[dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/2] nfp: unlink the appropriate lock file
Aaron Conole
aconole at redhat.com
Fri Apr 13 15:24:57 CEST 2018
Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero at netronome.com> writes:
> Although the patch is correct, the truth is there was not option for locks but "nfp0", because
> the PMD did not support more than one NFP card.
>
> After commit with CPP support, the PMD can support more than one NFP card, but this
> interface is not supported anymore and this file was removed.
>
> is this patch coming from some code revision or from a problem you found?
Just a code review - we were reported a problem initializing the driver,
and in looking at the lock/unlock code, it seems that it was always
releasing the nfp0 lock. Good to know that in practice it likely
wouldn't cause real harm. I intend to resubmit this as is.
Thanks, Alejandro!
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 12:22 AM, Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> The nfpu_close needs to unlink the lock file associated with the
> nfp descriptor, not lock file 0.
>
> Fixes: d12206e00590 ("net/nfp: add NSP user space interface")
>
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nfpu.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nfpu.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nfpu.c
> index f11afef35..2ed985ff4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nfpu.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nfpu.c
> @@ -101,8 +101,12 @@ nfpu_open(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, nfpu_desc_t *desc,
> int nfp)
> int
> nfpu_close(nfpu_desc_t *desc)
> {
> + char lockname[30];
> +
> rte_free(desc->nspu);
> close(desc->lock);
> - unlink("/var/lock/nfp0");
> +
> + snprintf(lockname, sizeof(lockname), "/var/lock/nfp%d", desc->nfp);
> + unlink(lockname);
> return 0;
> }
> --
> 2.14.3
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