On Sun, 2020-01-26 at 14:58 +0000, Ali Alnubani wrote: > Hi Luca, > Sorry for the late response 😊 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Luca Boccassi < > > bl...@debian.org > > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2020 1:06 PM > > To: Ali Alnubani < > > alia...@mellanox.com > > >; dpdk stable < > > sta...@dpdk.org > > > > > Cc: > > dev@dpdk.org > > ; Raslan Darawsheh < > > rasl...@mellanox.com > > >; Thomas > > Monjalon < > > tho...@monjalon.net > > >; Slava Ovsiienko > > < > > viachesl...@mellanox.com > > >; Matan Azrad < > > ma...@mellanox.com > > >; Phil > > Yang < > > phil.y...@arm.com > > >; David Marchand > > < > > david.march...@redhat.com > > > > > Subject: Re: 17.11.10 (LTS) patches review and test > > > > On Wed, 2020-01-22 at 16:34 +0000, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > > On Wed, 2020-01-22 at 16:06 +0000, Ali Alnubani wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Luca Boccassi < > > > > > bl...@debian.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2020 2:47 PM > > > > > To: dpdk stable < > > > > > sta...@dpdk.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cc: > > > > > dev@dpdk.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; Akhil Goyal < > > > > > akhil.go...@nxp.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; Ali Alnubani > > > > > > > > > > < > > > > > alia...@mellanox.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; > > > > > > > > > > benjamin.wal...@intel.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; David Christensen > > > > > < > > > > > d...@linux.vnet.ibm.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; Hemant Agrawal < > > > > > > > > > > hemant.agra...@nxp.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; > > > > > > > > > > Ian Stokes < > > > > > ian.sto...@intel.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; Jerin Jacob < > > > > > > > > > > jer...@marvell.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; John > > > > > > > > > > McNamara < > > > > > john.mcnam...@intel.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; Kevin Traynor > > > > > > > > > > < > > > > > ktray...@redhat.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; Pei Zhang < > > > > > > > > > > pezh...@redhat.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; > > > > > > > > > > pingx...@intel.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; > > > > > qian.q...@intel.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; Raslan Darawsheh > > > > > < > > > > > rasl...@mellanox.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; Thomas Monjalon < > > > > > > > > > > tho...@monjalon.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; > > > > > > > > > > yuan.p...@intel.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ; Chen, Zhaoyan < > > > > > zhaoyan.c...@intel.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: 17.11.10 (LTS) patches review and test > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > Here is a list of patches targeted for LTS release 17.11.10. > > > > > This will be the last 17.11 release. > > > > > > > > > > The planned date for the final release is the 30th of > > > > > January. > > > > > > > > > > Please help with testing and validation of your use cases and > > > > > report any issues/results with reply-all to this mail. For > > > > > the > > > > > final release the fixes and reported validations will be > > > > > added to > > > > > the release notes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > The following cases were tested on Mellanox devices: > > > > - Verify sending and receiving multiple types of traffic. > > > > - testpmd xstats counter tests. > > > > - testpmd timestamp tests. > > > > - Changing/checking link status through testpmd. > > > > - RTE flow and flow_director tests. > > > > - Some RSS tests. > > > > - VLAN stripping and insertion tests. > > > > - Checksum and TSO tests. > > > > - ptype tests. > > > > - Multi-process tests. > > > > > > > > Testing matrix: > > > > - NIC: ConnectX-4 Lx / OS: RHEL7.4 / Driver: MLNX_OFED_LINUX- > > > > 4.7- > > > > 3.2.9.0 / Firmware: 14.26.4012 > > > > - NIC: ConnectX-5 / OS: RHEL7.4 / Driver: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.7- > > > > 3.2.9.0 > > > > / Firmware: 16.26.4012 > > > > > > > > Current issues: > > > > - The message “PMD: Failed to send netlink message: Bad file > > > > descriptor (9)” is shown at testpmd startup. Still didn’t debug > > > > its > > > > effect on functionality. > > > > - ibv_icmd_create_cq () from /lib64/libibverbs.so.1 segfaults > > > > after > > > > setting the number of queues and restarting the ports. > > > > - Enabling MLX4_PMD causes a build failure with OFED-4.7- > > > > 3.2.9.0 > > > > (“error: unknown type name ‘off_t’”). > > > > - Count action isn’t supported in rte_flow. > > > > - Error creating rte_flow rules with vlan items. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Ali > > > > > > Thanks - are these new regressions since 17.11.9? > > Only the segfault is caused by new changes. It is caused by commit: > https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-stable/commit/?h=17.11&id=a10a7083d164fb48cc3978067820c3d256899f3e > (Added Xueming Li to CC list.) > I should've reported the rest of the issues earlier, my bad.
No problem! Let's wait and see if Xueming can help us. > > It was mentioned in the release meeting call that they are new > > regressions > > since 17.11.10-rc1 - these are the commits that were backported > > that > > changed drivers/mlx*: > > > > <removed> > > They seem quite innocous to me, but I might be wrong. Authors and > > reviewers CC'ed. > > > > - there's no "off_t" reference in MLX4 > > This started reproducing since driver (MLNX_OFED_LINUX) version 4.6- > 1.0.1.1. Full error: > """ > In file included from /path/to/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c:49:0: > /usr/include/infiniband/mlx4dv.h:176:2: error: unknown type name > ‘off_t’ > off_t uar_mmap_offset; > ^ > make[6]: *** [mlx4_rxq.o] Error 1 > make[6]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... > """ If I am understanding this correctly, newer OFED versions aren't compatible with this LTS? Is that it? Is there anything we can do about it? > > - the only flow change was this commit and it seems unrelated: > > > > <removed> > > So I'd imagine it could be some unrelated change, in the core > > libraries, that > > causes these issues. Would you be able to bisect the tree to see > > exactly > > which commits cause issues? > > Regarding issues: > - Count action isn’t supported in rte_flow. > - Error creating rte_flow rules with vlan items. > These are related to support in the OFED driver, and we still need to > do more investigation. Thank you, I will wait for an update. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
