[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/bond: change link status check to no-wait

[Chas Williams]

On Mon, 2017-06-26 at 16:13 +0100, Declan Doherty wrote:
> In the 802.3ad periodic callback function the link status of all slaves
> is checked using rte_eth_link_get function. Depending on the slave 
> device this function can block for up to 9 seconds and therefore
> could cause issues with the LACP Daemon state machine and control
> patches handling. This patch changes to the no-wait version of
> the link get function.
> 
> Fixes: 46fb4368 ("bond:add mode 4")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c
> index d2b7592..3a97336 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c
> @@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ bond_mode_8023ad_periodic_cb(void *arg)
>  		uint16_t key;
>  
>  		slave_id = internals->active_slaves[i];
> -		rte_eth_link_get(slave_id, &link_info);
> +		rte_eth_link_get_nowait(slave_id, &link_info);
>  		rte_eth_macaddr_get(slave_id, &slave_addr);
>  
>  		if (link_info.link_status != 0) {

It seems like this should be done in bandwidth_left() as well.