[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] bus/pci: fix vfio mode
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Tue Oct 31 13:03:38 CET 2017
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 10:32:27PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> Revert back to using VFIO_PRESENT as a marker to enable compilation
> of VFIO-related segments.
>
> VFIO_PRESENT is the combination of user configuration RTE_EAL_VFIO and
> kernel version support check.
>
> eal_vfio.h VFIO_PRESENT related check ordered to be compatible with
> rte_vfio.h one, no functional modification.
>
> Fixes: 279b581c897d ("vfio: expose functions")
>
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> ---
> v4:
>
> * Alternative to v3, not superseding it, need to decide which one to
> get. This one:
> * fixes vfio for new kernels
> * fixes build for old kernels for vfio enabled in config case
> * print warning if vfio enabled in config but not supported by kernel
>
> * Independent from this patch, following may need fixing later
> * Kernel version check for vfio is broken for RTE_KERNELDIR
> * Kernel VFIO support check can be improved
> ---
> drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_init.h | 2 +-
> drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_vfio.c | 2 +-
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vfio.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c | 1 -
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio.h | 14 ++++++++++----
> 5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
Hi,
just to confirm that applying this patch fixes DPDK on my system at
least.
>From the discussion, I understood that this was a "compilation problem",
but in practice it manifests itself as compile working ok but your app
won't work with ports bound to vfio-pci. So please apply some fix for
this soon.
Thanks for the work on this, all.
Tested-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
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