Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net/failsafe: fix primary/secondary mutex

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

On 3/15/2021 7:27 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Set mutex used in failsafe driver to protect when used by
> both primary and secondary process. Without this fix, the failsafe
> lock is not really locking when there are multiple secondary processes.
> 
> Bugzilla ID: 662
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> Fixes: 655fcd68c7d2 ("net/failsafe: fix hotplug races")
> Cc: matan@mellanox.com
> ---
>   drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c
> index e3bda0df2bf9..5b7e560dbc08 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c
> @@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ fs_mutex_init(struct fs_priv *priv)
>   		ERROR("Cannot initiate mutex attributes - %s", strerror(ret));
>   		return ret;
>   	}
> +	/* Allow mutex to protect primary/secondary */
> +	ret = pthread_mutexattr_setpshared(&attr, PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED);
> +	if (ret)
> +		ERROR("Cannot set mutex shared - %s", strerror(ret));
> +
>   	/* Allow mutex relocks for the thread holding the mutex. */
>   	ret = pthread_mutexattr_settype(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
>   	if (ret) {
> 

Overall looks good to me.

Gaetan, Matan,

Can you please test the patch? To be sure it is not causing any unexpected 
functional/performance issues.

Thanks,
ferruh