[dpdk-dev] reply: [disscussion] A problem about dpdk backup-mode bond switching with mlx4 VF devices

[chenchanghu]

Hi, Adrien Mazarguil,

Thanks for your reply very much.

It means in our  tests,  when ‘ifconfig eth7 down’,  the expect result is the bond primary netdevice will switch to eth8.

However,  we find the bond primary is not changed to eth8 in 19 times of 20 time tests., and it means the dpdk bond doesn't receive an LSC interrupt signal.

In our test, the netdevice is mlx4 VF in Virtual Machine, which netdevice is  direct through by SR-IOV.



We also test mlx4 PF in Physical Machine, when ‘ifconfig eth7 down’,  the test esult is the bond primary netdevice  switched to eth8.



Quesetion:

Is it related with SR-IOV direct through ? For example, the VF netdevice status changed, but it will not send an LSC interruput signal.

Looking forward to your any reply.









-----邮件原件-----
发件人: Adrien Mazarguil [mailto:adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com]
发送时间: 2018年4月17日 18:08
收件人: chenchanghu <chenchanghu at huawei.com>
抄送: dev at dpdk.org; nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com; Zhoujingbin (Robin, Cloud Networking) <zhoujingbin at huawei.com>; Zhoulei (G) <stone.zhou at huawei.com>; yangleyuan <yangleyuan at huawei.com>
主题: Re: [disscussion] A problem about dpdk backup-mode bond switching with mlx4 VF devices



On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 06:40:20AM +0000, chenchanghu wrote:

>

> Hi,

>          When I used the mlx4 pmd, I meet a problem about mlx4 VF bond switching which bond mod is backup-mode . The detail test is descripted below.

> 1.Test environmemt infomation:

>   a. Linux distribution: CentOS

>   b. dpdk version: dpdk-16.04

>   c. Ethernet device : mlx4 VF

>   d. pmd info: mlx4 poll-mode-driver

>

> 2.Test step:

>   a. we bond the mlx4 VF Ethernet device eth7,eth8 into backup-mode by dpdk application. Eth7 and eth8 are both active, and  eth7 is the primary device.

>   b. As we know,  the device eth7 , eth8 are also  visible by kernel driver mlx4_en.

>   c. Then we config the Ethernet device eth7 down by the command ' ifconfig eth7 down', the expect result is the bond primary device will  not switch.

>   d. However we find the dpdk bond primary device switch to eth8 by dpdk maintenance interface one time in all 20 test times.

>

> 3.Question:

>    Is the VF up or down State of kernel interface has some relations to user-space state? For example, when ifconfig eth7 down, and the user-space will change to down state too.



Yes, this is expected. Netdevices and the mlx4 DPDK PMD share a common link status. Bringing a netdevice down causes link status to be down for all its users. This behavior is documented [1].



[1] http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.html#run-time-configuration



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Adrien Mazarguil

6WIND