On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 7:57 PM Somnath Kotur
<somnath.ko...@broadcom.com> wrote:
>
> bnxt_stop_rxtx() does not stop data path processing as intended
> as it does not update the recently introduced fast-path pointers
> '(struct rte_eth_fp_ops)->rx_pkt_burst'. Since both the burst routines
> only use the fast-path pointer, the real burst routines get invoked
> instead of the dummy ones set by bnxt_stop_rxtx() leading to crashes
> in the data path (e.g. dereferencing freed structures)
>
> Fix the segfault by updating the fast-path pointer as well
>
> Fixes: c87d435a4d79 ("ethdev: copy fast-path API into separate structure")
>
> Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.ko...@broadcom.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khapa...@broadcom.com>
Patch applied to dpdk-next-net-brcm.
> ---
> drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_cpr.c | 9 +++++++++
> drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c | 7 ++++++-
> 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_cpr.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_cpr.c
> index 6bb70d516e..a43b22a8f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_cpr.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_cpr.c
> @@ -387,4 +387,13 @@ void bnxt_stop_rxtx(struct bnxt *bp)
> {
> bp->eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = &bnxt_dummy_recv_pkts;
> bp->eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &bnxt_dummy_xmit_pkts;
> +
> + rte_eth_fp_ops[bp->eth_dev->data->port_id].rx_pkt_burst =
> + bp->eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst;
> + rte_eth_fp_ops[bp->eth_dev->data->port_id].tx_pkt_burst =
> + bp->eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst;
> + rte_mb();
> +
> + /* Allow time for threads to exit the real burst functions. */
> + rte_delay_ms(100);
> }
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
> index 4413b5d72e..c1bdf9a921 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
> @@ -4323,6 +4323,8 @@ static void bnxt_dev_recover(void *arg)
>
> /* Clear Error flag so that device re-init should happen */
> bp->flags &= ~BNXT_FLAG_FATAL_ERROR;
> + PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO, "Port: %u Starting recovery...\n",
> + bp->eth_dev->data->port_id);
>
> rc = bnxt_check_fw_ready(bp);
> if (rc)
> @@ -4347,7 +4349,8 @@ static void bnxt_dev_recover(void *arg)
> if (rc)
> goto err_start;
>
> - PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO, "Recovered from FW reset\n");
> + PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO, "Port: %u Recovered from FW reset\n",
> + bp->eth_dev->data->port_id);
> pthread_mutex_unlock(&bp->err_recovery_lock);
>
> return;
> @@ -4372,6 +4375,8 @@ void bnxt_dev_reset_and_resume(void *arg)
> int rc;
>
> bnxt_dev_cleanup(bp);
> + PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO, "Port: %u Finished bnxt_dev_cleanup\n",
> + bp->eth_dev->data->port_id);
>
> bnxt_wait_for_device_shutdown(bp);
>
> --
> 2.28.0.497.g54e85e7
>
