Re: [PATCH v2] net/af_xdp: allow operation when multiprocess is disabled

[David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 12:14 PM Junxiao Shi <git@mail1.yoursunny.com> wrote:
>
> If EAL multiprocess feature has been disabled via rte_mp_disable()
> function, AF_XDP driver may not be able to register its IPC callback.
> Previously this leads to probe failure.
> This commit adds a check for this condition so that AF_XDP can still be
> used even if multiprocess is disabled.
>
> Fixes: 9876cf8316b3 ("net/af_xdp: re-enable secondary process support")
>
> Signed-off-by: Junxiao Shi <git@mail1.yoursunny.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c b/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
> index 6ac710c6bd..2163df7c5c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
> @@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ rte_pmd_af_xdp_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
>         /* Register IPC callback which shares xsk fds from primary to secondary */
>         if (!afxdp_dev_count) {
>                 ret = rte_mp_action_register(ETH_AF_XDP_MP_KEY, afxdp_mp_send_fds);
> -               if (ret < 0) {
> +               if (ret < 0 && rte_errno != ENOTSUP) {
>                         AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "%s: Failed to register multi-process IPC callback: %s",
>                                    name, strerror(rte_errno));
>                         return -1;
> --
> 2.17.1
>

I just encountered the same issue.
Patch lgtm.


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David Marchand