[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/i40e: fix unexpected mbuf free in vPMD

[Roger B. Melton]

On 10/10/17 7:39 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 07:05:33AM -0400, Roger B. Melton wrote:
>> Hi Bruce,
>>
>> I can.  It will take a day or 2 to get the results.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Roger
>>
> Thanks. Keep us posted. We want to ensure we have the best fix possible
> for the issue in this release.

Thanks for finding a better solution ;-).  I'll let you know the results 
when I have them, just wanted you to know it may take a couple of days 
to turn around.

-Roger

>
> /Bruce
>
>> On 10/10/17 4:48 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
>>> +Roger Melton
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 09:22:05AM -0400, Qi Zhang wrote:
>>>> vPMD tx does not set sw_ring's mbuf to NULL after free it.
>>>> So to prevent same mbuf be free again, we need more carefully
>>>> check in i40e_tx_queue_release_mbufs.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: b4669bb95038 ("i40e: add vector Tx")
>>>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> v2:
>>>> - fix at i40e_tx_queue_release_mbufs so no performance impact.
>>>>
>>> This patch also supercedes this one, http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/29814/
>>> right?
>>> Roger, can you please confirm that this alternative fix works in your
>>> testing and that your patch is no longer necessary too.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> /Bruce
>>>
>>> .
>>>
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