RE: [PATCH] lib/mempool : rte_mempool_avail_count, fixing return bigger than mempool size

["Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>]

> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen@networkplumber.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17.24
> 
> On Tue, 16 May 2023 13:41:46 +0000
> Yasin CANER <yasinncaner@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Yasin CANER <yasin.caner@ulakhaberlesme.com.tr>
> >
> > after a while working rte_mempool_avail_count function returns bigger
> > than mempool size that cause miscalculation rte_mempool_in_use_count.
> >
> > it helps to avoid miscalculation rte_mempool_in_use_count.
> >
> > Bugzilla ID: 1229
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yasin CANER <yasin.caner@ulakhaberlesme.com.tr>
> 
> An alternative that avoids some code duplication.
> 
> diff --git a/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.c b/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.c
> index cf5dea2304a7..2406b112e7b0 100644
> --- a/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.c
> +++ b/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.c
> @@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ rte_mempool_avail_count(const struct rte_mempool
> *mp)
>         count = rte_mempool_ops_get_count(mp);
> 
>         if (mp->cache_size == 0)
> -               return count;
> +               goto exit;

This bug can only occur here (i.e. with cache_size==0) if rte_mempool_ops_get_count() returns an incorrect value. The bug should be fixed there instead.

> 
>         for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++)
>                 count += mp->local_cache[lcore_id].len;
> @@ -1019,6 +1019,7 @@ rte_mempool_avail_count(const struct rte_mempool
> *mp)
>          * due to race condition (access to len is not locked), the
>          * total can be greater than size... so fix the result
>          */
> +exit:
>         if (count > mp->size)
>                 return mp->size;
>         return count;