Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] net/virtio: fix wrong variable assignment in helper macro

Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] net/virtio: fix wrong variable assignment in helper macro

[Xia, Chenbo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vipul Ashri <vipul.ashri@oracle.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 12:22 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; vipul.ashri@oracle.com;
> edwin.leung@oracle.com; stable@dpdk.org; Wang, Zhihong
> <zhihong.wang@intel.com>; maxime.coquelin@redhat.com
> Subject: [PATCH v3] net/virtio: fix wrong variable assignment in helper
> macro
> 
> Inside Macro ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(var, val), assignment to var is always
> failing as assignment done using var_ having local scope only.
> This leads to TX packets not going out and found broken due to cleanup
> malfunctioning. This patch fixes the wrong variable assignment.
> 
> Fixes: 57f90f894588 ("net/virtio: reuse packed ring functions")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vipul Ashri <vipul.ashri@oracle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> index 105a9c00c..20c95471e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> @@ -607,10 +607,8 @@ virtqueue_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
> 
>  /* avoid write operation when necessary, to lessen cache issues */
>  #define ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(var, val) do {	\
> -	typeof(var) var_ = (var);		\
> -	typeof(val) val_ = (val);		\
> -	if ((var_) != (val_))			\
> -		(var_) = (val_);		\
> +	if ((var) != (val))			\
> +		(var) = (val);			\
>  } while (0)
> 
>  #define virtqueue_clear_net_hdr(hdr) do {		\
> --
> 2.28.0.windows.1

Reviewed-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>

Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] net/virtio: fix wrong variable assignment in helper macro

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 8/14/2020 6:23 AM, Vipul Ashri wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I tried twice uploading this same patch but it is still not listed under http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/.
> Please let me know if I am missing something and required to do some additional steps to submit my patch.

Mail list is moderated, only subscribed members can post.
Your patches were hold in the administration queue because of that, I have
released them and cleaned up the patchwork (since there were double of some
versions) and only left one copy of v3, please check if that is the correct one:
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?submitter=1867

> 
> Thanks to Xia  for reviewing this code!
> 
> Regards
> Vipul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xia, Chenbo [mailto:chenbo.xia@intel.com] 
> Sent: Friday, 14 August, 2020 6:56
> To: Vipul Ashri <vipul.ashri@oracle.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Edwin Leung <edwin.leung@oracle.com>; stable@dpdk.org; Wang, Zhihong <zhihong.wang@intel.com>; maxime.coquelin@redhat.com
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v3] net/virtio: fix wrong variable assignment in helper macro
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vipul Ashri <vipul.ashri@oracle.com>
>> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 12:22 AM
>> To: dev@dpdk.org
>> Cc: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; vipul.ashri@oracle.com; 
>> edwin.leung@oracle.com; stable@dpdk.org; Wang, Zhihong 
>> <zhihong.wang@intel.com>; maxime.coquelin@redhat.com
>> Subject: [PATCH v3] net/virtio: fix wrong variable assignment in 
>> helper macro
>>
>> Inside Macro ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(var, val), assignment to var is 
>> always failing as assignment done using var_ having local scope only.
>> This leads to TX packets not going out and found broken due to cleanup 
>> malfunctioning. This patch fixes the wrong variable assignment.
>>
>> Fixes: 57f90f894588 ("net/virtio: reuse packed ring functions")
>> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vipul Ashri <vipul.ashri@oracle.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h | 6 ++----
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h 
>> b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h index 105a9c00c..20c95471e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
>> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
>> @@ -607,10 +607,8 @@ virtqueue_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
>>
>>  /* avoid write operation when necessary, to lessen cache issues */
>>  #define ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(var, val) do {	\
>> -	typeof(var) var_ = (var);		\
>> -	typeof(val) val_ = (val);		\
>> -	if ((var_) != (val_))			\
>> -		(var_) = (val_);		\
>> +	if ((var) != (val))			\
>> +		(var) = (val);			\
>>  } while (0)
>>
>>  #define virtqueue_clear_net_hdr(hdr) do {		\
>> --
>> 2.28.0.windows.1
> 
> Reviewed-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> 

Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] net/virtio: fix wrong variable assignment in helper macro

[Xia, Chenbo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vipul Ashri <vipul.ashri@oracle.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 3:29 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; vipul.ashri@oracle.com;
> edwin.leung@oracle.com; stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH v3] net/virtio: fix wrong variable assignment in helper
> macro
> 
> Inside Macro ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(var, val), assignment to var is always
> failing as assignment done using var_ having local scope only.
> This leads to TX packets not going out and found broken due to cleanup
> malfunctioning. This patch fixes the wrong variable assignment.
> 
> Fixes: 57f90f894588 ("net/virtio: reuse packed ring functions")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vipul Ashri <vipul.ashri@oracle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> index 105a9c00c..20c95471e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> @@ -607,10 +607,8 @@ virtqueue_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
> 
>  /* avoid write operation when necessary, to lessen cache issues */
>  #define ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(var, val) do {	\
> -	typeof(var) var_ = (var);		\
> -	typeof(val) val_ = (val);		\
> -	if ((var_) != (val_))			\
> -		(var_) = (val_);		\
> +	if ((var) != (val))			\
> +		(var) = (val);			\
>  } while (0)
> 
>  #define virtqueue_clear_net_hdr(hdr) do {		\
> --
> 2.28.0.windows.1

Thanks for the fix!

But please remember to cc all maintainers next time you send a patch.
I add them this time.

For this patch:

Reviewed-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>

Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] net/virtio: fix wrong variable assignment in helper macro

[Xia, Chenbo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vipul Ashri <vipul.ashri@oracle.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 3:29 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; vipul.ashri@oracle.com;
> edwin.leung@oracle.com; stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH v3] net/virtio: fix wrong variable assignment in helper
> macro
> 
> Inside Macro ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(var, val), assignment to var is always
> failing as assignment done using var_ having local scope only.
> This leads to TX packets not going out and found broken due to cleanup
> malfunctioning. This patch fixes the wrong variable assignment.
> 
> Fixes: 57f90f894588 ("net/virtio: reuse packed ring functions")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vipul Ashri <vipul.ashri@oracle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> index 105a9c00c..20c95471e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
> @@ -607,10 +607,8 @@ virtqueue_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
> 
>  /* avoid write operation when necessary, to lessen cache issues */
>  #define ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(var, val) do {	\
> -	typeof(var) var_ = (var);		\
> -	typeof(val) val_ = (val);		\
> -	if ((var_) != (val_))			\
> -		(var_) = (val_);		\
> +	if ((var) != (val))			\
> +		(var) = (val);			\
>  } while (0)
> 
>  #define virtqueue_clear_net_hdr(hdr) do {		\
> --
> 2.28.0.windows.1

Reviewed-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>