RE: [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix secondary process cannot dump packet

["Zhang, Peng1X" <peng1x.zhang@intel.com>]

Hi Song,
Currently this patch is just fix the issue detected for rx queue on secondary process.
Later patch for tx queue will be submit.

@Andrew, what's your opinion about the solution of this patch?

Thanks,
Peng

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lihuisong (C) <lihuisong@huawei.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 4, 2022 10:37 AM
> To: Zhang, Peng1X <peng1x.zhang@intel.com>; Andrew Rybchenko
> <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Singh, Aman Deep <aman.deep.singh@intel.com>; Zhang, Yuying
> <yuying.zhang@intel.com>; stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix secondary process cannot dump packet
> 
> Hi Peng1X,
> 
> 在 2022/7/1 19:36, Zhang, Peng1X 写道:
> > Hi,
> > In fact, the patch is aim to fix this issue that secondary process cannot dump
> packet after start testpmd.
> > This issue is induced by commit id is 3c4426db54fc ("app/testpmd: do
> > not poll stopped queues"). After secondary process start, the default
> > value of Rx/Tx queue state maintained by testpmd is
> > 'RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED', the 'fsm[sm_id]->disabled' flag will set
> true according to queues state, then packet cannot forward and dump.
> I get your meaning.
> However, failing to dump packet isn't the first exception, and the first one is
> that testpmd doesn't call 'struct fwd_engine::packet_fwd()' to receive or send
> packet.
> So, I think you should describe and resolve this problem from this point. This
> patch cannot completely resolve this problem. The Tx queue state should also
> be added here.
> >
> > The reason why not use 'dev->data->rx_queue_state' is whether queue
> > state is start or stop in primary process depend on
> > rx_conf->rx_deferred_start after start testpmd. And after having started
> testpmd, queue state can be controlled by command for example 'port x rxq x
> start'.
> > Should we align with the same behavior of queues state for primary and
> secondary process after start testpmd?
> If primary process stops a queue, but secondary doesn't know.
> we have to simplify this queue state problem like you momentioned if we don't
> have a good idea.
> 
> @Andrew, what do you think?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Huisong
> 
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: lihuisong (C) <lihuisong@huawei.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 10:55 AM
> >> To: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>; Zhang, Peng1X
> >> <peng1x.zhang@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> >> Cc: Singh, Aman Deep <aman.deep.singh@intel.com>; Zhang, Yuying
> >> <yuying.zhang@intel.com>; stable@dpdk.org
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix secondary process cannot dump
> >> packet
> >>
> >>
> >> 在 2022/6/23 20:10, Andrew Rybchenko 写道:
> >>> On 6/23/22 21:15, peng1x.zhang@intel.com wrote:
> >>>> From: Peng Zhang <peng1x.zhang@intel.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> The origin design is whether testpmd is primary or not, if state of
> >>>> receive queue is stop, then packets will not be dumped for show.
> >>>> While to secondary process, receive queue will not be set up, and
> >>>> state will still be stop even if testpmd is started. So packets of
> >>>> stated secondary process cannot be dumped for show.
> >>>>
> >>>> The current design is to secondary process state of queue will be
> >>>> set to start after testpmd is started. Then packets of started
> >>>> secondary process can be dumped for show.
> >>>>
> >>>> Fixes: a550baf24af9 ("app/testpmd: support multi-process")
> >>>> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Peng Zhang <peng1x.zhang@intel.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>    app/test-pmd/testpmd.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> >>>>    1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c index
> >>>> 205d98ee3d..93ba7e7c9b 100644
> >>>> --- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
> >>>> +++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
> >>>> @@ -3007,6 +3007,18 @@ start_port(portid_t pid)
> >>>>                if (setup_hairpin_queues(pi, p_pi, cnt_pi) != 0)
> >>>>                    return -1;
> >>>>            }
> >>>> +
> >>>> +        if (port->need_reconfig_queues > 0 && !is_proc_primary())
> >>>> +{
> >>>> +            struct rte_eth_rxconf *rx_conf;
> >>>> +            for (qi = 0; qi < nb_rxq; qi++) {
> >>>> +                rx_conf = &(port->rxq[qi].conf);
> >>>> +                ports[pi].rxq[qi].state =
> >>>> +                    rx_conf->rx_deferred_start ?
> >>>> +                    RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED :
> >>>> +                    RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STARTED;
> >>> I'm not sure why it is correct to assume that deferred queue is not
> >>> yet started.
> >> +1.
> >>
> >> We should also consider whether the queue state can be changed in
> secondary.
> >> The 'rx_conf->rx_deferred_start' is the data in secondary.
> >> Why not use 'dev->data->rx_queue_state[]'.
> >>
> >> In fact, the issue you memtioned was introduced the following patch:
> >> Fixes: 3c4426db54fc ("app/testpmd: do not poll stopped queues")
> >>
> >> The root cause of this issue is that the default value of Rx/Tx queue
> >> state maintained by testpmd is 'RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED'. As a
> >> result, secondary doesn't start polling thread to receive packets
> >> when start packet forwarding. And now, secondary cannot receive and send
> any packets.
> >>
> >> Could you fix it together?
> >>>> +            }
> >>>> +        }
> >>>> +
> >>>>            configure_rxtx_dump_callbacks(verbose_level);
> >>>>            if (clear_ptypes) {
> >>>>                diag = rte_eth_dev_set_ptypes(pi, RTE_PTYPE_UNKNOWN,
> >>> .