[dpdk-dev] IXBGE VF: link state detection

[Gregory Etelson]

Hello,

After the revert, my environment reproduced link up detection failure almost immediately
With the patch the fault is rare.

Regards,
Gregory

On Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:26:47 IDT Olivier Matz wrote:
> Hi Gregory,
> 
> On Wed, 24 May 2017 12:50:19 +0300, Gregory Etelson <gregory at weka.io> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > In my tests DPDK-17.05.0 process queries link state with rte_eth_link_get() each 50 msec
> > during 5-20 MB/sec IOs flow.
> > I turn Ethernet switch port down and up and check IXGBE VF PMD reaction to link state changes. 
> > VF PMD correctly recognize link down events but may miss link up.
> > When the fault occurs, subsequent calls to rte_eth_link_get will return link_status == 0 forever.
> > I need to reset DPDK process to get correct link state value.
> > My debugging shows that in case of the fault, mbx->ops.read(hw, &in_msg, 1, 0) in ixgbe_check_mac_link_vf
> > keeps returning non-zero value
> 
> It looks there is at least one issue with
> commit c12d22f65b13 ("net/ixgbe: ensure link status is updated")
> 
> Someone already complained about a problem related to the link status
> on ixgbe (which is probably different than yours):
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-May/066238.html
> 
> Anyway, maybe you can try to revert this patch and see if it
> solves your issue?
> 
> Thanks
> Olivier
>