[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: issue FLR during open and release of device file

[Gregory Etelson]

I could not reproduce server crash with http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/25267/ [1]
However, pci_try_reset_function() API used in that patch is not defined in RedHat-6.x Linux-2.6.32 kernels 
Therefore I work with http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/25061/  patch [2].
[2] was successfully tested with IXGBE & I40e VFs on RH 6.x, RH 7.x Ubuntu 14.04 and SLES-11.4 
 
Regards,
Gregory

On Thursday, 6 July 2017 19:41:40 IDT Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 6/12/2017 10:38 AM, Shijith Thotton wrote:
> > Set UIO info device file operations open and release. Call pci reset
> > function inside open and release to clear device state at start and end.
> > Copied this behaviour from vfio_pci kernel module code. With this patch,
> > it is not mandatory to issue FLR by PMD's during init and close.
> > 
> > Bus master enable and disable are added in open and release respectively
> > to take care of device DMA.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Shijith Thotton <shijith.thotton at caviumnetworks.com>
> 
> This patch, and Gregory's patch [1] are very similar and main target is
> to leave device in a more proper state when DPDK application quits
> unexpectedly.
> 
> Difference between two are, this one implements both .open and .release
> ops, and sets / clears bus master accordingly.
> 
> Although main concern is .reset, I am OK to follow vfio_pci approach
> here, and clearing bus master on .reset can prevent unwanted DMA access.
> 
> So, I am for this patch and I am testing it for a few days without a
> problem.
> 
> But Gregory reported a crash with older version of this patch, without
> more detail, we should clear that first. With Gregory's Tested-by, I am
> OK with this patch.
> 
> 
> Gregory,
> 
> Are you using your version, what are the results? And would you mind
> testing this patch?
> 
> Thanks,
> ferruh
> 
> 
> [1]
> http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/25061/
> 
>