[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] examples/flow_filtering: add delay during updating link status

Xing, Beilei beilei.xing at intel.com
Wed Jan 24 11:02:16 CET 2018



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ori Kam [mailto:orika at mellanox.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 4:56 PM
> To: Xing, Beilei <beilei.xing at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] examples/flow_filtering: add delay during updating
> link status
> 
> Hi
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Beilei Xing [mailto:beilei.xing at intel.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 10:35 AM
> > To: Ori Kam <orika at mellanox.com>
> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> > Subject: [PATCH v2] examples/flow_filtering: add delay during updating
> > link status
> >
> > Add up to 9s delay for getting link status to make sure NIC updates
> > link status successfully, just like other applications such as testpmd and
> l2fwd.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.xing at intel.com>
> > ---
> >
> > v2 changes:
> >  - Add rte_delay_ms(CHECK_INTERVAL) which is missed in v1.
> >
> >  examples/flow_filtering/main.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/examples/flow_filtering/main.c
> > b/examples/flow_filtering/main.c index 4a07b63..85d5727 100644
> > --- a/examples/flow_filtering/main.c
> > +++ b/examples/flow_filtering/main.c
> > @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
> >  #include <rte_mbuf.h>
> >  #include <rte_net.h>
> >  #include <rte_flow.h>
> > +#include <rte_cycles.h>
> >
> >  static volatile bool force_quit;
> >
> > @@ -119,13 +120,23 @@ main_loop(void)
> >  	rte_eth_dev_close(port_id);
> >  }
> >
> > +#define CHECK_INTERVAL 1000  /* 100ms */
> > +#define MAX_REPEAT_TIME 90   /* 9s (90 * 100ms) in total */
> 
> I know that in other examples there is use of MAX_REPEAT_TIME but don't
> you think the name is incorrect, It should be called:
> MAX_REPEAT_TIMES or MAX_REPEAT_COUNT?
> Since it doesn't represent time but iterations.
> What do you think?
> 

Make sense, looks like MAX_REPEAT_TIMES should be more accurate than MAX_REPEAT_TIME.
Will update in next version.

> > +
> >  static void
> >  assert_link_status(void)
> >  {
> >  	struct rte_eth_link link;
> > +	uint8_t rep_cnt = MAX_REPEAT_TIME;
> >
> >  	memset(&link, 0, sizeof(link));
> > -	rte_eth_link_get(port_id, &link);
> > +	do {
> > +		rte_eth_link_get(port_id, &link);
> > +		if (link.link_status == ETH_LINK_UP)
> > +			break;
> > +		rte_delay_ms(CHECK_INTERVAL);
> > +	} while (--rep_cnt);
> > +
> >  	if (link.link_status == ETH_LINK_DOWN)
> >  		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, ":: error: link is still down\n");  }
> > --
> > 2.5.5



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