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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>,
	David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "jerinjacobk@gmail.com" <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>,
	"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
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	"Stokes, Ian" <ian.stokes@intel.com>,
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	"Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
	"Kovacevic, Marko" <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>,
	"Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>,
	Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
	Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>,
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/9] eal: register non-EAL threads as lcores
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:35:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2939263.AvGHZF5Fiy@thomas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJFAV8w1WkUZYOy6tJxJtnwT5uH1KUsW5STf5f9eATtsjej+6w@mail.gmail.com>

26/06/2020 16:43, David Marchand:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 1:59 PM Ananyev, Konstantin
> <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com> wrote:
> > > > Do you mean - make this new dynamic-lcore API return an error if callied
> > > > from secondary process?
> > >
> > > Yes, and prohibiting from attaching a secondary process if dynamic
> > > lcore API has been used in primary.
> > > I intend to squash in patch 6:
> > > https://github.com/david-marchand/dpdk/commit/e5861ee734bfe2e4dc23d9b919b0db2a32a58aee
> >
> > But secondary process can attach before lcore_register, so we'll have some sort of inconsistency in behaviour.
> 
> If the developer tries to use both features, he gets an ERROR log in
> the two init path.
> So whatever the order at runtime, we inform the developer (who did not
> read/understand the rte_thread_register() documentation) that what he
> is doing is unsupported.

I agree.
Before this patch, pinning a thread on a random core can
trigger some issues.
After this patch, register an external thread will
take care of logging errors in case of inconsistencies.
So the user will know he is doing something not supported
by the app.

It is an nice improvement.

> > If we really  want to go ahead with such workaround -

It is not a workaround.
It is fixing some old issues and making clear what is really impossible.

> > probably better to introduce explicit EAL flag ( --single-process or so).
> > As Thomas and  Bruce suggested, if I understood them properly.

No I was thinking to maintain the tri-state information:
	- secondary is possible
	- secondary is attached
	- secondary is forbidden

Asking the user to use an option to forbid attaching a secondary process
is the same as telling him it is forbidden.
The error log is enough in my opinion.

> A EAL flag is a stable API from the start, as there is nothing
> describing how we can remove one.
> So a new EAL flag for an experimental API/feature seems contradictory.
> 
> Going with a new features status API... I think it is beyond this series.
> 
> Thomas seems to suggest an automatic resolution when features conflict
> happens.. ?

I suggest allowing the maximum and raise an error when usage conflicts.
It seems this is what you did in v4.

> I'll send the v4, let's discuss it there if you want.



  reply	other threads:[~2020-06-30 10:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 133+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-10 14:44 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/7] Register external threads as lcore David Marchand
2020-06-10 14:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/7] eal: relocate per thread symbols to common David Marchand
2020-06-10 14:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/7] eal: fix multiple definition of per lcore thread id David Marchand
2020-06-15  6:46   ` Kinsella, Ray
2020-06-10 14:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/7] eal: introduce thread init helper David Marchand
2020-06-10 14:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/7] eal: introduce thread uninit helper David Marchand
2020-06-10 14:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/7] eal: register non-EAL threads as lcore David Marchand
2020-06-15  6:43   ` Kinsella, Ray
2020-06-10 14:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/7] eal: dump lcores David Marchand
2020-06-15  6:40   ` Kinsella, Ray
2020-06-10 14:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/7] eal: add lcore hotplug notifications David Marchand
2020-06-15  6:34   ` Kinsella, Ray
2020-06-15  7:13     ` David Marchand
2020-06-10 15:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/7] Register external threads as lcore Jerin Jacob
2020-06-10 15:13   ` Bruce Richardson
2020-06-10 15:18   ` David Marchand
2020-06-10 15:33     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-15  7:11       ` David Marchand
2020-06-19 16:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/9] Register non-EAL " David Marchand
2020-06-19 16:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/9] eal: relocate per thread symbols to common David Marchand
2020-06-19 16:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/9] eal: fix multiple definition of per lcore thread id David Marchand
2020-06-19 16:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/9] eal: introduce thread init helper David Marchand
2020-06-19 16:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/9] eal: introduce thread uninit helper David Marchand
2020-06-19 16:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/9] eal: move lcore role code David Marchand
2020-06-19 16:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/9] eal: register non-EAL threads as lcores David Marchand
2020-06-19 16:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/9] eal: add lcore init callbacks David Marchand
2020-06-19 16:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 8/9] eal: add lcore iterators David Marchand
2020-06-20  2:21     ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-19 16:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 9/9] mempool/bucket: handle non-EAL lcores David Marchand
2020-06-22 13:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/9] Register non-EAL threads as lcore David Marchand
2020-06-22 13:25   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/9] eal: relocate per thread symbols to common David Marchand
2020-06-22 13:25   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/9] eal: fix multiple definition of per lcore thread id David Marchand
2020-06-22 13:25   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/9] eal: introduce thread init helper David Marchand
2020-06-22 13:25   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/9] eal: introduce thread uninit helper David Marchand
2020-06-22 13:25   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/9] eal: move lcore role code David Marchand
2020-06-22 13:25   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/9] eal: register non-EAL threads as lcores David Marchand
2020-06-22 15:49     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-22 16:37       ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-23  7:49       ` David Marchand
2020-06-23  9:14         ` Bruce Richardson
2020-06-23 12:49           ` David Marchand
2020-06-23 13:15         ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-24  9:23           ` David Marchand
2020-06-24  9:56             ` Bruce Richardson
2020-06-24 10:08               ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-06-24 10:45                 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-24 10:39             ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-24 10:48               ` David Marchand
2020-06-24 11:59                 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-26 14:43                   ` David Marchand
2020-06-30 10:35                     ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2020-06-30 12:07                       ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-30 12:44                         ` Olivier Matz
2020-06-30 14:37                           ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-06-30 19:02                           ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-30 14:35                         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-06-30 18:57                           ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-07-01  7:48                             ` David Marchand
2020-07-01 11:58                               ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-07-02 13:06                                 ` David Marchand
2020-07-03 15:15                                   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-03 16:40                                   ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-07-04 15:00                                     ` David Marchand
2020-07-04 21:24                                       ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-23 17:02     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-06-22 13:25   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/9] eal: add lcore init callbacks David Marchand
2020-06-22 13:25   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 8/9] eal: add lcore iterators David Marchand
2020-06-22 13:25   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 9/9] mempool/bucket: handle non-EAL lcores David Marchand
2020-06-23 17:28     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-06-26 14:13       ` David Marchand
2020-06-26 14:34         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-06-26 14:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/9] Register non-EAL threads as lcore David Marchand
2020-06-26 14:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/9] eal: relocate per thread symbols to common David Marchand
2020-06-30  9:33     ` Olivier Matz
2020-06-26 14:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/9] eal: fix multiple definition of per lcore thread id David Marchand
2020-06-30  9:34     ` Olivier Matz
2020-06-26 14:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/9] eal: introduce thread init helper David Marchand
2020-06-30  9:37     ` Olivier Matz
2020-06-30 12:04       ` David Marchand
2020-06-26 14:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/9] eal: introduce thread uninit helper David Marchand
2020-06-26 15:00     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-29  9:07       ` David Marchand
2020-06-29  8:59     ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Sunil Kumar Kori
2020-06-29  9:25       ` David Marchand
2020-06-30  9:42     ` [dpdk-dev] " Olivier Matz
2020-07-01  8:00       ` David Marchand
2020-06-26 14:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/9] eal: move lcore role code David Marchand
2020-06-30  9:45     ` Olivier Matz
2020-06-26 14:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/9] eal: register non-EAL threads as lcores David Marchand
2020-06-29 14:27     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-30 10:07     ` Olivier Matz
2020-07-01  7:13       ` David Marchand
2020-07-01  9:11         ` Olivier Matz
2020-06-26 14:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/9] eal: add lcore init callbacks David Marchand
2020-06-29 12:46     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-30 10:09     ` Olivier Matz
2020-06-30 10:15     ` Olivier Matz
2020-06-26 14:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 8/9] eal: add lcore iterators David Marchand
2020-06-30 10:11     ` Olivier Matz
2020-06-26 14:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 9/9] mempool/bucket: handle non-EAL lcores David Marchand
2020-06-26 14:52     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-07-06 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 00/10] Register non-EAL threads as lcore David Marchand
2020-07-06 14:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 01/10] eal: relocate per thread symbols to common David Marchand
2020-07-06 14:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 02/10] eal: fix multiple definition of per lcore thread id David Marchand
2020-07-06 14:15   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 03/10] eal: introduce thread init helper David Marchand
2020-07-06 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 04/10] eal: introduce thread uninit helper David Marchand
2020-07-06 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 05/10] eal: move lcore role code David Marchand
2020-07-06 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 06/10] eal: register non-EAL threads as lcores David Marchand
2020-07-06 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 07/10] eal: add lcore init callbacks David Marchand
2020-07-06 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 08/10] eal: add lcore iterators David Marchand
2020-07-06 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 09/10] mempool/bucket: handle non-EAL lcores David Marchand
2020-07-06 14:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 10/10] eal: add multiprocess disable API David Marchand
2020-07-06 20:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 00/10] Register non-EAL threads as lcore David Marchand
2020-07-06 20:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 01/10] eal: relocate per thread symbols to common David Marchand
2020-07-06 20:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 02/10] eal: fix multiple definition of per lcore thread id David Marchand
2020-07-06 20:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 03/10] eal: introduce thread init helper David Marchand
2020-07-06 20:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 04/10] eal: introduce thread uninit helper David Marchand
2020-07-06 20:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 05/10] eal: move lcore role code David Marchand
2020-07-06 20:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 06/10] eal: register non-EAL threads as lcores David Marchand
2022-11-03  9:02     ` Morten Brørup
2022-11-03 10:15       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-06 20:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 07/10] eal: add lcore init callbacks David Marchand
2022-12-15  9:05     ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-15  9:09       ` David Marchand
2022-12-15 10:21         ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-16  8:09           ` David Marchand
2022-12-16  9:55             ` Morten Brørup
2020-07-06 20:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 08/10] eal: add lcore iterators David Marchand
2020-07-06 20:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 09/10] mempool/bucket: handle non-EAL lcores David Marchand
2020-07-06 20:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 10/10] eal: add multiprocess disable API David Marchand
2020-07-06 23:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 00/10] Register non-EAL threads as lcore Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-07-08 13:05     ` David Marchand
2020-07-08 13:06   ` David Marchand

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