From: "Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
To: "Tan, Jianfeng" <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Cc: "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
"Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>,
"thomas@monjalon.net" <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/2] eal: add channel for multi-process communication
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:37:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55668e61-c44f-82c2-ccf0-f83cb04b8e78@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ED26CBA2FAD1BF48A8719AEF02201E36513EF145@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com>
On 29-Jan-18 6:37 AM, Tan, Jianfeng wrote:
> Hi Anatoly,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Burakov, Anatoly
>> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 6:26 PM
>> To: Tan, Jianfeng; dev@dpdk.org
>> Cc: Richardson, Bruce; Ananyev, Konstantin; thomas@monjalon.net
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] eal: add channel for multi-process
>> communication
>>
>> On 26-Jan-18 3:41 AM, Jianfeng Tan wrote:
>>> Previouly, there are three channels for multi-process
>>> (i.e., primary/secondary) communication.
>>> 1. Config-file based channel, in which, the primary process writes
>>> info into a pre-defined config file, and the secondary process
>>> reads the info out.
>>> 2. vfio submodule has its own channel based on unix socket for the
>>> secondary process to get container fd and group fd from the
>>> primary process.
>>> 3. pdump submodule also has its own channel based on unix socket for
>>> packet dump.
>>>
>>> It'd be good to have a generic communication channel for multi-process
>>> communication to accommodate the requirements including:
>>> a. Secondary wants to send info to primary, for example, secondary
>>> would like to send request (about some specific vdev to primary).
>>> b. Sending info at any time, instead of just initialization time.
>>> c. Share FDs with the other side, for vdev like vhost, related FDs
>>> (memory region, kick) should be shared.
>>> d. A send message request needs the other side to response immediately.
>>>
>>> This patch proposes to create a communication channel, based on
>> datagram
>>> unix socket, for above requirements. Each process will block on a unix
>>> socket waiting for messages from the peers.
>>>
>>> Three new APIs are added:
>>>
>>> 1. rte_eal_mp_action_register() is used to register an action,
>>> indexed by a string, when a component at receiver side would like
>>> to response the messages from the peer processe.
>>> 2. rte_eal_mp_action_unregister() is used to unregister the action
>>> if the calling component does not want to response the messages.
>>> 3. rte_eal_mp_sendmsg() is used to send a message, and returns
>>> immediately. If there are n secondary processes, the primary
>>> process will send n messages.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
>>> Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
>>> ---
>>> + }
>>> + closedir(mp_dir);
>>> +
>>> + return ret;
>>
>> Nitpick: you probably don't need ret here, just return 0 as in other places.
>
> We cannot just return 0 as it could be -1 as above comment shows.
> The ret variable was introduced to avoid two "closedir()".
>
> Thanks,
> Jianfeng
>
Yep you're right, apologies.
--
Thanks,
Anatoly
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-29 9:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-30 18:44 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] generic " Jianfeng Tan
2017-11-30 18:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] eal: add " Jianfeng Tan
2017-12-11 11:04 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2017-12-11 16:43 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-11-30 18:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] eal: add synchronous " Jianfeng Tan
2017-12-11 11:39 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2017-12-11 16:49 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-11-30 18:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] vfio: use the generic multi-process channel Jianfeng Tan
2017-12-11 12:01 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2017-12-11 9:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] generic channel for multi-process communication Burakov, Anatoly
2017-12-12 7:34 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-12-12 16:18 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-11 4:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-11 4:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] eal: add " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-13 12:57 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-15 19:52 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-11 4:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] eal: add and del secondary processes in the primary Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-13 13:11 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-15 21:45 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-11 4:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] eal: add synchronous multi-process communication Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-13 13:41 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-16 0:00 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-16 8:10 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2018-01-16 11:12 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-16 16:47 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2018-01-17 10:50 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-17 13:09 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2018-01-17 13:15 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2018-01-17 17:20 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-11 4:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] vfio: use the generic multi-process channel Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-13 14:03 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-03-04 14:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] vfio: change to use " Jianfeng Tan
2018-03-14 13:27 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-03-19 6:53 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2018-03-20 10:33 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-03-20 10:56 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-03-20 8:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6] " Jianfeng Tan
2018-04-05 14:26 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2018-04-05 14:39 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-04-12 23:27 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-12 15:26 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-04-15 15:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7] " Jianfeng Tan
2018-04-15 15:10 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2018-04-17 23:04 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-25 4:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] generic channel for multi-process communication Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-25 4:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] eal: add " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-25 10:41 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-25 11:27 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-25 11:34 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-25 12:21 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-25 4:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/3] eal: add synchronous " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-25 12:00 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-25 12:19 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-25 12:25 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-25 13:00 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-25 13:05 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-25 13:10 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-25 15:03 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-25 16:22 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-25 17:10 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2018-01-25 18:02 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-25 12:19 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-25 12:22 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-01-25 4:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/3] vfio: use the generic multi-process channel Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-25 10:47 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-25 10:52 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-25 10:57 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-25 12:15 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-25 19:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/2] generic channel for multi-process communication Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-25 19:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] eal: add synchronous " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-25 19:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/2] vfio: use the generic multi-process channel Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-25 19:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/2] generic channel for multi-process communication Tan, Jianfeng
2018-01-25 19:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-25 19:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] eal: add " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-25 19:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/2] eal: add synchronous " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-25 21:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/2] generic channel for " Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-26 3:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-26 3:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/2] eal: add " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-26 10:25 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-29 6:37 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2018-01-29 9:37 ` Burakov, Anatoly [this message]
2018-01-26 3:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/2] eal: add synchronous " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-26 10:31 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-01-29 23:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/2] generic channel for " Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-30 6:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-30 6:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/2] eal: add " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-30 6:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/2] eal: add synchronous " Jianfeng Tan
2018-01-30 14:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/2] generic channel for " Thomas Monjalon
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