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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "Gaëtan Rivet" <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
Cc: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 10/11] net/failsafe: fix sub-device ownership race
Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 23:59:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1590623.ITgNNa1ZXG@xps> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180509140333.kb6pmbno2ixzuj7p@bidouze.vm.6wind.com>

09/05/2018 16:03, Gaëtan Rivet:
> On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 03:43:31PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 09/05/2018 15:30, Gaëtan Rivet:
> > > On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 01:01:58PM +0000, Matan Azrad wrote:
> > > > Regarding uint32
> > > > The maximum port id number can be 0xffff.
> > > > In this case the loop will be infinite if we use uint16 to iterate over all the ports.
> > > 
> > > If RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS is set to 0xffff, an array rte_eth_devices[0xffff]
> > > would be defined statically, and I think other issues would arise
> > > before our being stuck in an infinite loop?
> > > 
> > > In any case, if this had to be fixed, then there should be a
> > > BUILD_BUG_ON RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS being 0xffff, in the relevant part of
> > > librte_ethdev, instead of relying on librte_ethdev users skirting
> > > shortfalls of the library. Anyone iterating on port IDs should expect the
> > > port_id type to be sufficient to hold this information.
> > 
> > Interesting thought.
> > I vote for keeping Matan's option as it is correct,
> > and will accept a patch in 18.08 for your option (BUILD_BUG_ON).
> > Maybe we should send a deprecation notice before limiting the max
> > number of ports to 0xfffe? Or is it ridiculous for such unlikely constraint?
> > 
> > 
> 
> No actually the issue is when RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS is equal (or superior) to
> 0x10000.
> 
> If this is an issue that you think is worth having a workaround here,
> you should also consider that rte_eth_find_next_owned_by (and
> rte_eth_find_next, even if this one should be phased out), would also
> result in an overflow and an infinite loop.

You get a point. I will remove the workaround uint32_t in v2,
so all the related issues can be fixed at once in a separate patch
using BUILD_BUG_ON.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-09 21:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-09  9:43 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/11] ethdev: fix race conditions in iterator and notifications Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/11] ethdev: fix debug log of owner id Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 17:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Ferruh Yigit
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/11] net/failsafe: fix sub-device visibility Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 12:13   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2018-05-09 12:21     ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/11] ethdev: add doxygen comments for each state Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 17:54   ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/11] drivers/net: use higher level of probing helper for PCI Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 17:54   ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/11] ethdev: add probing finish function Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 20:18   ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-05-10 21:49     ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/11] ethdev: allow ownership operations on unused port Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 18:00   ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-05-09 19:05     ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 20:26   ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-05-10 21:53     ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/11] ethdev: add lock to port allocation check Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 12:21   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2018-05-09 12:25     ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 20:35     ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-05-10 22:13       ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:47         ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 20:33   ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-05-10 22:10     ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 22:29       ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/11] ethdev: fix port visibility before initialization Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 18:03   ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Ferruh Yigit
2018-05-09 19:08     ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 20:40   ` [dpdk-dev] " Stephen Hemminger
2018-05-10 22:18     ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/11] ethdev: fix port probing notification Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 18:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Ferruh Yigit
2018-05-09 19:13     ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/11] net/failsafe: fix sub-device ownership race Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 12:41   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2018-05-09 13:01     ` Matan Azrad
2018-05-09 13:30       ` Gaëtan Rivet
2018-05-09 13:43         ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 14:03           ` Gaëtan Rivet
2018-05-09 21:59             ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2018-05-09 13:26     ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09  9:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/11] ethdev: fix port removal notification timing Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 18:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Ferruh Yigit
2018-05-09 22:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/11] ethdev: fix race conditions in iterator and notifications Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/11] ethdev: fix debug log of owner id Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10  9:49     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/11] net/failsafe: fix sub-device visibility Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10  9:55     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/11] ethdev: add doxygen comments for each state Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10  9:56     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/11] drivers/net: use higher level of probing helper for PCI Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 10:03     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/11] ethdev: add probing finish function Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 10:37     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-10 10:54       ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 11:24         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/11] ethdev: allow ownership operations on unused port Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 10:41     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/11] ethdev: add lock to port allocation check Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 10:44     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/11] ethdev: fix port visibility before initialization Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 10:52     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/11] ethdev: fix port probing notification Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 10:53     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/11] net/failsafe: fix sub-device ownership race Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 11:15     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-10 12:03       ` Matan Azrad
2018-05-09 22:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/11] ethdev: fix port removal notification timing Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 11:17     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-10 11:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/11] ethdev: fix race conditions in iterator and notifications Andrew Rybchenko
2018-05-10 16:23   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2018-05-10 22:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH " Stephen Hemminger
2018-05-10 23:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/11] ethdev: fix debug log of owner id Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/11] net/failsafe: fix sub-device visibility Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/11] ethdev: add doxygen comments for each state Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/11] drivers/net: use higher level of probing helper for PCI Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/11] ethdev: add probing finish function Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-23 10:09     ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-05-23 10:14       ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/11] ethdev: allow ownership operations on unused port Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/11] ethdev: add lock to port allocation check Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/11] ethdev: fix port visibility before initialization Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/11] ethdev: fix port probing notification Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/11] net/failsafe: fix sub-device ownership race Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-10 23:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/11] ethdev: fix port removal notification timing Thomas Monjalon
2018-05-11  1:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/11] ethdev: fix race conditions in iterator and notifications Ferruh Yigit

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