iGsCzCY/sMWF8+LEGSnzMGRCLiiwSF0vJBHbzWK68fANaF4gBV0Z/+6tQRFN7YMhj/INmk qgvHj1ZzHFNtirjMGPRxoZs51YoLQM/aBPxKrnmXThx1ufH+0L6sGmFTugiDt0XSEkC5reH7 a+VhQ1VTFFQrClA8NmDSPzFeuhru4ryaaDHO+uEB16cNHxHrQtlP/2hts2JM5lwkZRWJ5A57 h8eDEIK5be47T85NVHfuTaboNRmgg1HygVejhGUtt69u/0MVRg/roUTa0FyEbNsvz4qAecyW yWzMcVrcGJDQLC9JLKEpoyUF6gdTKaiDL2Vao4+XRIA3Y57b6MO35a3HuzAv7+i5Z0mnDEJO XxXqTOmKYpMIGexzM/PtuA0712sT1abG9tAJ17ao/B7cqMW5IkKkalemFbWfI2unns4Papvo tk9igVqyp6EJDU98z5TJioCVojwK2laDaoIjTJk9YYv3iwCsqPd5feU= In-Reply-To: X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID: 68HiA0lNz7t1PkyevATCRAnwPkrZKLyF0_ExAjS8g9Q_1759141941 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org fyi - vmxnet3 maintainer Jochen On 19/09/2025 21:15, bugzilla@dpdk.org wrote: > https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1789 > > Bug ID: 1789 > Summary: vmxnet3_dev_start fails in vmxnet3_v4_rss_configure() > for single queue in ESX8.0 causing application to exit > Product: DPDK > Version: 19.11 > Hardware: All > OS: All > Status: UNCONFIRMED > Severity: normal > Priority: Normal > Component: ethdev > Assignee: dev@dpdk.org > Reporter: amiyaranjan.mohakud@gmail.com > Target Milestone: --- > > DPDK Version: 19.11 > ESX version: ESX8.0 > > We faced an exact similar issue as mentioned in > https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/users/2025-April/008236.html. > > Context Details: > ----------------- > In ESXi 8.0 setup with dpdk-19.11, when the HW compatibility version is ESX8.0 > and with single queue pair configuration, the RSS gets enabled. As a result, > vmxnet3_v4_rss_configure() gets called and fails while writing/reading from > BAR1 hw register. It looks to be some compatibility issue with dpdk-19.11 and > ESX8.0. > > if (VMXNET3_VERSION_GE_4(hw) && > dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode == ETH_MQ_RX_RSS) { > /* Check for additional RSS */ > ret = vmxnet3_v4_rss_configure(dev); > if (ret != VMXNET3_SUCCESS) { > PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Failed to configure v4 RSS"); > return ret; > } > } > > As a result, it causes the application to exit. > > Proposed fix: > I have a plausible fix for this. The fix is to disable RSS for such a case ( > the fix should go only in 19.11). During dev_configure(), we can set the > mq_mode to ETH_MQ_RX_NONE if the num_rx_queues is 1. This would avoid calling > of vmxnet3_v4_rss_configure(). > > > /* Disabling RSS for single queue pair */ > if (dev->data->nb_rx_queues == 1) { > dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_NONE; > PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "WARN: Disabling RSS for single Rx queue"); > } > > > Pls verify and let me know if it can be upstreamed. Once confirmed/approved, If > required, I can generate a main stream patch for it. >