From: "Wang, Xiao W" <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>
To: 'Yuanhan Liu' <yliu@fridaylinux.org>
Cc: "Bie, Tiwei" <tiwei.bie@intel.com>,
"'dev@dpdk.org'" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"'stephen@networkplumber.org'" <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/3] net/virtio: add packet injection method
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 02:55:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B7F2E978279D1D49A3034B7786DACF406F80A300@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B7F2E978279D1D49A3034B7786DACF406F809DA4@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wang, Xiao W
> Sent: Monday, January 8, 2018 11:12 PM
> To: Yuanhan Liu <yliu@fridaylinux.org>
> Cc: Bie, Tiwei <tiwei.bie@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org;
> stephen@networkplumber.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v6 2/3] net/virtio: add packet injection method
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Yuanhan Liu [mailto:yliu@fridaylinux.org]
> > Sent: Monday, January 8, 2018 9:04 PM
> > To: Wang, Xiao W <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>
> > Cc: Bie, Tiwei <tiwei.bie@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org;
> > stephen@networkplumber.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] net/virtio: add packet injection method
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 04:05:12AM -0800, Xiao Wang wrote:
> > > + /*
> > > + * App management thread and virtio interrupt handler thread
> > > + * both can change the 'started' flag, this lock is meant to
> > > + * avoid such a contention.
> > > + */
> > > + rte_spinlock_t state_lock;
> >
> > Why not turning the "started" to atomic type, so that you don't need
> > the lock?
> >
> During the interrupt handler routine, there are a series of instructions
> between lock acquire and release. An atomic value is not suitable for this
> scenario.
>
The current comment may doesn't explain the state_lock correctly, this lock needs to be acquired in dev_pause and released in dev_resume, so it's not just used to protect the "started" value.
I would improve the comment as " App management thread and virtio interrupt handler thread both can change device state, ..."
Thanks for comments,
Xiao
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-09 2:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 112+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-24 11:03 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2017-11-24 11:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2017-11-24 5:38 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-11-30 2:10 ` Wang, Xiao W
2017-11-30 2:59 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-12-01 1:38 ` Wang, Xiao W
2017-12-04 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2017-12-04 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2017-12-04 14:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2017-12-04 8:46 ` Tiwei Bie
2018-01-03 1:37 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-03 8:42 ` Wang, Xiao W
2017-12-06 11:23 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-12-06 14:22 ` Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-03 1:41 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-04 7:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/2] " Xiao Wang
2018-01-04 7:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2018-01-04 7:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-04 2:51 ` Tiwei Bie
2018-01-04 7:11 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-04 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/3] " Xiao Wang
2018-01-04 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2018-01-04 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/3] net/virtio: add packet injection method Xiao Wang
2018-01-04 7:56 ` Tiwei Bie
2018-01-05 16:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-05 16:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2018-01-05 16:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/3] net/virtio: add packet injection method Xiao Wang
2018-01-05 18:00 ` Tiwei Bie
2018-01-07 2:37 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-05 16:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/3] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-05 17:56 ` Tiwei Bie
2018-01-07 2:29 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-07 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/3] " Xiao Wang
2018-01-07 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/3] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2018-01-08 13:06 ` Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-08 15:25 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-07 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/3] net/virtio: add packet injection method Xiao Wang
2018-01-08 13:03 ` Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-08 15:11 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-09 2:55 ` Wang, Xiao W [this message]
2018-01-09 14:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 14:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/3] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 14:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/3] net/virtio: add packet injection method Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 14:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/3] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 8:49 ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-01-09 10:58 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-09 11:03 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-09 11:41 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-09 13:36 ` Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-09 13:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/5] " Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 13:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/5] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 13:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/5] net/virtio: add packet injection method Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 13:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/5] net: add a helper for making RARP packet Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 13:48 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-09 15:52 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-09 16:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 0/5] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 16:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 1/5] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 16:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 2/5] net/virtio: add packet injection method Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 16:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 3/5] net: add a helper for making RARP packet Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 17:22 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-10 1:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/5] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-10 1:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 1/5] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2018-01-10 1:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 2/5] net/virtio: add packet injection method Xiao Wang
2018-01-10 1:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 3/5] net: add a helper for making RARP packet Xiao Wang
2018-01-10 13:06 ` Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-10 14:10 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-16 9:01 ` Olivier Matz
2018-01-16 9:43 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-16 10:42 ` Olivier Matz
2018-01-16 11:03 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-16 11:42 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-16 21:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 0/5] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-16 21:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 1/5] net/virtio: make control queue thread-safe Xiao Wang
2018-01-16 21:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 2/5] net/virtio: add packet injection method Xiao Wang
2018-01-16 21:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 3/5] net: add a helper for making RARP packet Xiao Wang
2018-01-16 14:29 ` Olivier Matz
2018-01-16 21:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 4/5] vhost: use lib API to make " Xiao Wang
2018-01-16 21:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 5/5] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-19 17:33 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-20 14:31 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-21 1:31 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-18 3:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 0/5] " Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-18 3:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] net: fixup RARP generation Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-18 3:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net: fix build error Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-18 7:38 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-18 7:45 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-18 8:03 ` Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-18 8:36 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-18 8:48 ` Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-18 8:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] net: fixup RARP generation Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-18 8:51 ` Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-18 8:53 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-01-19 16:04 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-10 1:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 4/5] vhost: use lib API to make RARP packet Xiao Wang
2018-01-10 1:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 5/5] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 16:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 4/5] vhost: use lib API to make RARP packet Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 16:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 5/5] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 13:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/5] vhost: use lib API to make RARP packet Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 13:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 5/5] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-09 14:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/5] " Maxime Coquelin
2018-01-07 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/3] " Xiao Wang
2018-01-05 20:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/3] net/virtio: add packet injection method Stephen Hemminger
2018-01-06 4:41 ` Tiwei Bie
2018-01-04 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/3] net/virtio: support GUEST ANNOUNCE Xiao Wang
2018-01-04 11:13 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-11-24 11:04 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] " Xiao Wang
2017-11-24 6:04 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-11-30 2:37 ` Wang, Xiao W
2017-11-27 12:48 ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-11-30 2:41 ` Wang, Xiao W
2017-12-05 14:26 ` Yuanhan Liu
2018-01-03 1:43 ` Wang, Xiao W
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