On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 2:51 AM Fengnan Chang <changfeng...@bytedance.com> wrote: > > David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> 于2022年11月15日周二 04:44写道： > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 9:13 AM changfengnan <changfeng...@bytedance.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > rte_mempool_create put tailq entry into rte_mempool_tailq list before > > > populate, and pool_data set when populate. So in multi process, if > > > process A create mempool, and process B can get mempool through > > > rte_mempool_lookup before pool_data set, if B call rte_mempool_lookup, > > > it will cause segment fault. > > > > I fail to see how pool_data impacts rte_mempool_lookup. > > Something is fishy about this commitlog. > > oh, it's my fault about this commit. correct: if B can get mempool through > rte_mempool_lookup before pool_data set, and call rte_mempool_avail_count, > it will cause segment fault.
Ok, now it makes more sense :-). > > > > > > > > Fix this by put tailq entry into rte_mempool_tailq after populate. > > > > Moving tailq manipulation to rte_mempool_create only, is probably incorrect. > > An application is allowed to call rte_mempool_create_empty() and > > rte_mempool_populate(). > > > > I did not look in depth, but It is likely the reason why testpmd (as > > run with devtools/test-null.sh) won't pass anymore. > > The CI reported this issue in various envs. > > > > We can't take this patch. > > Yeah, this version makes CI fail. > I didn't notice rte_mempool_create_empty will called directly before, maybe > add a new flag bit to indicate when to put tailq entry into rte_mempool_tailq > list is a better way. If no better idea, I'll send a new version. I don't think we need an other flag. Can we "publish" the mempool at the mempool_ops_alloc_once stage? > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: changfengnan <changfeng...@bytedance.com> > > > > Please use your real name. > > It's my real name. Sorry, I meant your full name, like Fengnan Chang <changfeng...@bytedance.com> -- David Marchand
