From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga06.intel.com (mga06.intel.com [134.134.136.31]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C901B2E6; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:41:36 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: UNSCANNABLE X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga006.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.51]) by orsmga104.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Feb 2018 01:41:35 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,501,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="17775498" Received: from debian.sh.intel.com (HELO debian) ([10.67.104.164]) by orsmga006.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 12 Feb 2018 01:41:33 -0800 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:40:07 +0800 From: Tiwei Bie To: Maxime Coquelin Cc: yliu@fridaylinux.org, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, victork@redhat.com, dev@dpdk.org, stable@dpdk.org, zhihong.wang@intel.com, qian.q.xu@intel.com, lei.a.yao@intel.com Message-ID: <20180212094007.afnnc6lzeglpwb4a@debian> References: <20180209142654.29409-1-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> <20180209142654.29409-3-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180209142654.29409-3-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 2/2] vhost: don't take access_lock on VHOST_USER_RESET_OWNER X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 09:41:37 -0000 On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 03:26:54PM +0100, Maxime Coquelin wrote: > A deadlock happens when handling VHOST_USER_RESET_OWNER request > for the same reason the lock is not taken for > VHOST_USER_GET_VRING_BASE. > > It is safe not to take the lock, as the queues are no more used > by the application when the virtqueues and the device are reset. > > Fixes: a3688046995f ("vhost: protect active rings from async ring changes") > Cc: stable@dpdk.org > > Cc: Victor Kaplansky > Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin Reviewed-by: Tiwei Bie Thanks for the work! Best regards, Tiwei Bie