From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3A41A0525 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:04:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B09CD1BFBE; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:04:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from new1-smtp.messagingengine.com (new1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.221]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C54AB397D; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:04:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailnew.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 091CC6535; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 03:04:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 21 Feb 2020 03:04:18 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=cM82IZWlxGCAGxFDdJ/XDb0gRZ3gGw4wsbMfLNTNxMM=; b=BZxXZ3z6c3mW qN/BYGlluayuM/fn2q/HvIDe2wH45zYrXoDxUIdgkVt4Ej0Bx8B9p19vZ1HzbJ8c R7p6xbyiNBjO3t+c+fPkckmsj4MSFfHW4F+Ys1skfnbeQjVJKsHZpMSHjOetOyOE cuXj5hpkcy184ufZ7LFh4znw19CCPrQ= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=cM82IZWlxGCAGxFDdJ/XDb0gRZ3gGw4wsbMfLNTNx MM=; b=hhD8STVUk27d5Rna/ufwhDpFZTTlJzqcbcYcOiK2maHP5OVYrEMqyKFfQ 2FdXm9fcOaa6P3SmvtclrSSK0Xt+Kszneu9WuzCrIpz05F7+g78bvHaCr4HMowtC bp8xo2nIeAiNDBSiDZICeqm1zwWDpcW+jfUx63IJdMgb3S+HyLm/qc/r1WLIDUo3 r6FKsZV94rFZyhO73Zb01uA7Re8s5EilXKrpYgzEYijSUJdVLw1qara57IOi0bqG xxc3UWXZGuK2AnKUy4zS8Zfh08dmULbS6AVNXL7b3FLygS6BZPeP7qQR8qrqsSv6 S0dxX3ISlH7D8NE0jiBVR14K7RGdA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedugedrkeefgdduudejucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecukf hppeejjedrudefgedrvddtfedrudekgeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgr rhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CC84A328005A; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 03:04:15 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: David Marchand Cc: dev@dpdk.org, aconole@redhat.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, keesang.song@amd.com, bluca@debian.org, ktraynor@redhat.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com, honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com, drc@linux.vnet.ibm.com, stable@dpdk.org Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:04:13 +0100 Message-ID: <5572457.lOV4Wx5bFT@xps> In-Reply-To: <2076701.vBoWY3egPC@xps> References: <20191202153559.9709-1-david.marchand@redhat.com> <2076701.vBoWY3egPC@xps> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Extend --lcores to run on cores > RTE_MAX_LCORE 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: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "stable" Hi, 21/01/2020 01:24, Thomas Monjalon: > 02/12/2019 16:35, David Marchand: > > We are currently stuck with no option but recompile a DPDK if the system > > has more cores than RTE_MAX_LCORE. > > A bit of a pity when you get a system with more than 200+ cores and your > > testpmd has been built and packaged with RTE_MAX_LCORE == 128. > > > > The --lcores does not need to care about the underlying cores, remove > > this limitation. > > > David Marchand (4): > > eal/windows: fix cpuset macro name > > eal: do not cache lcore detection state > > eal: display all detected cores at startup > > eal: remove limitation on cpuset with --lcores > > The patches look good but it is very hard to review parsing code (last patch). > We will better experience corner cases after merging. > > Applied for -rc1, thanks This patch was merged in 20.02. We don't have any feedback about issues so it's probably working fine. It is solving a problem for running DPDK on machines having a lot of cores. Now the difficult question: is it a new feature or a fix? Should we backport this patchset?