[PATCH 2/2] ethdev: fix race condition in fast-path ops setup

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 2/20/2023 6:08 AM, Ashok Kaladi wrote:
> If ethdev enqueue or dequeue function is called during
> eth_dev_fp_ops_setup(), it may get pre-empted after setting
> the function pointers, but before setting the pointer to port data.
> In this case the newly registered enqueue/dequeue function will use
> dummy port data and end up in seg fault.
> 
> This patch moves the updation of each data pointers before updating
> corresponding function pointers.
> 
> Fixes: c87d435a4d79 ("ethdev: copy fast-path API into separate structure")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ashok Kaladi <ashok.k.kaladi at intel.com>
> 
> diff --git a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.c b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.c
> index 48090c879a..a0232c669f 100644
> --- a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.c
> +++ b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_private.c
> @@ -270,17 +270,17 @@ void
>  eth_dev_fp_ops_setup(struct rte_eth_fp_ops *fpo,
>  		const struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  {
> +	fpo->rxq.data = dev->data->rx_queues;
>  	fpo->rx_pkt_burst = dev->rx_pkt_burst;
> +	fpo->txq.data = dev->data->tx_queues;
>  	fpo->tx_pkt_burst = dev->tx_pkt_burst;
>  	fpo->tx_pkt_prepare = dev->tx_pkt_prepare;
>  	fpo->rx_queue_count = dev->rx_queue_count;
>  	fpo->rx_descriptor_status = dev->rx_descriptor_status;
>  	fpo->tx_descriptor_status = dev->tx_descriptor_status;
>  
> -	fpo->rxq.data = dev->data->rx_queues;
>  	fpo->rxq.clbk = (void **)(uintptr_t)dev->post_rx_burst_cbs;
>  
> -	fpo->txq.data = dev->data->tx_queues;
>  	fpo->txq.clbk = (void **)(uintptr_t)dev->pre_tx_burst_cbs;
>  }
>  

Hi Ashok,

The discussion evolved to proactive recovery, but I wonder if that was
your concern or use case?
If not can you please describe your use case more?