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From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
To: "Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Cc: Roy Shterman <roy.shterman@vastdata.com>, dev <dev@dpdk.org>,
	 Yuval Mintz <yuval@vastdata.com>,
	Aviv Ben David <aviv.bendavid@vastdata.com>,
	 dpdk stable <stable@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] mem: fix free segment when using huge-unlink option
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:34:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJFAV8wfMdAAERSPP4CmRYkxhGoxxmotAkUKy6JJbWyv7nqF2w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fd3f2247-11a0-a122-c7b3-b21631a4a5b8@intel.com>

Hello,

On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 11:44 AM Burakov, Anatoly
<anatoly.burakov@intel.com> wrote:
>
> On 28-Feb-21 1:21 PM, Roy Shterman wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 5:53 PM Burakov, Anatoly
> > <anatoly.burakov@intel.com <mailto:anatoly.burakov@intel.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 22-Feb-21 10:41 AM, Roy Shterman wrote:
> >      > When using huge_unlink we unlink the segment right
> >      > after allocation. Although we unlink the file we keep
> >      > the fd in fd_list so file still exist just the path deleted.
> >      > When freeing the hugepage we need to close the fd and assign
> >      > it with (-1) in fd_list for the page to be released.
> >      >
> >      > The current flow fails rte_malloc in the following flow when working
> >      > with --huge-unlink option:
> >      > 1. alloc_seg() for segment A -
> >      >      We allocate segment, unlink the path to the segment
> >      >      and keep the file descriptor in fd_list.
> >      > 2. free_seg() for segment A -
> >      >      We clear the segment metadata and return - without closing fd
> >      >      or assigning (-1) in fd list.
> >      > 3. alloc_seg() for segment A again -
> >      >      We find segment A as available, try to allocate it,
> >      >      find the old fd in fd_list try to unlink it
> >      >      as part of alloc_seg() but failed because path doesn't exist.
> >      >
> >      > The impact of such error is falsly failing rte_malloc()
> >      > although we have hugepages available.
> >      >
> >      > Fixes: d435aad37da7 ("mem: support --huge-unlink mode")
> >      >
> >      > Signed-off-by: Roy Shterman <roy.shterman@vastdata.com
> >     <mailto:roy.shterman@vastdata.com>>
> >
> >     Cc: stable@dpdk.org <mailto:stable@dpdk.org>
> >
> >     Provisionally, patch looks fine, but i'll have to have a closer look.
> >
> >
> > Hi Anatoly,
> >
> > Do I need to send this patch also to stable or it will happen
> > automatically if the patch will reach the next release candidate?
>
> Not automatically, generally you should add a CC to stable for the patch
> to be considered as part of stable release. That said, usually Fixed:
> tag is also used to determine whether a patch is backport-able, so
> having a correctly identified Fixed: tag is a mandatory minimum :)
>
> > Also I wonder if you had more time to review this one?
>
> Not yet, but i'll try to make some time this week.

Any update?

Thanks.


-- 
David Marchand


  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-25 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]   ` <CAJ5KnGAWmNnWdSrzyGF2hfxYJrUEn_df8SWn1yKhG_swBrivOw@mail.gmail.com>
2021-03-01 10:44     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2021-03-25 13:34       ` David Marchand [this message]
     [not found] ` <63d59764-3a86-6b7d-97c3-28a8d1a6eebb@intel.com>
2021-04-07  9:09   ` [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] " David Marchand

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