Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mempool: fix sp sc mempool bug

[Weiliang Luo <droidluo@gmail.com>]

Thanks for your suggestion, I have submitted again with amended commit msg.

Thanks,
Weiliang

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:13 AM, Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com> wrote:

> Hi Weiliang,
>
> On 09/08/2016 05:36 AM, Weiliang Luo wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Weiliang Luo <droidluo@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_
> mempool.c
> > index 2e28e2e..350d77a 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
> > @@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ rte_mempool_create(const char *name, unsigned n,
> unsigned elt_size,
> >        * Since we have 4 combinations of the SP/SC/MP/MC examine the
> flags to
> >        * set the correct index into the table of ops structs.
> >        */
> > -     if (flags & (MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT | MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET))
> > +     if ((flags & MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT) && (flags & MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET))
> >               rte_mempool_set_ops_byname(mp, "ring_sp_sc", NULL);
> >       else if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT)
> >               rte_mempool_set_ops_byname(mp, "ring_sp_mc", NULL);
> >
>
>
> I would just change the title and add some explanation in the commit
> log. I suggest:
>
> """
> mempool: fix corruption due to invalid handler
>
> When using rte_mempool_create(), the mempool handler is selected
> depending on the flags given by the user:
>   - multi-consumer / multi-producer
>   - multi-consumer / single-producer
>   - single-consumer / multi-producer
>   - single-consumer / single-producer
>
> The flags were not properly tested, resulting in the selection of sc/sp
> handler if sc/mp or mc/sp was asked. This can lead to corruption or
> crashes because the get/put operations are not atomic.
>
> Fixes: 449c49b93a6b ("mempool: support handler operations")
>
> Signed-off-by: Weiliang Luo <droidluo@gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> """
>
>
> Thanks!
> Olivier
>