On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 3:01 PM Sunil Kumar Kori <sk...@marvell.com> wrote:
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Muhammad Bilal <m.bi...@emumba.com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 5:57 PM
> >To: Sunil Kumar Kori <sk...@marvell.com>
> >Cc: declan.dohe...@intel.com; tomasz.kante...@intel.com; Pavan Nikhilesh
> >Bhagavatula <pbhagavat...@marvell.com>; dev@dpdk.org;
> >jgraj...@cisco.com; vipin.vargh...@intel.com
> >Subject: Re: [EXT] [PATCH 1/5] examples/l2fwd-event: free resources in case
> >of error
> >
> >On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 2:35 PM Sunil Kumar Kori <sk...@marvell.com>
> >wrote:
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: Muhammad Bilal <m.bi...@emumba.com>
> >> >Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 2:25 PM
> >> >To: declan.dohe...@intel.com; tomasz.kante...@intel.com; Pavan
> >> >Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavat...@marvell.com>; Sunil Kumar Kori
> >> ><sk...@marvell.com>
> >> >Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Muhammad Bilal <m.bi...@emumba.com>
> >> >Subject: [EXT] [PATCH 1/5] examples/l2fwd-event: free resources in
> >> >case of error
> >> >
> >> >External Email
> >> >
> >> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >- Freeing the resources and call rte_eal_cleanup in case of error
> >> >exit.
> >> >Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <m.bi...@emumba.com>
> >> >---
> >> > examples/l2fwd-event/main.c | 43
> >> >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >> > 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >> >
> >> >diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c
> >> >b/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c index 9593ef11e..442a664e9 100644
> >> >--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c
> >> >+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c
> >> >@@ -556,13 +556,26 @@ signal_handler(int signum)
> >> > }
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> >+static void
> >> >+stop_and_close_eth_dev(uint16_t portid) {
> >> >+ RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
> >> >+ printf("Closing port %d...", portid);
> >> >+ rte_eth_dev_stop(portid);
> >> >+ rte_eth_dev_close(portid);
> >> >+ printf(" Done\n");
> >> >+ }
> >> >+ rte_eal_cleanup();
> >> >+}
> >> >+
> >> > int
> >> > main(int argc, char **argv)
> >> > {
> >> > struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc;
> >> > uint16_t nb_ports_available = 0;
> >> > uint32_t nb_ports_in_mask = 0;
> >> >- uint16_t port_id, last_port;
> >> >+ uint16_t port_id = 0;
> >> >+ uint16_t last_port;
> >> > uint32_t nb_mbufs;
> >> > uint16_t nb_ports;
> >> > int i, ret;
> >> >@@ -581,20 +594,26 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
> >> >
> >> > /* parse application arguments (after the EAL ones) */
> >> > ret = l2fwd_event_parse_args(argc, argv, rsrc);
> >> >- if (ret < 0)
> >> >+ if (ret < 0) {
> >> >+ stop_and_close_eth_dev(port_id);
> >> > rte_panic("Invalid L2FWD arguments\n");
> >> >+ }
> >> >
> >Yes you are right we should use rte_exit instead of rte_panic, as rte_exit
> >internally calls rte_eal_cleanup function.
> >> IMO, up to this point only eal_init is done so rte_eal_cleanup will be
> >sufficient for this.
> >> Also another way to handle this, use rte_exit instead rte_panic.
> >> rte_exit internally calls rte_eal_cleanup. Refer l2fwd.
> >>
> >> Also I think, it is better to release the relevant resources on error.
> >Here I'm solving the problem reported in bugzilla id 437. The bug was that if
> >we use --vdev=net_memif with l2fwd application (and with its other variants)
> >then a socket is created by memif PMD, after rte_eal_init function has run
> >successfully. And if an error occurs then the application exits without
> >freeing
> >the resources (socket). On running the application 2nd time we get an error
> >of
> >"socket already exists".
> >As in the previous version of patch "
> >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-
> >3A__patches.dpdk.org_patch_70081_&d=DwIBaQ&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7x
> >tfQ&r=dXeXaAMkP5COgn1zxHMyaF1_d9IIuq6vHQO6NrIPjaE&m=XKcRI2e7sMv
> >Y0nGabnBQl_Q8meL03FXFAjeNGdCV91A&s=TKq1J0W3QbnkeuG4c63payDWc
> >Pc4zTg4DumA95RVzwg&e= " it was recommended to clean the resources
> >when an error occurs.
> >
> >Here only using rte_eal_cleanup() is not solving the problem as using memif
> >PMD is creating a socket and it's only cleaned when
> >rte_eth_dev_close(portid) function is called. so that's why using it along
> >with
> >rte_exit or rte_panic.
>
>
> Understood but I am only thinking from user's perspective that user didn't do
> rte_eth_dev_configure and related APIs so closing the device using
> rte_eth_dev_close
> does not look good.
> May be other's (eal and memif PMD owners) can suggest something better.
> Please redirect this query to them for suggestions also.
Maintainer also recommended to call rte_eth_dev_close() for this
problem in bug No. 437
Here : https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437#c1
>
> >>
> >> > printf("MAC updating %s\n", rsrc->mac_updating ? "enabled" :
> >> > "disabled");
> >> >
> >> > nb_ports = rte_eth_dev_count_avail();
> >> >- if (nb_ports == 0)
> >> >+ if (nb_ports == 0) {
> >> >+ stop_and_close_eth_dev(port_id);
> >> > rte_panic("No Ethernet ports - bye\n");
> >> >+ }
> >> >
> >> Same as above.
> >>
> >> > /* check port mask to possible port mask */
> >> >- if (rsrc->enabled_port_mask & ~((1 << nb_ports) - 1))
> >> >+ if (rsrc->enabled_port_mask & ~((1 << nb_ports) - 1)) {
> >> >+ stop_and_close_eth_dev(port_id);
> >> > rte_panic("Invalid portmask; possible (0x%x)\n",
> >> > (1 << nb_ports) - 1);
> >> >+ }
> >> >
> >> Same as above.
> >>
> >> > if (!rsrc->port_pairs) {
> >> > last_port = 0;
> >> >@@ -621,8 +640,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
> >> > rsrc->dst_ports[last_port] = last_port;
> >> > }
> >> > } else {
> >> >- if (check_port_pair_config(rsrc) < 0)
> >> >+ if (check_port_pair_config(rsrc) < 0) {
> >> >+ stop_and_close_eth_dev(port_id);
> >> > rte_panic("Invalid port pair config\n");
> >> >+ }
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > nb_mbufs = RTE_MAX(nb_ports * (RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT +
> >@@
> >> >-634,12 +655,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
> >> > rsrc->pktmbuf_pool = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("mbuf_pool",
> >> > nb_mbufs, MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE, 0,
> >> > RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE, rte_socket_id());
> >> >- if (rsrc->pktmbuf_pool == NULL)
> >> >+ if (rsrc->pktmbuf_pool == NULL) {
> >> >+ stop_and_close_eth_dev(port_id);
> >> > rte_panic("Cannot init mbuf pool\n");
> >> >+ }
> >> >
> >> > nb_ports_available = l2fwd_event_init_ports(rsrc);
> >> >- if (!nb_ports_available)
> >> >+ if (!nb_ports_available) {
> >> >+ stop_and_close_eth_dev(port_id);
> >> > rte_panic("All available ports are disabled. Please
> >> >set portmask.\n");
> >> >+ }
> >> >
> >> > /* Configure eventdev parameters if required */
> >> > if (rsrc->event_mode)
> >> >@@ -659,9 +684,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
> >> > continue;
> >> >
> >> > ret = rte_eth_dev_start(port_id);
> >> >- if (ret < 0)
> >> >+ if (ret < 0) {
> >> >+ stop_and_close_eth_dev(port_id);
> >> > rte_panic("rte_eth_dev_start:err=%d,
> >> >port=%u\n", ret,
> >> > port_id);
> >> >+ }
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > if (rsrc->event_mode)
> >> >--
> >> >2.17.1
> >>
