[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: release spinlock before return from function

Pavlo Shcherbyna pavlo.shcherbyna at harmonicinc.com
Fri Sep 29 02:03:56 CEST 2017


If priv_ethtool_get_stats_n fails to retrieve statistics, lock
is not released. Next call of function, which uses the same
spinlock, will stuck trying to obtain it.

This patch addresses the issue.

Fixes: 4b2e6df26168 ("net/mlx5: fix extended statistics counters identification")
Cc: shahafs at mellanox.com

Signed-off-by: Pavlo Shcherbyna <pavlo.shcherbyna at harmonicinc.com>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
index 703f48c..8764829 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
@@ -442,8 +442,10 @@ struct mlx5_counter_ctrl {

 		priv_lock(priv);
 		stats_n = priv_ethtool_get_stats_n(priv);
-		if (stats_n < 0)
+		if (stats_n < 0) {
+			priv_unlock(priv);
 			return -1;
+		}
 		if (xstats_ctrl->stats_n != stats_n)
 			priv_xstats_init(priv);
 		ret = priv_xstats_get(priv, stats);
@@ -467,8 +469,10 @@ struct mlx5_counter_ctrl {

 	priv_lock(priv);
 	stats_n = priv_ethtool_get_stats_n(priv);
-	if (stats_n < 0)
+	if (stats_n < 0) {
+		priv_unlock(priv);
 		return;
+	}
 	if (xstats_ctrl->stats_n != stats_n)
 		priv_xstats_init(priv);
 	priv_xstats_reset(priv);
--
1.7.10.4



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